The Secrets of Yoga – Color Chakra Relaxation

This relaxation technique can be used after a Yoga class in savasana or at any other time that you want to relax.

Note: In this chakra relaxation practice, the solar plexus chakra is not considered in order to keep it simple.

Lie down on the floor or on a flat surface where you your back can be straight.

Only use a bed if you are using this technique to help you relax before falling sleep because you may fall sleep.

Keep the lights very low or turn them off.

You can also use an eye pillow.

Music is not necessary but if you wish to listen to music choose music without words (mantras are an exception).

The colors must be chosen from nature or from animals.

LETS BEGIN with the first chakra which corresponds with the tip of your toes to the lower part of your sexual organs. Visualize this area becoming red.

You can take the color red from flowers.

The second chakra corresponds with the

Visualize the internal organs and the skin becoming orange. You can take the color orange from the color of fish, a sunrise, flowers, etc.

The third chakra corresponds to three fingers bellow the belly button to the lower part of the sternum. Visualize this area becoming yellow. You can take the color yellow from wheat, birds, the sun, etc.

The fourth chakra corresponds to the chest area. Visualize this area transforming into the color green. You can choose the green color from the valleys, the trees, etc.

If at any moment you feel pain, inflammation, or that something in your body is not working properly, visualize that pain leaving your body gently.

The fifth chakra corresponds to the neck, shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers.

The seventh chakra corresponds to the top of the head, also known as the crown chakra. Visualize this area becoming purple. You can take the color purple from flowers.

Now visualize a white radiant light entering your body through the crown chakra and transforming all of the colors into a radiant white.

The color purple of the crown becomes a radiant white.

The transparent color of the head becomes radiant white.

The color navy blue from the neck, shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers becomes radiant white.

The green color from the chest becomes radiant white.

The yellow color from the abdominal area becomes radiant white.

The orange color from the lower abdominal area becomes radiant white.

The red color from the lower part of the sexual organs and legs becomes radiant white.

To end, visualize yourself in a bubble of white, radiant light that protects and heals you.

Sat Nam