Chakras

What are the 'Chakras'?

Chakras are points in the body where energy spins at a particular frequency. The word Chakra means spinning wheel of energy. Although there are 100s of chakras in the body, there are 7 main ones that are often used in healing - especially with Reiki.

Each chakra contains information about you (a bit like a computer disc) and depending on what you have put into this energy centre emotionally, mentally or physically will depend how well it functions and spins. If there has been a lot of negative emotions, you may find that a the chakra is sluggish or blocked and can cause emotional, mental and physical symptoms.

Some complementary therapies like Reiki help by improving the flow of energy around and through a chakra and/or releasing any blockages. For example, if you get tension or health issues in your stomach area before you have a presentation/interview... this is indicative of fear blocking the flow of energy in your solar plexus chakra. This chakra relates to your power centre and self esteem. To find out more what the other chakras mean and how they relate to you, please refer to the table below.

Chakra	Location	Key Word	Colour	Connected to Physical	Mental/ emotional	Balanced	Overworking	Underworking
Root	At the base of the spine	Survival	Red	spine, feet and legs, large intestine, kidney, bladder, adrenal glands, nervous system	self esteem, social order, security	centred, grounded, healthy, unlimited physical energy, manifest abundance	obsession with money/health/possessions, domineering, aggressive, sleeplessness, can’t relax	insecurity, lack confidence, fearful, self pitying, fear being abandoned, feel unlovable
Sacral	lower abdomen	Sensation	Orange	skin, sexual organs, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine	blame, guilt, money, sex, power, control, creativity, morality	friendly, optimistic, sense of belonging, creative, gutsy sense of humour, concerned for others	self serving, overly ambitious, emotionally explosive, aggressive, manipulative	frigid, distrustful, shy, overly sensitive, self negating, resentful, bury emotions
Solar Plexus	centre, below ribs	Power	Yellow	diaphragm and breath, skin, adrenals, upper digestive organs	self esteem, self-image fears, fears of our secrets being found out, indecisiveness	outgoing, cheerful, self respect, respect others, personal power, skilful intelligent, expressive	judgmental, workaholic, perfectionist, drugs to relax	blame others, lack of self, depressed
Heart	Centre of chest	Love	Green/Pink	heart,lungs and blood pressure, heart, lungs, immune system, thymus gland, lymph gland	love, compassion, forgiveness	compassionate, humanitarian, balanced	overly critical, demanding, possessive, angry, jealous	afraid of letting go & getting hurt, needing constant confirmation of self worth
Throat	throat	creative	Sky Blue	throat, thyroid, nerves, eyes, muscles	choice and strength of will, following your dream	contented, centred, good speaker, musical/artistic	arrogant, self righteous, talk too much, addictive	scared, timid, hold back, quiet, weak, unreliable, devious, can’t express thoughts
Brow	front forehead, between eyebrows	Intuitive	Indigo	pituitary gland, eyes, nose and ears	trust what you can see far more than what you can’t see!	charismatic, access to the source of knowledge, receive guidance, no fear of death	egomaniac, religiously dogmatic, proud, manipulative dogmatic	undisciplined, afraid of success, over sensitive
Crown	Crown of head	Spiritual	Violet	pituitary, pineal gland, nervous system, brain	complete trust in the divine – no attachment to past or future	open to divine, miracle worker, transcend laws of nature	sense of frustration, depressed, manic depressed, lots migraines	No spark of joy, catatonic, can’t make decisions

Clearing the Chakras

There are a number of ways you can help release/clear blockages and also keep your 'energy system' in good shape:

• meditation and breath exercises
• yoga
• tai chi or Qi Gong
• Reiki Healing
• Learning Reiki
• Indian Head Massage
• using crystals
• Other complementary therapies which work with the energy system (eg spiritual healing, biaura, bio crystal energy etc

Feel Good Therapies offers training, classes and healing using meditation, Reiki and Indian Head Massage. Please check out WORKSHOPS for further details. We also run a register of therapies - THERAPIES UNITED - listing therapists trained in other therapy treatments. See our 'links' section for further details.