*A red aura is connected with the physical body. A clear, strong red means energy, passion and power. Flashes of red can signify anger or be a sign of illness, and a person with a primarily red aura can be said to be more materialistic and power-hungry.

*Orange aura colors denote physical energy, health and vitality. An aura with a lot of orange also means that the person is very creative.

*Yellow is an optimistic color, and a yellow aura signifies joy, freedom and energy. Yellow-gold is linked with spiritual development, as evidenced in religious paintings of deities with golden halos.

*A person with a green aura will probably have powerful healing abilities, and green is linked with physical health. A sickly green can mean emotions such as dishonesty or envy, but in most cases, green is a relaxing, natural color.

*A blue aura usually signifies peace, and a person with a predominantly blue aura is probably a calm person to be around. Blue is also linked with psychic ability, but a dull blue can mean fear.

*Purple in the aura means spiritual energy, and it’s most commonly seen in those who are in touch with their inner energy or “divine spark”. Purple is linked with intuition, creativity and vision.

*An aura with brown or other earth tones can denote a strong connection with the Earth and with the physical. Those with such colors are usually very down-to-earth and connected to nature.

*A black aura is never a good sign- it can signify strong, unreleased negative energy, or entity attachment/possession.

*White, being a pure color, usually means spiritual leanings or a person who places great emphasis on the truth. On the flip side, a lot of white in the aura can mean a serious illness, and it has been noted that a dying person’s aura will turn white just before they pass on.

For those that do not feel comfortable using mantras, there are chakra CDs that are issue or habit-specific. For instance, if communication is not one of your strong suits, there are CDs that work with the throat chakra. By playing the music as you relax, you will be encouraging the chakra to align itself- and each chakra has specific musical tones and instruments that help them balance out.

Many chakra-balancing musical compositions will come with visualizations to use while you are listening. These may have you picturing your chakra’s energy glowing or spinning, and they will occasionally ask you to clear out energy that no longer serves a purpose, and allow fresh energy in. Most chakra balancing music lasts for a certain amount of time (most are thirty to sixty minutes in length). The CDs will often have an induction sequence, to help you relax. Toward the end, there are often cues that let you know the session is nearing its close.

Chakra balancing music was originally used by healers to help their clients clear imbalances. The music is now available to all, and there is so much available, that you are sure to find some music that you like. Some chakra CDs are musical compositions, and some are recordings of people chanting. There are also reiki music titles. If you want to explore chakra balancing, use music. It will quiet your conscious mind and let your body take over to heal itself.

Reiki is a form of complementary medicine, not to replace a doctor’s care. Those who are seriously ill and need other treatment should not look at reiki as a first line of defense, but rather as something to accompany their other treatments. Reiki’s detractors say that those who practice it and other forms of alternative medicine are preying on those who are truly ill. However, no honest therapist would tell a patient to forgo other forms of treatment, to quit seeing their physician, or to not tell the doctor about the other therapies they are undergoing. Whether it’s reiki, herbs or any other therapy, people need to be unafraid to have the discussion with their doctor.

A lot of people wonder about reiki’s legitimacy, and that is no surprise. At one point, the method behind the medicine was a closely guarded secret, and high fees were charged for healing sessions and for training. That alone was enough for many to sharply criticize reiki. Practitioners are sometimes compared to “faith healers”, and we’ve all heard stories about them. However, the comparison is totally false, because reiki is a legitimate form of touch therapy. It is not practiced by preachers or clergy, but by nurses, massage therapists and others.

To be precise, reiki is more closely related to Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine than it is to faith healing. Ayurvedic medicine is practiced in all parts of India, and it has long been recognized as a legitimate treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine, while still on the fringe in the West, is an enormous part of the health care dialogue in Taiwan and China. In the US, there is research going on to prove whether or not reiki is legitimate, to learn how it works, and to identify the conditions under which the treatment works best.

There are seven chakra centers, and each is affiliated with a color and a crystal. The stones can be used all at the same time, or you can focus on balancing and healing one chakra at a time. To start chakra healing, you should perform a cleansing first. For this, you will need a stone that is known to draw energy out- hematite or obsidian work well here. Take the stone in whichever hand you use most, and wind it in a counterclockwise motion, moving closer to the energy point on your body that needs healing. As you do this, envision the negative energy being drawn into the stone. Start at the lowest chakra and move on up the body until all chakras are balanced.

When you feel as if all your chakras are in line and clean, you can place a stone on each center. There are many stones to choose from, and some of the most commonly used are red tiger’s eye, carnelian, citrine, jade, turquoise, amethyst and quartz.

Lie down with each stone placed on the appropriate chakra point. Start at the bottom and visualize the stone filling each chakra with pure light, picturing the energy flowing clockwise. When a point feels clear and strong, proceed to the next one.

Chakra therapy can be used to treat many bodily imbalances. Working with each chakra individually or all together can be equally effective. Whichever method you choose, chakra healing is best done with a partner so the stones are properly placed.

If you take a little time each day and cleanse your chakras, you will notice a renewed feeling flowing through your body. There are many techniques that can help you cleanse your chakras, such as aromatherapy, reiki, music meditation and color therapy.

Reiki healing is a technique that removes negative energy and clears the chakras. Opening the chakras involves two steps, clearing and balancing. First, all negative thoughts are released, and second, the chakras are enlarged so they are all in balance. If your chakras are not clear, then you will feel fatigued and lethargic, which will dampen your powers of creativity and concentration and suppress the positive energy that should be flowing through your body.

Before you start clearing your chakras in this way, you should learn the technique fully. There are also other ways to open up your chakras, so you should try them all to see which one works best for you.

*The Choku Rei means “place the power of the universe here”. This Reiki symbol is most commonly used to help the practitioner focus their energy for a specific purpose. If a Reiki master draws the Choku Rei, or even visualizes it, their healing powers are temporarily magnified. Choku Rei can also be used to increase the power of any other Reiki symbol, or to protect a person or group of people.

*Sei He Ki is a symbol that helps to align the body and the mind. Most illnesses can stem from psychological problems, and this symbol is most commonly thought to mean “God and man become one”. Sei He Ki is the Reiki symbol most widely used to heal someone suffering from an addiction to drugs or alcohol, but it can also be used where someone has lost something and needs to find it.

*Hon Sha Ze Sho means “no past, no present, no future”, or it can mean “the Buddha in me contacts the Buddha in you”. This Reiki symbol is used where healing needs to be done from a distance. The Reiki practitioner focuses their healing energy toward the person in need of healing.

Reiki symbols are used to help Reiki masters practice their craft, and some masters believe that they are not effective when used by someone who does not possess their level of knowledge. Using Reiki is best left to the masters, as the power harnessed by the symbols can, in the hands of the inexperienced, cause more harm than help.

Binaural sleep meditation is a technique that combines relaxing sounds and binaural beats to help ease you into sleep. There is a lot of research that shows sleep meditation can be used to bring brain waves into a relaxed state. With binaural sleep meditation, there is an audio track listened to through headphones. Under that track is a binaural beat, one beat for each ear. Those opposing frequencies cause the brain to go into a state associated with the deep relaxation that comes just before sleep.

Sleep meditation of course helps achieve restful sleep, but it has other benefits as well. These benefits include:

increased energy, concentration and mental clarity, the ability to remain calm under pressure, and increased creativity. Those new to sleep meditation are often surprised to experience deep relaxation within minutes, to be followed by a deep, restful night’s sleep.

Using these techniques can condition the mind to achieve the state of relaxation and drowsiness needed to go to sleep. However, they can also be used in the morning to achieve greater alertness and tranquility.

Your third eye is also known as your inner or all-seeing eye, and it is located right above and exactly in between your eyebrows. The third eye is how a person can see things or beings that aren’t visible to the naked eye, and it is also a way to connect to a higher realm.

Everyone is born with a third eye, just as every one of us is born with psychic ability. However, in most cases, the third eye is only partially open or it’s totally blocked. That means that essentially no one fully uses their third eye, or that negative energy is blocking it. Here is an easy way to unblock the third eye.

First, find a location where you will not be interrupted. A dimly lit room is ideal. Start relaxing by sitting down on a chair or the floor. Relax your shoulders, with your hands in your lap or on your knees. Keep your back straight, but not locked stiff, with your neck aligned and pointed straight ahead.

When you are comfortably seated, begin to focus on your breathing. Inhale slowly, then exhale, spending slightly longer on the exhaled breath. If your breathing stabilizes rapidly, you can begin the timing now. Set an alarm for 15 minutes, gradually increasing to 20 minutes. Keep the alarm within reach, and place your hands back on your lap or knees. Close your eyes, and inhale slowly, shifting your focus up to where your third eye is. Continue breathing slowly and evenly- you may even feel a tingle where your third eye is.

When the alarm goes off, do not open your eyes immediately. Reach out to turn it off while keeping your eyes closed, opening them when you are ready. Repeat this daily, around the same time each day if possible. You may not get instant results, but you will sharpen your psychic awareness. Regular practice will allow you to see with your third eye, and grow your psychic ability.

The Gayatri Mantra is the mother of the four Vedas, and it holds all the knowledge of the world. There are many energies and other things yet to be discovered, and true Gayatri devotees who have tapped into this unknown can perform tasks that are seemingly humanly impossible.

Of all the yogic practices, Gayatri meditation is one of the easiest to follow, and it shows faster results. Just chanting the Gayatri mantra can awaken chakras that hide in the deepest parts of the sould. Hatha yoga and Gayatri meditation together can help one achieve enlightenment much faster.

The spiritual practices of Gayatri are the best way to advance toward enlightenment. Sages and yogis perform tasks full of hardship in order to attain a level of perfect enlightenment, but Gayatri can help speed the process along.

Your breathing and the level of stress and anxiety in your life are closely related. When a person is anxious or stressed, their body’s sympathetic nervous system comes to the forefront and breathing becomes more rapid (the body’s “fight or flight” response). If stress or a condition such as asthma or COPD endures, a person can develop a chronically fast breath rate (hyperventilation), as well as a tendency to breathe through the upper chest. That can bring on even more stress as we wonder why we’re breathing funny, starting a vicious cycle.

There are limited ways to retrain the body how to breathe correctly- there are people that are trained in it, and cardio-respiratory therapists are also knowledgeable  in treating overbreathing disorders. If neither of these sources are available to you, establishing a breathing meditation practice could be very beneficial.

Meditation has an enormous effect on the way we breathe- it can help us breathe more slowly and regularly. Breathing meditation uses the parasympathetic nervous system, which counteracts the body’s “fight or flight” response. Breathing meditation can also provide great psychological benefits, such as lower anxiety and greater well-being, which can carry over into all parts of life.