i’ve been going off the deep end and trying really out there things lately. anywho, does anybody know how to open chakras? the one i’m particularly interested in is the heart chakras…apparently openin it can do wonders for your emotional state.
The chakras are the energy centers in the human body. If any one of your chakras are out of alignment or dormant it throws off your balance physically and emotionally so while you can concentrate on just your heart chakra it will do little good if the others are not balanced as well so I suggest working on all 7 of them.
First thing you need to do is learn to ground and meditate. It takes some practice and many people find it weird but it does work to help your state of well being.
Grounding is part of meditation
Sit in a chair or cross legged on the ground and get comfortable. Make sure your in a quiet place where no one will bug you. Relax your body. If you did pick a chair make sure your feet are touching the ground.
Now concentrate on your breathing. Every time you find your mind wandering go back to concentrating on just your breathing. (this takes practice)
Once your able to calm and quiet your mind and hold a meditation of at least 5 minutes then you can visualize your grounding. I usually meditate outside so I am closer to the earth. It just makes it easier for me. Visualize the soil under you and then roots growing up through each section of your body connecting you to the earth. Be sure to keep breathing rhythmical while you do this.
Now once you have that down you can open and balance your chakras.
Opening each chakra
Now people differ in there practices and I am just sharing how I do it.
Start with the Crown chakra. Visualize it opening and the a soft light radiating out of your body in the color that corresponds with each chakra. The crown is white. Hold that meditation for a few moments then move onto the next chakra and do the same till all are open and radiating.
Your third eye is in the middle of your forehead and purple
Throat is blue
Heart is green
Solar Plexus is yellow
Right above your groin or your sacral is orange
The base of the spine or root is red.
Hold this meditation for a few minutes then (this is important) go back up the body and close the chakras the same way you opened them. You dont leave them open or it saps your energy stores. Practice doing the whole exercise for a few weeks and your chakras will be awakened and balanced and your all set.
If you have trouble meditating and a lot of people do its best to buy yourself a guided meditation tape. I am sure they have some in Amazon.com and they may even have a guided chakra meditation which will make it easier for you to learn and get started.
Tish
How do you know they need to be opened? A nice test to consider trying is get some string/thread and a metal washer (lighter the better). Tie the string to the washer so you have a pendulum, keep your hand steady and position it so that the washer is in front of the chakra you want to test. Admittedly some chakras are easier to do than others by yourself, so if possible having someone test your chakras for you is always preferable. If the washer begins moving in a clockwise motion that chakra is in good shape.
When I first did this I found that my first, second, and fourth were blocked. The pendulum would just swing to the sides on a line, left->right->left->right
Give this a try on other things besides your chakras, like your knees, and even better, your hands. This pendulum technique is very handy as a crude visual feedback technique. Place the pendulum over one of your palms and watch it spin, then start directing energy towards that hand and watch how the pendulum begins to spin even faster.
I don’t want to knock meditation because I never would have given this whole chakra thing a second thought if I hadn’t started seeing my chakras in deep theta/delta active meditations, but this is the 21st century and there are some very handy tools to help you with chakras besides just meditation. Steven Halpern and Jonathan Goldman are musicians that are great for chakra tune ups (really more for when you have your chakras opeed). The music contains tones that specific chakras respond to, but this assumes you aren’t playing them on lousy speakers.
One product of enormous value to me in opening my 1st and 4rth chakras was a cd called Ecstasy by a company called Brain Sync. I put the first track (the root chakra one) on repeat and meditated on my 1st/root chakra. And when I quit meditating I left it on repeat. There was some discomfort in removing blockages but in 2 days I had my root chakra open and quickly moved onto opening my heart chakra with meditations plus Ecstasy track2. The ecstasy cd is good for later root/heart chakra tune ups and it definitely has an interesting impact while played during sex (impact differing depending upon which track is playing.) Yes, the packaging mentions headphones, but that’s for the binaural beat meditation thing I have never used. All the benefits I’ve experienced have been played over decent speakers.
Good luck, and have fun 
Interesting technique Scaro. I tend to open all my chakras once or twice a month to maintain balance. While you can work on only one chakra I find opening all of them is the only way to maintain balance and not over stress the others. I tend to be able to look at a person and know which chakras are closed and which are open. Once your aware of your chakras and work with them most people can do this.
I have used the crystal toning bowls to open my chakras. I have a program on my Ipod which is great but only tend to use it when I dont have time to meditate which is rare. I find meditation to be so valuable in all aspects of my life not just chakra work. As you mentioned we are in the 21st century and life can get stressful and hectic. Learning to meditate without the help of all the 21st century gadgets and aids is really important, at least to me be I must admit they are fun and make it easier.
Have you ever used the brain wave generators ? I have two of those on my Ipod that are fantastic.
Tisha