International Yoga Day 2025: Yoga has been a part of our life since Vedic time. The glory of yoga is such that it not only improves your physical health but also mental and spiritual health. The whole world including India knows about the benefits of doing yoga and also believes them. Every year on 21 June, people from all over the world celebrate International Yoga Day with great fervor. By doing yoga, a person has a new power, which works to keep every body part healthy. Along with this, it also affects the 7 cycles of your body.
These 7 cycle energy centers present in your body are not only spiritual, but they are also the keys to keep your body, mind and feelings fine. Whether you have just started doing new yoga or are doing it for a long time, if you understand these cycles and activate them properly, then yoga has a more deep positive effect on your body. Let us know about these 7 chakras present in the body and how different yoga asanas activate them and make your health better and take it to peace and balance.
What are the 7 cycles?
Talking about these energy cycles present in the body, they mean a kind of special point. Your body’s energy accumulates on these special points. Every cycle is in a particular part of the body and it gives energy to that part. If your mind is calm, happy and stress free, then your chronology works properly and ends energetic in the body.
What are 7 chops?
1. Muladhara Chakra (Root Chakra)
The red colored muladhara cycle is just below the spinal cord in the body. When this cycle remains balance, you feel stable in life.
2. Sacral Chakra
The second chakra is Sacral, which is above the Muladhara Chakra and under the Manipur Chakra. In easy language, it is in the lower abdomen in your body. The water element of your body is attached to this orange colored chop.
3. Manipur Chakra (Solar Please Chakra)
The yellow colored Manipur Chakra is near your navel. It gives confidence in your life, with the help of which you can manage it confidently and can control every situation.
4. Anahat Chakra (Heart Chakra)
The Anahata Chakra is present in the chest just above the heart. It acts as a bridge between the bottom cycles in the body and the top cycles. The color of this chronic is green or pink and this cycle affects our ability to understand others and give them love.
5. Throat Chakra
The pure cycle is present in the part of the throat. This blue cycle of blue affects your ability to say clean and well. People whose cycle is closed, they find it difficult to use the right words at the right time to express their feelings.
6. Third Eye Chakra
This cycle is in the middle of the eyes in the forehead and is also called the Bro Chakra. This cycle of Indigo color has been seen as the eye of the soul. This cycle is associated with your intuition. What you call the sixth Indri is a special strength of this cycle.
7. Sahasrara Chakra (Crown Chakra)
Sahasrara or Crown Chakra, the highest cycle, above the head. This cycle of purple or white color affects our ability to stay spiritually connected.
Which cycle should be done to activate which yoga easy?
1. For Muladhara Chakra
To activate this cycle, any posture should be done, which activates the muscles of the waist part. To open the Muladhara Chakra, you should do asanas like warrior pose, tree pose, uplifted lateral angushnasana.
2. For Sacral Chik
When it comes to the Sacraral Chakra, one should do such a posture, which effects the part between the ENS and the navel. To open it, chair pose, padhstasana and padangushthasan should be done.
3. For Manipur Chakra
All core strength pose to open the Manipur Chakra is very good such as boat pose, crane poses, Shalabhasana, Puvitansana, Paschimottanasana, Tolangulasana, Planck, Side Planck and Mayurasan.
4. For the Anahata Chakra
All the yoga asanas in which the back are bowed are good to open the Anahata Chakra. These include cobra asana, Ustrasana or camel posture, Dhanush Asana, Chakrasana or Chakra Asana.
5. For pure cycle
To activate the Vishuddhi Chakra, all the postures that pull the neck prove to be good. These asanas include Halasan, Sarvangasana and Matasisan.
6. For the command cycle
Any posture that activates the third eye part is good for the Ajna Chakra i.e. the command cycle. All the inverted postures are great for opening the cycle, such as standing on the head or making a balance on the hand.
7. For Sahasrara Chakra
Any asana that nourishes the upper part of the head is good to open this cycle. Along with the inverted posture, all types of meditation practices help to open the Sahasrara Chakra.