The chakras have three functions in common. They serve as gates through which unmodified energy can flow. They transmute unmodified energy into different frequencies. And they sense subtle energy from the external environment as it makes contact with the surfaces of the auric fields surrounding body space.

Of the seven chakras in body space, two originate in the head and five at the spinal column. All energy centers must be active and in balance if a person hopes to experience wholeness and unconditional joy. Unfortunately, few people have their chakras active and in balance. Instead, for the vast majority, the chakras vary in activity depending on how conscious a person has become on each plane of causation, and how blocked each chakra is because of stress or fear.

An easy way to determine which chakras are blocked is to simply pay attention to which parts of your body get tight, or begin to hurt when you are overloaded and can't process all the energy flowing through your subtle energy system. If, for example, you get a headache when you are overloaded, it is your sixth chakra, the third eye, which is blocked. If you develop a tightness in your throat or the back of your neck or shoulders get tight and begin to hurt, you have a blockage at the fifth chakra, the throat chakra. If your heart begins to pound or you get palpitations in your heart center when you are stressed, then the blockage is in the fourth chakra, the heart center.

When you feel tightness in your stomach or your stomach begins to ache, the restriction is in the third chakra, the solar plexus center. Blockages in the second chakra, the sexual center, can manifest as either an ache in the intestines, problems with digestion, problems in the urinary tract or sexual dysfunction. For women there can be a disruption in menstruation when the second chakra is blocked. A blockage in the first chakra at the base of the spine can also manifest as digestive problems or difficulties with the bowel movement.

As a general rule, the more evolved a person is, the more active the chakras become and the more easily they can perform their functions.

Muladhara Chakra and Meditation

Svadhisthana Chakra and Meditation

Manipura Chakra and Meditation

Anahata Chakra and Meditation

Visuddha Chakra and Meditation

Ajna Center and Meditation

Sahasrara Chakra and Meditation

Shri Yantra Meditation