Chakra three: pump it up!
Chakra three is called Manipura, which means lustrous jewel. It's located in the solar plexus and is known as the power chakra. It represents the element of fire and the ego. It rules our personal power, will and autonomy as well as our metabolism. When healthy, this chakra brings us energy, effectiveness, spontaneity, and non-dominating power. The color yellow, carnations, amber, topaz, and tiger's eye are all associated with this chakra.

See Figure J for a picture of YogaZone's yellow shirt, which includes the symbol for chakra three.

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Get in touch with your personal Power in chakra three. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Try the following fitness-related applications for your Palm computer and pump it up!

Vivonic's Fitness Planner
Vivonic's Fitness Planner (at http://www.vivonic.com/products/palm.html) is the ideal application to help you reach your fitness goals and to keep track of the calories you consume and burn. For more information on this great piece of software for your Palm handheld, check out Heather McDaniel's review at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200009/vivonic001.html.

Vivonic's Fitness Planner is pictured in Figure K.

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Vivonic's Fitness Planner helps you identify your fitness goals.

Weight Watchers Journal
Keeping a journal can be an invaluable tool when trying to lose weight. WhiteOaks.com offers a free Weight Watchers Journal at http://www.whiteoaks.com/wwjournal/. If you're already on the Weight Watchers program, it's easy to keep your journal on your Palm handheld. The journal is pictured in Figure L.

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The Weight Watchers journal is a convenient way to track your meals and daily activity.

For more health and fitness software ideas, check out the article, "Health and fitness applications for your Palm device," by Denise Watkins in the September 2000 issue of PalmPower at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200009/health002.html.

Chakra four: love your life
Chakra four, called Anahata, means unstruck. It's also known as the heart chakra. It represents the element air and our social identity and is oriented towards self-acceptance. It is related to love and it's the integrator of opposites in the psyche: mind and body, male and female, ego and unity. A healthy heart chakra allows us to love deeply, feel compassion, and have a deep sense of peace. The color green, lavendar, jasmine, emerald, tourmaline, and rose quartz are all associated with this chakra.

See Figure M for a picture of YogaZone's green shirt, which includes the symbol for chakra four.

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Love your life, get in touch with your heart chakra. Roll over picture for a larger image.

The following applications for your Palm computer have been chosen because of their relationship to matters of the heart.

MSN Messenger Force
When you're in love, you can't bear to be away from the object of your affection. However, you can always stay in touch with MSN Messenger Force (at http://www.ruksun.com). MSN Messenger Force uses the MSN Messenger Protocol for core Instant Messaging and Presence functionality. Messenger Force for the Palm OS allows users to be notified when people from their contact list are online so that they can communicate with them via Instant Messages.