Chakra Functions

As mentioned before, there are seven chakras, stimulating them in the correct way will have a positive and healthy effect on your body and your emotional outlook. When you meet with someone who is skilled in the manipulation of chakras, or someone who specifically practices chakra healing, you can expect to have some or all of the following chakras stimulated:

Seven chakras The crown chakra also known as Sahasrara chakra, rules over your hormones and also the central nervous system and is connected to your higher consciousness. It is through the crown chakra where spiritual energies make themselves felt, and the higher crown chakras link up to spiritual guidance. When they open fully, there will be a feeling of bliss or enlightenment. Properties...

The brow chakra or the Ajna chakra is linked to your perception of time and of light. It can also be associated with your ability to sleep and awaken, and in many ways, it is associated with your pineal gland. The brow chakra is where intuition takes place and other realities can be accessed. If it is too open, other people's thoughts and feelings flood in. If it is blocked it creates confusion, and imagination can't function. Properties...

The throat chakra known as the Vishuddha chakra is of communication and rules over your ability to communicate and grow, and is said to be connected to your thyroid gland. If this chakra is open it allows free expression: a blocked one interferes with communication of ideas and feelings. Properties...

The higher heart chakra connects to unconditional, spiritual love, when this chakra opens; a new dimension in love is reached.

The heart chakra known as Anahata is the chakra that is related to your love, balance and well-being, and it is strongly related to your immune system. This chakra is associated with your thymus gland. If blocked, love is prevented from flourishing. Properties...

The solar plexus chakra is also known as Manipura, and it is related to your energy, and your digestion. It can be stimulated to work with your pancreas and your adrenal glands, and it has a strong connection to your digestive system. The solar plexus chakra is where emotional blockages occur. If it is too open, energy can be leached by other people. Properties...

The sacral chakra known as the Swadhisthanna, rules over your emotion and creative impulses. The sacral chakra is the creative chakra if this chakra is blocked creative spark is nonexistent and social interaction can be difficult. Properties...

The base chakra known as Muludhara is connected to sexuality and is connected to your basic survival instincts and grounding, if this chakra is blocked; libido is low, if it is too active, sexual needs predominate. Properties...

The earth chakra keeps you grounded; holding you in everyday reality, if this chakra is not functioning there is difficulty with the material world.