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chakra

chakra

19 8.7
A center of energy in the body used in yoga and meditation
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɑːkrə/
: chakra
  • And when you work on the heart chakra, thankfulness, gratefulness comes from there.
  • heart chakra
  • the third chakra
  • the second chakra

Some people call them the chakras, minor chakras, major chakras, right?

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Examples

  • In yoga, each chakra is believed to correspond to different physical and emotional aspects of our being.

  • Breathe into your crown chakra.

  • It's the heart chakra of the world for love.

  • Now we're going to go through what the chakra is used for.

  • We just need to take a moment to look into each other's eyes and center our chakra.

  • In touching your heart chakra, what you do is you create a touch point, a pulse point.

  • So this one is all about supporting your heart and the heart chakra and bringing in that very humble self love and kindness.

  • When I say that is energy wise, the heart produces more power, more energy that radiates out from this chakra than any other chakra.

  • It's time to realign your chakras.

  • Opening the heart chakra heralds yet another advance in thinking, which changes from predominantly linear to lateral.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

cakra
vschakra
  • Indian
1 9.9

A point in the body that people think holds inner energy and affects health and feelings

is the same idea used especially in yoga, meditation, and broader Eastern practice

Surface Forms

chakra singular
chakras plural

Etymology

Chakra comes from the Sanskrit word cakra, which means 'wheel'. Think of chakras as small 'wheels' of energy that turn inside the body during yoga or meditation, and that is why they are called energy centers.