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

Crown Chakra Symbol

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Crown Chakra Information

Number

Location

Color

Element

Purpose

Issues

Body Parts/System

Emotional Demon

Emotional Connections

Associated Life Aspects

Right

Excess

Deficient

Physical Manifestations

Healing Practices

Affirmations

Balanced Characteristics

7

Cerebral cortex Top of head

Violet

Thought

Understanding

Transcendence Immanence Belief systems Higher Power Divinity Union Vision

Pineal/pituitary, nervous system, mind and whole body.

Attachment

Spiritual, love and compassion; peace, harmony, loving, thoughtful, focused, consciousness, cosmic love.

Enlightenment, knowledge, spirituality, understanding, self-realization, unity, connection, fulfillment, completion, mysticism, universal consciousness “I have”.

To know and to learn

Overintellectualization. Spiritual addiction. Confusion. Dissociation from body.

Spiritual cynicism. Learning difficulties. Rigid belief systems. Apathy. Excess in lower chakras – materialism, greed, domination of others.

Coma. Migraines. Brain tumors. Amnesia. Cognitive delusions.

Reestablish physical, emotional connection (excess). Reestablish spirit connection (deficiency). Learning and studying. Spiritual discipline. Meditation. Psychotherapy: examine belief systems, develop inner witness, work with higher power.

Divinity resides within. I am open to new ideas. Information I need comes to me. The world is my teacher. I am guided by higher power. I am guided by inner wisdom.

Ability to perceive, analyze, and assimilate information. Intelligent, thoughtful, aware. Open-minded, able to question. Spiritually connected. Wisdom and mastery, broad understanding.

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 390-391

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