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Introduction to Manipura Chakra
This Chakra represents the Self-esteem and self-worth of an individual.
It is the 3rd Chakra, which comes after the Swadhistana Chakra or the Sacral Chakra. This Chakra is a source of immense potency and energy. Thus, the Manipura Chakra is the energy and power center within the human body-mind constitution.
Activation of the Chakra awakens immense energy within the human system. The chakra exists 2 inches above the navel area.
Why Should we Activate the Manipura Chakra?
Practitioners of Yoga see this Chakra as a 10 petalled yellow Lotus. The Chakra moves in the clockwise direction. One who activates this chakra will attain tremendous self-worth and his willpower to act and perform will increase manifold. In addition, the person shall also grow in confidence along with renewed positivity towards life.
Activating this Chakra will also increase the flow of money. A lot of Name and Fame comes into the life of an individual who has activated the Chakra.
Fear related to people and circumstances shall stop troubling such a person. An active Manipura Chakra blesses an individual with the capacity to stand against all odds.
A strong Chakra also represents a great digestive system, which keeps a person healthy and keeps his internal system free of gas.
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Practices to Activate the Manipura Chakra
1. Praying to Lord Suryanarayana
This Chakra is also known as the Solar plexus. A person interested in awakening this Chakra has to perform spiritual practices related to Lord Suryanarayana.
Reciting the Aditya Hridaya Stotram, every morning and evening, facing east and west respectively is an extremely powerful practice.
One can also perform Surya Namaskara, just before sunrise.
Also offer water oblations to Surya Devata facing the Sun, daily. These processes activate the Manipura Chakra of the individual.
2. Simple Means to Awaken Good Luck (Raja Yoga)
Another simpler means to draw Solar energy into the Manipura Chakra is to simply expose oneself to the Sun’s first rays at dawn.
One can stand facing the east, on open ground or verandah, at dawn and Pray to Surya Deva to enter your Solar plexus. One can stand exposed to the Sun’s rays for not more than 5 minutes.
Even a month-long practice can attract untold benefits. The person shall also develop a tendency to stand by Truth, as one performs this form of sadhana.
This practice is great because it helps the practitioner progress spiritually.
One can also chant the mantra “Om Suryah Namah”, 108 times both at dawn and dusk, in order to activate the Manipura Chakra.
Chanting the Surya mantra can also invoke Raja Yoga within the individual. The mantra also serves as a means for an individual to rise in societal position.
3. Manipura Chakra and Kapalabhati
Another means for activating the Manipura Chakra is to perform Kapalabhati Pranayama.
Experts recommend doing not more than 50 strokes of Kapalbhati for men and 25 strokes for women. They also discourage Pregnant women from doing Kapalbhati.
People should consult their physicians before attempting any yogic practice. Kapalbhati uses the Prana or the lifeforce within the wind element to activate the Manipura Chakra.
People suffering from heart disease should also Avoid doing Kapalbhati because it can cause stress on a weak heart.
4. Visualizing Devi Shakti
One can also chant the Mantra of the Manipura Chakra represented by (रं).
This is also chanted as “rang” or “rum”, with a strong inner throat sound, ending with a nasal sound. This sound causes reverberations in the solar plexus and activates it.
Another way to activate the solar plexus is through Dynamic Meditation.
Devi Chandraghanta and Fire Element are the presiding deities of the Manipura Chakra.
One can close one’s eyes and visualize Agni Deva blazing in the naval region or imagine the beautiful form of Chandraghanta Devi, inhabiting the naval region.
By the continued, conscious practice of this visualization, one can awaken the Solar plexus, very easily.
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