There are
seven power centers in your body, called
chakras. The state of each chakra reflects the health of a particular
area of your body. It also reflects your psychological, emotional and
spiritual well-being.
Every thought
and experience you've ever had in your life gets filtered through these
chakra databases. Each event is recorded into your cells. In other words, "your biography becomes your
biology." When chakra energy is blocked or misdirected, emotional
and physical illness can arise.
Explore
your seven power centers and see how they reflect what's happening in
your body, in your life:
- - Intuitively diagnose your energy
- - Unplug from negative thoughts and perceptions
- - Live as a healthier, more empowered person
Begin your exploration with chakra one
-- the root chakra, source of all lessons related to your material
world. Use the colored circles to navigate your way on your journey
through the chakras:

CHAKRA 1
Tribal Power: Lessons Related to the Material World
The first
chakra is the foundation of emotional and mental health. Your connection
to traditional familial beliefs supports the formation of identity and
a sense of belonging to a group.
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Sacred Truth: All is One
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are connected to all of life. Every choice you make and every belief
you hold exerts influence upon the whole of life. |
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Organs
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Effects
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Base of spine,
legs, bones, feet, rectum, immune system. |
Chronic
lower back pain, rectal and immune disorders, depression, multiple
personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictions,
sciatica, varicose veins. |
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Issues
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family and group safety and security, ability to provide for life's
necessities and stand up for yourself, feeling at home, social and
familial law and order, abandonment fears, family bonding, identity,
tribal honor code, support and loyalty. |
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Questions for Self-Examination
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- What belief patterns did you inherit from your family?
- Do all of them still have authority over you?
- What superstitions do you have? Which have more authority over you than your own reasoning ability?
- Do you have a personal code of honor? What is it?
- Have you ever compromised your sense of honor? If so, have you taken steps to heal it?
- Do you have any unfinished business with your family members? If yes, what prevents you from healing your family relationships?
- List all the blessings that you feel come from your family.
- If you are a parent, what qualities would you like your children to learn from you?
- What tribal traditions and rituals do you continue?
- What tribal characteristics within yourself would you like to strengthen and develop?

Chakra 2
Power of Relationships: Lessons Related to Relationships
The second
chakra is your center of personal power, creativity, sexuality, and finances.
Issues of physical survival, control, and one-on-one relationships are
at the core of this energy center.
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Sacred Truth: Honor One Another |
| Every relationship you develop, from casual
to intimate, helps you become more conscious. No union
is without spiritual value. |
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Organs |
Effects |
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Lower abdomen to navel, sexual
organs, large intestine, lower vertebrae, pelvis, appendix,
bladder, hip area. |
Arthritis, chronic lower back
or hip pain, sciatica, pelvic/low back pain, sexual potency,
urinary problems, prostate or ovarian/uterine illnesses,
fibroids, menopause severity. |
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Fear of loss of control, or being controlled,
through events such as addiction, rape, betrayal, impotence,
financial loss, or abandonment by partners or colleagues,
ability to take risks, personal identity, blame, guilt,
money. sex, power, control, creativity, ethics, honor
in relationships, decision-making ability, power to rebel. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- How do you define creativity? Do you consider yourself
a creative person? Do you follow through on your creative
ideas?
- Do you often direct your creative energies into
negative paths of expression? Do you exaggerate or
embellish "facts" to support your point of
view?
- Are you comfortable with your sexuality? If not,
are you working toward healing your sexual imbalances?
Do you use people for sexual pleasure, or have you
felt used? Do you honor your own sexual boundaries?
- Do you keep your word? What is your personal code
of honor? of ethics? Do you negotiate your ethics
depending on your circumstances?
- Do you have an impression of the Divine as a force
that exerts justice in your life?
- Are you a controlling person? Do you engage in power
plays? Are you able to see yourself clearly in circumstances
related to power and money?
- Does money have authority over you? Do you make
compromises that violate your inner self for the sake
of financial security?
- How often do survival fears dictate your choices?
- Can you master your fears about finances and physical
survival, or do they control you and your attitudes?
- What goals do you have for yourself that you have
yet to pursue? What stands in the way of acting upon
those goals?

Chakra 3
Personal Power: Lessons Related to the Self
The third
chakra furthers the development of self-esteem and personality, separate
from your tribal identity. This is where you learn to draw and maintain
strong boundaries and a personal code of honor.
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Sacred Truth: Honor Oneself |
| Be mature and honorable in the relationship you have with yourself
and accept responsibility for the person you have become. |
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Organs |
Effects |
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Abdomen,
stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas,
adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine behind the solar plexus. |
Arthritis,
gastric or duodenal ulcers, colon/intestinal problems, pancreatitis/diabetes,
chronic or acute indigestion, anorexia, bulimia, liver dysfunction,
hepatitis, adrenal dysfunction. |
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Trust,
fear, intimidation, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-respect,
ambition, courage, ability to handle crisis, care of yourself and
others, sensitivity to criticism, personal honor, fear of rejection
and looking foolish, physical appearance anxieties, strength of
character. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- Do you
like yourself? What don't you like and why? Are you actively working
to change the things about yourself you don't like?
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you honest? Do you sometimes misrepresent the truth? Why?
- Are you
critical of others? Do you blame others as a way of protecting yourself?
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you able to admit when you are wrong? Are you open to feedback from
other people about yourself?
- Do you
need the approval of others? If so, why?
- Do you
consider yourself strong or weak? Are you afraid of taking care of yourself?
- Have
you been in a relationship with a person you didn't really love, but
it seemed better than being alone?
- Do you
respect yourself? Can you decide to make changes in your life and then
stick to your commitment?
- Are you
afraid of responsibility? Or, do you feel responsible for everything
and everyone?
- Are you
continually wishing your life were different? If so, are you doing anything
to change it, or have you resigned yourself to the situation?

Chakra 4
Emotional Power: Lessons in Love, Forgiveness and Compassion
Here lies
the powerhouse of the human energy system. From its middle position, the
fourth chakra mediates between the body and spirit, and determines their
health, strength, and balance.
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Sacred Truth: Love is Divine Power |
| Emotional
energy -- love -- is the central power point and true motivator
of your body, mind and spirit. |
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Organs |
Effects |
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Center
of the chest, heart and circulatory system, lungs, shoulders, arms
and hands, ribs/breasts, diaphragm, thymus gland. |
Congestive
heart failure, heart attack, mitral valve prolapse, cardiomegaly,
asthma/allergy, lung cancer, bronchial pneumonia, upper back, shoulder
pain, breast cancer. |
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Love,
hatred, bitterness, grief, anger, jealousy, inability to forgive,
self-centeredness, fears of loneliness, commitment and betrayal,
compassion, hope trust, ability to heal yourself and others. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- What
emotional memories do you still need to heal?
- What
relationships in your life require healing?
- Do you
ever use your emotional wounds to control people or situations? If
so, describe them.
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you allowed yourself to be controlled by the wounds of another? Will
you let that happen again? What steps are you prepared to take to prevent
yourself from being controlled that way again?
- What
fears do you have about becoming emotionally healthy?
- Do you
associate emotional health with no longer needing an intimate relationship?
- What
is your understanding of forgiveness?
- Who are
the people you need to forgive, and what prevents you from letting go
of the pain you associate with them?
- What
have you done that needs forgiving? Who is working to forgive you?
- What
is your understanding of a healthy, intimate relationship? Are you willing
to release the use of your wounds in order to open yourself to such
a relationship?

Chakra 5
Will Power: Lessons on Self-Expression
The fifth
chakra is the center of your struggle with choice and the ability to release
your will to Divine guidance. Its essence is faith - faith in our fears
or faith in the Divine.
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Sacred Truth: Surrender Personal Will to Divine Will |
| Your every choice, thought and feeling has biological, environmental,
social, personal and global consequence. Actions motivated by personal
will that trusts Divine authority, gives you the richest power. |
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Organs |
Effects |
Throat,
thyroid,
trachea, neck vertebrae, mouth, teeth, gums, jaw, esophagus, parathyroid,
hypothalamus. |
Raspy
throat, chronic sore throat, mouth ulcers, gum difficulties, TMJ,
scoliosis, laryngitis, swollen glands, thyroid problems. |
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Choice
and strength of will, personal expression, following your dream,
using personal power to create, addiction, judgment, criticism, faith,
knowledge, capacity to make decisions. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- What
is your definition of being “strong-willed”?
- Who
are the people that have control over your willpower, and why?
- Do you
seek to control others? If so, who are they, and why do you need to
control them?
- Can
you express yourself honestly and openly when you need to? If not, why
not?
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you able to sense when you are receiving guidance to act upon?
- Do you
trust guidance that has no “proof” of the outcome attached to it?
- What
fears do you have about Divine guidance?
- Do you
pray for assistance with your personal plans, or are you able to say,
“I will do what heaven directs me to do”?
- What
makes you lose control of your own willpower?
- Do you
know you need to change but continually postpone taking action? If so,
identify those situations and your reasons for not acting?

Chakra 6
Mental Power: Lessons in Wisdom
The sixth
chakra is the energy center of intuition, intellect and reasoning. Known
as the “third eye”, it involves our mental abilities, and our psychological
skill at evaluating our beliefs and attitudes.
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Sacred Truth: Seek Only the Truth |
| Continually search for the difference between truth and illusion,
the two forces present at every moment. Trust what you cannot see
far more than what you can see. |
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Brain,
nervous system, eyes, ears, nose, pineal gland, pituitary gland. |
Brain
tumor, hemorrhage, stroke, neurological disturbances, blindness,
deafness, full spinal difficulties, learning disabilities, seizures. |
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| Self-evaluation,
truth, intellectual abilities, feelings of inadequacy, openness to the
ideas of others, ability to learn from experience, emotional
intelligence. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- Do you
often interpret the actions of others in a negative way? If so, why?
- What
negative patterns continually surface in your relationships with others?
- What
attitudes do you have that disempower you?
- What
beliefs do you continue to accept that you know are not true?
- Are
you judgmental? If so, what situations or relationships bring out that
tendency?
- Do you
make excuses for behaving in negative ways?
- Recall
instances in which a more profound level of truth than you were used
to hearing was revealed. Was the experience intimidating?
- What
beliefs and attitudes in yourself would you like to change? Can you
commit to making those changes?
- Are you
comfortable thinking about your life in impersonal terms?
- Do you
know you need to change but continually postpone taking action? If so,
identify those situations and your reasons for not acting?

Chakra 7
Spiritual Power: Lessons Related to the Divine
The seventh
chakra is our connection to our spiritual nature and our capacity to allow
spirituality to become an integral part of our physical lives.
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Sacred Truth: Live in the Present Moment |
| Achieve a personal relationship with the Divine. All physical, psychological
and emotional illusions or fears, need to be removed from your life.
Let go of the past, do not anticipate the future and live in the
presence of the Divine. |
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Organs |
Effects |
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Muscular
system, skeletal system and skin. |
Energetic
disorders, spiritual depression, chronic exhaustion that is not
linked to a physical disorder and extreme sensitivities to light,
sound and other environmental factors. |
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Ability
to trust life, values, ethics, courage, humanitarianism, selflessness,
ability to see the larger pattern, faith, inspiration, spirituality
and devotion. |
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Questions for Self-Examination |
- What
guidance have you sought during meditation or praying?
- What
type of guidance do you fear the most?
- Do you
bargain with the Divine? Do you complain to the Divine more than you
express gratitude?
- Are you
devoted to a particular spiritual path? If not, do you feel a need to
find one?
- Do you
believe that your God is more authentic than the Divine in other spiritual
traditions?
- Are you
waiting for the Divine to send you an explanation for your painful experiences?
If so, list them.
- How would
your life change if the Divine answered your questions by saying: “I
have no intention of giving you insight at this point in your life"?
What would you do then?
- Have
you started and stopped a meditation practice? If so, what are the reasons
that you failed to maintain it?
- What
spiritual truths are you aware of that you do not live by? List them.
- Are you
afraid of a closer relationship with the Divine because of changes it
might trigger in your life?
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