Chakra Five: Let’s Focus

Chakra Five: Let’s Focus 

Now we’re really zeroing in on the yoga-chakra connection. Chakra Five, the Vissuddha, focuses on moving with sounds, and allowing sound to help you move your body.  

For the Fifth Chakra, the color is a bright blue, using ether or sound as the element.  For meditation, this chakra focuses on resonance, harmony and vibrations–good vibrations, of course :-).

 First, let’s begin with a couple of warmups.

1) Breathe deeply, inhale and then exhale with seed sound.  The seed sound for this chakra is ham 

2) If you’d like to try a second warm-up, do a simple Apanasana.  Lie down on your mat, slowly bring your knees to your chest and hold. Exhale using the seed sound, ham

One of the best postures for this chakra is the Downward Puppy or shoulder stretch.  Here’s how it goes:

Step 1) 

Get down on all fours. Make certain that your shoulders are above your wrists and your hips are above your knees. Then walk your hands forward a few inches while curling your toes under.

Step 2)

Exhale, while moving your buttocks halfway back toward your heels. Keep your arms active; don’t let your elbows touch the ground.

Step 3)

Slowly lower your forehead to the floor and let your neck relax, maintaining a slight curve in your lower back. To really feel the stretch along your spine, press your hands down and stretch through the arms while pulling your hips back toward your heels.

Step 4)

Take a moment to breathe into your back, and feel your spine lengthen in both directions. Be sure to hold this breath for 30 seconds to a minute, then release your buttocks down onto your heels. Exhale and hold.

All of these moves are helpful in bringing up energy from your base and improving your focus, and strengthening the mind-body connection.  The power spot for this chakra is located in the throat, it is important to use the seed sound (ham).  Keeping it healthy determines and governs how we express our thoughts creatively.

Also a beautiful way to start your day,  centered and focused.

Until next time, Peace.