Meaning & Purpose of the Chakra System

 

• The chakras are the seven main energy centers in the body where we receive, absorb and distribute life energies. They are located along the spine, starting at the base and running upwards to the crown of the head.

 

• The chakras are described as “Whirling Wheels of light” and each chakra radiates a specific color and energy. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, disk or vortex and it refers to each of the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy system, is composed. Each of these centers correlates to major nerve ganglia branching forth from the spinal column.

 

• Each chakra relates to specific spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical issues. Balancing these energy centers leads to our well-being. In addition, the chakras also correlate to levels of consciousness, archetypal elements, developmental stages of life, colors, sounds, body functions, and much, much more. 

 

• These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the chakras reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to circumstances in our life. We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, what to feel, and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us.

 

• The chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that the auras are aspects of consciousness. The chakras are more dense than the auras, but not as dense as the physical body. They interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system.

 

• Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands, and also with a group of nerves called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra.

 

• All of your senses, all of your perceptions, all of your possible states of awareness, everything it is possible for you to experience, can be divided into seven categories. Each category can be associated with a particular chakra. Thus, the chakras represent not only particular parts of your physical body, but also particular parts of your consciousness.

 

• These seven chakras can become blocked through external situations and internal habits such as long-held tension in the body or staying stuck in our thoughts about things past or constant worry about the future. As a result, a chakra can become either deficient or excessive.  Therefore this chakra is imbalanced.

 

• Practicing Reiki can release these blocks and clear the path to more joyful living. Love yourself, love your day, love your life!

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For further information about chakras please read here