Chakra Meditation
Discover Energy, Creativity, Focus, Love, Communication, Wisdom and Spirit
I’ve written this book on Chakra Meditation, which offers simple, yet powerful techniques which can assist you in bringing your life into balance. With regular practice you may find that they also enable a release of the dormant psycho-spiritual energy known as ‘kundalini’.
For many years, I worked with the Sivananda Yoga Centres whose approach to teaching meditation was to suggest that people concentrate one of the higher chakras. If they deemed themselves to be more intellectual by nature, it would be a good idea to use the ajna chakra, the energy centre between the eyebrows that is commonly known as the ‘third eye’. If they were more emotional by nature, we suggested that they use the heart centre. The lower chakras were briefly mentioned in class, but rarely used for meditation.
After a while, I began to notice how the sole use of the higher chakras for meditation tends to make people ‘airy’ and even a bit spaced-out. This led me to begin to explore meditations on the chakras themselves, and particularly on the lower chakras for their grounding effects.
Each chapter in my book focuses on one main chakra, offering a variety of meditations and visualizations to balance that energy centre. There are also suggestions for yoga postures healing foods and essential oils, to help you work with the chakras more holistically. Chakra Meditation is full of transforming practices, and illustrated with evocative artwork and instructive photography. This is the ultimate guide to balance and well-being.
I’m pleased to say that Chakra Meditation is available world-wide and has been translated into Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. Also, in response to popular demand, I have produced an accompanying set of 49 inspiring cards entitled Chakra Meditations. The cards are available worldwide and have been translated into French and Dutch.
Comments from readers
“Swami Saradananda has a gift for taking complex yoga philosophy and making it seem so much easier to understand and grasp. This book is no exception and not only explains what the chakra system is and how it works, but elaborates on each chakra explaining its meanings and associations with the body and elements and ways to meditate on them. This is a wonderful book and great for anyone wishing to learn or develop their knowledge of the chakras. You have also inadvertently helped me out with an issue in my teaching that I was never quite happy with – how to describe or teach people how to perform ujjayi breath – but after offering up the description in your book – perfect! Hopefully, there should be no more puzzled looking faces in my classes (when it comes to Ujjayi at least!) anymore. Thank you! ”
- Vicki, yoga teacher, Bucks
“Namaskar Swamiji, I just bought your book on Chakra Meditation in Paphos, Cyprus. I must congratulate you as your book seems to have been very popular and i was lucky to have the last copy in the shop. I am using your book in my teaching practice in Paphos where I now live. It’s an excellent reference book not just for teaching but i also use it in my daily practice. So thank you for providing such a wonderful book.”
- Neelma, yoga teacher, Cyprus
"In this beautifully produced book which is a visual delight of color, form and instructive illustration, Swami Saradananda writes a clear, concise and comprehensible description of subtle energy of the body-mind-spirit. She offers methods to establish balance, harmony and health. This book is well worth reading, owning and using for ongoing reference. I would recommend it to both beginners, and those who study and instruct yoga, meditation and the tuning of the subtle body through chakra meditation. I would also recommend it to healers who use mantra, essential oils, and visualization in their healings and massage. Swami Saradananda presents techniques in ways that are readily accessible and understandable. It is a valuable tool for those who endeavor to live a life of balance."
- Mokshananda, St Petersberg, Florida
