Sit with your eyes closed, spine erect but not rigid Rest your hands on your thighs

with palms facing up, index fingertips touching the tip of each thumb for the first three chakras, touching the middle joint of each thumb for the fourth & fifth chakras and the base of the thumb for the sixth & seventh chakras. If you wish you may touch the tip of the tongue to the roof of your mouth. ake several long, slow, easy deep breaths breathing through your nose, until your body becomes calm. Sit during this meditation. !o not lie down. "s we come to each chakra, focus your attention on the indicated area of your body. #ith each exhale chant the mantra that is given in a slow, elongated fashion. $egin with the root chakra %&ooladhara' and work upward to the (rown %Sahasrara'. "t the end always allow the energy to ground, flowing down through your body, and spend a few minutes in meditation or lie on your back in shavasan. ). $egin with the &ooladhara chakra, located at the perineum, midway between your anus and genitals. Say *+m &ooladhara*. ,isuali-e its red color. Slowly repeat *.ang* %pronounced lung' for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. 1. he Swadhisthana chakra, located in the genital region or at the base of the spine. Say *+m Swadhisthana*. ,isuali-e its orange color. Say *,ang* %pronounced vung' for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. 2. he &anipura chakra, located at the navel. Say *+m Sri &ani 3adme 4um*. ,isuali-e its yellow color. Say *Rang* %pronounced rung' for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. 5. he "nahata chakra, in the center of your chest, your spiritual heart. Say *+m "nahata*. ,isuali-e its green color. Say *6ang* %pronounced yung' for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. 7. he ,ishuddhi chakra, located in your throat, at the "dam8s apple or the epiglottis.

Say *+m ,ishuddhi*. ,isuali-e its blue color. Say *4ang* %pronounced hung' for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. 9. he "jneya chakra, located between our eyebrows. Say *+m "jneya*. ,isuali-e its indigo color, the color of the original .evi blue jeans prior to washing them. Say *":&* in a 2;1;) ratio. *";";";+;+;&* for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times. <. he Sahasrara chakra, located at the center of the top of your head. Say *+m Sahasrara*. ,isuali-e its violet color, pastel purple. Say *+gum Satyam +m* for a few minutes, then visuali-e the chakra turning li/uid gold as you say *0undalini, arohanum* several times

Parvathi Padma Dhyana %(lick here for more about this'

). Sit with your eyes closed, spine erect but not rigid, in any position that is comfortable for you. 1. ,isuali-e a golden lotus at the Sahasrara %crown of your head', with a stem going down to the &ooladhara (hakra at the perineum %base of your body'. 2. "s you inhale, visuali-e a golden li/uid flowing up the stem from the &ooladhara towards the lotus in your crown. 5. 4old your breath and visuali-e the golden energy filling every petal of the lotus. 7. "s you exhale feel the energy coursing down through every cell in your body %=eel it flood your 4eart (hakra, your lower belly, your hands & your feet'. 9. Repeat the cycle at least < times. In my groups I often use this variation> he energy can also be exhaled

all the way down down through the feet into the earth, down into the core of the planet and out to all the sentient beings living on the earth, turning the entire world golden. hen one would inhale from the earth up through the soles of the feet to the crown %and through the crown into the heavens' and exhale down from the crown through the feet into the earth. his is very powerful, uniting heaven and earth and bringing healing and transformation to the planet and to all living creatures on the earth.