Chakra Chart of Elements, Sounds, Directions, Senses, Attributes, and Koshas
Composed by Julie Lusk – Jan 2024
Ancient and modern cultures, countries, and teachings have acknowledged and honored the directions, elements, seasons, and the chakra energy centers and their sounds to help provide them with meaning and purpose. See more below the chart.
| Chakra | Vedic Sounds Activating Dispersing |
Elements Bhuta |
Direction | Senses Indriya |
Attributes | Koshas Sheaths |
Other | ||
| Root Muladhara |
Lam |
Earth Prithivi |
Below Down |
Smell Gandha |
Ground Central | Anna Physical |
Present | ||
|
Sacral
|
Vam (Vum) OO (two) |
Water Apas |
Left East |
Taste Rasa |
Flow | Anna Physical |
Ida Nadi | ||
|
Solar Plexus
|
Ram (Rum) Ah (awe) |
Fire Agni |
Right West |
Sight Rupa |
Energy – Action | Prana Energy |
Pingala Nadi | ||
|
Heart
|
Yam |
Air Vata |
Inward Central |
Touch Sparsha |
Feeling | Prana Energy |
Sushumna Nadi | ||
|
Throat
|
Ham (hum) EE (speak) |
Ether Akasha |
Back North |
Sound Shabda |
Hearing | Mano Mental Emotional |
Past | ||
|
Third Eye
|
Om Mmmmm |
Light Jyotis |
Front South |
Light Joytis |
Vision – Witness | Vijnana Intuition |
Future | ||
| Crown Sahasrara |
Silence Ing (wing) |
All Pervading
———– Maha Bhuta |
Up – All Up – All |
Beyond Senses | Space | Ananda Joy ———– Atman True Self |
Timeless |
Ancient and modern cultures, countries, and teachings have acknowledged and honored the directions, elements, seasons, and the chakra energy centers and their sounds to help provide them with meaning and purpose.
Through the ages, philosophers, scientists, religious organizations, mystics, shamans, and native peoples from the Americas, Asian countries and other areas have used their perspectives personally and collectively to understand, honor, and respect our place in the world around us. This has been expressed prayerfully and ceremonially, scientifically and soulfully.
Some identify four directions while others focus on six. Sometimes five elements are recognized. There are 118 elements on the periodic chart. It’s summer in one hemisphere while it’s winter in the other. It’s daytime in one part of the world whereas it’s nighttime elsewhere.
Making sense of these variations from reputable sources was both thought-provoking and daunting. It finally dawned on me that there are many right ways to do this. Just because one system says the east connects to the earth and the west with water while other systems say something else doesn’t necessarily make one right or better and another wrong.
The point is to feel these influences and use these connections to better understand these relationships for balancing health and wellbeing personally and collectively.
Don’t be fooled by seeing this information boxed into columns and rows. The lines are there to help clarify the information. Think of it as an intermingling and as a gradual blending. It’s somewhat like how the colors in a rainbow gradually transform from one shade to another and at the same time a color can stand on its own. Ultimately, there is no separation. We are in a unified field of oneness that is as directionless and timeless as it is spacious. http://JulieLusk.com
I compiled this Chakra Chart from my in-depth studies and understanding of yoga combined with the knowledge I’ve gained from my other interests. It is fluid and changeable. It is neither conclusive nor comprehensive. Use it if it helps. Go for something else or come up with your own. Get my Complete Chakra Chart.
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