Discover the Power of Everyday Ecstasy
Working with this chakra is transformative, releasing your inner spark of genius, and relaxing you into a state of pure bliss. You are now able to rise above everyday concerns and connect with the sacred. You are imbued with a sense of being at one with it all. You see the bigger picture and are no longer bogged down by the minutiae of life. You feel connected to the cosmos and open to receiving divine inspiration. Now, you can see the celestial within the commonplace. Dive deep and uncover your creative gold!
Crown Chakra at-a-glance
Sanskrit name: Sahasrara (thousand-spoked wheel)
Physical location: situated at or just above the crown of the head
Element: consciousness
Colours: Violet, gold, white
Yantra: It is often depicted as a full moon-like circle
Seed Mantra: Om
Affirmations: The light of love surrounds me. Light of love within, light of love without.
Light of love, guide me home.
Main creative concerns: seeing the bigger picture, putting aside ego, connecting to the Divine Mystery and channelling this cosmic awareness into your creativity.
Balanced: fulfilled, imaginative, peaceful, inspired, inspirational, spiritual leader, sexually fulfilled and responsible, sees the bigger picture, insightful, open to blissful states, sense of connectedness, creative.
Excessive: egotistical, superficial, spiritually arrogant, charlatan, false messiah, overzealous, sexually irresponsible, addictive personality, irrational, unworldly, flits from one craze to another convinced it will lead to enlightenment.
Deficient: unimaginative, bland, detached, closed mind, aloof, unspiritual, materialistic, small-minded, tunnel vision, stuck in their ways, over-rational, takes things at face value, uninspired.
Life Issues: finding fulfilment, seeking enlightenment, balancing spiritual and material concerns, sexuality, developing an ability to put self-interest aside and work for the greater good, acting from a place of love, awakening to a realisation of the oneness of creation.
Healing practices: meditation, mantra, Tantric sexual practices, loving relationships, visualisation, prayer, being in spiritual communion with others, mindfulness, compassion, self-compassion, yoga, random acts of kindness, yoga nidra, walking, being in nature, star gazing, creative pursuits, playing and listening to uplifting music, viewing inspirational art, creative collaboration with others, any work that is for the common good.
Physical location: situated at or just above the crown of the head
Element: consciousness
Colours: Violet, gold, white
Yantra: It is often depicted as a full moon-like circle
Seed Mantra: Om
Affirmations: The light of love surrounds me. Light of love within, light of love without.
Light of love, guide me home.
Main creative concerns: seeing the bigger picture, putting aside ego, connecting to the Divine Mystery and channelling this cosmic awareness into your creativity.
Balanced: fulfilled, imaginative, peaceful, inspired, inspirational, spiritual leader, sexually fulfilled and responsible, sees the bigger picture, insightful, open to blissful states, sense of connectedness, creative.
Excessive: egotistical, superficial, spiritually arrogant, charlatan, false messiah, overzealous, sexually irresponsible, addictive personality, irrational, unworldly, flits from one craze to another convinced it will lead to enlightenment.
Deficient: unimaginative, bland, detached, closed mind, aloof, unspiritual, materialistic, small-minded, tunnel vision, stuck in their ways, over-rational, takes things at face value, uninspired.
Life Issues: finding fulfilment, seeking enlightenment, balancing spiritual and material concerns, sexuality, developing an ability to put self-interest aside and work for the greater good, acting from a place of love, awakening to a realisation of the oneness of creation.
Healing practices: meditation, mantra, Tantric sexual practices, loving relationships, visualisation, prayer, being in spiritual communion with others, mindfulness, compassion, self-compassion, yoga, random acts of kindness, yoga nidra, walking, being in nature, star gazing, creative pursuits, playing and listening to uplifting music, viewing inspirational art, creative collaboration with others, any work that is for the common good.
In the Chakras for Creativity book you will find a Crown Chakra inspired yoga practice, meditation, walking meditation, writing meditation, and meditation questions.