In Tantra, chakras are viewed as spinning vortices of energy in the body and as storehouses of experiences and memories. When the chakras are balanced—meaning they're not over or under active—a Tantra practitioner can experience clarity, access power, and feel more joyful, fearless, and free.
In this course, we will explore the chakras esoteric meanings, learn to understand what each chakra/energy center represents, we will learn how to activate specific chakras that are imbalanced, and more. We will also have lecture, discussion and guided pranayama practices into the subtle body of our Chakras & Nadis, and how the physical-energy-emotional-wisdom-bliss bodies are connected.
The goal that the mystical science of Shivakti Tantra Yoga aims to achieve, is the sacred merger of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine within.
One of the most interesting and useful models to understand and decipher the inner nature of human beings is the model of the seven chakras from the tradition of Tantra Yoga. A chakra is an energy center which facilitates an energy exchange between a human being and the environment, in the same way that the breathing system is in charge of the exchange of air between an individual and their environment.
The seven main chakras are situated a few centimeters in front of the body and in order to feel them and work with them, some training in yoga and meditation is needed. The key to develop this very special sensitivity is a combination of stable sharp focus and deep relaxation. Having these elements together will allow us, with some training, to have a clear and systematic experience of the chakras.
The Chakras are mentioned already in the Upanishads more than 2500 years ago, and they are explained in detail in the three fundamental texts of Hatha yoga; the ‘Hatha Yoga Pradipika’, ‘Gheranda Samhita’ and ‘Shiva Samhita’ about 500 years ago. Even if these texts were not kept secret, there was almost no reference of them in west until the end of the 19th century, when the Theosophical Society of Madame Blavatsky brought their knowledge to west, together with Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater. The Theosophical Society made two crucial mistakes in transferring the knowledge further. First they moved the sexual chakra from the sexual organs to the spine, probably to comply more with the conservative environment of that time. This mistake was quickly fixed and there are no teachings about spinal chakras anymore. The second big mistake they made was to move the navel chakra, “Manipura Chakra” from the navel to the solar plexus, probably to look more scientific with the spirit of that time when the yoga research and study on the nervous system was the cutting edge of science. Unfortunately this absurd mistake survived and in many tantra yoga books this chakra is still described as being in the solar plexus, even though all the ancient texts show clearly that the navel chakra, “Manipura Chakra” is situated in the navel. Generally the knowledge of chakras got very diluted, so many of the secrets of the chakras are as sealed as they were 200 years ago.
The beauty we offer in our program however is that all that we learn and activate through Kundalini , breath, sound & meditation practices, can be experienced in your own body temple as a way of divining for yourself the inner "secrets". It is often best to "move from a small head full of information to the cosmos of divine intelligence... From the trap of the intellect to the lap of the Goddess."
