The Chakra System

The chakra system is an ancient Hindu description of the mechanism used to assimilate and distribute vital life force energy (KI) throughout the body.

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning 'wheel'. Seven major chakra centres exist within each level of the aura, with the first situated at the base of the spine and the seventh on the crown of the head. They are constantly moving and absorbing energy. The chakras are an essential part of our bio-energy system. They are traditionally depicted as a lotus flower, which, when combined with the symbolism of the wheel, results in a circular shape spinning around its centre as individual petals unfold. A free flow of life giving energy is vital to the health and well being of our bodies. The electro-magnetic energy circulating around the body stimulates various glands thus maintaining hormonal balance and affecting our whole metabolism. The chakra enables us to collect, process and release energy from the earth and from the atmosphere around us. They feed the life force into our endocrine system, which in turn stimulates and regulates our hormonal balance, although the chakra system exists in the etheric body, it has close connection and inter-relates with the physical body. The chakra conducts and filters a constant flow of energy through us. Each chakra has a number of attributes, including colour, a relation to an element and the maintenance of specific and emotional functions. It is spiritually significant that the colours of the system make a rainbow. In a number of cultures the rainbow represents a bridge between this world and that of the gods, and in Christianity it signifies God's forgiveness and His covenant with mankind. Also, the number seven is the sum of the number of divinity (three) and the number of mankind (four) and represents the relationship between the divine and humanity.