Temple of Zeus — The Assembly of the Gods

Yoga: Solar Chakra

High Priestess Lydia Coventina

High Priestess Lydia CoventinaEdited
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HPS Pythia posted some years ago of doing wheel pose with breath of fire for 54 breaths, then working on the solar chakra with a mantra. Here are some other asanas that work the solar chakra. You can do any of these, as long as they feel comfortable for you. Go with however many breaths is comfortable, and then however many reps of a solar mantra you think is best for you. 36 is good for newer people, as 36 is a number of the Sun. Suryae or Raum, or the name of any God associated with the Sun.

Solar Chakra: https://templeofzeus.org/Solar666Chakra_Meditation.htmlExternal ↗

This will help with health, confidence, power, willpower, success, and inner strength.

Most asanas that strengthen your core will work your solar chakra.

For all asanas, you can do long deep breathing while focusing on your Solar chakra, or breath of fire. You can also alternate, a few rounds of BoF then regular breathing then long deep breathing, whichever feels best for you at your level.

Chakrasana (Wheel). Tip: lift mainly your hips first, balancing onto the crown of your head, and then push up with your arms. If you can’t get into it, then lie back sideways across a chair that does not have arms. Have your arms up and over your head to touch or nearly touch the floor behind you, with the seat of the chair under your lower back.

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Bridge, a good modification of wheel for those less flexible. Make sure your weight is on your shoulder blades, not your neck. Your neck should not feel pressed upon, so do not tense up your neck.

Boat (Navasana). With this one, you can go up and down into it. Lie flat on your back with arms above you. Inhale. On the exhale, come up into this asana, hold comfortably, and then inhale as you lie back down. Do as many rounds as you are comfortable with. Make sure to use your abs in this one and not your back. You can keep your legs parallel to the floor to make it easier.

Bow pose balances the solar chakra, when you are able to fully come into it. Start easy, just hold your ankles with your hands. Do not force it. Breath of Fire is best with this, feel the pulsing at the Solar. Even if you can’t come up into the full pose right away, it is still good to practice, and helps with the Heart/Center chakra as well.

Ustrasana aka Camel.

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Warriors I and II, and Peaceful Warrior. Here is a flow sequence, you do them all on one side then repeat on the other side. (Any Warrior flow sequence helps increase energy, for those who want to look any up online.)

This next one is good to do after other asanas. Long deep breathing while focusing on the solar chakra brightening. Make sure legs are straight up, and try to relax your abs so the energy goes to the chakra.

It is very important to stretch the core after working on it. Cobra asana is very effective. You can have your legs wide, or shoulder width. I prefer to do both, as both work slightly different areas of the core. You can hold with long deep breathing, or exhale up, inhale down, slowly. Relax while in this asana to really feel the stretch.

If you ever feel out of balance, Downward Facing Dog is great for balancing. Make sure equal weight is distributed on each palm and foot. Long deep breathing. Feet do not have to be flat on the floor.

Completed:
BaseFull site ↗, SacralFull site ↗, Heart/CenterFull site ↗, ThroatFull site ↗

Discussion

#21
Lydia wrote:
tabby wrote:

Quick question: is ‘puppy pose’ also for the solar chakra? I thought it was the basic version of downward facing dog.

Puppy pose helps loosen up the shoulders, so it helps the heart/center chakra more than the solar, but the solar can also get a benefit from this one. Downward facing dog was mainly for balancing energy, not so much for working on the solar, sorry if I didn't make that clearer.

I see, you sure know a lot about yoga :) . Thank you Lydia.

ARIES SPIRITUAL LIGHTOFLUCIFER666
#22
HPS Lydia wrote:View source

HPS Pythia posted some years ago of doing wheel pose with breath of fire for 54 breaths, then working on the solar chakra with a mantra. Here are some other asanas that work the solar chakra. You can do any of these, as long as they feel comfortable for you. Go with however many breaths is comfortable, and then however many reps of a solar mantra you think is best for you. 36 is good for newer people, as 36 is a number of the Sun. Suryae or Raum, or the name of any God associated with the Sun.

Solar Chakra: https://templeofzeus.org/Solar666Chakra_Meditation.htmlExternal ↗

This will help with health, confidence, power, willpower, success, and inner strength.

Most asanas that strengthen your core will work your solar chakra.

For all asanas, you can do long deep breathing while focusing on your Solar chakra, or breath of fire. You can also alternate, a few rounds of BoF then regular breathing then long deep breathing, whichever feels best for you at your level.

Wheel. Tip: lift mainly your hips first, balancing onto the crown of your head, and then push up with your arms. If you can’t get into it, then lie back sideways across a chair that does not have arms. Have your arms up and over your head to touch or nearly touch the floor behind you, with the seat of the chair under your lower back.

Bridge, a good modification of wheel for those less flexible. Make sure your weight is on your shoulder blades, not your neck. Your neck should not feel pressed upon, so do not tense up your neck.

Boat (Navasana). With this one, you can go up and down into it. Lie flat on your back with arms above you. Inhale. On the exhale, come up into this asana, hold comfortably, and then inhale as you lie back down. Do as many rounds as you are comfortable with. Make sure to use your abs in this one and not your back. You can keep your legs parallel to the floor to make it easier.

Bow pose balances the solar chakra, when you are able to fully come into it. Start easy, just hold your ankles with your hands. Do not force it. Breath of Fire is best with this, feel the pulsing at the Solar. Even if you can’t come up into the full pose right away, it is still good to practice, and helps with the Heart/Center chakra as well.

Ustrasana aka Camel.

Warriors I and II, and Peaceful Warrior. Here is a flow sequence, you do them all on one side then repeat on the other side. (Any Warrior flow sequence helps increase energy, for those who want to look any up online.)

This next one is good to do after other asanas. Long deep breathing while focusing on the solar chakra brightening. Make sure legs are straight up, and try to relax your abs so the energy goes to the chakra.

It is very important to stretch the core after working on it. Cobra asana is very effective. You can have your legs wide, or shoulder width. I prefer to do both, as both work slightly different areas of the core. You can hold with long deep breathing, or exhale up, inhale down, slowly. Relax while in this asana to really feel the stretch.

If you ever feel out of balance, Downward Facing Dog is great for balancing. Make sure equal weight is distributed on each palm and foot. Long deep breathing. Feet do not have to be flat on the floor.

Completed:
BaseFull site ↗, SacralFull site ↗, Heart/CenterFull site ↗, ThroatFull site ↗

Sorry if am asking a bit of a dumb question but what is the wheel pose?
I have done hatha yoga and kundalini and 5 Tibetan but unfortunately i have started qi Gong yet I will soon but my point being I haven't heard of it 😅 before

#23

Thank you HPS Lydia for this information as always I love your work and informative articles 🥰

High Priestess Lydia Coventina
#24
Satan's ninja 666 wrote:View source

Sorry if am asking a bit of a dumb question but what is the wheel pose?
I have done hatha yoga and kundalini and 5 Tibetan but unfortunately i have started qi Gong yet I will soon but my point being I haven't heard of it 😅 before

The image isn't showing, all these will be updated when it's possible to do so.

Wheel pose is Urdhva Dharunasana, you can copy-paste that into an internet search engine and find images and instructional videos for it :)

ARIES SPIRITUAL LIGHTOFLUCIFER666
#25
HPS Lydia wrote:View source

The image isn't showing, all these will be updated when it's possible to do so.

Wheel pose is Urdhva Dharunasana, you can copy-paste that into an internet search engine and find images and instructional videos for it :)

Thank you I will search for it

High Priestess Lydia Coventina
#26

Updated with images provided by @ThomasSs [SG] :)