Category: Chakras

Improve Your Visualizations: Balance the Third Eye Chakra

6/3/2015

I recently got a review for my first book, The Chakra Diaries, in which the reader said she had a hard time visualizing the chakra meditations provided at the beginning of each section. I’ve met many people who are not visually oriented, who would like to be better able to visualize what they want, and improve their intuition, imagination and psychic abilities. So, let’s do some Dynamind tapping for the Third Eye Chakra.

Through this chakra center, you can tune in to the higher self in order to receive guidance and realistically perceive and visualize the future. It vibrates with the energy of the color indigo.

Emotional or mental health issues include confusion, brain fog, aimlessness and an inability to see the big picture or separate fact from fiction. Physical health issues commonly associated with the Third Eye Chakra include headaches, sinus problems, vision problems, learning disabilities and nightmares.

When the Third Eye Chakra is balanced, you have the ability to think clearly and the ability to trust your own inner wisdom, along with an increase in your intuitive, telepathic and psychic abilities, including clairvoyance or clear seeing.

USING DYNAMIND TO BALANCE THE THIRD EYE CHAKRA

1) FOCUS – Hold your hands out in a loose prayer-like position.

2) DECLARE – Say aloud the condition you’re feeling that you would like to change, e.g.,

“I can’t concentrate and that can change. I want that feeling to go away.”

“I have a sinus headache and that can change. I want that pain to go away.”

If you have no symptoms to release, you can use Dynamind to strengthen the Third Eye Chakra, with a declaration such as:

“I’m not as intuitive as I want to be. I want to live in the light, seeing and thinking clearly.”

3) RELEASE – Tap 7 times on the center of your chest, then at the point between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, and on the top bone of your spine (the 7th cervical vertebra).

4) BREATHE – Direct your breath, inhaling with your attention on the crown of your head, exhaling with your attention below your feet.

Repeat until you feel the desired result.

For a complete set of Dynamind instructions for ALL the chakras, download Balance Your Chakras, Balance Your Life.

Namaste!
Becca Chopra, author of The Chakra Diaries, Chakra Secrets, Balance Your Chakras, Balance Your Life and The Chakra Energy Diet

Free Download of The Chakra Energy Diet

7/7/2014

Since publishing The Chakra Energy Diet in April, I've gotten great feedback on how it's helped people to conquer stress, weight and self-esteem issues. Most of all, it's helped them to pinpoint which of their chakras needed balancing - and how to go about it. I want you to experience that freedom as well, so as we come off Independence Day weekend, I'm offering the book FREE FOR DOWNLOAD, JULY 7 & 8 on Amazon Kindle (available to read on most any device).

SO, CAN YOU EAT YOUR WAY INTO BALANCE?

Being overweight, unhappy or physically in pain are CLUES about which of your CHAKRAS, the energy centers in your body, are out-of-balance. Once you know what’s sabotaging your health and weight loss efforts, you can balance your diet with chakra healing foods to look and feel your best.

Part I of the book explains how we're both psychologically and physically sabotaged by stress to overeat and crave sweets, and how GMOs, pesticides and refined sugar and other addictive ingredients in our “food” products further stress the body… in other words, it’s not your fault!

Part II offers clues and a quiz as to which of your chakras are most stressed, with suggestions on food choices and recipes, and balancing activities including yoga poses and other exercises for each chakra, so you can quickly move into balance.

Learn how to increase your energy, reach your optimal body weight, and be happier and healthier by using chakra healing foods, stress-busting techniques, yoga and exercise… start THE CHAKRA ENERGY DIET today.

HERE'S WHAT ONE READER HAD TO SAY...

A brilliant work for optimal physical, emotional and spiritual health
"The author did an excellent job in presenting a comprehensive set of information on balancing each chakra: first by examining the emotional components, then by providing the most desirable foods and meditation mantra pertinent to specific chakras, along with relevant yoga postures and exercises. Interesting recipes with pictures are added bonuses.

"Particularly interesting was the notion of letting go of self-criticism when it comes to the issue of weight. In essence, the author stresses the importance of re-establishing the relationship with ourselves by cultivating self-love, which is the basis of true healing." ~ Susanna Eun

Namaste!
Becca Chopra, author of The Chakra Energy Diet

End Cravings by Feeding the Solar Plexus Chakra

1/31/2014

I'd like to shed some light on the Solar Plexus Chakra and the foods and activities that can warm and feed your energy and health in that area. Located right above the navel, the third chakra, the Solar Plexus Chakra, is the focal point of your identity and self-esteem, also known as your power center. It is associated with the digestive organs and metabolism, processing energy and giving you the zest you need to get through your busy day. It vibrates with the energy of the color yellow.

You may recognize some of these emotional or mental health issues commonly associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra – poor self-image, indecision, fear and anger, powerlessness, greed, stubbornness, apathy and compulsive behavior.

Physical health issues include digestive disorders, food allergies, diabetes, ulcers, liver problems like hepatitis or jaundice, gallstones, and adrenal fatigue.

What do you crave? Addictive behavior associated with the Solar Plexus include cravings for caffeine, sugar and carbohydrates.

When the Solar Plexus Chakra is balanced, you’ll feel energetic, cheerful, willing to persevere and finish your projects, confident in your instincts and abilities, purposeful and organized.

Foods, especially those that share colors with the chakras, carry vibrations that can activate or balance your chakras.

Solar Plexus Chakra Healing Foods:

If you want to balance your Sacral Chakra, and reduce cravings that lead to overeating, replace processed carbohydrates that tend to be addictive... most are loaded with just the right amount of sugar, oil and salt to make sure you can't eat just one, like potato chips or fries. Processed foods also contain GMOs which have been shown to cause inflammation of the stomach lining and poor digestion. Instead, focus on filling, nutritious, gluten-free whole grain dishes and snacks that will fuel your muscles and brain with energy. I like to start my winter day with a steaming bowl of oatmeal with a touch of local honey.

Replace your slice of bread with a half cup of brown rice, oats, millet, quinoa, amaranth, teff, polenta, or buckwheat - experiment with the flavors and textures of the various whole grains, and cooking them together.

As each chakra is associated with an endocrine gland, the Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with the pancreas, so eat to keep your blood sugar and insulin in the normal range and avoid the current epidemic of diabetes. The pancreas is connected to all your digestive organs, so don't overload them with toxins like alcohol, trans fats, artificial flavors and sweeteners, or pesticided foods. Include yellow foods that provide enzymes for good digestion, like papayas and pineapples, in addition to corn, squash, beans, peppers and poultry, and spices like ginger and tumeric.

Squash & Millet Satisfies your Sweet Tooth

The overconsumption of simple sugars as opposed to complex carbohydrates such as whole grains can cause chaotic blood sugar levels, leading to hypoglycemia and even Type 2 Diabetes. A perfect dish to replace white potatoes or white rice (which quickly turn to sugar in your blood stream) is millet. It has a cheerful yellow color and is the perfect complement to sweet winter squashes to satisfy your cravings for sweets without spiking your blood sugar.

Millet is so easy to make - like most grains, simply rinse, add 2 parts water to one part grain, add a pinch of sea salt, bring to a boil, then simmer for 25 minutes. It's especially tasty and appetizing when served with baked Acorn squash.

Solar Plexus Chakra Healing Activities: Power Yoga is especially suited to the Solar Plexus Chakra. I also like to include the Spinal Twist, the Bow, the Boat and the Camel when I concentrate on balancing the Sacral Chakra.

While the Root Chakra is all about grounding to Mother Earth, and the Sacral Chakra is about reaching out to others in physical movement like dance and swimming, the Solar Plexus Chakra is all about personal strength. Other recommended exercise includes speed walking, hiking or jogging, aerobics or spin classes, and strength building routines like circuit training.

Namaste!
Becca

CHAKRA SECRETS Giveaway

3/7/2013

Before I run out to swim and frolic with the dolphins, I wanted to ask you to help celebrate my birthday. Please download a Kindle copy of my memoir/self help book, Chakra Secrets. It will be FREE on March 7 & 8… tell your friends about it too!

More and more, I find the Dynamind mind-body healing technique I learned from Serge Kahili King in Hawaii, and share in Part II of Chakra Secrets, to be so effective to relieve painful symptoms – because it releases the painful emotions that have been stored up and are screaming out for attention. I’ve learned to be grateful for symptoms as our body’s way of telling us we need to “pay attention” and get back in balance.

Here’s what Jenny from NYC wrote about Chakra Secrets:

“Becca Chopra’s scintillating memoir centers on a love lost that mysteriously reappears. Her story not only offers drama, sex, past-life connections, betrayals, how-to info on Kundalini rising and Tantric Sex, but all the lessons she’s learned as she adopts the path of yoga. Her insights into chakra healing are deep and profound, and if you’re too caught up in the action to take notice of them, she outlines her most important new chakra balancing secret in Part II of this book. Whether you want to be intrigued or inspired, learn Becca’s secrets in this sensational tome.”

If you also like Chakra Secrets, please leave a review on Amazon.com‘s Chakra Secrets page. It helps authors so much!

Wishing you all balance and health.

Namaste!
Becca Chopra

SACRAL CHAKRA HEALING FOR GREATER VITALITY

1/23/2013

Want to feel more self-confident and powerful in achieving your goals? Then you’ll want to strengthen your Solar Plexus or 3rd Chakra. I like to visualize the yellow light of the sun streaming into my navel or solar plexus area and feel this golden spotlight invigorating my life and my emotional and physical strength – especially in warding off the flu. If you’re in the midst of a winter storm right now, you can turn to the golden light of a crystal, and breath the energy emanating from the crystal into your solar plexus chakra.

HOW DO CRYSTALS ASSIST IN BALANCING THE CHAKRAS?
Crystal healing works because the stones interact with your body’s own natural subtle energies. Each crystal holds a vibration, much like chakras hold a vibration of color and energy. Crystals used to heal each chakra usually vibrate with the same color associated with that chakra. Edgar Cayce recommended illuminating a clear quartz crystal with the color of the chakra you wanted to heal, then to gaze on that crystal as you sang a mantra associated with that chakra (R A M for the Solar Plexus Chakra) or repeated an appropriate affirmation. Even a photograph of the crystal holds the vibration, so feel free to print this out and use it in lieu of the real thing.

Gaze at the photo here while toning R A M and notice how you feel greater confidence, self-esteem and vitality.

AFFIRMATION FOR THE SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA:
“I feel the fire in my belly producing more power in my life.”

For photos, sound mantras and affirmations associated with all seven of the major chakras, see my new Kindle book, BALANCE YOUR CHAKRAS, BALANCE YOUR LIFE.
Namaste!
Becca Chopra

Are My Chakras Out of Balance?

10/16/2012

There are many ways, from yoga, meditation to mind-body techniques, that can help balance your chakras. But first, do you know if you're out of balance?

When you work on the chakras that are closed or weak, you'll be directly influencing that particular area of your life, for example, finances, sex life, self-esteem, compassion, expression, intuition and spirituality.

Are your finances in trouble? Are you feeling insecure? Do you need to perform better at work and get that raise or promotion? Strengthen your Root or 1st Chakra.

Do you want to spice up your sex life or feel more passionate and creative? Unblock your Sacral or 2nd Chakra.

Want to feel more self-confident and powerful in achieving your goals? Strengthen your Solar Plexus or 3rd Chakra.

Want to feel more love, be able to forgive past grievances, and connect better with your spouse, kids, friends and co-workers? Work on your 4th or Heart Chakra.

Afraid of public speaking? Want to be able to express your truth and be understood? Balance your 5th or Throat Chakra.

Want more inspiration on which path you should take in life? Want to increase your intuition and psychic abilities? Open your 6th or Third Eye Chakra.

Want to feel at one with all there is? Have more peace, harmony and connection to spirit? Work on your 7th or Crown Chakra.

If you want to get balanced, get centered, get energized, get relaxed, get inspired, get clear, get connected, get going... chakra healing can be your answer. When your chakras are balanced, your life will also feel balanced.

When we learn to balance our chakras, we learn to craft our lives the way we want them to be, rather than living in constant reaction to forces outside of us.

These spirals of energy are wheels that heal, feeding the body good energy and relieving it of that we do not want. Chakras cannot be held, stroked or bottled up like a genie, yet our physical bodies soak them up thirstily and they profoundly affect our metabolism, emotions, sensations and behaviors. In addition to their roles in the physical realm, chakras work on a higher plane, waking us to the realization that our body, mind and spirit are forever and inextricably linked.

If you want an "instant" healing technique for Chakra Balancing, Dynamind can hold the answer. Dynamind is the ultimate healing secret to balancing your life in just minutes a day. I learned this technique from Serge Kahili King, Ph.D., during a Hawaii Health Getaway, and have applied it very successfully to chakra balancing.

Whether you experience pain, illness or stress, or just want to enhance your energy, you'll want to learn and practice this simple-yet-profound technique. Dynamind can be used to heal a wide range of dis-ease.

You simply state out loud what you want to change - the problem or pain - and tap, breathe deeply and feel the body tension causing your discomfort melt away. The concept is that by physically touching four major points on your body while reciting specific statements, you're able to take a deep breath and release tension causing disruption in your body's healing energy. It may sound simple, but the results are often deeply transformative.

Complete Dynamind instructions for Chakra Healing can be found in my recently published books, Chakra Secrets and Balance Your Chakras, Balance Your Life.
Namaste!
Becca Chopra
www.thechakras.org

CHAKRA SECRETS - Free on Kindle

9/20/2012

If you're interested in personal growth, I'd love for you to have a copy of my new book, CHAKRA SECRETS... FREE on Kindle from Sept 20-21.

Even if you DO NOT have a Kindle, you can easily download an Amazon app to read Kindle books on your computer, iPad or smartphone.

"Chakra Secrets... a compelling, sexy and often times educational read that details the ups and downs of Becca Chopra's own personal story, as it weaves in her involvement with the chakras."~ Tom Rapsas, Elephant Journal

How do chakras affect my life?
Chakras are our energy centers that affect directly influence everything from our financial security, our sex life and self esteem to how we give and receive love, express ourselves and practice spirituality.

Thankfully there are many ways, from yoga and meditation to mind-body techniques, that we can use to help balance our chakras. In CHAKRA SECRETS, I share a "secret" Hawaiian mind-body technique that you can use anytime, anywhere, to instantly relieve pain and other problems, and strengthen your chakras -- making you the best you can be.

How do you know if your chakras are in balance?
For example, if you are feeling insecure, it's hard to have a good foundation for a relationship or profitable career, so you'll want to strengthen your first or Root Chakra. If you feel needy, crave touch and sex and want to feel more passionate and creative, you should work on unblocking your second or Sacral Chakra.

All seven of the chakras have an impact on our lives. In CHAKRA SECRETS, I show how each of my chakras was blocked and share how I was able to move forward through chakra healing techniques that anyone can use to find love and happiness.

BALANCE YOUR CHAKRAS, BALANCE YOUR LIFE!
I hope you read and enjoy CHAKRA SECRETS. Download your FREE copy on Thursday or Friday, September 20-21, at http://amzn.to/RgxgS3.
Namaste!
Becca

P.S. If you would like the companion video on how to perform the chakra healing technique I share, simply email me for a FREE link at Becca@thechakras.org.

CHAKRA BALANCING YOGA AND AFFIRMATIONS

5/4/2012

Sharon Gannon presents a beautiful yoga flow series in CHAKRA BALANCING YOGA, a DVD that takes you through poses to balance the seven major chakras. The flow may be a little hard to follow if you're new to the poses, but you can take it at your own pace and still benefit. The parts I appreciated the most were the mantras and the forgiveness/blessing affirmations that she includes with each pose, bringing in the power of words, sound and thought to heal our energy centers.

For instance, for the Root Chakra, Sharon leads you in gratitude and blessings for your home and those who raised you, your father and mother, and for the career and the earth that support you. For the Sacral Chakra, she leads you in blessing and forgiveness toward romantic or creative enterprises that are still unresolved. Then, when we move to the Solar Plexus Chakra, she guides us in sending blessings to those you may have hurt, to rebuild respect for yourself and others. For the Heart Chakra, blessings and forgiveness are for those who have hurt you and caused your heart to be blocked to the flow of love and compassion. For the Throat Chakra, Sharon guides us in releasing negativity and cynicism and opening oneself to communicating as a holy being. For the Third Eye Chakra, we bless our teachers and gurus and our relationship with the divine. For the Crown Chakra, we release all doubt and bless our divinity, knowing we are student, guru and god.

Beautiful music is played throughout, calming the nervous system and uplifting your energy. Glimpses of the musicians are interspersed, and the DVD ends with Sharon playing the Harmonium. A wonderful 55-minute yoga session. If you'd like to order this DVD, go to our "Recommendations" page.

Namaste!
Becca Chopra, author of The Chakra Diaries

Letting Go of Anger and other Negative Emotions

7/28/2011

Letting go of negative thoughts, feelings and beliefs can be life changing, and The Sedona Method® has been recognized worldwide as one of the simplest and fastest ways to do so. My good friend, Nicole Lawrence, recently introduced me to its methods of actually letting the feelings come up, and verbally agreeing to let them go, in the present moment, NOW. Instructing your body to release the stress and tension associated with a "feeling" works much more quickly than mentally trying to deal with your emotions - you'll just keep rationalizing your anger or fear.

To watch a great introduction to the method, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpoTppJFULU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Link to see the movie online or purchase the DVD:http://www.lettinggo.tv/

I find this method works well with balancing the heart chakra, letting go of negative emotions and beliefs, and opening to love and compassion.
Namaste!
Becca Chopra, author of The Chakra Diaries
http://www.thechakras.org

The Chakra Diaries' Hawaii Sweepstakes Ends July 31

7/21/2011

I would love to get some feedback on the love triangle in The Chakra Diaries for a screenplay being written. I've lowered the price for a short time on Amazon.com: the KINDLE is on sale for just $2.99; the paperback for $8.99. All those who email in a comment by July 31 will be put into a drawing for a fabulous week-long stay at Hale Haumea cottage on the Big Island of Hawaii (see www.VRBO.com/90588), with a yoga class included at Kalani Oceanside Resort.
Namaste! Becca Chopra, author of The Chakra Diaries
www.thechakras.org