Crown Chakra Food

The crown chakra has waited a long time for its moment of glory here on AGAD (see last post in this series, from APRIL).  So, here it is.  The crown chakra is your spiritual communication center.  It’s a tough one as far as the foods go, because it’s a pretty ethereal chakra - not so much concerned with anything physical, but more with the spiritual aspect of life. 

The sanskrit name for the crown chakra is Sahasrara.  Sahasrara is a spiritual center, so filling your meals and other eating times with spirituality will nourish this chakra best.  This is the chakra that connects us to the divine.  It’s located just above the top of your head, and resonates at the highest frequency of the seven chakras.  It’s usually associated with the color white, or the combination of all colors.  I talked about nourishing community and conversation during meals with regard to the fifth and sixth chakras.  It’s a little more of a solitary deal with sahasrara - more internally focused.

One suggested meditation for meal time by the folks over at diva village (click the link for an article by Dr. Minich) is to imagine the journey that your food took to get to you.  Thinking of the seed that was planted, and the farmers that cultivated and cared for the seedling up until it was time to be picked, and then the process of getting the food to your plate - the travel, the many hands that cared for it, and then eventually the cooking process.  This line of thought in each item we consume makes eating locally all the more important and special - for example, when we eat veggies out of our garden i can remember planting the seeds in our basement while the snow was melting outside, and building our raised beds, filling them with nourishing rich soil, and then planting the seedlings in the soil outside when they were ready…

Detoxing is an excellent way to purify the crown chakra - you can do this through a fast, or through consuming detoxifying plants and fibers.  Also, say a prayer or short meditation prior to consuming your meal, to remind you and your family of the significance and miracle that is in each bite of food.  Meditation is the best yogic practice for nourshing sahasrara, and you can do this throughout your yoga practice while also nourishin your other chakras and your lymphatic system!

Next up - a salad to nourish ALL of your chakras!