What Are Chakras?

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel or vortex.

Anodea Judith, a leading authority on the chakra system, defines a chakra as a center of organization that receives, assimilates, and expresses life force energy. ¹

The chakra system refers to the spinning spheres of bioenergetic energy emanating from the major nerve ganglia branching forward from the spinal column. ²

This chakra system of bioenergetic energy branching forward from the spinal column is the location of the seven major chakras in the human energy body. There are also minor chakras in the hands, feet, fingertips and shoulders.

These seven major chakras correlate with basic states of consciousness.

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Life Force Energy – Ki and Reiki

Ki is universal life-force energy that surrounds and permeates everything. The amount of Ki, or life-force energy that fills your body varies from day to day – affecting your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Reiki is a specific band or frequency of energy for healing and self-healing that works synergistically with Ki, but at a higher vibration.³

Reiki is easily absorbed, transformed and distributed throughout the physical and energetic bodies, via the chakras, and goes where it’s needed. ⁴

Sacral Chakra Symbol

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Sacral Chakra Information

Number

Location

Color

Element

Purpose

Issues

Body Parts/System

Emotional Demon

Emotional Connections

Associated Life Aspects

Right

Excessive

Deficient

Physical Manifestations

Healing Practices

Affirmations

Balanced Characteristics

2

Lower abdomen Sacral plexus

Orange

Water

Movement and connection

Movement Sensation Emotions Sexuality Desire Needs Pleasure

Ovaries/testes, reproductive system, uterus, lower digestive organs, spleen, kidneys, prostate, urinary tract, lower back.

Guilt

Intimacy and letting go, taste, emotional needs, emotional cleansing, warmth, desire.

Relationships, emotions, intimacy, sharing, sexuality, sensations, food, appetite, pleasure, movement, imagination, the unconscious “I feel”.

To feel and have pleasure

Sexual acting out, sexual addiction. Pleasure addiction. Excessive strong emotions, ruled by emotions (hysteria, bipolar mood swings, crisis junkie). Oversensitive. Poor boundaries, invasion of others. Seductive manipulation. Emotional dependency. Obsessive attachment.

Rigidity in body and attitudes. Frigidity, fear of sex. Poor social skills. Denial of pleasure. Excessive boundaries. Fear of change. Lack of desire, passion, excitement.

Disorders of the reproductive organs, spleen, urinary system. Menstrual difficulties. Sexual dysfunctions: impotence, premature ejaculation, frigidity, nonorgasmic. Low back pain, knee trouble, lack of flexibility. Deadened senses, loss of appetite for food, sex, life.

Movement therapy. Emotional release or containment as appropriate. Inner child work. Boundary work. 12-step program for addictions. Assign healthy pleasures. Develop sensate intelligence.

I deserve pleasure in my life. I absorb information from my feelings. I embrace and celebrate my sexuality. My sexuality is sacred. I move easily and effortlessly. Life is pleasurable.

Graceful movement. Emotional intelligence. Ability to experience pleasure. Nurturance of self and others. Ability to change. Healthy boundaries.

References

1. Judith, Anodea, Eastern Body, Western Mind, Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self, Celestial Arts, 1996,2004, Page 4
2. Judith, Anodea, Eastern Body, Western Mind, Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self, Celestial Arts, 1996,2004, Page 4
3. Quest, Penelope, Reiki For Life, The Complete Guide to Reiki Practice for Levels 1,2 & 3, Tarcherperigee, 2016, Page 32
4. Quest, Penelope, Reiki For Life, The Complete Guide to Reiki Practice for Levels 1,2 & 3, Tarcherperigee, 2016, Page 27-28
5. Chakra Chart – Quest, Penelope, Reiki For Life, The Complete Guide to Reiki Practice for Levels 1,2 & 3, Tarcherperigee, 2016, Page 29
6. Chakra Chart – Judith, Anodea, Eastern Body, Western Mind, Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self, Celestial Arts, 1996,2004, Page 104-105

Seven Major Chakras

• Chakra One – Root Chakra
• Chakra Two – Sacral Chakra
• Chakra Three – Solar Plexus Chakra
• Chakra Four – Heart Chakra
• Chakra Five – Throat Chakra
• Chakra Six – Third Eye Chakra
• Chakra Seven – Crown Chakra