How to feed food to the Chakras

Many of our  food and eating habits are involved with issues of security, emotional issues, expression or self esteem. Infact there must be time when we might not listen to our instincts and tend to overeat or not be gratitude of what we receive. We forget the way how we interact with our food also tends to affect the way how we feed our chakras. eg: Unable or not wanting to have liquids or water is a clear sign of imbalanced Hara chakra.

The below table highlights ways to promote inorder to feed food to the chakras and make it an interesting experience each time and value the food we eat , the water we drink , air that we breathe and our bodies.

Chakra	How to promote and eat in- order to feed and balance the chakra
Mooldhara Chakra	·         Listen to your body- identify the food that makes u feel protected, grounded as opposed to ungrounded & heavy. ·         Avoid protecting oneself by eating unhealthy or undesirable food items, instead listen or see your physical health to identify items what to eat. Instead protect yourself by healthy eating and exercising habits. ·         Since root chakra is about relating and security – eating with close friends or family   or likeminded people help us bring in the thoughts of similar patterns and security. ·         Protein rich food, calcium, minerals, red & black colored food and fruit items.
Svadisthana Chakra	·         Creation of food with emotions, the way how one creates the food, picks up spices yourself  or the items yourself, experiment with food ·         Learning and engage in creating new & different food items. ·         Paying attention to food selected, created and way how it is eaten. The way how it is eaten- taking smaller and chewing the food, slow eating  , relishing the food ·         Engage in happy and playful eating ·         Beautify the place of eating- new crockery, mats, ambience, aroma, flowers on the table makes the whole experience beautiful. ·         Water, Liquids, Fat –Omega and Orange colored food and fruits.
Manipura chakra	·         Measure what you eat- idea is not the over eat or under eat ·         When fasting eat yellow colored fruits in order to balance the chakra ·         Know when to eat- one should be aware of what fuels one ego and empowers us and in turn gives energy to oneself. Idea is to identify ·         Eating of fibers etc. which involve more work for the digestive system ·         Schedule regular & timely eating habits. ·         Eating sugary and carb rich diet. One needs to be cautious of overeating and inturn blocking the Manipura chakra.
Anahata Chakra	·         Maintaining a kitchen garden – growing fruits and veggies with love and nurturance ·         Serve yourself and your loved ones with food with love and gratitude ·         Share a meal – invite friends, family over for a dinner and cook and serve with lots of love and eat with lots of joy. ·         Cook in a large community kitchen to serve others and poor people- Cooking Langar served in Sikh Gurudwaras is huge act of unconditional love and balancing the chakra ·         Serve your pets and other stray animals with dedication ·         Serve physically and mentally disabled people food with devotion and love. ·         Green Leafy veggies and fruits, food cooked and served with compassion.
Vissudhi Chakra	·         Chew your food well – take smaller bites , the first level of digestion happens in your mouth ·         Try and experiment with variety of food items- honor the food eaten of different taste or culture ·         Sing to the food while cooking, sing or pray before taking your meals, eat food when likeable music playing in the background. ·         Resonate with the food that you eat- the earth elements, the feel of it, and the expression of food. ·         Liquids, Juices, Air, water Plants, green and purple fruits.
Ajna Chakra	·         Eat Healthy fat and food, eat with intuition and clearly knowing what that food item will do to you. ·         Try and eat by 8pm or 2 hours before sleeping. The Jains in India usually don’t eat after sunset and eat right kind of food this helps to keep the third eye active. ·         Eating Organic  & fresh food and avoiding synthetic or preserved food ·         Detoxification of one’s diet ·         Purple colored food items
Sahashara Chakra	·         Fasting and praying ·         Going on a detoxification diet ·         Blessing one’s food.

 Happy Eating

Chakra Foods

Most of the people think that chakra alignment or better spirtual attainment is gained or achieved only by fasting, meditating and doing other spirtual activities/energy work.
It is interesting to note that the chakras or vortexes can be balanced or managed without our own help- own help of eating right and probable exercises. Whenever certain chakra misalignment or some times physical /emotional ailments can be due to under eating, over-eating or intake of wrong kind of food.

Lets have a look at the kind of food which can help us fuel our chakras and help in balancing, aligning and living a healthy and happier life.

Chakra	Color	What is activated	Food  to activate the chakra
Root Chakra- Protein	Red Or Black	Grounding, Protection security, stability, Being present	Protein/calcium/mineral/Vitamin A, C, B12 rich food - Carrots, groundnuts, turnips, radish, best is beet root, onions, garlic, ginger, any vegetable grown underground , tofu, beans, cabbage, Lentils, All Dals  especially sprouts and black beans, mushroom, shallots Eggs, Meat, Chicken, beef, pork, FISH, crabs, seafood, cod-liver oil Pomegranate, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, red grapes, cranberries, Watermelon Milk, Dairy Products, Juices of red colored fruits, chocolates. Organic Foods, Red Wine Pepper/kala namak, Paprika, cinnamon, sesame seeds, chillies, corn, red peppers, jeera, tulsi/basil, clove.
Hara Chakra- Water	Orange Rust	Creativity, Movement, Free Flowing	Water and Sweet/tangerine Items –All orange colored foods Carrots, coconut, pumpkins, apricots,  Salmon, flax seed oil, sunflower oil, Almonds, nuts, honey, walnuts, fiber nut, chestnut, omega -3 fats, saffron/kesar Mangoes, papaya, figs, kiwis, oranges, watermelons, best is Coconut , coconut butter, lemons, mosambhi, peaches Water, Juices of all kinds, tamarind, cucumber, Kakadi
Manipura Chakra- Carbs	Yellow	Ego, Self-Esteem, Personal Power, confidence	Spices, Pungent ,Carbs/Fat, starchy ,yellow colored foods All kind of grains- wheat, maize, flaxseed, sunflower seed, magaz (melon seeds), eggs, rice, bread, pastas, egg yolk, cheese, malai filled  milk, yogurt, POTATOES lemons, All vitamins, corn, yellow peppers, mangoes, papaya, melons, grapefruit, yellow colored pulses, bananas, pineapple. Ginger, mint, cumin, ajvain, jeera, turmeric/haldi. Junk food
Anahata Chakra- Green Leafs	Green Pink Magenta	Self Love, Giving emotional healing	Green Leafy veggies and fruits- Compassion Food/ rich in Vitamin B6/B12 Spinach, Saag, Leeks, Lady finger, gourd, bitter gourd, toyari, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower,  celery, peas, grains, beans, brussel sprouts, green pulses, green onions,  artichokes, green pepper, zucchini, amlas, aloe vera Gauvas, Pears, Avocado, Green Apple, Green Grapes, cucumber, green teas Thyme, cilantro, basil, cardamom, fenugreek.
Visuddhi Chakra- Air	Light blue, aquamarine	Self expression & self truth	Fresh Air & Fruits – Water, fresh fruit /veg juices, all kind of pure herbal teas Lemons, Lime, Tangerine tasting items, salt , rock salt, Interestingly Lamb, lemon grass, Fruits of all kind.
Ajna Chakra	Dark Blue Indigo	Third eye, Visions, Consciousness, psychic center	Blue & Purple foods & fruits- Minerals Blueberries, black grapes, red grapes, dried plums, raisins, sea plants, purple cabbage, olives, eggplant/brinjal, purple peppers,  soups, wines- white, smoothies, chocolate with rum etc. Not advisable- Marijuana, opium, poppy seeds Sages
Sahasrara Chakra	Purple White Whitish -pink	Union of shiv & shakti, Pure divine communication	Fasting / Smudging/ detoxification diets

My Music- Wonderland

Music/sound they say of any kind always, always has a calming effect on people. It is also one the best expressive therapies in the world, it usually works well for emotional-behaviorial disorders or emotional situations.

I think we all have a piece of music or song or songs which resonate with us or our vibrations, the vibrations which take us into a our own wonderland or memory land or dreamland, something that elevates us or gives a feeling of someone understanding.

My one such My Song is ---Here I go again  (Bloody Luxury) by White Snakes ( 1982 Album-Saints and Sinners)

I don’t know where I am going

But I sure know where I’ve been

Hanging on o the promises of songs of yesterday

And I’ve made up my mind, I aint wasting no more time

But here I go again, Here I go again

Though I keep searching for an answer

I never seem to find what I am looking for

Oh Lord I pray you give me strength to carry on

Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely streets of dreams

Here I go again on my own

Going down the only road Ive ever known

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone , And Ive made up my mind, I aint wasting no more time

Just another heart in need of rescue

Waiting on love’s sweet charity, And I am gonna hold on for the rest of my days

Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely streets of dreams

Here I go again on my own

Here I go again, here I go, Here I go again.

Incase you dont have any song, just pick up one and see which relates to you. Music is very good for the heart and throat chakras :)

Keep Singing & Smiling

Love and Heal

Chakras and Glands

In extension to previous post on Chakras, this one gives an overview on the different glands associated with each Chakra.

Each Chakra in the body is associated with nerve plexuses & endocrine glands. Now each endocrine gland secretes hormones or chemical substances into the blood stream to regulate body growth, metabolism, other activities & inturn affects one or more organs.

Below is the chart which gives an insight into the glands for each Chakra :-

Chakra Name	Glands	Few Hormones associated/controlled	Location
Root/ Muladhara Chakra	Adrenal Glands	Corticosteroids-salt & water Adrenaline/others-emotional stress -increase heart rate & BP, sexual feelings Androgen, Catecholamine- fight/flight	Two in number located at top of the kidneys. Associated with sympathetic nervous system. Arteries feed the adrenal glands
Hara/ Svadhisthana Chakra	Gonads/Ovaries	Androgens/ Estrogen, progestrone	Scrotum-males Overies- females (side of uterus)
Solar Plexus/ Manipura Chakra	Spleen/Pancreas	Pancreas-Insulin, Glugagon Spleen- black bile, creation & storage of RBCs & store platelets also	Long organ located at the back of abdomen exactly behind stomach Spleen- associated with sadness
Heart/Anahata Chakra	Thymus Glands	Thymosnins-àT-cells /lymphocytes/other immunity building cells	Centre of the chest, enlarges with age, color also changes with age
Throat/ Vissudha  Chakra	Thyroid Glands	a)Thyroid Hormone (TSH) b) Thyroxin (T4 & T3) For normalizing BP, Heart rate, reproductive organs, digestion, muscle	Lower front part of the neck
	Parathyroid Glands	Parathyroid Hormone Calcitonin ( calcium content)	Embedded below the thyroid gland on each side
Third Eye/Ajna Chakra	Pituitary Glands ( extension of hypothalamus)	a) Insulin Like growth factor Growth Hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), Growth Hormone b) Thyroid Stimulating hormones (TSH & TRH) c) Cortisol related hormones d) Gonadotropins- related to follicles in females & gonads in males Oxytocin/testerone	Base of the brain and hangs like stalk, extension of hypothalamus. Pea shaped, controls other endocrine glands
Crown/Sahasrara Chakra	Pineal Glands	Serotonin Melatonin ( sleep related)	Pine shaped located exactly in the centre of the brain

 

Reiki, yoga, sounds, mantras , stones, massage can help in regulation/balancing of the hormones secreted inturn helping the indiviual for healthy life. ( note: these are not substitute for medicines)

Real life Case study- "SA" is a hypothyroidism patient and she has been doing sound therapy, right food.specific mediations and reiki for quite some time. After doing these for sometime she did her tests again & the reports werent perfect but great improvement was seen in TSH levels.




Love and Heal