Have you ever “felt off” but couldn’t find a physical reason why? It could be your energetic body. People have studied and worked with the chakra system for thousands of years in the East. According to Tantric philosophy in India, chakras are energy wheels corresponding to a specific energy center in your body. Starting from the base of the spine and moving to the crown of the head, the seven main chakras focus on seven physical regions of the body. You can study and focus on each of the seven chakras to help you balance and heal the physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual aspects of yourself. Author Michelle Fondin explains each of the seven main chakras in a way that a beginner to the chakra system can fully understand. She helps demystify their role in facilitating healing, balance, personal power, and well-being. Michelle offers meditations and visualizations, yoga postures, breathing exercises, and Ayurvedic dietary practices to learn about and work with the chakras. Each chapter of Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy contains sections on healing the physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual bodies. The book also includes practical applications for each chakra and ideas for journaling and reflection. The seven main chakras are as follows: The Root Chakra (Muladhara): Situated at the base of the spine, the first chakra or root chakra is responsible for our sense of security and stability on Earth. We feel balanced when we trust that our basic needs are met. - The Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana): Situated around the lower pelvis, the second chakra, or sacral chakra, is responsible for our sense of creativity and procreation. When this chakra is balanced, we feel the creative juices flowing from within. - The Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura): Situated around the mid-belly and belly button, the third chakra, or solar plexus chakra, is responsible for our personal power and sense of well-being. When the third chakra is balanced, we are fearless and can confidently and successfully move into the world. - The Heart Chakra (Anahata): Located around your heart, the fourth chakra, or heart chakra, is responsible for your openness to giving and receiving love, joy, happiness, and laughter. When the fourth chakra is balanced, we can love unconditionally. - The Throat Chakra (Vishuddha): Located in the area of your throat, your fifth chakra or throat is responsible for your verbal expression and being seen and heard. When the fifth chakra is balanced, we can express the truth within our hearts. - The Third-Eye Chakra (Ajna): Located between the eyebrows, the sixth chakra, or third eye chakra, is responsible for our intuition. When the sixth chakra is balanced, we have a “sixth-sense” and are open to following our inner voice. - The Crown Chakra (Sahaswara): Located at the top of the head, the seventh chakra, or crown chakra, is our source of enlightenment and spiritual connection to our higher self. When the seventh chakra is balanced, we feel connected to Spirit and sense oneness among all. You may choose to follow the healing practices for seven days, devoting one day to each chakra, for seven weeks, focusing on each chakra for a week at a time, or at your own pace, spending as long as you need on each chakra. Whether experiencing an illness brought on by imbalance, feeling sluggish because of seasonal changes, or simply wishing to deepen your study of the subtle body, you will find healing and rejuvenation while discovering the power of these vibrant energy vortices, your chakras.