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Asanas for Svadisthana Chakra

May 7, 2013

The 7 Chakras are the spiritual energy centres within the body.
Svadisthana is the sacral chakra, related to the colour orange
and located at the tailbone.
It represents our ability to accept others
and to be open to new experiences.

When this chakra is balanced
we have a good capacity for creativity and partnerships with others.
When we are imbalanced in this chakra
we might experience a loss of creativity
and a feeling of dullness.

Here are some great asanas to balance the Svadisthana chakra
and develop the ability to flow with emotions freely.

Marjaryasana
Utkata Konasana
Trikonasana
Malasana
Gomukasana
Baddha Konasana
Eka Pada Kapotasana
Ustrasana
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
Ardha Matsyendrasana
Janu Sirsasana
Upavistha Konasana
Supta Virasana
Savasana

Asanas for Muladhara Chakra

April 9, 2013

The 7 Chakras are the spiritual energy centres within the body.
Muladhara is the root chakra, related to the colour red
and located at the base of the spine.
It represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded.

When we are balanced in this chakra
we will feel confident, strong and steady.
When we are experiencing imbalance
we will feel fearful, and insecure, living more in the head than in the body.

We can become ungrounded in our root chakra
when we are in periods of movement,
when we are experiencing changes in our lives.

Here are some great asanas to awaken the Muladhara chakra
and create a stronger sense of grounding in the body and mind.

Tadasana
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Uttanasana
Virabharasana II
Trikonasana
Prasarita Padottanasana
Vrksasana
Balasana
Paschimottanasana
Supta Baddha KonasanaSavasana

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The Butterfly Dream

March 7, 2013

Baddha Konasana
Butterfly

“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly,
fluttering hither and thither,
to all intents and purposes a butterfly.
I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly,
unaware that I was Chou.
Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again.
Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction.
The transition is called the transformation of material things.”

Chuang Chou

“The butterfly dream shows that,
although in ordinary appearance there are differences between things,
in delusions or in dreams one thing can also be another.
The transformation of things proves
that the differences among things are not absolute.”

C. W. Chan