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

Third Eye Chakra Symbol

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Third Eye 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

6

Forehead Brow Carotid plexus Third eye Center of forehead

Indigo

Light

Pattern recognition

Image Intuition Imagination Visualization Insight Dreams Vision

Pituitary/pineal, brain, hypothalamus, endocrine system, head, eyes, face.

Illusion

Psychic awareness and intuition, big picture, service, imagination, focuses on the good, clairvoyance.

Clairvoyance, intuition, insight, imagination, spiritual awareness, vision, individual consciousness “I see”.

To see

Hallucinations. Delusions. Obsessions. Difficulty concentrating. Nightmares.

Insensitivity. Poor vision. Poor memory. Difficulty seeing future. Lack of imagination. Difficulty visualizing. Poor dream recall. Denial (can’t see what is going on). Monopolarized (one true right and only way).

Headaches. Vision problems.

Create visual art. Visual stimulation. Meditation. Psychotherapy: coloring and drawing, art therapy, working with memory, connecting image with feeling, dreamwork, hypnosis, guided visualization, past life regression therapy.

I see all things with clarity. I am open to the wisdom within. I can manifest my vision.

Intuitive. Perceptive. Imaginative. Good memory. Good dream recall. Able to think symbolically. Able to visualize.

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 338-339

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