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Literally translated, Yoga means 'yoke', which implies harnessing oneself to the Divine with the intention of uniting within. Every way leading to such a union can be called Yoga, and all forms can be undertaken at various levels. In this sense the term Yoga applies to most forms of meditation. The following Yoga forms will help to revitalize each of our 'Chakras' in a special way, namely by achieving the union that all forms of Yoga strive for. 

'The Muladhara Chakra' (Smell) -

Hatha Yoga: Unfolding of awareness through cleansing and stimulation of the physical body by the means of some bodily exercises or postures combined with breathing techniques.

Kundanlini Yoga: Awakening of the so called 'snake power', which starts at the coccyx and rises parallel to the spinal column. As it rises it activates and vitalizes all other chakras. There are myriads of physical and spiritual exercises that will help you achieve this effect.

'The Svadhistana Chakra' (Taste) -

Tantra Yoga: Tantra sees nature as the play between the female and male energies of Shakti and Shiva, who bring forth the visible world in a never ending dance of Creation. In tantra, union with this 'cosmic sexuality' is strived for by opening our senses, refining and heightening sexual experience and helping us to accept life. 

'The Manipura Chakra' (Sight) -

Karma Yoga: Karma Yoga helps us achieve selflessness in our actions, to no longer think of their possible results and our personal gains. Through Karma Yoga we open ourselves to the Divine Will and bring our actions into harmony with the natural cosmic energy of Creations.

'The Anahata Chakra' (Feeling) -

Bhakti Yoga: Bhakti Yoga is the way which lends to the realization of the Divine through devotion and love of God. Devotees deepen and intensify their feelings and direct them to God. They relate everything to Him, percieve Him in all things and are transfigured in their love for Him.

'The Vishuddha Chakra' (Hearing) -

Mantra Yoga: Mantras are meditative incantations that reflect certain aspects of the Divine. They are either silently recited, sung out loud or chanted. By repeating a mantra, thoughts and feelings are gradually transformed, thus attuning the devotee to the Divine cosmic power expressed by the given mantras. 

'The Ajna Chakra' (All senses including extrasensory perception) -

Jnana Yoga: Jnana Yoga is the way of awareness based on the development of the mind's capacity to distinguish between the real and the unreal, the eternal and the transistory. The Jnana Yoga realizes that there is only one unalterable, everlasting and eternal reality: God. Through meditations and the power to differentiate, the devotee focuses exclusively on the Absolute until his or her mind becomes one with the unmanifested aspect of God.

Yantra Yoga: Yantra Yoga are pictorial symbols depicting geometrical forms which represents the divine Being in all aspects. They serve as an aid to visualization. The person meditating becomes completely immersed in the depicted aspects and visualizes them within by inner contemplation. 

'The Sahasrara Chakra'  -

Yoga: 'Nil'.

Note: (   ) Sensory Function.