Chakras, auras, subtle bodies and energy healing have become more common topics of discussion in recent years. What once was considered esoteric or fringe spirituality has become mainstream. People are developing a new awareness of their own body energy – some from a desire for inner growth, others from a scientific (quantum physics) perspective and still others from a renewed sense of the sacred.

Meridians and Chakras

Much of the language and teaching about energy is not new. Most cultures have described energetic connections between the mind, body and spirit. Chinese medicine relies on energy meridians that correspond to psycho-physiological states. Vedic scholars, centuries ago described the seven energy centres of the body (chakras) from a spiritual context. The qualities, attributes and characteristics of the chakras are described with often surprising coherence among widely differing cultures and religious traditions.

Esoteric philosopher/scientists such as Alice Bailey, Anodea Judith and Carolyn Myss have re-ignited excitement in the physical, psychological and spiritual interaction of the chakras. They describe the chakras as having not only physical landmarks, nerve meridians and specific endocrine glands associated with them, but also unique psychological attributes, emotional issues and spiritual qualities.

Chakra Awareness Pervades Our Colloquialisms

To some degree, most people already have an intuitive, culturally defined sense of the spiritual psychology of the chakras. Visual artists, for instance paint “halos” of energy to represent the crown chakras of spiritual teachers or mystical individuals. We are familiar with euphemisms that tend to locate energy in particular areas of the body. We speak of having a “broken heart” and feel actual pain in the chest when we lose someone we love (heart chakra). We criticize others for being “unrooted”, or “pulling the rug out from under us” (root chakra). When a situation threatens our self-confidence we feel “butterflies in our stomach” (solar plexus chakra), and get a “lump in our throat” when grief remains unexpressed (throat chakra).

Science has enabled us to measure the presence and speed of energetic vibrations within the DNA – the very vibrations that we intuitively sense as our chakras and that clairvoyants “read” when they scan the human energy field. Energy healers and medical intuitives believe that if one can manipulate these energies and alter their frequency or patterning, it is possible that physical, emotional and spiritual healing will take place.

Transforming Chakra Energy

For those who can clairvoyantly “see” energy, disease, distress and physical or emotional pain they observe blockages, disruptions or cloudiness in the normal patterns of the chakra. Those who do energy healing can pinpoint and identify these disruptions and train their clients to do the same.

By developing an inner awareness of the chakras it is possible to begin a process that includes transforming and re-configuring these energies.

Additionally, by increasing our awareness of the spiritual psychology of the chakras it is possible to help achieve a more balanced, energized and meaningful life.