One key to proper physical and spiritual health is making sure that your chakras are all in line, properly spinning and energized at all times. For some people, it helps to think about developing and maintaining their chakras the same way you would think about developing and maintaining a muscle. To develop and strengthen a muscle you need to understand its function, and you need to properly exercise it. The same holds true for your chakras. If you want to keep them in line, spinning and energized you need to understand what each chakra is for and the best way to work it out.
Here is a quick explanation of the second chakra, which is named Swadhisthana. To put it very simply, your chakras move up and down your body in an energetic pathway that features seven energetic centers. They are generally ordered from the top to the bottom, which is an adequate if reductionist understanding of the system. The first chakra sits near your anus and is known as the root chakra. The second chakra sits above that in your sacrum, or the small of your back. Swadhisthana is also often associated with your body’s sexual organs and lower core, as it is concerned with sexual energy.
It’s also important that you understand the root chakra is your direct connection to the earth. In a negative sense, it is concerned with the most fundamental material fears- not having enough money, not having food or shelter, fear of being attacked or physically dominated, fear of being physically tortured or killed. In a positive sense, Muladhara is concerned with the ability to identify with your physical body, the ability to experience bliss and joy from explicitly physical actions, and the satisfaction of knowing you are physically safe and taken care of. A fully activated root chakra will provide you with physical health and material prosperity, and will eliminate base fears and concerns.
A model to better help you understand this interpretation of Sahasrara the Bodhisatvas- individuals who are an inch from total dissolution into spirit but who stay behind to help others reach that point.
There are, however, other ways of activating and energizing this chakra if you truly so prefer. This is most understandable for those who have taken on practices of celibacy but who don’t believe in denying this powerful energy center. To activate Swadhisthana without self-stimulation (or stimulation from others) than you should first sit down, cross legged with your hips spread wide and the end of your spine placed firmly on the ground. It’s important that you spread your hips as wide as possible in this sitting position to fill with as much energy as possible in this practice. Breath in as deeply as possible. When you exhale, attempt to bring your belly button in as deeply as possible and attempt to drive your spine forward as well. Essentially, with each exhale you are attempting to touch your navel and your spine. Repeat multiple times, accelerating and using more force each time to energize Swadhisthana.
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