This active meditation uses deep, rapid breathing and body movement to open and bring awareness, vitality and silence to each of the seven chakras* and thus into your life.
The accompanying music and bells energetically support the process and indicate the beginning of each stage. The meditation is best done on an empty stomach.
* All chakras lie deep within, rather than on the surface of the body.
The following “map” is used to indicate their approximate locations:
1. base chakra: the sex center, lower pelvis
2. sacral chakra: just below the navel
3. solar plexus chakra: above the navel, below the breastbone
4. heart chakra: the middle of the chest
5. throat chakra: the throat
6. third-eye chakra: between the eyebrows
7. crown chakra: top of the head
This meditation is to be done with its specific OSHO Chakra Breathing Meditation music, which indicates and energetically supports the different stages.
Instructions
The meditation lasts one hour and has two stages. Keep your eyes closed throughout.
First stage: 45 minutes
Stand with your feet a little apart, your body loose and relaxed. Close your eyes and with open mouth breathe deeply and rapidly into the first chakra – your attention with each breath in the pelvic area, where the first chakra is located. Have equal emphasis on the in and the out breath. Don’t force your breathing, breathe in a rhythm that feels comfortable and allows you to become aware of the feelings and sensations of each chakra.
Each time you hear a bell, move this deep, rapid breathing up to the next chakra. As you breathe up from chakra to chakra, let your breathing become more rapid and gentler, so that you are taking about twice as many breaths in the seventh chakra than in the first.
To support the breathing you can shake, stretch, rotate or move your body and hands as you feel, but let your feet stay in one spot. Allow your feet, knees, hips and other joints to become like springs so that once you set the breathing and body in motion, the movement will become continuous and effortless. Let your awareness remain primarily with the sensations of the chakras, rather than with the breathing or the body movement.
After breathing in the seventh chakra, you will hear three bells. Now let your breath and awareness turn and fall back down through each chakra, allowing your breath to become slower from chakra to chakra. Let the energy flow down by itself to include the entire spectrum of chakra energy from top to bottom, like seven colors blending into one rainbow. You have about two minutes to reach back to the first chakra and it is up to you how long you breathe into each chakra.
After you finish this sequence, stand silently for a few moments before starting the next sequence. This upward and downward breathing sequence is repeated three times.
If at first you don’t feel the energy of your chakras, just breathe into the area where they are located. Remember not to push the breath – rather allow the breath and body movement to be like a bridge carrying you into the sensations and energy qualities of each chakra. Becoming sensitive to this comes through awareness and patience.
Second stage: 15 minutes
After the third breathing sequence, sit relaxed and in silence. Remain a witness to whatever is happening within, without judgment.