Chakra and Colors

The term chakra is Sanskrit for wheel. Within your body are these wheel-like vortices
that constantly spin and draw in information from your surroundings. They take in the
various forms of Prana--a primal source of all the forms of energy. These vibrations are
not only taken in, but also radiated as well. Rick Richards http://www.rickrichards.com/
Chakras.htm says traditional writings state that there are 88,000 chakras. However, "we
have seven main chakra centers and . . . each main center is connected to our being on
several different levels: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual", according to Chakra
Energy http://www.chakraenergy.com/intro.html. These "wheels" are represented by
seven different chakra colors each of which have different meanings.
What is the Name and Meaning of the Violet Chakra?
The violet chakra is called the Crown chakra since it resides within your head. It is
located in the pineal gland http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/
otherendo/pineal.html . The color violet relates to self knowledge and spiritual
awareness. It has positive aspects such as a reverence for life, self-sacrifice and
idealism. However, it also has negative aspects such as lack of contact with reality and
feelings of superiority. What's Your Sign http://www.whats-your-sign.com/chakra-colormeanings.html shows the violet chakra, "surging in [your] conscious background all the
time."
What Is the Name and Meaning of the Indigo Chakra?
This chakra is known as the Brow or third eye chakra, and is within your pituitary gland
http://www.medicinenet.com/prolactinoma/page2.htm in your brain near your eyebrow. It
relates to self-responsibility and intuition. What's Your Sign compares this chakra to the
use of your "x-ray glasses to peer past the veil of illusion." Sometimes indigo positively
orders your mind, allows clear thoughts and heightens intuition while at other times it
may scatter your mind, allow for inconsiderateness and confusion of your inner vision.
What Is the Name and Meaning of the Blue Chakra?
According to the Three Hearts Company, http://threeheartscompany.com/chakra.html
someone with the personality traits for blues (the Throat chakra) is "loyal, tactful,
affectionate, inspiring, inventive, caring, and cautious." Blue is the color of selfexpression, including speech and communication. Positive aspects of blue are healthy
and trustworthiness. Negative aspects are self-righteousness and unfaithfulness.
What Is the Name and Meaning of the Green Chakra?
Electric Energies explains the Heart chakra as being "about love, kindness and
affection. When it is open, you are compassionate and friendly, and you work at
harmonious relationships." The green chakra is in the thymus gland and connects to
unconditional love and self-love. Aspects of the heart chakra are compassion, harmony,
difference, and jealousy.

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What Is the Name and Meaning of the Yellow Chakra?

The yellow chakra located in the pancreas is also known as the Solar Plexus chakra. It
is located just above your navel and is where that "gut feeling" comes from, since it is
the center of emotion. Yellow relates to self-confidence, inner intelligence, focus, and
the ego. Alertness, optimism, sarcasm, pessimism and over analysis also stem from
yellow. This is the chakra from which you absorb solar energy.
What Is the Name and Meaning of the Orange Chakra?
Located in the lower abdomen within the gonad, the Sacral chakra is what influences
your emotional and sexual states. Orange relates to feelings of joy, independence,
sociability, disappointment, and destruction. Importantly, some aspects of the orange
chakra are self-respect and success. Depending on how open the Sacral chakra is
determines how much emotion you show.
What Is the Name and Meaning of the Red Chakra?
The red chakra is the root chakra known as the Base chakra. It pulsates with the bright
crimson radiance of life vitality. The Base chakra is located at the base of the spine in
the adrenal gland http://www.equilifemd.com/female-hormones/adrenal-health . It
relates to self-awareness, survival and understanding your place in life and on Earth.
Positive aspects of red are pioneering, strength and courage. Negative aspects include
self-pity, aggression and fear.
The seven chakras are vital to your system in that they take in the energy you need for
development and survival. There are different ways to improve your life by working on
keeping your chakras as open as possible for as long as possible. Breathing and color
breathing exercises, meditation and purposeful use of color in the home are a few ways
you can help induce the best aspects of each of the chakra colors.