Nischala Joy Devi - The Namaste Effect: Expressing Universal Love Through the Chakras

The Namaste Effect

Expressing Universal Love Through theChakras

By Nischala Joy Devi

Praise for The Namaste Effect

This is an age when the words Namaste andChakra are often bandied about with no idea what they really mean.In The Namaste Effect, Nischala Joy Devi takes us deep intothe true heart of these spiritual treasures. With her own profoundunderstanding, she opens doors and leads us into the real spiritualmeaning, showing us how to use it to enhance our inner lives, ourlives in the world, and our hearts.

Prakasha Shakti Capen, Spiritual Teacher,Integral Yoga Minister

Ive always believed the heart is the finaldestination of all spiritual traditions, including the chakras.This wonderful book, written through the lens of the chakra system,simply shines with love on every page, with an engaging style thatmakes you feel you are in the arms of a loving mother reading you astory at bedtime. Yet hidden with these pages is a treasure troveof deep spiritual wisdom.

Anodea Judith, author of Wheels of Life,The Global Heart Awakens, and Eastern Body, WesternMind

Nischala Devis book is a journey we mustall someday take to understand our most hidden desires and our needfor love and happiness. Through the vehicle of the 7 MysticalChakras, this wise and compassionate teacher shows us how we cantruly light up the world and become agents for positive change onthis planet.

Nischala Cryer, co-founder, AnandaUniversity, author of The Four Stages of Yoga

The Namaste Effect is brilliant.Nischala Joy Devi, a masterful guide and educator, comes from adeep place of love and oneness, inspiring us to do the same. TheNamaste Effect illuminates each of the major chakras with aheartfelt and loving touch that rings with truth. She brings eachchakra to life with soul, science, storytelling, and especiallywith love. The Namaste Effect sings and soars with insightsgalore. Nischala draws from a wide variety of cultural, religious,literary and sacred traditions to illuminate these valuableteachings for practical and spiritual living. The information,affirmations, and meditations offered will illuminate and inspireyou on your path of self-understanding and right action, empoweredwith love and devotion. Its uplifting message of peace, love, andacceptance of oneself and others is sorely needed in todays world.This book thoroughly beams brightly. I urge you to get a copy tofind out for yourself.

Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT 500, author ofYoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief

The Namaste Effect is a heart-openingcall to an inner awakening for a loving and compassionate life.Nischala Devi relates the subject of the chakras to an openspirituality, which draws from religious and philosophical thoughtsboth from the East and the West. Each chakra is presented with itselement, sensory scope, psychology and transformative spiritualpower. The reader is uplifted by many real life stories which showthat a positive personal change is possible. The examples fromNischala Devis own life reveal her passion to heal the human heartwith Love. May this book open many gates of spiritual understandingand inner learning.

Swami Durgananda, director, Sivananda YogaVedanta Centers Europe

We need this book now! Each chakra has achapter with teaching stories, profound wisdom and practices drawnfrom Nischala Devis long years on the path, from devotee to herground-breaking work with the Dean Ornish program, to a place ofspiritual leadership in the world. Reading The NamasteEffect is like sitting at the feet of a master storyteller andteacher who is helping us learn, practice and grow intounconditional love.

Amy Weintraub, founder of LifeForce Yoga,author of Yoga for Depression, Yoga Skills for Therapistsand the forthcoming, Temple Dancer

Nischala Devi is simply a beautiful being Iam honored to call my friend. Let her be your guide on this sacredpath towards love, compassionate and genuine caring.

Deva Premal, Mantra singer, SpiritualMusician and Composer

Also By Nischala JoyDevi

The Healing Path of Yoga

The Secret Power of Yoga

The NamasteEffect

Published by Lotus FlowerBooks, an imprint of

Columbine Publishing GroupLLC

PO Box 416, Angel Fire, NM87710

columbinepublishinggroup.com

Copyright 2019 NischalaJoy Devi

All rights reserved. Nopart of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,recording, or by an information storage and retrieval systemwithout permission in writing from the publisher.

Book layout and design byLotus Flower Books

First trade paperbackedition: May, 2019

First e-book edition: May,2019

PublishersCataloging-in-Publication Data

Devi, NischalaJoy.

The namaste effect :expressing universal love through the chakras / Nischala Joy Devi. 1st ed.

1. Yoga. 2. Spiritualpractice. 3. Chakras. I. Title.

ISBN 978-1945422652 tradepaperback

ISBN 978-1945422669e-book

To all those that embrace the eternalsource

of love and oneness

Contents

Exploring The Namaste Effect

The Seven Mystical Chakras

Chapter 1 - Muladhara ChakraSurvival andConnection

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I am one with Mother earth.

Chapter 2 - Swadhisthana ChakraCreativityand Relationships

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I am creative and embrace loving relationships.

Chapter 3 - Manipura ChakraThe Power and theIntellect

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I am empowered and empower others.

Chapter 4 - Anahatha ChakraLove andCompassion

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I feel compassion and love for all.

Chapter 5 - Vishudda ChakraUnderstanding andHigher Communication

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I understand everything.

Chapter 6 - Ajna ChakraWisdom andKnowledge

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I know everything.

Chapter 7 - Sahasara ChakraOneness

When I am in the place of love and oneness,I am one with everything.

Continuing Namaste

A Grateful Namaste

Namaste

I honor the place within you where theentire Universe resides;

I honor the place within you of love, oflight, of truth, of peace;

I honor the place within you, where,

when you are in that place in you,

and I am in that place in me,

there is only one of us.

Mahatma Gandhi

Exploring the Namaste Effect

Namaste, When I am in the place of love andoneness

and you are in the place of love andoneness,

we are one, Namaste.

A Spoonful of Compassion

Dont tell me you have been in with apatient, simply listening to her talk and comforting her when shecried. That is a waste of time. Keep that up and I will have todismiss you from this training program.

This was the response from my supervisorafter I was summoned, failing to report exactly on time afterperforming a procedure in a patients room.

Systematically working through the list ofpatients for that mornings rounds at the hospital, I hadconfidently walked into the room of a young woman with terminalcancer. Six months pregnant with three young children at home, sheappeared very frightened and hopeless. I was there to do someprocedure, cant even remember what it was. Starting to take outthe instruments, I glanced up and our eyes met. At that moment, Icould feel a shift in my heart that transformed the room.

Placing the instruments on the bedside table,I enacted what my heart dictated. Tenderly edging myself into thehospital bed, I gently embraced her. Almost simultaneously, shemoved toward and encircled me with her arms. Embracing each other,we wept.

Breaking the spell, the crackling loudspeaker called my name. Coming back to mental consciousness, Iexcused myself and walked toward what I knew would be a scoldingfor obeying my heart rather than hospital rules.