Understanding the 7 Chakras

In this post, I will be talking about the 7 chakras that are present in our bodies and their significance. We often hear a lot about Chakras, their healing power, and about their purification. Knowing about the importance of the chakras is one of the first steps of learning Reiki.

The 7 chakras influence your health be it mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual. Each one of them relate to a different aspect of our lives. You can learn if you are thriving well in love, career, health, or creativity by knowing how your chakras are functioning. To learn more, let's start from the very beginning.

There are 7 chakras:
1. Crown Chakra (Purple)
2. Third Eye Chakra (Indigo)
3. Throat Chakra (Blue)
4. Heart Chakra (Green)
5. Solar Plexus Chakra (Yellow)
6. Sacral Chakra (Orange)
7. Root Chakra (Red)

As we know, Reiki is the flow of life force energy from the universe through our bodies into the bodies of the people we want to heal. So basically, your body is acting as a channel for this energy to flow through to the concerned parts. The chakras are basically doorways that open up and let the energy flow through your body seamlessly. Chakra is a Sanskrit word which means wheel. Look at it as a gear. Just like gears work in tandem in any machinery to make it work smoothly, so do these chakras. When we summon the life force energy from the cosmos, it flows through our body in a straight line through these energy doorways. When you are meditating, you might often feel this rush of energy through your body in the form of a relaxing warmth or extreme vibrations down your backbone. However, if the chakras are blocked, the energy does not flow as smoothly as it should.

What does blocked Chakra mean?

When a chakra is blocked it could be for a number of reasons. It could be because you are emotionally or physically unwell and that is reflecting on your chakra. For example, if you are suffering from a throat infection, sore throat, thyroid problems, or when you find it difficult to communicate your anger in a constructive manner, the reason could be a imbalanced throat chakra. Similarly each of the 7 chakras control various bodily and emotional functions. You can read more about it in my subsequent posts.

How can you open your Chakras?

You can open and balance your chakras using the healing energy of Reiki. You will need to channel the healing powers of the life force energy by meditating and inviting reiki energy to flow through your body. You can apply reiki on the affected chakra in order to balance it.

Read more about chakras in my following posts.