How to use chakras symbols

You can use chakras visual symbols as a tool to help you balance your chakras’ energy flow and re-gain mental, emotional and physical health.
The practice is simple - find a comfortable sitting position with your back straight and place a print or a card with the chakra’s symbol in front of you at your eye level. Quiet your mind observing your natural breath and once you find yourself present, simply gaze at the image of the chakra. Keep letting go of your thoughts so that the mind is completely absorbed in the symbol. Gaze steadily, without blinking, until tears begin to flow or you feel strain. Once this happens, close your eyes, and try to maintain a vivid image of the chakra for as long as possible. This concentration-based meditation practice is known as trataka. Each time you practice trataka, extend the time you maintain the after-image. This exercise, traditionally believed to remove any disease from the eyes and to induce clairvoyance, also develops the skill of internal visualization. According to Dr. Marc Halpern, founder and director of the California College of Ayurveda, the practice of trataka decreases mental lethargy and increases intellect. While developing the skill to keep our minds fixed in meditation on a meaningful image, we also invoke an energetic experience associated with each chakra.

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