Athena Perrakis - 22 Jan

THE

HANDBOOK

Tap into Your Bodys Energy Centers for Well-Being, Manifestation, and Positive Energy

ATHENA PERRAKIS, Ph.D.

T he purpose of this book is to teach you about the chakras, or energy centers, found within and adjacent to the human body. Chakras are your bodys energy vortexes; they determine where, how, and for what purpose energy is flowing within your physical body and your etheric body (that is, the first layer of the aura or human energy field).

Energy flow dictates your health, happiness, and whether you are in harmony with your environment. Thats why understanding your chakras and improving energy flow through them can bring you greater health, happiness, harmony, prosperity, love, wellness, protection, and comfort. Your chakras are doorways to spiritual power and possibility.

The origins of the modern chakra system can be traced back to the Vedas, the oldest and most sacred texts of ancient Indian culture. The four Vedas are knowledge texts written in Sanskrit and the foundation of modern Ayurvedic medicine and Hindu wisdom. Of all the Vedas, the Upanashads are most widely known and recognized. In Sanskrit, upanashad translates to sitting down close to, which refers to the way in which students gather close to their teacher to receive spiritual information and wisdom. The Upanashads contain all of the Vedic wisdom regarding spirituality and meditation.

This books focus is the seven physical chakras and the two anchor chakras, including their gemstones, essential oils, tarot, and astrological, mythological, and historical correspondences. The seven primary chakras are the most widely agreed-upon energy centers across all spiritual traditions that acknowledge the flow of energy through the human body. Beyond these seven, two additional chakras are needed to anchor the flow of energy back into the planet and back up to spiritthat is, a return to Source or to a Higher Power. And so a total of nine are explored here in depth: the Earth Star Chakra, the Root Chakra, the Sacral Chakra, the Solar Plexus Chakra, the Heart Chakra, the Throat Chakra, the Third Eye Chakra, the Crown Chakra, and, the Soul Star Chakra. Following this order, the book will unfold from Earth to Sky, from physical human reality toward your uppermost point of access to Source energy and creation.

Each chapter includes specific information so that you can practice working with the chakras in physical, intellectual, and spiritual ways. Connecting with the chakras in multiple ways allows them to make themselves known to you on a deeper level.

T he word chakra comes from the Sanskrit word for wheel or disk, and, as part of ancient Vedic healing practices and techniquesmany of which endure todayyogis have worked with the chakra system for thousands of years. Thats because in Ayurvedic medicine, illness is seen as an energy blockage anchored in one or more of the chakras. Other healing modalities, such as acupuncture, also acknowledge the blocked flow of energy as a root cause of disease and pain. In fact, Western allopathic medicine is one of the few traditions that does not locate energy blockages in order to alleviate pain and suffering in the body, mind, and spirit.

In the yogic tradition, prana, or life force energy, is by design and necessity a flowing source of God/Source/Creator consciousness. Energy is always flowing. In fact, quantum mechanics has proved, via zero-point theory, that particles are never at rest; even in a resting state, there will always be non-zero kinetic energy. Because all matter is energy, even when you are physically at rest, you are in constant motion on a subatomic level. Beyond your physical body, you have an etheric, or subtle, body that remains at a higher vibratory state and thus is not visible to the eye. That subtle body is home to your chakras.

Physical well-being is much more than a physical issue, so its not hard to understand the idea of energy centers that are open and functioning well, freely, and comfortably, as opposed to energy centers that are closed. Pain begins energetically in one of the chakras and, from there, starts to manifest in the physical body, often in close proximity to the chakra origin of the energy wound or trauma. To reach the source or root cause of your physical disease, it is wise to look deeper, and sometimes further backback into your maternal and paternal lines, because many of your current energy patterns were inherited from your ancestors.

This process begins in the chakra system. Once you identify the chakra of origin for any of your current challenges, you can establish a plan to shift and move the energy, allowing the chakra to function normally and realigning it once again with the other energy centers. From there, physical healing can begin to unfold.