Chakras

Chakras are powerful energy centres (in Sanskrit chakra means spinning wheel). Their role is to maintain our well-being. Known for thousands of years by Asian cultures, the West still seems to underestimate them.

Ayurveda considers the human being as a whole, whether in terms of the physical or energetic body.

There are 7 main chakras (of which there are thousands), which are the manifestation of Nature’ s consciousness in the human body, with the essential function of circulating energy within the body. They are the link between the physical body and the subtle body (all the invisible energies of the human body).

These vortexes, spirals, whirlpools of energy or wheels of light rotate in relation to the energy flowing through them and are linked together along the spinal column, i.e. from the sacrum to the top of the skull, each with a precise function due to its ‘positioning’. So there is a correlation between the chakra and the organs (or glands) of the physical body located nearby.

Each chakra performs an essential function, and a ‘slowing down’ of the chakra leads to physical and/or mental disturbance.

Our memory is ‘anchored’ in our chakras just as it is in our cells, so our existence (physical, physiological, emotional) is influenced by the vital force generated by these chakras and also by the way we ‘consider’ them.

So when a chakra is ‘open’ (imagine a lotus flower spinning as they are often depicted), the energy flows and there is no blockage. If the chakra is not open (imagine a lotus flower that turns slowly, closes and withers), the energy remains blocked and the unhappiness manifests itself.

It is possible to reactivate the opening of the chakra by changing our lifestyle, our diet, our habits, our thoughts etc….

There are many ways of doing this, including yoga, meditation, music, colours, reciting mantras and the help of a practitioner. We are fortunate to be spoilt for choice.