Chakras and Dynamic Meditation

Some traditional sources describe five or seven chakras, others eight.

An experiential study of the chakras, elements and emotions offers great gifts to support our human experience and our spiritual journey. The inter-relationship and the movement of change and evolution of the dominan or deficient energies and their movement toward balance within us support a conscious, healthful and joyous life.

CHAKRAS
Yogic systems teach us about the energies of the spinning spiralling
vortexes of charkas and how they affect the physical nerve plexus and our human evolutionary experience. They are drawn as wheels with petals but are multi-dimensional in their range of movement and influence. Four chakras flow up the stem of the spine to the throat and then rise to the  brow where spiritual practitioners focus the third eye of attention,meditation  and prayer that opens the crown chakrainto soul connection.

ChakraEmotions
Sacrum RootChakra' fear, clinging, resistance OR security, instinct
Pelvic WaterChakra' attachment, desire, lust OR curiosity, caring, service
Solar Plexus FireChakra' anger, resentment, jealousy OR humour, laughter, joy
Heart Air Chakra' greed, rush, selfishness OR love, compassion, kindness
Throat EtherChakra' grief, hunger, ego OR longing to merge with the divine

At times in life we are drawn strongly and passionately into a particular chakra to learn life lessons. If there is a dominant chakra that influences our life experience we can choose to diffuse the dominant one and develop the ones that are deficient. A water dominant person could have difficulty becoming angry; a fire dominant person with caring feeling; an earth dominant person with taking risks and letting go; an air dominant person with considering the effects of their actions on others and an ether
dominant person with sadness.

Although the pull of thechakra  vortexes is powerful, it is possible to learn to dance with the energies instead of indulging in them so that we can move through excesses and deficiencies and restore balance. Once we become aware of the energies, how they feel and how they change our awareness.


We learn to restore emotional balance by centering our consciousness beyond the emotional field of dramatic emotions (e-motions!) and become more sensitive to subtle feelings and internal messages that help to guide us in our lives. If we choose harmony and peace as our goal it becomes easier to let go of excessive emotions if we have skills to release the emotions associated with each chakra.

For example - If we become angry we can release the emotion with a powerful movement as if we were chopping wood accompanied by a release of the HA sound. Once the excess is released we can deal with the situation appropriately.

Healthy body organs in each chakra  plexus support balanced emotions. If the bowels are functioning well there is less tendency to fear. A healthy liver reduces imbalances of anger, aggression and competition. Conversely, conditions like TB are often associated with excessive grief and heart conditions with lack of ability to give and receive love.

Clearing the emotional energies of the chakras  can be achieved through movement, sounding, treatments, yoga, colour healing, rebirthing, emotional release and meditation. Also whenever natural therapeutics are used to cleanse the body systems together with rejuvenation through rest, nourishing healing diets, bodywork and naturopathy treatments, transformation and evolution takes place naturally.

Chakras
Root Chakra- sacrum, coccyx, bones, adrenals, perineum, large intestine, anus, body tissues, muscles and skin.
Water Chakra' body fluids, reproductive and urinary organs or glands.
FireChakra- digestive organs, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen,
stomach, duodenum and small intestine.
AirChakra- heart, thymus, arms and hands
EtherChakra- throat, ears, lungs, thyroid and parathyroid
BrowChakra- pituitary gland
CrownChakra- pineal gland

ELEMENTS
The elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether weave our physical,
emotional, social and mental world, as well as the world of world of nature that sustains us. We inherit an elemental constitution, which usually has a dominant element or elements that strongly influence our behaviour, health and approach to life. How we live creates an excess or shortage of an element. The elements within us also influence each other in a dynamic
interchange and flow.

We may experience a state of harmony from time to time when the elements are in balance. Alternatively, we may experience a deficient element or elements that will affect our lives. Usually the elements move in tandem with the constant changes in life. Imbalances of the elements can be adjusted through
naturopathic therapeutics and conscious choices that enhances wellness.

Eventually with practice, effort and surrender we move less from the centre of being towards imbalance. From the centre of our being we are then able to inhabit balance, harmony and peace for longer periods of time.

Elemental balance is influenced by weather, altitude, temperature, climate, food and drink, emotions, thoughts and also shock or trauma. If we consider these factors in our life and whether they are causing excess, shortage or balance of the elements then we begin to dance with the elements. If you don't dance the elements they dance you!

Ancient systems of medicine were based on creating a harmonious return to a balance of the elements. Whether the elements were called Greek humours, Ayurveda doshas, Chinese elements, or Hindu chakras, the awareness of the energies that weave our inner and outer ecology were seriously considered as a major influence on the patient's condition and method of treatment.