Video: Overview of Reiki (or Yoga) Chakras

From Denny: This is a simple introduction overview of the chakras (energy centers of the body), where they are located and how they operate, even what color is associated with this spiritual energy. Warning: the melodic soothing music is so relaxing you won't feel any stress as you learn something new! :) Enjoy!

A Guide to Chakra Healing

A Guide to Chakra Healing:

"Chakras, or wheels or discs, are the center of activity within the body, the gateway to the aura, absorbing and transmitting energy back into the environment around us. This continual flow of energy affects one's physical and mental well being and can be absorbed from absolutely everything within our environment.

According to ancient writings on the subject, there are a total of 88,000 different chakras that cover the entire body, with the majority of them being miniscule as well as insignificant. However, there are forty chakras that do have a significant purpose and are located within the hands, fingertips, feet, and shoulder areas.

The most important chakras of all are the seven main ones located along the body's central line, or the top of the head to the base of the spine. All of the chakras are in constant motion, vibrating and rotating in response to energy."

By TheresaAnn @ HubPages

From Denny: More in-depth article about chakras, more details, fascinating! Most articles about chakras either give descriptions of each chakra or discuss how to meditate upon each one. This article takes it a step further and describes the healing benefit from those meditations. Just click on the title link to take you to the rest of the article.

Meditations for the Chakras

Meditations for the Chakras

By KimmySF @ HubPages

From Denny: This article gets straight to the point showing exactly how to do each simple meditation! Short descriptions of how to meditate for the benefit of each chakra level. Easy to understand for the beginner, clearly written, easy to remember too! Just click on the title link to take you to the rest of the article.

Chakras and their meanings

Chakras and their meanings:

"As a Reiki Practitioner using Chakras as a guide to healing is really important. Chakras are best described as wheels or vortex's and they refer to the seven energy centres of which our energy system, our consciousness is composed.

These Chakras function like valves that regulate the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the Chakras reflects the decisions we make regarding how we choose to respond to conditions in our lives. We open and close these valves when we decide what to feel, and what to think which through our own perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us.

Chakras are not physical, they are probably best described as aspects of consciousness in the same way as aura's are. Chakras are more dense than auras. They interact and communicate with our body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system.

All of our senses, all of our perceptions, all of our possible states of awareness, everything it is possible for us to experience, can be divided into seven categories. Each one can be associated with a particular Chakra!"

By Chopsticks @ HubPages

From Denny: Excellent overview of the chakra system, clearly written, easy to understand, useful information! Just click on the title link to take you to the rest of the article.