The Crown Chakra: The Artist's Yoga Method with Nikki Baksh®

Comprehensive Crown Chakra Training for Creatives, Educators & Healers — ADVANCED + ACCREDITED

Created byNikki Baksh

Last updated 3/2026

English

What you'll learn

Discover yoga asanas tailored to the unique qualities of the crown chakra, promoting physical strength, flexibility, and energetic flow
Engage in practical exercises aimed at deepening your connection to the crown chakra and promoting holistic well-being
Learn how specific musical notes correspond to the crown chakra and can be used to enhance energetic alignment
Explore the transformative power of sound bowls in balancing and activating the crown chakra

Course content

14 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 34m total length

Welcome and Overview for this Course1:55
What are The Chakras?3:52
The Mystical Essence of Chakras: Unveiling the Energy Centers

So what exactly are “The Chakras?”
These mystical energy centers carry intricate symbolism and wield tremendous power.
The Sanskrit word Chakra translates into “a spinning wheel of energy” and is located along the central channel of the subtle body, known as the Sushumna. Originating from ancient Indian spiritual traditions, these energy centers are correspond to different aspects of our physical, emotional, and spiritual being.

There are seven main chakras, each associated with specific qualities, elements, colors, and sounds. The chakras serve as portals to higher consciousness and self-realization, offering a pathway to balance, healing, and spiritual evolution. By understanding and harmonizing these energy centers, we unlock the door to our fullest potential and embrace the artistry of our true selves.

We’ll explore them individually and delve deeper into practices and techniques for activating and balancing each of these transformative energy centers. For now let’s have a general overview.

1. Root Chakra (Muladhara):
Located at the base of the spine, the root chakra governs our sense of security, stability, and survival instincts.
Its element is Earth, and its color is red. Balancing this chakra fosters feelings of groundedness and safety.

2. Sacral Chakra (Svadhishthana):
Positioned in the lower abdomen, the sacral chakra is linked to creativity, sensuality, and emotional expression.
Its element is Water, and its color is orange. Nurturing this chakra enhances our ability to experience pleasure and embrace our emotions.

3. Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura):
Situated in the upper abdomen, the solar plexus chakra governs personal power, confidence, and self-esteem.
Its element is Fire, and its color is yellow. Strengthening this chakra empowers us to assert ourselves and pursue our goals with clarity.

4. Heart Chakra (Anahata):
Located at the center of the chest, the heart chakra is the seat of love, compassion, joy, empathy, and forgiveness.
Its element is Air, and its color is green. Opening this chakra fosters deep connections with others and promotes inner harmony.

5. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha):
Positioned at the throat, the throat chakra governs communication, self-expression, and authenticity.
Its element is Ether, and its color is indigo blue. Clearing this chakra enables us to speak our truth with confidence and integrity.

6. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna):
Situated between the eyebrows, the third eye chakra is associated with intuition, insight, and inner wisdom.
Its element is Light, and its color is amethyst. Activating this chakra enhances our psychic abilities and deepens our connection to higher consciousness.

7. Crown Chakra (Sahasrara):
Located at the top of the head, the crown chakra represents spiritual enlightenment, unity, and divine consciousness.
Its element is Thought, and its color is white. Opening this chakra allows us to experience transcendent states of awareness and connect with the divine.
A Basic Guide to the Chakra System0:02
PDF Download: A Basic Guide to the Chakra System

What is the Crown Chakra?4:35
THE CAVE OF BRAHMA
The highest Chakra symbolizes our capacity to be completely connected spiritually.
Sahasrara chakra is akin to the lotus unfolding above Brahma-randhra, known as "The
sanctuary of Brahma". It is an aperture in the crown of the head from which it is believed
that the soul ascends at the time of transcendence.

When the Yogi separates from the physical body during transcendence, this Brahma-
randhra opens up, and the soul emerges through this opening (Kapala Moksha). This
opening is also referred to as the 'Gateway to Pure Consciousness' or the gateway of
liberation.

Once the Kundalini Shakti, also known as the "Lotus Power," has ascended through
Sushumna to Sahasrara, it is directed to reverse its course and return to rest in the
base center once again. Immortality is attained within Sahasrara Chakra. Prior to
reaching this chakra, the yogi is unable to attain the state of unconscious conscious
known as asama-prajnata-samadhi. In this state, there is no activity of the mind and no
knower, no knowledge, and nothing to be known: knowledge, knower, and known all
merge and become liberated.

Samadhi is the pure bliss of complete inactivity.
Until the sixth chakra, the yogi may enter a trance in which activity or form still remains
within consciousness.

In Sahasrara Chakra, the prana ascends and reaches its highest point. The mind
establishes itself in the pure emptiness of Shunya Mandala, the space between the
hemispheres.

During this time, all feelings, emotions, and desires, which are the workings of the mind,
dissolve into their fundamental cause. Union is achieved. The yogi/yogini is in sat-chit-
ananda, truth-being-bliss.

The true self is present and can remain within the physical body, experiencing non-dual
consciousness, without being disturbed by pleasure and pain, honors and humiliations,
or being drawn into the sensory realm.

Chakra Exercises: Journal Your Answers0:30
Chakra Exercise:
Examine your beliefs about life, religions, science, and universal energy. Then answer.

What are my actual beliefs of life, religion, science, universal energy, God?
Where do my beliefs stem from?
Who in my life shares my beliefs?
Do these beliefs affect the way I live my life?
Do I find contentment in these beliefs? How so?
Are these beliefs mine? Have they helped make me into the person I am today and will become tomorrow?
Do my current beliefs shape the way I see others? Their words? Their actions?
Are these views helpful or harmful?

This section deserves mindful awareness.
Give yourself at least 60 minutes to answer these questions.
Let the answers freely and organically flow without overthinking.

Yoga Asanas to Balance the Crown Chakra1:36
Yoga and Chakras Educational Disclaimer:
The material presented in this practice, including the correlation of postures to corresponding chakras, is for educational purposes only. This content is designed to deepen your understanding of yoga and its philosophical aspects. It is not intended to qualify, prepare, or authorize you to lead or teach yoga classes.
Learning about the relationship between specific postures and chakras does not grant the necessary qualifications to teach yoga to others. To lead or teach yoga classes, it is essential to complete a proper yoga teacher certification program.
By engaging with this material, you acknowledge that you are participating solely for personal education and growth and understand that teaching yoga requires formal training and certification.

Chakra Exercise: Make a list of 10 affirmations that you can create for yourself0:40
Chakra Exercise:

Make a list of 10 affirmations, that you can create for yourself as your own mantras.
Make it realistic and specific to your unique needs.

Affirmations:

I understand the interconnectedness of all beings in the universe.
OM resonates within me, connecting me to the collective consciousness.
I understand that unity lies at the core of all existence.
OM flows through me, uniting me with the divine essence of creation.
I understand that I am a vessel of universal wisdom and love.
OM chants echo within me, harmonizing with the cosmic symphony.
I understand that my consciousness merges seamlessly with the cosmic consciousness.
OM vibrations guide me towards deeper spiritual understanding.
I understand that every soul is a thread in the fabric of universal oneness.
OM reverberates within me, aligning me with the rhythm of the cosmos.

This section deserves mindful awareness.
Give yourself at least 30 minutes to answer these questions.
Let the answers freely and organically flow without overthinking.

Requirements

No previous experience necessary. You will learn everything you need to know.

Description

Yoga without Artistry only stimulates one side of the brain.
This module brings the crown chakra to life through a contemplative and expansive lens—bridging the science of yoga with the art of silence, unity, and higher coherence.

Crown Integration: An Artful Exploration is a focused and embodied journey into the seventh energy center. Through sound, stillness, meditation, subtle movement, and breath, you’ll experience the crown chakra not as an idea to grasp, but as a lived state of spacious awareness and integrative presence.

The crown chakra has its own vibration, color, sound, crystal, and symbolic resonance. By learning to work with these subtle frequencies, you’ll cultivate clarity beyond identity, a felt sense of unity, and the capacity to rest in awareness rather than effort.

This series is designed for yogis, creatives, teachers, and seekers ready to integrate the full chakra spectrum through a refined, artistic, and nervous-system-aware approach to the body’s energetic anatomy.

What You’ll Learn:

Sound Healing: Use subtle frequency and crystal bowls to support integration and stillness
Musical Note: Explore the tonal quality associated with the crown chakra
Mantric Resonance: Work with sound and silence to refine awareness
Guided Meditation: Rest in spacious presence and unified attention
Yoga Practices: Gentle, integrative sequences that support whole-system coherence
Chakra Exercises: Practices that cultivate clarity, surrender, and trust
Reflection & Journaling: Integrate insight through contemplative reflection

Extra Content Included!
This series fuses artistic expression, ancient wisdom, and nervous system attunement to support integration, presence, and embodied wholeness.

Are you ready to rest in what remains when nothing needs to be added?

Who this course is for:

artists, creatives, beginner and seasoned yoga teachers, wellness professionals
those interested in learning the science and. artistry of yoga teacher training without attending a 200 or 300 hour immersion
those interested in personal development through the practice of yoga

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Welcome and Overview for this Course3 lectures • 6min

Sahasrara Video Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Take some time to journal1 lecture • 1min

What is the Crown Chakra?1 lecture • 5min

Chakra Exercises: Journal Your Answers1 lecture • 1min

Yoga Asanas to Balance the Crown Chakra1 lecture • 2min

Bija Mantra for the Crown Chakra1 lecture • 4min

Crown Chakra Affirmation Practice1 lecture • 10min

Chakra Exercise: Make a list of 10 affirmations that you can create for yourself1 lecture • 1min

Sound Healing for the Crown Chakra1 lecture • 5min

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