The Chakra system

The chakra system is the energy system of humans that is located in seven large energy centres along the spine, starting at the caudal vertebra/anus and rising all the way up to the top of the head. Chakra means wheel and an explanation that these energy centres spin, both at the front and back of the body. Imbalance in one chakra affects the others as they are all closely connected to each other.

 

The chakras balance and regulate the body in many different ways. Each of them is connected to the central nervous system by a stem that ends in the spinal marrow. They are also connected to and affect the endocrine glandular system and therefore have a large impact on our mental and physical wellbeing.

 

1. Base chakra

Location in the body:

Pereneum, in front of the anus

Endocrine gland: Adrenal glands

 

Energy function:
Survival, security and expresses how well we are grounded in our life.
In balance:
Grounded and stable with good connection to the ground.  You are secure and feel comfortable with yourself and your body. You have strong self-esteem.

Imbalance:
Life feels difficult and insecure. Poor physical and mental resistance. No energy. Become easily stressed.

 

Medical function:

Mainly secretes two stress hormones: adrenaline and noradrenaline.

Adrenal cortex secretes cortisol.

Stands for:
The body’s metabolism

Sexual drive in women
Salt balance in the kidneys
The heart’s pumping function
Stress reactions

 

 

2. Sacral chakra

Location in the body: Above the pubic bone

Endocrine gland:

Ovaries/Testicles

 

Energy function:

Our ability to enjoy, be creative and experience the joy of living. Our relationships.
In balance:
You are in touch with your creative power, joy and happiness. You have peace of mind. Increased self-confidence.

Imbalance:
We are governed by duty, habits and the expectations of others.  Fear of losing control or being controlled by others. No opinions, do not enjoy life.

 

Medical function:

Secrete sex hormones, for example, oestrogen and testosterone.

Stands for:
Reproductive functions

and, in women, regulates relaxation of the cervix and pelvic floor during childbirth.

 

 

3. Navel chakra

Location: The navel

Endocrine gland:

Pancreas

 

Energy function:
Our strength and our ability to act.
In balance:

Ability to act and take decisions. You are expressive and bubbling over with vitality.  Generous.

Imbalance:

Lack the ability to act, are powerless and indecisive. You are afraid of being rejected. You feel unattractive, overweight, old or feeble. You allow others, directly or indirectly, to control your life.

 

Medical function:
Secretes insulin and glucagon.

Maintenance of a normal blood sugar level in conjunction with fasting, physical strain and stress. Balances metabolism and affects the food chain to the brain.

 

 

4. Heart chakra

Location: In the middle of the chest, by the breastbone

Endocrine gland:

The thymus, also referred to as the thymus gland.

 

Energy function:
Our capacity to feel unconditional love and sympathy.

In balance:

You see yourself in others and believe that everyone has equal value. You are emotional but at the same time respectful and constructive.

Imbalance:

You feel isolated, lack emotions and are dependent on love and confirmation. Self-pity, anxiety, envy, and depression. You compete with others.

 

Medical function:

Forms the body’s immune defence cells.
The thymus gland grows until the teenage years and later the growth declines. The functioning declines rapidly after the age of 45.

 

 

5. Throat chakra

Location: Throat
Endocrine gland:

Thyroid gland and parathyroid gland

 

Energy function:
Communication, inwards and outwards. Affects our energy and our state of mind.
In balance:

You can express your inner thoughts and feelings so that others understand and you can listen. Strong, clear voice.

Imbalance:

You do not listen to yourself! Monotone, low or hoarse voice. Slowness, shyness, uncertainty and fear of the opinions of others.

 

Medical function:

Affects the maturity and development of the central nervous system.

The body’s metabolism
Body heat
Growth
Calcium and phosphate balance

 

 

6. Forehead chakra
Location: Midway between the eyebrows, the third eye.
Endocrine gland:

Pituitary gland

 

Energy function:

The location of intuition
In balance:

You understand what happens in the surrounding environment and what happens within yourself. Ability to visualise.

Imbalance:

Escape from reality and difficulties focusing in life. Only the material things in life are perceived as real. Everything spiritual is rejected. Left half of the brain dominates thinking.

 

Medical function:

Controls the other glands and secretes own hormones.

Controls the endocrine glands.

Growth
Development of ovum and sperm production.
Controls the adrenal cortex, the cortisol
Water secretion in the kidneys

 

 

7. Crown chakra

Location: Top of the head

Endocrine gland:

Pineal gland

 

Energy function:

Yoga and meditation activate a calcified pineal gland.
Stands for:
Universal consciousness level. Understanding that our inner and universe are connected.

In balance:

Understanding, knowledge, insight and wisdom. Peace and stillness. Meditation is the main way of attaining balance in the pineal gland.

Imbalance:

Cut off from life and the flow in life. Lack purpose in life.  Mortal dread or fear of death. Not open to spiritual dimensions. Intellectual constraint, confusion and narrow-mindedness.

Medical function:

The functioning has not been medically identified. The pineal gland is largest in infants, and then degenerates and is calcified in puberty. It produces melatonin that controls sexual development, puberty, and our sense of the daily rhythm, darkness and light.

 

 

Nadis

In the yogic energy system of chakras there are also 72,000 nadis, energy channels, which run through our entire soul.  On a nadis map we can clearly see that there are many nadis that run outside the body. That we end where the skin bounds us is not likely. Human beings are energy creatures who have chosen a physical body that is smaller than their energy body.

 

You can feel when someone enters your energy – purely physically. You feel as if the person is standing too close to you, it feels like trespassing and you want to push them away, step aside. This is your space, your sphere. This is what you need to remain intact in order to function like a woman. Imagine that you have a shimmering shell or film around yourself and your energy.  A casing that you keep around yourself and everything inside is you.

 

 

Feminine and masculine in the chakra system

Feelings, the feminine energy and flow are in the three lower chakras.  The Base, Sacral and Navel chakras.

Masculine stability is in the three upper chakras, the Throat, Forehead and Crown chakras.

The navel chakra is the third eye, the central point, of feminine energy.

The forehead chakra is the third eye, the central point, of masculine energy.

Both energies meet in the Heart, which is located right in the middle

 

During the Piscean Age almost all spirituality involved the three upper chakras. They have been viewed as positive while the three lower ones have been viewed as negative.

 

Several of the major religions only strive for the three upper chakras, the masculine, and despise the three lower ones, the feminine. They mortify and punish the physical body in which feelings, sexuality, desire, passion, joy and creativity must be curbed and perhaps even destroyed. This can be seen beyond religions, too – in our entire society.

The archetypes are God the Father and Mother Earth/Mother Nature. How have we allowed ourselves to treat women and Mother Earth and everything that they represent in this way?