What's a Chakra?

Well Maggie and everyone else interested, Chakra is an old Sanskrit word that means wheel. In nature, when two weather patterns meet, like the electrical and magnetic fields of our bodies, they form a tornado-like vortice. Thus, we have vortices all over our bodies.

There are 7 main chakras that run in a straight line along our spine and over 80 smaller ones throughout our body. Like a rainbow, they range in colors. The root chakra, at the base of the spine is the slowest moving, its sound is like low C and has a color of red. The root, or Muladhara in India is said to have an equal vibration to the center of the earth. At the top of the head is the Sahasrara, which means lotus of the thousand petals. This 7th, or crown chakra is the fastest of all the human chakras. Its sound is high C and is white in color. When all the lessons are understood from the root to the crown, it is said that we will understand ourselves and recive higher conscious.

As the blueprint they are, our physical bodies are regulated through these portals. If we are emotionally and spiritually strong in each of the 7 areas, then our physical bodies will be fit as well. If we have trouble speaking our truth, for instance, then our throat chakra or Vishuddha, will not be in balance. Because the energy is blocked, the body's energy level will decrease. Due to the inharmonic energy, disease or stress will ensue and our basic life force will be slowed down in this particular area. You can see, from this example, how our thought processes trickly down to affect the physical body.

Life lessons have also been attributed to chakras. Most people who deal with chakras do not talk about them in scientific terms as I am, although, for many, it can be easier to explain as they are truly subtle physical structures. All living things have these energy centers. Because they do lie in the emotional body, they are mostly dealt with through psychological and spiritual experiences.