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The Chakra Handbook
Complete practical guide to the chakras, including color, activity, sounds, background information, and techniques for opening them and utilizing their force. A longtime bestselling title in Europe, this is the definitive text in the field.
190 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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August 31, 2020
Hacía tiempo que tenía este libro y, por más que lo había empezado, siempre llegaba a mis manos un libro "más interesante que leer". Sin embargo, esta vez no he podido soltarlo! Es increíble la cantidad de información sobre los chakras que desconocemos y cómo estos nos ayudan en el día a día, hasta formar nuestra realidad. Muy buen libro, sobre todo si empiezas a formarte como yo en estos temas.
October 14, 2021
اطلاعاتش درکل بد نبود!گرچه دین اسلام که ما باهاش بزرگ شدیم بر بلندای این دانش قرار گرفته!یعنی علم به چاکرا و اینها براش شوخیه،گرچه مستقیم بهشون اشاره ای نشده
March 13, 2012
Brian Cox would hate this book.
I don't personally have anything against New Age books until they start resembling barnacles and this, out of the ones I have read, is one of the better ones. And frankly, I've not finished reading it; I've simply read enough to be satisfied that I've increased my knowledge.
The remaining chapters or sections are purely for the sake of expounding on things that have been covered in brief already i.e. they're repetitive. As far as my new knowledge base goes, this book has given me some firm foundations, highlighted areas of importance for my own practice and opened my eyes to truths that I was ignoring because I'm secretly terrified of not functioning well on at least one level in my life. I think a more comprehensive text might be needed as I move further not the ideas I've been introduced to.
I'll continue to refer to this book, considering its a handbook, throughout my path to opening and unblocking my chakras, even if that means I just imagine that's what I'm doing; even I'm dubious about their physical existence.
But one thing this book does draw your attention to is that not everything has to be quantified and categorised as science and society demands. What I like so much about The Chakra Handbook is that it lets you explore alternative ways of viewing your feelings of discontent, anxiety, disaapointment, insecurity - whatever - in your own time, on your own terms, without having to justify anything to someone who reckons they have more authority than you.
The choice is yours. Read it, don't read it.
I read it and learnt a lot about myself. There's no crime in this hippy text.
I don't personally have anything against New Age books until they start resembling barnacles and this, out of the ones I have read, is one of the better ones. And frankly, I've not finished reading it; I've simply read enough to be satisfied that I've increased my knowledge.
The remaining chapters or sections are purely for the sake of expounding on things that have been covered in brief already i.e. they're repetitive. As far as my new knowledge base goes, this book has given me some firm foundations, highlighted areas of importance for my own practice and opened my eyes to truths that I was ignoring because I'm secretly terrified of not functioning well on at least one level in my life. I think a more comprehensive text might be needed as I move further not the ideas I've been introduced to.
I'll continue to refer to this book, considering its a handbook, throughout my path to opening and unblocking my chakras, even if that means I just imagine that's what I'm doing; even I'm dubious about their physical existence.
But one thing this book does draw your attention to is that not everything has to be quantified and categorised as science and society demands. What I like so much about The Chakra Handbook is that it lets you explore alternative ways of viewing your feelings of discontent, anxiety, disaapointment, insecurity - whatever - in your own time, on your own terms, without having to justify anything to someone who reckons they have more authority than you.
The choice is yours. Read it, don't read it.
I read it and learnt a lot about myself. There's no crime in this hippy text.
August 11, 2023
علم به بدن و آگاهی به بدن خودمون یکی از الزامات هست. لطفا قبل از خوندنش یوگا کار کنید و اگه یوگا کار می کنید حتما این کتاب رو بخونید.
March 18, 2020
I really wanted to enjoy this book after all the good reviews I read.
I was shocked to discover instead it is full of unsubstantiated nonsense.
I don't mind people making claims, but please be prepared to back it up, at the very least with where they got the information so further reading and exploration can be done.
Such a disappointment.
I was shocked to discover instead it is full of unsubstantiated nonsense.
I don't mind people making claims, but please be prepared to back it up, at the very least with where they got the information so further reading and exploration can be done.
Such a disappointment.
November 10, 2016
Πολύ περιεκτικό βιβλίο για τα τσακρα! Το αγάπησα! Περιέχει μάλιστα όλους τους τρόπους εναρμόνισης και καθαρισμού! Βασικά δεν το είδα σα βιβλίο τόσο, όσο σαν έναν οδηγό! Το βάζω μαζί με το βιβλίο εγχειρίδιο φυσικής μαγείας!
June 20, 2021
It’s a nice introduction to learn about the chakras and how to unblock the energy centres.
I wanted to understand the basics so I can link it to my yoga and enhance my knowledge/basic understanding.
I wanted to understand the basics so I can link it to my yoga and enhance my knowledge/basic understanding.
January 21, 2022
Hay muchas cosas que únicamente se pueden hacer con una persona calificada. A pesar de eso está muy bueno, ya que brinda una información detallada y entendible.
May 23, 2021
همهچیز از درون خود آدم نشأت میگیره،با آگاهی بر مراکز انرژی درونی خودمون میتونیم خیلی بهتر با این جهان و دنیای درونمون ارتباط برقرار کنیم!!
امتیاز من بهش ۸,۵/۱۰ هستش👌🏻
امتیاز من بهش ۸,۵/۱۰ هستش👌🏻
April 2, 2020
Το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο αποτελεί μια καλή εισαγωγή για κάποιον που θέλει να έρθει σε μία πρώτη επαφή με το συγκεκριμένο τομέα. Αυτό που πρέπει να λάβουμε υπόψη είναι ότι το βιβλίο έχει γραφτεί αρκετά παλιά και πλέον υπάρχει περισσότερη και πιο ανανεωμένη βιβλιογραφία πάνω στο θέμα. Αυτό που δε μου άρεσε είναι ότι αγγίζει επιφανειακά πολλά θέματα σε μια προσπάθεια να παρουσιάσει πολλά στοιχεία. Βέβαια αποτελεί μια καλή αρχή και ένας πρώτος οδηγός για κάποιον που θέλει να ενημερωθεί σχετικά.
August 22, 2009
چاکرا درمانی کتابی است که براساس یک آموزه قدیمی هندی به رشته تحریر در آمده است . در این کتاب مب خوانیم که نویسنده عنوان می دارد که ما به جز بدن فیزیکی هفت بدن انرژی نیز داریم که این بدنها بوسیله انشعاباتب که آنها زا چاکرا می نامد با هم در ارتباط هستند . در این کتاب با هفت نوع انواع چاکرا و عملکرد آنها بیماریهای ناشی از گرفتگی آنها و درمانهای مناسب برای برطرف شدن این گرفتگی ها امده است . و همچنین با نام بردن بعضی مشخصات افراد را به هفت دسته با نامهایی که هم نامه خود آن چاکرا دسته بندی می نمایند .
May 6, 2013
Although today we talk about chakras as a form of energy centers and it's a modern New Age "creation", this book is the best work I have read so far that explains the nature of "modern chakras". With all the descriptions, names, locations, and little things like correspondences to stones or herbs, THe Chakra Handbook is something mandatory for those interested in everything chakra-related.
November 17, 2014
Clearly explains all things Chakra and really accessible for beginners.
February 21, 2024
TLTR: My favorite part was the case of a nun who should have been wearing purple undies to better connect with her spirituality.
A whole bunch of unsupported claims, sprinkled with occasional ✨quantum physics✨ references dressed in so much pathos about ethereal dance of beings of the Universe that it turned out to be an indigestible read.
As I am interested in yoga, I am trying to understand the concept of a chakra in depth. I was hoping to get some historical background and maybe some insight into traditional practices, source text analysis or similar. That’s on me, I guess, that I just grabbed the book without researching it first.
This is a quite well structured summary of the western, modern and esoteric system of chakras and how to perform “therapy” with them. Unfortunately, the book mentions that the sickness in the body is a result of the unbalanced chakras and therefore suggests that the best way to treat said sickness is staring at a transparent water or the moon or listening to music (but god forbid rock music, this one makes plants die). It is full of unscientific claims that cannot be tested in any way. Nor are the described phenomena supported or explained in depth. A “trust me bro” kind of book. The authors claim that the proposed methods can be “hard to understand to some” while they are comparing seeing someone’s “aura” to how a TV works.
To me, the whole book could be summarized as “how to auto-suggest yourself into a being relaxed with extra steps”.
A whole bunch of unsupported claims, sprinkled with occasional ✨quantum physics✨ references dressed in so much pathos about ethereal dance of beings of the Universe that it turned out to be an indigestible read.
As I am interested in yoga, I am trying to understand the concept of a chakra in depth. I was hoping to get some historical background and maybe some insight into traditional practices, source text analysis or similar. That’s on me, I guess, that I just grabbed the book without researching it first.
This is a quite well structured summary of the western, modern and esoteric system of chakras and how to perform “therapy” with them. Unfortunately, the book mentions that the sickness in the body is a result of the unbalanced chakras and therefore suggests that the best way to treat said sickness is staring at a transparent water or the moon or listening to music (but god forbid rock music, this one makes plants die). It is full of unscientific claims that cannot be tested in any way. Nor are the described phenomena supported or explained in depth. A “trust me bro” kind of book. The authors claim that the proposed methods can be “hard to understand to some” while they are comparing seeing someone’s “aura” to how a TV works.
To me, the whole book could be summarized as “how to auto-suggest yourself into a being relaxed with extra steps”.
December 31, 2023
Ένα αρκετά περιεκτικό βιβλίο για τα τσάκρα. Ξεκινά με γενικές πληροφορίες επί του αντικειμένου και προχωρά στην ανάλυση του καθενός από τα κύρια επτά τσάκρα. Ύστερα το βιβλίο ολοκληρώνεται με πρακτικές για την ενεργοποίηση ή εναρμόνιση των τσάκρα. Νομίζω πως η θεωρία που υπάρχει πίσω από αυτή την αρχαία παράδοση είναι τεράστια και οι συγγραφείς κατάφεραν μέσα σε λίγες μόνο σελίδες να παρουσιάσουν την ουσία χωρίς να μπερδεύουν το αναγνωστικό κοινό. Συμπεριλαμβάνονται και πολλά χειροποίητα σχέδια εντός των σελίδων του βιβλίου. Ίσως να τα προτιμούσα να είναι χρωματιστά. Ένα βιβλίο γεμάτο χρώμα θα ήταν ακόμα πιο ελκυστικό. Σε γενικές γραμμές το βιβλίο αυτό μπορεί να αποτελέσει οδηγό για μια πρώτη γνωριμία με τα τσάκρα και τη σύνδεση αυτών με πολλές άλλες έννοιες (γιν-γιανγκ, αστρολογία, γιόγκα κλπ.).
December 5, 2021
Mi è stato prestato con l'apprezzatissima intenzione di offrirmi un aiuto spirituale. Anche se sapevo in partenza che non avrei trovato nulla di razionale in ciò che avrei letto, ho deciso di leggerlo ugualmente tutto d'un fiato solo per poterne parlare con la persona che ha voluto tendermi una mano e ringraziarla davvero per il gesto inatteso, che è stato già di per sé lenitivo.
Ciononostante non consiglierò questa lettura a nessuno.
Ciononostante non consiglierò questa lettura a nessuno.
September 21, 2017
The book delves into the subject in a comprehensive manner...a lay person can understand and practise chakra meditation...indicating that the secret of sexual impulse isn't wrapped in the genitals, but exists in every cell of the body, in the interaction of the male and female forces in all the manifestations of creation
September 2, 2018
2.5
Meh. Sabia no me gustaria porque no es mi tipo de lectura; me aburrio al punto de no querer leer por un tiempo pero finalmente lo termine.
Admitire que tiene partes que considere bastante interesantes pero un 70% del libro me aburri inmensamente.
Supongo que sera bueno para alguien quien disfrute este tipo de lecturas.
Meh. Sabia no me gustaria porque no es mi tipo de lectura; me aburrio al punto de no querer leer por un tiempo pero finalmente lo termine.
Admitire que tiene partes que considere bastante interesantes pero un 70% del libro me aburri inmensamente.
Supongo que sera bueno para alguien quien disfrute este tipo de lecturas.
July 9, 2019
A pesar de llamarse (en español) "el gran libro", es un libro pequeño y muy ligero en el que se explica muy bien todo lo relacionado con los chakras. Estoy agradecida de que este libro haya llegado a mí y de todo el aprendizaje que me aportó.
Estoy deseando empezar a hacer los ejercicios. Ya lo he recomendado a dos amigas.
Estoy deseando empezar a hacer los ejercicios. Ya lo he recomendado a dos amigas.
April 24, 2020
Muy útil para adentrarse en la teoría en cuanto a energía se refiere. Tiene partes prácticas pero de cierta manera son muy superficiales con solo la lectura, hay que completar con otros medios. Siento que más que nada es un libro para leer y tenerlo para consultar cosas en particular en cuanto a los chakras se refiere.
November 23, 2018
A great book if you want to understand the basics of chakras, their meaning and functions. It’s easy enough read for everyone to understand and to start their journey of discovering things about themselves.
January 10, 2020
I started going to a reiki healer a while ago and it opened my mind to something I was already interested in - ENERGY. Reiki is energy work, dealing with our chakras. This book is so fun to read. It has lots of cool info about how our energy works and how we can optimize it.
December 4, 2025
I bought this amazing book in a small book shop in Rishikesh, right near the holy river Ganges.
I highly recommend this great book for those who are willing to dive deeper into the forces of nature that can also be found in your own vehicle, namely, your body.
I highly recommend this great book for those who are willing to dive deeper into the forces of nature that can also be found in your own vehicle, namely, your body.
May 24, 2018
The book is nice. I missed some information though. Possibly it is because those can be found in a different more specific book, not a general handbook.
January 4, 2020
Jeg har læst den danske version, og den er en god go to bog, dvs. Den kan bruges som opslags bog.
May 30, 2021
Muy bueno, engloba todo bastante bien y me ayudo a entender cosas que pasan por ejemplo cuando meditamos.
August 14, 2021
“ Cute Guide”
I liked the fact it was quite old and then I didn’t 😆
An interesting chakra book but got bored with some of the content
I liked the fact it was quite old and then I didn’t 😆
An interesting chakra book but got bored with some of the content
January 27, 2022
Un libro esencial para principiantes en el conocimiento de los chakras
January 15, 2023
Si eres principiante y te gustaría entender más que son los Chakras y cómo funcionan, este libro es perfecto. Rápido y fácil de leer.
April 28, 2023
Really good position about this subject
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