Cyndi Dale - Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Chakras

About the Author

Cyndi Dale (Minneapolis, MN) is an internationally renowned author, speaker, healer, and business consultant. She is president of Life Systems Services, through which she has conducted over 50,000 client sessions and presented training classes throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Visit her online at CyndiDale.com .

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Llewellyns Complete Book of Chakras: Your Definitive Source of Energy Center Knowledge for Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Evolution 2016 by Cyndi Dale.

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contents

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: Chakra Fundamentals and Basic Practices

: What Are Chakras? A Pocket Guide to Your Bodys Points of Light

Your Spinning Wheels of Light

What Is Kundalini?

: The Hindu Chakra System

Hindu Chakras: The Basic Seven

The First Hindu Chakra: Muladhara

The Second Hindu Chakra: Svadhisthana

The Third Hindu Chakra: Manipura

The Fourth Hindu Chakra: Anahata

The Fifth Hindu Chakra: Vishuddha

The Sixth Hindu Chakra: Aja

The Seventh Hindu Chakra: Sahasrara

: Fundamentals of Chakra Medicine

The Benefits of Chakra Medicine

Chakra Medicine Methods I: Preparation and Analysis

Chakra Medicine Methods II: Healing

Chakra Medicine Practices: Eastern Methods

Chakra Techniques: From Mantras to Gemstones and Everything in Between

: Chakras in DepthHistorical, Scientific, and Cross-Cultural Understandings

: The History of Chakra Knowledge Through the Lens of Ancient India

Ancient Vedic Scripture: The Four Canons

Chakras Taking Form: Divining Three Movements from the Upanishads and Other Early Sacred Texts

Following the Light of Tantra and Yoga

: The Science of Subtle Energy

Your Energy Primer: Understanding Physical and Subtle Energy (And a Few Matters in Between)

Chakras as Part of the Subtle Energy Anatomy

The Science and Structure of Chakras

Kundalini Rises: The Chakra Serpent

: Chakra Systems of Asia

Chakra Systems of India

Tibet: Indian Tantra Meets Buddhism

Other Asian Chakra Systems

: Ancient Chakra Systems Across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas

The African Continent

Chakra Systems of Old Europe

The Middle East

Chakra Medicine in the Americas

: Modern Western Chakra Systems

Early Western Mystics and Esoteric Orders

The Theosophical Society

Chakras Come of Age in the West

: Chakras Et Cetera: Natural and Unusual Chakras

Chakras in Nature

New and Unusual Chakras and Chakra Systems

: Your Great Perhaps

EXERCISES

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chakras As Vortexes

The Location and Basic Functions of the In-Body Chakras

The Plumed Serpent and an Ouroboros

Kundalini and the Three Main Nadis (left) and the Energy Flow of Ida and Pingala (right)

The Three Main Granthis

The Five Koshas

The Greek Caduceus and Kundalini

The Endocrine System

The Seven Hindu Chakras

The Muladhara and Parts of the Spine

The Pancreas

The Celestial Tree Wishing Chakra

The Thyroid and Parathyroid

The Lalana Chakra

The Three Main Secondary Chakras of the Aja

The Location of the Pineal Gland

Sukhasana

Padmasana

The Jnana and Chin Mudras

Navamukhi

Dhyani or Samadhi Mudra

Vitarka Mudra

Dharmachakra Mudra

Bhumisparsha Mudra

Abhaya Mudra

Varada Mudra

Uttarabodhi Mudra

Mudra of Supreme Wisdom

Anjali or Namaskara Mudra

Vajrapradama Mudra

Karana Mudra

First Chakra Pose

Second Chakra Pose

Third Chakra Pose

Fourth Chakra Pose

Fifth Chakra Pose

Sixth Chakra Pose

Seventh Chakra Pose

The Seven Sacred Geometry Signs of the Chakras

Reiki Symbols

Vishnu and the Sudarshana Chakra

The Greek Omphalos

Nadis within the Sushumna

The Auric Fields

The Seven Rays

The External Energy Bodies

The Dantians

The Human Spine

Parts of the Brain

Close-Up of the Glands

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Gap Junctions

The Torus, Zero-Point Insert, and the Chakra

Two-Sided Chakra (left) and the Hearts Field (right)

The Rising of Charges

Bodily Areas Where Emotions Appear in Kundalini Situations

A Thirteen-Chakra System

The Kshetram Points

The Kshetram and Chakra Points in the Brain

The Five Elemental Areas of the Body

The Five Koshas in the Body

The Marmani Related to the Chakras

The Kalachakra Six-Chakra System

The Four Taoist Forces

The Microcosmic Orbit

The Seven Chakra Points in the Hand

The Seven Chakra Points on the Foot

The Korean Dahnjons

Pranic Healing and the Eleven Major Chakras

The Kamitic Tree of Life

The Yoruba Cosmology

The Yoruba Chakra System

The Chakra Worlds of the Norse