- Continuing the theme of being cautious about combining some Eastern spiritual practices with Western occultism, what is known about the compatibility with non-asana yoga practices, such as pranayama and mudras?
- Is there a way to safely combine chakra meditations with Western occultism? Over ten years ago I did some chakra meditations, concentrating on each for several weeks or months until I felt some blockage move, and the next chakra become important, and I was in effect interrupted for years by powerful developments in my life. (At that point, I had not done pagan rituals for some years.) These could be seen as things I needed to experience to develop the feelings and traits associated with that chakra. Clearly if the effects were so big as I moved upwards through the sequence, it is something to be cautious with, but I find I feel interested in chakra work again, and I am wondering whether I should be careful with it or steer clear of it altogether because I follow druid and occult practises, and not only because of what happened. I have had some very positive change in my life since starting the latter.
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branchandroot
yoga and chakras
Date: 2021-05-03 07:52 pm (UTC)- Is there a way to safely combine chakra meditations with Western occultism?
Over ten years ago I did some chakra meditations, concentrating on each for several weeks or months until I felt some blockage move, and the next chakra become important, and I was in effect interrupted for years by powerful developments in my life. (At that point, I had not done pagan rituals for some years.) These could be seen as things I needed to experience to develop the feelings and traits associated with that chakra.
Clearly if the effects were so big as I moved upwards through the sequence, it is something to be cautious with, but I find I feel interested in chakra work again, and I am wondering whether I should be careful with it or steer clear of it altogether because I follow druid and occult practises, and not only because of what happened. I have had some very positive change in my life since starting the latter.