Tantra is an ancient spiritual path to awaken consciousness. It differs from most spiritual paths in that it embraces the human body as a temple and sexual energy as the fuel for awakening. Your sexual energy is used to expand consciousness by moving it through the energy centers of the body. These centers, located along the spine, are called chakras, which means wheel of light. As consciousness moves through the chakras, the energy body refines itself. There is less identification with the ego and the separation from Source is recognized as an illusion.
There are 7 primary chakra centers. The first begins at the base of the spine and is called the root chakra. The second chakra is located in the lower abdomen, the third chakra is located in the solar plexus, the area just below the diaphragm, the fourth chakra is located in the center of the heart, the fifth chakra in the throat, the sixth chakra It is also called the third eye, which is between the eyebrows and the seventh chakra is at the top of the head and is called the crown. Tantra teaches you how to move your sexual energy from your root, through the heart center and up to your crown. Consciousness grows as each chakra center begins to flow with abundant energy.
Here are 7 Keys to energize the Chakras. Try this:
1) Stand with your feet hip-width apart and knees slightly bent.
2) Breathe through your mouth and into your belly, allowing it to expand.
3) Increase energy by inhaling as if you were drinking through a straw.
4) As you inhale, rock your hips back, creating an arch in your back. As you exhale, tuck your tailbone down, flattening your back. Allow your pelvis to rotate freely, keeping your knees bent.
5) Add the PC pump. As you inhale, squeeze your pelvic floor muscles by pulling them up as if you are holding in urine. As you exhale let your pelvic floor relax.
6) Put all the steps together. As you inhale, imagine that you are breathing the energy from your root through each chakra to your heart. Practice this until you feel the energy pulsing from your root to your heart. You can play by speeding up and slowing down your breathing rate until the first four chakras are connected and flowing with energy.
7) Once you have mastered the root and heart center connection, try to move the energy from your heart to the crown of your head. Practice until you can feel the energy flow easily from the root to the crown. Imagine a rainbow-colored bridge of light flowing from your root to the crown of your head, connecting Earth to Heaven.
Some of the benefits of energizing the chakras are improved health, sexual vitality, mental clarity, expansion of creativity, and inner peace. Do this practice daily to maintain and improve your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. It is also a great practice to do before making love and can be incorporated into your lovemaking as well. As the sexual energy moves from the root to the crown of the head, you connect with the mystical realms and discover that you are not your thoughts, body, feelings or beliefs. You are the Divine in human form, celebrating the ability to experience pleasure, bliss and Unity Consciousness.
