Chakras Flashcards
Root Chakra
First
Sanscrit: Muladhara
Location: tip of the tailbone or perineum
Element: Earth
Color: Red
General description: seat of survival + self preservation, the right to exist, the need to acquire and possess (the ego
Work Organ: anus
Sense Organ: nose
Asana supports: grounded feet or seated postures - malasana, forward fold, fierce, Warriors I, II, III, Mountain, easy seat
Major theme for this chakra: grounding
Sacral Chakra
Second
Svadisthana Chakra
Location: Sacrum, genitals, hips
Element: Water
Color: Orange
General description:
Work Organ: genitals
Sense Organ: tongue
Asana Supports: hip openers - goddess, happy baby, pigeon, lunches, legs up the wall, bridge, high lunge, low lunge, anything that his undulating, sahaja
Major theme for this chakra:
Naval Chakra
Third Chakra
Sanskrit: Manipura
Location:
Element: Fire
Color: Yellow
General description:
Work Organ:
Sense Organ:
Asana Supports: twists, fierce, boat, crow, arm balances, anything that stretches the belly
Major theme for this chakra:
Heart Chakra
Fourth Chakra
Sanskrit: Anahata
Location:
Element: Air
Color: Green
General description
Work Organ: Hands
Sense Organ: Skin
Asana Supports: back bends, shoulder openers, moving beween extension and flexion in the spine, lateral side bends, twists
Major theme for this chakra
Throat Chakra
Fifth Chakra
Sanskrit: Vishudda
Location:
Element: space/ether
Color: Blue
General description: chakra of self expression, purity/satya, doorway to liberation, center of communication and truth, right to speak and express oneself
Work Organ: Vocal Chords
Sense Organ: Ears
Asana Supports: Plow, fish, bridge, cat, camel, should & chin stand, neck stretches
Major theme for this chakra
Third Eye Chakra
Sixth Chakra
Sanscrit: Ajna
Location: centered at space between/right above eyebrows or at the center of the prefrontal cortex
Element: ether/space
Color: Indigo
General description: intuitive mind, “I know,” inner awareness, relationship with reality, penetrating insight
Work Organ: the mind
Sense Organ: the mind
Asana Supports: child’s pose, easy seat, prostration, any mudra to the third eye
Major theme for this chakra: associated with the ability to see) not just with one’s eyes but beyond. The vertical eye of wisdom
Crown Chakra
Seventh
Sanscrit: Sahasrara
Location: Top of the head
Element: ether/ space
Color: violet
General description: portal of interconnection to the divine and to the Self as expressed through others; center of realization, transcendence, actualization of oneness
Associated with everything so no work or sense organs
Asana Supports: headstands
Major theme for this chakra: oneness; you are one + the same with everything and everyone around you
