Planet Earth’s Chakras
I wanted to connect with something fun this week, so decided to connect two of my favorite themes – chakras and nature – and do a post on the earth’s chakras, and specifically, potential locations.
For those that resist the idea of chakras, in the human body or the earth, think of it this way: Chakras are simply energy vortexes or intersection points, which we know exist in some form in virtually every structural and energetic system. Think joints in the skeletel system, or glands in the endocrine/hormonal system. Chakras are the energetic version of these intersections, and each one conducts a different type of energy. Electromagnetic research is starting to be able to detect these intersections – in both humans and the planet.
Another model I like for thinking about chakras is as a doorway for awareness. Whether you are meditating on your own chakras, or traveling to a ‘power spot’ in nature for contemplation, chakras are a doorway. This is a common theme in both indigenous and Eastern mystic systems. You can pull a certain type of energy through each chakra into your physical body if you need to (for healing purposes, say), or you can travel through them the other direction in a Mists of Avalon type of way. For those of you that have read Mists of Avalon (and if not, it’s a fun read!), it’s interesting how the characters that don’t know about the doorway to Avalon react when they come upon the spot where the two worlds connect – they can only sense the true power of the place if they live in a state of awareness open to it.
Like human chakras, earth chakras can be damaged or blocked. Many contemporary seers and intuitives feel this is what is happening now, and that this process is ultimately more damaging than the physical harm we have done to our planet. The earth sustains us on many levels, and like the doorway to Avalon, certain doorways of awareness may close off to humans forever if we don’t work to heal the damage that has been done.
Over the years, I have read many different mappings of the earth’s chakras. Although certain places are mentioned in almost every version, the same earth location is often associated with a different chakra ‘position’ (out of the usual 7) in each system. I’ve posted the mapping that feels the most correct to me, although that may change. Of course there are many other amazing energetic vortexes on the planet besides these seven, so this is really just one way of mapping the earth’s energy, and it isn’t really a matter of one being ‘correct’ and all of the others being ‘wrong’. Different mappings serve different purposes.
Consider clicking on each picture to enlarge and gaze it for awhile, and see what energy you feel from each place.
1st or Root Chakra – Grand Canyon/Sedona/Black Mesa (North America)
Grand Canyon
Many systems place the first/root chakra in North America, and the Grand Canyon or Mount Shasta are the two most often mentioned. I love Mount Shasta, but its energy doesn’t feel as root chakra oriented to me. The Grand Canyon has a rawness, a connection to the core of the earth, that I associate with the root chakra. Of course I don’t claim objectivity here, because two of my favorite places in the world, Zion and Bryce canyons, are just north of the Grand Canyon and draw on its energy. To the south are Sedona, also often mentioned as a chakra site, and the Hopi mesas. This entire southwest region is anchored in the raw power of the Grand Canyon, and each offers a different emanation of it.
Regarding the Hopi mesas, the Hopis are a fascinating, peaceful and fairly secretive Native American tribe. The mesas they live on are said to be directly opposite Mt. Kailesh on the planet, a Himalayan mountain sacred to many cultures, particularly the Tibetans (see below.) The Tibetan and Hopi cultures share certain traits, and the Dalai Lama has met with Hopi elders. Some have posited that the two cultures descended from a common ancient tribe (here’s an article on this.) In my earth chakra system, I have placed Mt. Kailesh in the crown chakra position, but interestingly, several systems reverse these two, placing the U.S. desert southwest in the crown position (particularly Sedona) and Tibet in the root chakra position.
2nd or Sacral Chakra – Machu Pacchu/Peru/Amazon River (South America)
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, often called the ‘lost city of the Incas’ is located on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. The river that flows through the valley is a headwater of the Amazon River. This general area, or other spots along the Amazon, or often referred to as an earth chakra. For me, the sensuality, rhythym, and natural abundance of this area say ‘sacral chakra’. I’m not sure exactly where the center of this chakra is, but chakras radiate outwards, so knowing the exact center isn’t really necessary. Machu Picchu made a better picture than the general shot of the Amazon River that I found, so I chose that:-)
3rd or Navel/Solar Plexus Chakra – Uluru, Australia
Uluru
Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a rock formation in central Australia, part of the Kata Tjuta National Park. It is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area, and has many legends associated with it. I am the least familiar with this location, but the idea of Australia as the home of the world’s 3rd chakra, usually associated with self-definition and personal power, rang true for me. Other power spots that come up alot for this part of the world are the Great Barrier Reef area, and Lake Rotopounamu in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.
4th or Heart Chakra – Glastonbury Tor, U.K (Europe) -or- Ganges River, India (Asia)
Glastonbury from Tor
Various earth chakra mappings offer a lot of different ideas for where the heart chakra of the earth lies. If you subscribe to the idea that each of the 6 major continents (excluding Antarctica) have a chakra, then the Glastonbury area is the most commonly sited choice for Europe (next to Stonehenge.) It is home to the Glastonbury Tor – Tor is a celtic word for ‘conical hill’ – and celtic, Druid, and the Arthurian legends are all linked to this location. It is in fact believed to be the site of Avalon by many.
Ganges River at Rishikesh
Although it blows the whole each-continent-gets-a-major-chakra theory, another common choice for the earth’s heart chakra is in India, particularly the area of sacred cities such as Rishikesh and Varanasi along the Ganges River. These have been spiritual centers for thousands of years – Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion, and the roots of it sprang to being alongside this great river. Thousands venerate it daily, and bathing in it, and/or having your ashes floated there upon death, is believed to purify your karma (which has unfortunately become a sanitation problem, but that’s another issue.)
5th or Throat Chakra – Giza/Nile River/Nile Delta (Africa)
Giza
Egypt comes up in pretty much every earth chakra mapping, and different systems emphasize different locales. Some feel that the Giza pyramids and Great Sphinx, part of the Giza Plateau on the outskirts of Cairo, were built on the center of this chakra. Others feel the actual center is a little ways off, along the Nile River delta. Either way, what we know of Ancient Egyptian culture ties in well with the throat chakra, in terms of a focus on both dreaming and expression, music and language, religion and science. The nearby Middle East is also often sited as a chakra location, usually the Mount of Olives or Mount Sinai.
Nile River
6th Chakra or Third Eye- Mt. Fuji, Japan (Asia)
Mount Fuji
I am partial to this one, as one of my most memorable life experiences was hiking to the top of Mount Fuji all night in order to see sunrise from the top – something allowed for just two months a year. Zen monks serve pancakes on top. Let me tell you, Zen pancakes + sleep-deprivation + sunrise on a power spot = memorable morning! This mountain is featured in some of the most famous Japanese art, including many paintings and haiku by Zen masters, and I think the clarity and insight associated with it, and with Zen, correspond to a well-functioning third eye.
7th or Crown Chakra – Mt. Kailash, Tibet (Asia)
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash is a Himalayan peak held sacred by people of Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Bon faiths. To climb it is considered desecration, and so no one has attempted it. Pilgrims from all four religions travel there from far and wide, and some circumnambulate it in full prostration. As I mentioned, this mountain is particularly sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, and is believed to be exactly opposite the earth from the Hopi mesa area, which is in the radius of the Grand Canyon/root chakra.
Other Sites
Other commonly mentioned earth ‘chakra’ sites are:
Haleakala crater in Maui, Hawaii
Palenque – Mayan archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas
Lake Titicaca, on the border of Bolivia and Peru
Table Mountain, in South Africa
Bali, Indonesian Island
Fiji, in the South Pacific
Kuh-e Malek, in Siah Iran (couldn’t learn much about this one)
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa
Easter Island, Polynesian Island
So what do you think? I’m interested to hear opinions on where the earth’s 7 major chakras are, or any other more local ones that you have found…
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I have to say your feeling about these locations is as good as anyone else’s. I could probably think of another list, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that we honor such landmarks as well as countless others, and the lines of energy that connect the whole planet and all life forms living on it.
I’ve always wanted to travel around the world. Now I have an objective! This is good stuff! Thanks for the roadmap!
Pamir – I agree, the exact locations aren’t that important. Although it is fun, and great awareness training, to try and interact with the earth in this way, and sense the particular type of energy, and states of awareness, that are available at each one. This aspect of various shamanic paths, and the more occult Tibetan traditions, are favorites of mine…
Jay – Well, if you come to the Grand Canyon/Desert southwest area, you have a place to stay – we have a house there and I would love to meet you in person! (and take you to meditate in some of the power spots there, which is guaranteed to blow you wide open… in a good way…)
This is beautiful! While I am very aware of energy places around the world I don’t think I have been consciously aware of a world chakra system. You have inspired me to continue travelling to the world’s scared palces. Thank you.
As an Australian I wanted to share about Uluru. I recently went there for the first time – expecting to be disappointed as one sometimes is. However, I could feel the energy everywhere, in the red soil, in the rock, in the trees and plants. On our second morning there I was woken around 4 in the morning by Uluru calling me. I resisted for a half hour, then jumped into the car to go and spend time some alone time with this entity – I encoutered my Beloved and was in bliss.
Wow, Rita, thanks for sharing your beautiful story about Uluru, I love it!
As soon as I read the title of your post I got excited! I love this topic. It’s something I think about now and again, but locations more as energy centres or ‘portals’. So I’ve never actually conceptualised it as the earth having chakras until I read your post. And of course, it feels intuitively right. And it’s a beautiful idea.
Uluru makes sense to me. Very powerful place. And I feel certain that Glastonbury is some kind of energy centre, even if it’s not the ‘heart’. New Zealand has some incredible power places – a very dynamic energy and reminiscent of the energy around Mt Fugi.
What this post also made me think of is the Gaia concept/ earth philosophy. It speaks to this quite elegantly, I think.
How interesting. That every continent gets one seems a little too neat, but what do I know.
Here are my personal thoughts/experiences:
Rootedness, or the root chakra, is very important in my ways. That I have been drawn to the Grand Canyon for the longest time makes even more sense with this.
Machu Picchu is incredibly powerful. I had a spontaneous trance experience there. But, and this is very interesting now to me from what you’ve said, the ‘source’ didn’t feel from underneath but rather from a distance. I wish now I knew which direction it was.
Glastonbury is over-hyped imho. It does have tons of energy, but no more than so many other spots in England. The Tor itself was an unti-climax for me.
I’ve only seen a tiny part of the Ganges, and at the time I didn’t think of power spot, but I remember there was an enormous energy from it.
Never made it to Giza, only Luxor. I don’t think you could go far wrong with Egyptian, Aztec or Mayan sites. They were on to something.
That’s it.
Wow, pancakes on top of Mt Fuji!? How trippy!
I am still learning about chakra in my own life. But in nature, never thought of it, although maybe subconsciously I did. There part of our surrounding world that call to us and make us feel a certain energy and that does not have to be in a far away land, although, I do love the choices you posted here. A couple of places for me were in my own home land, Dominican Republic.
Water falls in Jarabacoa with its surrounding caverns just seems mysterious and refreshing and peaceful to me. There are others but my brain is a little fried right now.
I knew there was a reason why I LOVE Sedona. I used to fly there all the time from San Diego, just to be close to those amazing red hills (and have a fabulous lunch at the airport). Now I know why it beckoned me to keep coming back. Perhaps I should move there?
I haven’t had the chance to visit any of the others… although I did stay at the Luxor in Vegas! Does that count? 😉
Human chakras can be confusing–with the colors, locations, what they do…There is a very effective, simple meditation on chakras that requires absolutely no knowledge: http://www.beyond-karma.com/how-to/how-to-light-up-chakras-instantly-release/
As far as the earth chakras…I’m not sure about that, but if there were such a thing I would think the chakras would be in the depths of oceans or in the core. There’s no reason to think that the chakras would be in places which human beings consider beautiful or fascinating.
I don’t think human beings can seriously damage or heal the earth. We should certainly stop the madness to environment, because it is not harmonious–but the disharmony is hurting us, not the earth. The earth has been around for five billion years, and will likely double that; in comparison, human beings have been around for less than a second. The earth has survived much worse; it can adjust; we cannot.
This is interesting. I can sense that different location has different, distinct energy, but never related it to chakra system. I’ve been thinking more in male – female or yin-yang energies.
For example, I live in Portland, Oregon, now, and the energy here is very feminine and nurturing. I’ve been wondering if it’s because it’s near the Pacific — the Pacific is the center of female energy, legacy of the ancient Lemuria. I grew up in Japan, and although the energy in the urban areas are pretty much messed up, the old area still harbors feminine energy there, too. And Hawaii flourishes with female energy.
The Atlantic is considered to be the center of male energy. I’m not so familiar with this area. I was in NYC for a few days, and again, the energy of cities are pretty messed up. I lived in Ohio for 10 years, and the energy there was kind of neutral, but if I must say, was more male — down to earth, solid kind of male energy.
I’ll contemplate this chakra system on earth. Thank you for an intriguing post.
Hi all, I’ll respond to all of you individually in the next comment, because I really appreciate the detailed responses. However, just a general note that this was somewhat for fun – I don’t claim to know where the earth chakras are, or even that there are any. I do think it’s an intriguing model for looking at earth’s energies, and that trying to sense these things, and human’s responses to different places, is an interesting awareness exercise. -Lisa
Docwitch – yes, I love this idea of portals, and it jibes exactly with my own experience of nature. Particular places take me to different states of awareness – it is like as I relax in a place, and absorb it, it takes me on a meditative journey specific to it. And I also love the Gaia idea – one of the Hopi-Tibet articles I found talked about the earth breathing in each morning in Tibet (since the tallest peaks in the world there feel the first rays of the sun each day) and then breathing out each night at the Hopi mesas, where there are these amazing evening winds…
Mon – thanks for your comments, you have visited far more of these than I have! I think after this research exercise and your comment, Machu Picchu has moved to my top 10 places to visit in my lifetime list. And Glastonbury too, just to see what I feel there. I couldn’t get much from the pictures, but it may be because it is so populated, i.e. full of human awareness.
Yira- beautiful pictures, thank you!
Lises – by all means, move to Sedona! I am planning to move to the Zion/Bryce area, so then we will be just across the Grand Canyon from each other:-) Also, I count the Luxor in Las Vegas, it’s the closest I’ve gotten to the inside of pyramid too…
Karmarider – This was more meant to be a fun exercise, not definitive, and of course it does make sense that some spots would be in the ocean or otherwise inaccessible to humans. As for your comment on the earth, I agree – if we blow it, the earth will just get rid of us, and it will be our loss, not hers. But the idea here is that different spots on the earth do represent different awareness portals (which has nothing to do with the aesthetics), and of course this is an idea present in many different spiritual traditions around the world, and that through human actions we can in fact pollute and block them, just like human chakras. Again, the loss is ours if we do so.
Akemi – I 100% am with you on the Pacific-yin, Atlantic-yang thing. I had not thought of it in those terms, but I have lived on both coasts, and I think this is so true. And I have also always associated most trees with a feminine/compassion type energy, so all the big trees around Portland, and the Sequoias down here in CA, also seem to be a reflection of this yin energy…
It is great to consider the energy centres around the earth. I had not thought to associate them with a chakra system. I have read that gemstones and minerals are like the Earth’s nervous system and organs. It would be interesting to know which minerals were predominant at each of these locations.
When I travelled in India to Alandi in Maharashtra I felt an energetic change that made me consider that the stories of miracles with a buffalo reciting the Vedas and walls moving were entirely possible. Although I was aware that I may have been picking up on the thoughtforms, there was something energetically underlying them that is unusual in that area, as if the whole area was open to and part of another realm entirely.
I live on a farm and I am moving to another house which is on a hill that I am sure is a power point/energy portal. How do I look after it? I feel to tidy up old machinery and the likes lying around, much like removing clutter from a home is good Feng Shui.
Thanks for a thought-provoking post!
Hmmm…looks like I really need to do more traveling round the world! I would love to have the opportunity to visit Sedona. I missed a chance for a visit when my husband (then boyfriend) was staying in Arizona for two years.
I am not sure about visiting Egypt though because I have past life memories of the place. My memories were not all that pleasant. I’d have to do a lot of energy clearing before I go there. It will be interesting to travel there with my daughter, as she definitely has a deep connection with Egypt.
Thanks for laying these places out in a post. Reading it puts me in a holiday mood!
This was fun. Thanks for taking me around the world with you. My kids and I were talking about the Grand Canyon today, about the jolt that place gives you. Mount Kailash sounds interesting. Cavities and protuberances. Our bodies have those things too. The idea of gender energy in certain places resonates with me, as well as gemstones and minerals having vital purpose. Very, very interesting stuff. Thanks, Lisa.
this is just marvelous, lisa, thank you so much for this enlightening viewpoint! I’d love to visit each of these power centers. i’ve experienced sedona, az and have to agree with you on that one. when there, i feel like i am absolutely pulled down, magnetized, stuck to the rocky earth.
i’ll suggest another. Canyon deChelly in northern az. right in the middle of the navajo reservation. i think it’s connected to the root chakra with some kind of conduits to the heart chakra. when there, i am so emotional, feel like i am in the womb of “the Mother,” safe and loved, and cry upon leaving as if I am leaving my true home. amazing.
i was happy to see mt. kailash there. i wondered where you might place it and sure enough, my hunch was right. 🙂
Wendy – thanks for mentioning gemstones, I do think this is a fascinating field too, and wonder how the energetic properties associated with each map to different center. As for your farm question, I think you’re right – tidy up and beautify. I always think intuition is the best approach on these things – walk around the land, connect with it, and let it tell you what it wants and needs. I remember reading this is how architects that use feng shui principles actually work – they walk around a location many times before designing, and even meditate there, in order to let the land guide them.
Evelyn – that’s interesting that you have a poor association with Egypt. Mine is more positive, I have such a nostalgia for it, although of course the end was tough. Although I am somewhat afraid to visit it now, because it is so different, and I am afraid I will be disappointed.
Brenda – that’s right – cavities and protuberances, and, I might add, veins, which is kind of what rivers are like. Famous rivers connect so many of these places, and are really what make life possible for humans, in terms of carrying water from place to place.
Jan – I have always wanted to visit Canyon deChelly, I will definitely have to do so now, after your description.
This is a very comprehensive list. Love the links for further reading. I agree with Pamir. To choose to value all places, including those which stand out for you at this moment, is part of the exercise of learning love strengthens the global energy grid. Concentrations of love energy shift according to consciousness. Ancient tribes or civilisations live in areas of higher awareness when they nurture certain timeless knowledge and tachings. This magnifies light energy for those who are ready and willing to feel it. You can awaken anywhere, anytime.
Hi Lisa – I read The Mists Of Avalon many years ago (at least a couple ot times) – it still sits centre-stage on my bookshelf.
I love the way you have made your own list – and I was hoping you would put Uluru for the third! I’ve been there, and what doesn’t show up in photos is how utterly beautiful it is – the colours are really soft and beautiful. Our camping tour arrived at night, in the dark, and then I emerged from my tent the next morning and looked up at it – it was so big!
Cheers – Robin
Robin – yes, it was hard to find a picture for Uluru. Some of the most beautiful ones only showed part of it, but with the light reflecting off it, which really highlighted the variations in color. I would love to visit here someday.
Interesting, and fun! I have been thinking of chakras lately because three years ago I intuitively tattooed “om” on my sacral chakra… in honor of becoming a mother and a writer.
My next tattoo, the path of continually opening my heart and connecting me to all life, is a fiddlehead fern opening, near my heart. (I used to intuitively draw a spiral with my finger in between my breasts whenever I felt drawn or connected or touched by life and death.)
Interesting to think of recognizing these universal energies, in all forms.
Stacy – love the tattoos!!! I have an Egyptian Wings of Ra on my lower back. We are cool mamas:-)
Another suggestion: Arunachala in Tamil Nadu, India.
Ramana Maharshi who was there for 50+ years said that it was the “axis of the world” — some of his devotees, figured that an axis should have a matching place on the opposite side of the Earth and Mount Pacchu has been mentioned as a candidate.
That is how I came accross your website and posting.
When I have a few moments, I think I may take a look to see if there are matching sites to the others you have mentioned.
Live pictures of Arunachala can be seen here:
http://www.arunachala-live.com/
Kindest regards
Chuck, thanks so much for visiting and mentioning Arunachala. I am very familiar with Ramana Maharshi and inquiry practice (I recently interviewed Gangaji, you might be interested in that), and Ramana’s relationship with Arunachala is a beautiful and fascinating story. My sense (and this is entirely subjective of course!) is that it definitely is a spiritual chakra, but not a ‘main vein’ in the earth – like the body I think there several ‘main spots’ and then hundreds of smaller, more specialized ones. As I wrote here, I like the Ganges river, and by extension much of India, as the seat of the heart or 4th chakra. So perhaps Arunachala is a major energy center related to that?
Good, good… great places for sure.
I have a strong link wit the Big Pyramid in Egypt. UK as a heart chakra? Not for me. India as a whole does it. I just love the energy around Fátima and Tomar in Portugal, makes me feel nurtured and 100% accepted.
And Mt. Abu in India is for sure a place of high energy, as is the local nuclear power plant.
Wim – thanks for your insights. I have read about the shrine in Fatima, but never visited there.
I don’t mean to step on any toes, but the Heart Chakra of the Earth is in Hungary, and no less than His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said so.
“The approach and behavior of Tibet, -similarly to other saint knowledge-, sees and experiences the eternity as unity. According to this, the so called power and energy centers are being counted not only in a Human body but on Earth as well. According to tradition, the Earth hearth chakra is in Hungary, more exactly in the area called Pilis.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“I consider Hungary as a second homeland of mine. People of the country are kind and have good heart, and as it is well known, Dobogókő (Beating Stone) is a holy place, where the heart of the Earth is beating. When I teach the method of Enlightenment here in Hungary – I often come to visit you – it feels like teaching the whole world.”
Tanpai Rinpoche
thinkingsoul – no toes stepped on at all, I always like to learn about other chakra systems, in both the human body and the earth. I had not come across a fixed Tibetan earth chakra system in any of my reading, but I will research the Dalai Lama’s quote to learn more.
But in any case, I would consider the Tibetan system one system among many – just like the various human chakra systems, there are many different mappings that have been developed around the world in different cultures and traditions. They are all of interest to me, but personally I do not align myself with any one. In this post, I was simply presenting my own opinions at the time on what the mappings might be…
I’ve had incredible experinces while visiting Table Mountain, Cape Town. I’ve felt the energy in the rootchakra/the base.
I like this approach, thou i think we need to look beyond human frame. Earth is a planet… Gaia can have 10, 20 100, or 1 chakra… Planet is a different being than humanoid.
Barbara – I agree, and in fact different human chakra mappings have different numbers of chakras, although the 7-chakra system is the most well-known in the West. I do think the 7-chakra system is useful as an archetypal structure, in terms of the energy aspects each represents, and for that reason it’s interesting to think what might correspond to these 7 in the earth. But there are thousands, if not millions, of different kinds of ‘power places’ on this planet – many of my favorites that I have visited are not even on this list. It is an amazing planet:-)
hello
i have sent you a link to my website that shows smaller chakra trails
Here is another possible place for chakra:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/07-06-2010/113680-arkaim-0/
“The approach and behavior of Tibet, -similarly to other saint knowledge-, sees and experiences the eternity as unity. According to this, the so called power and energy centers are being counted not only in a Human body but on Earth as well. According to tradition, the Earth hearth chakra is in Hungary, more exactly in the area called Pilis.”
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama-
More exactly: Dobogókő (Pulsating stone)
confineless unconditional love to all ^^
Hi Anonymous, yes someone else put this same quote in up in a comment up above…I did find mention of a Tibetan earth chakra system in a book I was reading recently, 5 chakras instead of 7 in that case, as it was based on a 5-chakra human body model (the Tibetans have a few different chakra system variations in various lineages). There are a lot of different systems/mappings – for both the human body and the earth – and there’s a lot of overlap between them. It’s interesting that the heart chakra seems to have the most views and differentiations. Of course there’s no reason the earth can’t have more than one – this post was just for fun, not meant to be a definitive map.
Wow, I’m impressed with this post. I’m a Celtic/Druid/Christian who lives with a Native American. We live not far from Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Three years ago we stayed in Sedona for a week and hiked into several energy vortexes. At one particular site, I stood in the center and looking straight up I could feel the earth moving and the sky standing still. It was very intense and I must admit, the next day I was extremely sick. We went to the Grand Canyon even though I was not well because we had planned the trip carefully and this was our only chance, so I have no idea how the energy vortexes in the Grand Canyon affected me since I was sick from the day before. Also, we live in the high desert of northern New Mexico. When someone moves here from another state, there’s a window of time where they either adjust or “the mountain rejects them, and throws them out.” If they refuse to leave willing the mountain may drive them crazy or make them sick. We’re both very comfortable here, and have bonded well with the mountain and all the wild life and earth energies. But we’ve seen many others leave after only a few months or even weeks of living here.
Hi Katrina, I replied on your last comment on the About page, but I also wanted to comment here, because I do think this idea about power places is so important – that we need to approach them with the utmost respect and a clean awareness – we can’t bring our baggage to them. I know just what you mean about getting ‘thrown out’. I think this is really the idea behind sacred pilgrimage and power or vision quests – that we approach a place like this with humility and our best selves, and then we can be transformed by the energy and doorways available to us there. Otherwise, it can go very wrong. Thanks for commenting! – Lisa
This is such a fascinating post, bringing together my love of energy medicine, anthropology, spirituality and travel. (Have you seen the book called ‘Sacred Earth’? You would like it.) I have been to only one of these places, but I’d love to visit them all. I liked your personal story about visiting Mt. Kilimanjaro (pancakes no less!).
When I first starting studying the chakra systems, I knew the earth must be no different than we. I never researched it though, and was glad to see your post here. Thank you. 🙂
Thanks Maggie, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have a beautiful photography book called Sacred Earth is that the one you mean? It is gorgeous. I also have one on sacred places, many of which are man-made in terms of being religious sites, but others are natural like these. I also love this idea of earth’s chakras, although I don’t claim to actually know where they are, and of course, who says there are just 7? But this was a fun post to research and write…
Yes Lisa, that is the book I was referring to. I love looking through it, all those beatiful and powerful places. I believe that every place definitely has its own energy vibe to different degress/intensity, and an elemental chakra of predominance. I think your choices were good ones!
l was told by Zig Longhorn,a master in his own right.
That MOUNT WARNING in Australia is the TOP place for Energy,
also l do think Glastonbury is an Amazing place,
hugs Peppa and Chris….Tasmania
Great portal photos and great info!
Thanks Becca – I assume one of your main portals is Hawaii?? If you see this, wondering if you have a favorite spot there…
Great article! I certainly believe in, and have felt, energy vortexes coming from the earth. There is a significant one, if only minor in comparison to the major chakras, on Sparrow Hawk Mountain in Tahlequah, OK, home of Sparrow Hawk Village and Sancta Sophia Seminary. As above, so below, right? 🙂
If you have the time, check out the work of Trigueirinho, a mystic who some believe is the third in the line of esoteric teachers, of whom Blavatsky and Alice A. Bailey were the first two. He has many wonderful online lectures which are free (callinghumanity.org) and which contain truly amazing information.
Andy, I will check out Trigueirinho, have read both Blavatsky and Bailey so am intrigued. Thanks for visiting.
More world chakra points
http://www.sharkstooth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/worldchakra.html
Hi Lisa: I wanted to revisit this post because we’ll be travelling to Phoenix (from St. John’s, NL) for a conference at the end of September, and will be visiting Sedona for a couple of days. It sounds like it’ll be worth it for us to drive for a couple more hours to visit the Grand Canyon as well! I look forward to experiencing the groundedness of the red rock of Sedona.
More locally, different lakes in the Canadian rockies are said to represent the 7 chakras. (I used to live in Calgary, which is close to the rockies). http://www.earth-keeper.com/canadianrockiesarticle.shtml
· (7) Lake O Hara – Crown Center
· (6) Emerald Lake – Brow Center
· (5) Lake Moraine – Throat Center
· (4) Lake Louise – Heart Center
· (3) Peyto Lake- Emotional Center
· (2) Bow Falls – Creative Center
· (1) Athabasca Falls- Root
I certainly felt that Lake Louise opened my heart whenever I spent any time there.
And the seven sacred pools on Maui are said to represent each of the seven chakras. I still visit these pools during my sacred journeys.
I definitely want to spend some in Machu Pichu eventually, as I am very drawn to the ancient wisdom from Peru.
Janice, thank you so much for your wonderful sharings. I have been to the 7 sacred pools in Maui (amazing!) but not the Canadian lakes, although I have been to many lakes in northern Minnesota as I have family there. I think the chakras provide a wonderful mapping system for energies throughout our bodies and world. Have a great trip!! – Lisa
Hi I appreciate your work and intent on this sight but you may want to look further into the list. The first chakra is actually Mt. Shasta. I have been doing some research on the earth chakras and have actually been to Mt. Shasta. Sedona is an energy vortex but not a chakra.
thinkingsoul:
“His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said”
here you can hear what he has said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7zOw2diQlg
Hi Shanda, thanks so much for your comment. There are a lot of different opinions on the chakra mapping for the earth, and on the number of ‘major’ vs. ‘minor’ chakras. I stuck with 7 here, but of course there are probably many more – why would the earth have only 7 like a human subtle body? And in fact, even within human chakra systems, there are many different mappings, ranging in number from 4-12, or even more. So I was offering the mapping that feels right to me, with the understanding that it is one way of looking at it. I don’t feel any chakra mapping is an ‘absolute’ – they are all maps that serve different purposes – like different maps of the same physical place (a geologic map, a road map, a water map etc. – each is valid in its own way for its own purpose.) I do think Mt. Shasta is very powerful, but it’s hard for me to see it on the same level as these 7 – to me it is similar to Sedona, an energy vortex. I don’t consider Sedona a chakra itself, but a vortex connected to the Grand Canyon, which I do consider a chakra.
So there’s a lot of different ways to view it. I appreciate you sharing your views though! – Lisa
What an interesting article. Thank you; I loved the reasons you picked the sites. I agree!
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I’ve decided to occasionally rerun some older posts, and this one has long been one of the most popular posts here. As I head out for some time in nature myself, it felt like a wonderful time to revisit this. I hope you agree, and feel free to share your own thoughts on the earth’s energy hotposts…
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Wonderful insight into the earth’s major chakra energy centers…
What a fun post!
Mists of Avalon is my favorite book. 🙂
Lisa,
What a great read! Although, I believe wholeheartedly in chakras I never thought of the distinct chakras belonging to a specific place on earth, but it makes so much sense. I really haven’t been to the places you have listed but I did visit Red Rock Canyon in Nevada and absolutely fell in love with the energy. It really surprised me. I plan to visit the Grand Canyon next : )
Nareen, Red Rock is a beautiful place, and does carry some of the same energy as the Colorado Plateau, which carries the energy of the Grand Canyon.
Hi Lisa,
I was wondering. After doing years of energy and chakra work, do you feel it is possible that some of the chakras are spread and form groupings of power places?
Thank you and regards,
Miilena
Hi Milena, absolutely, on several different levels. First of all, these chakras listed here are just the major energy centers that anchor the main energy conduits within the earth. There are many more energy centers around the world, and they are all connected as one fluid web or ‘anatomy’ of energy, just as the chakras within our own subtle body are (and of course each of our subtle bodies also connect to the world matrix.) Also, every chakra (whether in the earth or a physical body) has an emanation or aura – a circumfrence of energy that radiates out from it, and that can wax and wane in cycles or over time based on a lot of different factors. In the case of these major earth energy centers, this emanation covers many hundreds of miles – I would say the entire American southwest carries the emanation of the Grand Canyon, for example. If you look at these particular centers, they each are within a radius of major spiritual centers for some of the major cultures of the world.
So yes – some day I would love to travel even more than I already have and write a book about exactly this – a world energy travel guide if you will!
Its so interesting that Mt.Kilimanjaro is listed here…I have been learning/researching anout chakras in our bodies & now learning about earth’s chakras. Since I live in oregon, & Mt Shasta or Mt. Hood are often listed on ‘lists’ of Earths chakrs else where; so I’ll add that one in, I have heard they represent the root chakra but some say crown? I live near mt shasta…recently ‘randomly’ traveled to Moshi, Tanzania…at the foot of Kilimanjaro. Huge changes in my life since this travel.
Hi Katrina, yes Mt. Kilimanjaro is often listed, and of course there are many other earth energy centers besides those listed here, no reason to think that the earth only has 7 or even 7 main ones like a human body does, but I do think it’s interesting to look at different places in relation to the energies of the 7 chakra systems, as each place often does have a distinct feel to it in terms of being either heart, root, crown etc. Mt Shasta comes up in another world chakra mapping, although I haven’t heard of Mt Hood being listed…which of course doesn’t mean it isn’t a major energy center, but in terms of the main ones on each continent, it’s hard to compare with the Grand Canyon in scope or power! Thanks for commenting.
Thank you, Lisa! That feels right in my body.
I was wondering, have you read the book Unplugging the Patriarchy? This is where I encountered the idea about the chakras being spread… 🙂
I’ve also read that the Earth’s Kundalini has changed location from Tibet to South America (may be Chile). I was wondering how do you feel about this. I feel very strong pull both towards Budhism and South America’s spiritual (especially energetic and mystical) practices. I almost feel I am split between (and am trying to integrate the spiritual practices from) the two locations in my own spiritual path. I also felt very at home in South America,… and I also have a stong pull towards Kailash and Nepal…
Thank you!
Milena
Hi Milena, no I haven’t read this book, but certainly this idea of power places throughout the world having an area of emanation is common, as is the idea that humans may influence them (both negatively and positively). Although of course not all cultures use the word ‘chakras’, but these ideas are common in any culture that teaches about the earth’s energy. As for your question on the earth’s kundalini, I don’t really think in terms of it changing location, perhaps the way I would it is changing its flow patterns. I don’t know really whether this is happening -it would be a very difficult thing for anyone to discern. Certainly the human relationship to the energy will change based on how the people living in a particular place are relating to the earth. So considering the Chinese occupation of Tibet, this may be what is referred to. But Tibetan Buddhism is thriving outside of Tibet as well. And in terms of your own spiritual path, integration may also be possible.
Thank you very much, Lisa!
Can you recommend who I can study Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana) in the San Francisco area, if you might be familiar.
I also noticed you went through the Feed Your Demons process… Would you recommend it? I’ve been doing for a while now Lama Tsultrim Allione’s Feed your demons meditation and love it.
Currently, I am exploring mindfulness and breath meditation. I’ve also started exploring Reginald A. Ray’s online teachings through “Dharma Ocean” and I’ve taken a retreat course with Pema. I’ve read there is a lot of controversy around Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche… But I am taking what I find works for me.
One of my teachers has worked with and speaks highly of Rama, a Vajrayana Buddhism, mysticism and meditation teacher in the 80’s and 90’s, whose teachings are available also online now… So, I am exploring his work, too. However, I feel I need to work with a life teacher and I am wondering if there is a point to relocate to Colorado or may be I can continuue locally with someone who can take me deeper.
Thank you!
Hi Milena, I am familiar with all of these teachers, and it sounds like you are being guided to good resources on your own. I am not that familiar with teachers in the San Francisco area, although there is a great sangha associated with Lama Tsultrim Allione, their website is http://www.taramandalasf.org/. Go where your heart leads you – finding a teacher is a matter of personal resonance. Good luck!
Thank you for your graciousness! 🙂
I have been in Mt. Abu, rajasthan, India. I felt very strong positive peaceful vibrations. Its a beautiful place.
I am not sure where all these people get that these locations that you mentioned also where the heart chakra is. Somebody started it and than everybody just believed it and copied it.
The real heart chakra of the earth is at Dobogókő, Hungary, EU. More specifly on the Rám mountain, by the Ferenczy cliff.
http://dobogoko.org/English
Hi Reka, thanks for your comments. There are a lot of different opinions on this. Actually the most common planet chakra mapping that I have seen repeated the most often is not mine, but the one that places Glastonbury as the heart. I don’t take any of this too literally – it was a fun exercise and post that unexpectedly took off. There are many different places in the earth that reflect the energies of each chakra – many different heart chakra places for example, as well as all the other chakra energies. To suppose that the earth would be structured like the human body and have seven major chakras is a bit of a leap I feel. It is helpful to think of chakras in the heart to discuss the energies of different places but how could any one of us possibly scan the entire earth and know for sure which one is the primary heart center or any of the other centers for that matter? I bow before the earth’s power and immensity and feel its truth is far beyond any of our comprehension.
We know much more, than what we think we know, and what we are trained and allowed to know.
But we can come out from this.
Get access to Your inner knowing.
You are much more potent than what you think you are.
You are not just the drop in the ocean, but the ocean as well.
Dobogoko in Budapest is also known as heart chakra region as a site claims by Dalai Lama
Thank you Shalini I’ve heard it’s a beautiful heart spot.