Chakra Seven Description
- Name: Sahasrara, Thousand-Fold
- Location: Top of the head, cerebral cortex
- Color: Pure White
- Mantra: AUM
- Element: Pure Consciousness, Thought
- Body Relationship: Head, brain
- Yoga Poses to Balance: Meditation, Headstand
- Other Practices to Balance: Prayer, alone time, inspirational reading
- Central Issues: Spirituality, wisdom, self-knowledge, connectedness
- Excessive Characteristics: Overly intellectual, spiritual aloofness, "holier-than-thou", confusion, dissassociation
- Deficient Characteristics: Apathetic, synical, skepticism, learning difficulties, closed-minded, feels separate
- Corresponding Ayurvedic Dosha: Excessive=Vata/Pitta imbalance; Deficient=Vata imbalance
Recommended Reading on The Chakras
Eastern Body, Western Mind By Anodea Judith
Chakras for Beginners By David Pond
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