The Essential Guide to Chakra Healing

Ch?kr?. It'? a word you've ?r?b?bl? h??rd ?n ??g? class and th? ?h??k?ut line at Whole Foods but d? ??u really kn?w what ?t m??n?. If th? answer ?? no, ??u'r? n?t ?l?n?. Th? ?nt?r? un?v?r?? is made of energy, and ??ur body ?? n? ?x???t??n. Th? 7 ?h?kr?? ?l?? an important r?l? ?n the balance ?nd health ?f ?ur b?d???. L?ng b?f?r? modern t??hn?l?g? ?nd science, ?n???nt cultures kn?w th?t ?ll l?v?ng th?ng? ??rr??d a l?f? force w?th th?m. Th?? ??ll?d the ??nt?r? ?f energy that m?v?d ?n??d? ?f u? the 7 ?h?kr??. Odds ?r?, ?f ??u'v? ?tt?nd?d a ??g? class, gr?u? meditation, ?r indulged in ?n hour-long r??k? ★★★★★★n, ??ur ?n?tru?t?r ?r ?r??t?t??n?r m??t likely ???k? about ??ur ?h?kr??. In m? yoga ?l???, my t???h?r ?ft?n brings u? the third-eye chakra, located between the br?w?, ????ng ?t'? r????n??bl? f?r human ?ntu?t??n ?nd th? ?nn?r light w?th?n u?. Simply ?ut, it's an ?r?? of th? b?d? th?t ?? dense w?th energy. Chakras ?r? ??rt ?f ?n ?n???nt ???t?m th?t dates back t? 1,500 - 500 B. C., wr?tt?n ?b?ut in th? Vedic t?xt? ?f Ind??, ?nd ?????d d?wn thr?ugh ?r?l tr?d?t??n ?r??r to th?t. Th??'r? also mentioned ?n yogic t???h?ng?, which ?? likely wh? ??u'v? ?lr??d? "opened ??ur h??rt chakra" in ??g? class. Th?r? ?r? 7 main ?h?kr??, fr?m th? t?? of th? h??d to th? root ?f the ???n?, n??tl?d r?ght thr?ugh ?ur ??nt?r. "Ch?kr?" is th? Sanskrit word f?r "wh??l," ?nd r?f?r? t? vortexes ?f energy th?t reside ?n ?nd correspond to ?r??? th?t have v?t?l ?rg?n?, ?u?h as th? h??rt, brain, ?nd reproductive ?rg?n?. Th??? v?rt?x?? are n?t ?t?t?? th? way b?n?? ?r?, but continuously r?t?t? as energy moves thr?ugh u? ?n u?w?rd ?nd downward ?urr?nt?. Th?nk ?f a figure-8 that r????t? itself - w?th the ?h?kr?? being th? ??nn??t??n points. It is ???d th?t wh?n your ?h?kr?? are healthy and vital, they are "???n," but wh?n ?n?rg? stagnates, one or m?r? chakras can b???m? blocked, ?r ?l???d, l??d?ng t? v?r??u? physical ?nd ?m?t??n?l symptoms.