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Sahasrara (Sanskrit: सहस्रार, IAST: Sahasrāra, English: "thousand-petalled", with many alternative names and spellings) or the crown chakra is considered the seventh primary chakra in Sanatan yoga traditions. The chakra is represented by the colour violet.
The root chakra forms the base of the cone. The cone then extends upwards to the crown chakra at the top of the head forming the point of the cone. [ 2 ] The chakras themselves deal with the flow of energy in the body, and the cone of power is created by harnessing the body’s natural energy and directing it upwards.
Tantric Chakra: Description: Temple: Location: Symbol: Sahasrara (Sanskrit: सहस्रार,Sahasrār) Above head Amarnath Temple/kailashnath Temple Anantnag/Kailash Ajna (Sanskrit: आज्ञा, ājñā) Brain directly behind eyebrow Natarajar Temple: Chidambaram: Visuthi (Sanskrit: विशुद्ध, Viśuddha) Neck region near spine
The Varaha Upanishad (13–16 cc. CE) further describes it as follows: [5] "The nāḍis penetrate the body from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head. In them is prāṇa, the breath of life and in that life abides Ātman, which is the abode of Shakti, creatrix of the animate and inanimate worlds."
Kundalini yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga) is a spiritual practice in the yogic and tantric traditions of Hinduism, centered on awakening the kundalini energy.This energy, often symbolized as a serpent coiled at the root chakra at the base of the spine, is guided upward through the chakras until it reaches the crown chakra at the top of the head.
In the most common form of Anjali mudra, the hands are held at the heart chakra with thumbs resting lightly against the sternum. [8] The gesture may also be performed at the Ajna or brow chakra with thumb tips resting against the "third eye" or at the crown chakra (above the head). In some yoga postures, the hands are placed in Anjali mudra ...
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The Vinashikhatantra (140–146) explains the most common model, namely that the three most important nadis are the Ida on the left, the Pingala on the right, and the Sushumna in the centre connecting the base chakra to the crown chakra, enabling prana to flow throughout the subtle body.