Free Chakra ExercisesÂ
A while ago I read a book called the “Ancient Secret Of The Fountain Of Youth”. It contained several exercises that were designed to target the chakras or energy points in the body.
Essentially they are a series of yoga exercises that take about 10-15 minutes, and the book claims they will make you “look and feel younger”.
I do the exercises every morning and find them excellent in maintaining a flexible body.
When doing these exercises for the first time start slowly, 5 is a good number to do for each exercise when you begin. Then each week, or whenever you feel comfortable, add 1 more to each exercise.
The following are a list of exercises from the book, with a description of how to do them. At the end of the article I will provide a link to the book for you to read in full.
Chakra Exercise 1 - Spin Me Round!
This is a simple exercise to do, but make sure you don’t fall over! It simply involves spinning round in a clockwise direction with your arms up. I find it very interesting how children naturally do this.
Chakra Exercise 2 - Leg Lift
To do this exercise lie flat on your back, with your palms face down on the ground. Then lift up your head until your chin touches your chest and lift your legs up in the air. Lower your legs and head, then repeat.
Chakra Exercise 3 - Back Bender
Don’t worry its not as painful as it sounds! To start kneel on the floor with your feet behind you, then arch your back and neck so you can see the ceiling or wall behind you. Now straighten your back and repeat.
Chakra Exercise 4 - Table Top
You may find this one a bit tricky. The idea here is to get a straight back, like is shown in the picture. The easiest way to do it, is to start sitting down with your hands to your side and your feet in front of you.
Then in one movement, tilt your head back and lift your back up, trying to keep it straight. Now lower yourself to the sitting position and repeat.
Chakra Exercise 5 - Full Body Stretch
This is my favourite exercise, it is fun to do and once you have done it for awhile you can really feel the improved flexibility.
To do this exercise, first lay your stomach flat on the ground with your palms down. Now push up with your arms raising your head towards the ceiling and arching your back as shown in the picture.
Hold this position for upto 30 seconds, then reverse the move so you end up like the picture below. The idea is to go from one position to the other smoothly. Once you get the hang of it, it’s very easy.
Overall these exercises are a great way to improve the flexibility and health of your body, so why not give them a go!
I know what you mean about the buffet filling you up. I will need these exercises!
hey there, came across your blog tru digg,
just to let you know, these arent yoga like, they ARE YOGA.
ex1 - Standing Spinal Twist,
ex2 - (modified) leg raise
ex3 - (modified) camel pose
ex4 - (modified) cobra pose
ex5 - downward dog (aka mountain)
someone is trying to make his own cheese here. Dude, you’re better off studin under a full fledged yoga instructor who will monitor you.
thanks for the correction River of Karma. I actually made up the names of the exercises, thats just how i like to refer to them!
The exercises were taken from the book that you can download at the end of the article
I thought it was good. But will it give a flexible body as you say? I’m worried that hey look really hard to do. Especially the table top.
Hi Matty, If practiced daily then yes, they will help to increase the flexibility of your body. How difficult you find them really depends on where you are starting from.
If you have never exercised before, it would be best to start slowly and do what you are comfortable with. As you get used to the exercises you will find them easier and will be able to do more.
they are actually quite easy once you get used to them, but yes the table top is probably the hardest exercise.
I really want to extend my range for kicks so I am going to try these exercises because I hear you need to really strech your muscles to have long range and high kicks.
Oh my gosh. I flipped through this book years ago in a library, jotted down the exercises, and always wished I had read it. Thanks for the download!!
oh my, these exercises look interesting……….. I think I might have to give it a try. Is this similar to yoga?
Hi Stacy, yes these are yoga exercises. Have a look at comment 2 for the names of each exercise.
My wife started doing some similar excersices recently and I must say that I am really loving the results…
i was already doing these exercises and in back bender i stand on my feet and start bending my back and neck backward until my head touches the floor. this is very comfortable exercise which i do. but it is highly recommended that your hands and arms do not touch and thing. please test this ex and then reply with a text comment
Thanks for the link! just curious, where did u get the images from??
Google image search is a good place to look for images.
Hello I want to improve my eyesight.could u please send the information about it.
thank you,