Chakras: The Inner Gateways

Debunking Modern Myths About Chakras

The Sat-Cakra-Nirupana is the foundational text describing chakras in the tantric tradition.

The concept of chakras being "blocked" or "closed" is a modern misinterpretation. Traditional texts describe them as dynamic energy centers, not binary states.

Chakras in the Traditional Texts

Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Ch. 4, V. 27):

"When the mind becomes steady and still, kundalini awakens, moving upward through the chakras to merge with the supreme self."

Gheranda Samhita (Ch. 5, V. 78):

"The yogi who masters the control of prana through the nadis will understand the chakras and attain liberation."

Sat-Cakra-Nirupana (V. 4):

"The muladhara is the root lotus, resplendent and radiant, where kundalini lies coiled, sleeping until awakened through sadhana."

Chakras act as the portals for prana to enter the physical body through nadis and marmas.

Personal Experiences & Traditional Application

The analogy of the waterwheel—chakras are not “blocked,” but rather, our awareness may be blocked from perceiving them.

Instead of focusing outward on "fixing" chakras, yoga guides us inward toward awareness and direct experience.

Chakras are meditative objects that guide the practitioner through progressive states of self-awareness.

Traditional tantric texts describe chakra sadhana as an internal pilgrimage, much like traveling to a sacred temple within.

The seven-month chakra sadhana in Om Som's 300-Hour Advanced Training offers structured techniques for direct experience beyond intellectual understanding.