As far as I know (and I’m not an expert here), the location of chakras is only found in forms of meditation that are related to Buddhism, not in other forms (eg. Christian meditation, Native American practices, etc.)
Hindu religion focuses a lot more on chakra’s than Buddhism does.
When it comes to locations of chakra’s there’s one interesting question. There’s a chakra that the Hindu’s call the Manipura chakra.
You sometimes read that it’s located where the navel is. Other sources say it’s located where the solar plexus is. Years ago I asked a question in the Hindu stackexchange and they told me “Place the little finger of your hand on the navel. Your navel is the solar plexus or the manipura chakra”. Quite obviously, in Western anatomy the navel and the solar plexus are not the same place.
To me, this experience was really weird as I would have expected to get clear answers about where the chakra is supposed to be. It’s quite unclear to me what those people for whom chakra’s are a central concept actually believe about them.
The lack of concern from the users of the Hindu StackExchange for the inconsistency also felt weird.
Hindu religion focuses a lot more on chakra’s than Buddhism does.
When it comes to locations of chakra’s there’s one interesting question. There’s a chakra that the Hindu’s call the Manipura chakra.
You sometimes read that it’s located where the navel is. Other sources say it’s located where the solar plexus is. Years ago I asked a question in the Hindu stackexchange and they told me “Place the little finger of your hand on the navel. Your navel is the solar plexus or the manipura chakra”. Quite obviously, in Western anatomy the navel and the solar plexus are not the same place.
To me, this experience was really weird as I would have expected to get clear answers about where the chakra is supposed to be. It’s quite unclear to me what those people for whom chakra’s are a central concept actually believe about them.
The lack of concern from the users of the Hindu StackExchange for the inconsistency also felt weird.