Chakras
Chakras are the energy vortices at a sub-atomic level of your spiritual body. They are the spiritual DNA holding the trace memories from past lives and act as the input centers for the cells of the body. The chakras are the physical manifestation of the soul in the human body. Simply put, the Chakras are the Soul in a physical sense.There are a few different schools of thought for how many chakras there are, their exact placement and the purpose or function of each. In the Tibetan practices there are 9 major chakra centers and multiple minor chakras. Each major center carries with it a special purpose, energy and color vibration. Turning that around, these major chakra centers can also be stimulated by specific types of energy and other vibrations, such as sound and words. Edgar Cayce prophesied that by saying the Lords Prayer, all the chakras can be opened successfully for work.

Where are the Chakras?

Chakras are energy centers within the body which process all activity and information entering and leaving the body. There are seven major chakras, one transpersonal chakra and many minor chakra points. Here we will talk about the seven major chakras. The majority of people can’t see the chakras, but can train themselves to do so. Many healers and people who have developed their psychic abilities can see or sense the chakras, and use this information for healing the body, emotions and spirit. Science has determined that there is a higher electromagnetic output from various parts of the body, directly related to the location of the chakras, bringing respect to the concept of chakras.

They correspond with the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple, and are associated with the seven ductless glands in the body. Beginning at the base of the spine, they move upward with the last one at the crown of the head.

The chakras can't be seen with the physical eyes, x-rays, MRIs or radio scans. They are sub-atomic energy centers located along the spinal column. Each vortex carries a special energy level that causes the chakra to spin and varying speeds.

The slowest speed spin clockwise is the Root chakra. As you move up the body toward the head, the chakra centers begin to spin faster. The only centers that spin in a counter-clockwise motion are the Pancreas/Spleen chakras. Where as all the other chakras face forward like a round clock, the Pancreas/Spleen sit sideways in the body, almost like a bar-bell.

The energies these centers give the chakra it's own unique focus or purpose within the body. When you are working on issues of choice, you're working with the Thyroid chakra. When you working on matters of transformation within your life, your working on the Solar Plexus chakra. Like the energy of a flame in a fire, the energy of a chakra also carries with it a specific color, as represented in the picture on the right.

The system used at Forest Moon is based on Tibetan understandings and practices for several thousand years. This system locates the centers in the following way:

Pineal (Crown, 1st vortex)

Located at the top of the head. Also known as the "crown chakra" it represents the beginning. The connection to the cosmic consciousness. The fastest spinning center, this chakra vibrates the brightest light. The color that most describes this energy level is white.

Pituitary (2nd vortex)

Located between the brow, in the center of the forehead. Also known as the location of the "third eye", this chakra is considered to be the gateway to the higher self. Where you receive your spiritual communications. It reflects the oneness of spirit with the oneness of life. This chakra vibrates with a violet glow.

 
Thyroid (3rd vortex)

Located in the throat. This chakra represents the Will center. It is the coming together of the higher and lower chakras. It is the source where spiritual will blends with physical choices. This chakra vibrates with a blue glow.

 
Thymus (4th vortex)

Located in the center of the chest, next to the heart. Also called the heart chakra, it synthesizes the spiritual and physical natures in harmony and love. The center of unconditional love. This chakra vibrates with a green glow.
 
Solar Plexus (5th vortex)

Located where the rib cage meets at the bottom. It represents the creative center, where transition takes form and shape. This center fosters the co-creation with the soul and helps the physical body manifest issues, situations and so on. This chakra vibrates with a bright yellow glow.

 
Adrenals (6th vortex)

Located just a little up and behind the solar plexus. This chakra represents the protection center. This is where the body holds onto the karmic lessons for this lifetime. This center vibrates with a yellow glow, surrounded with a green border.

Pancreas (7th vortex)

Located below and to the right of the solar plexus, the Pancreas chakra governs how we honor our physical kingdom. It helps us to maintain our physical nature in balance with our spiritual natures. This center vibrates with an orange glow, much like the color of a pumpkin.

Spleen (8th vortex)

Located below and to the left of the solar plexus, the Spleen chakra is the rejuvenation center. It helps the spiritual body heal itself after a karmic lesson has been successfully resolved, or when too much energy is put out to others or to a situation. Like the Pancreas center, this chakra vibrates with a pumpkin color.

 
Root (9th vortex)

 
Located at the base of the spine, at the cervix. The last and slowest spinning chakra this center governs security and the grounding of ones energies. The security of the soul in this embodiment for guarantee of health and survival. When the Kundilini energy first opens the spiritual body, it begins here at the base. Because this center is located within the area of the reproductive organs, the kundilini will not open until these organs are fully functional. For children, this occurs at the time of puberty. If the kundilini is opened too soon, a child could experience sever bouts of confusion, trauma or even illness. This chakra center vibrates with a red glow.

The upper chakras (from the solar plexus up) are the perineal chakras that progress through each physical embodiment. The energy centers hold the memories, the talents and the past knowledge of all your previous lifetimes. The lower chakras are the annual centers. These chakras are re-created with each embodiment.

What Do Chakras Do?
As we progress through each embodiment, the lessons and energy we experience on a day-to-day basis will stimulate a particular chakra center. The chakras affect the regulatory flow of energy, which results in an effect of the physical body. Or simply put, the chakras energy manifests in the body when we're working on issues that relate to the purpose or function of that chakra.

 
For instance:
If you're working on matters of "will", such as choosing not to stand up for yourself and speak your mind, then you may experience disturbances in your throat. If you constantly holding back how you feel, or how you WANT to express yourself, you may develop a sore throat. The longer you ignore the lessons brought to you by this energy vortex, the more severe the disturbance in the physical body will become. The sore throat turns into strep throat and so on.

When you learn the positive force of the lessons you experience, and can move the spirit forward, the energy of the chakra works with you instead of against you. A person who can speak their will, without negative comments, can become a wondrous singer for instance.

How To Clear Chakra Energy
Contrary to popular belief, hold or possessing a certain kind of crystal, lighting a particular colored candle or burning special type of incense will not clear the adverse energy in or around a chakra. The essence of the energy within the chakra is based in your spirituality. You have created the situations that are currently present in your life giving you opportunities to learn lessons and repay karma. How would you be served if all you needed to do to clear that energy is run down to the neighborhood park and find a piece of crystal? The objects can help aid in your mission to learn, or work through your karma. But they can't take it away.

If you'd like to work on clearing your chakras, then you need to look at the karma that is present in your life and how that karma is being reflected in your chakra(s). The best way to move forward is to learn more about karma.

These chakras all play an extremely active role in all our crystal healing treatments.

As already mentioned any 'imbalances' that exist within any chakra may have profound effects upon either our physical or physiological bodies. We are able to use our quartz crystals to re-balance all our chakric centres and once the chakra has been properly balanced then our body will gradually return to normality.

First Chakra - The first chakra is located at the bottom of the spine. This is where the kundalini is situated. This chakra is associated with the colour red. It is a very important centre as it has so much effect upon the rest of the body. I find personally that I am able to release a great deal of the physical stress and tension of the nervous system by working on the base chakra with my quartz crystals.

Second Chakra - The second chakra is located within an area bounded by the spleen and sexual centre. This chakra is associated with the colour orange. Usually people suffering from sexual blockages need healing here.

Third Chakra - The third chakra is the solar plexus and is located just below the navel.
This chakra is associated with the colour yellow. There is often a great amount of physical energy and power within this chakra or emanating from it. This chakra is also the psychic store - house of mystical energy and is the energy center used by materialization mediums for producing ectoplasm and other psychic manifestations.

Fourth Chakra - The fourth chakra is the heart centre. It is located in an area in the centre of the chest, between the two nipples. The colours associated with this chakra are green and pink. I use the heart chakra to help people suffering from emotional traumas and problems in their relationships. I find that by using a piece of rose quartz I am able to help release their inner emotional tension and trauma.

Fifth Chakra - The fifth chakra is the throat centre. It is located in an area which corresponds to the centre of the throat. The colours associated with this chakra are either blue or turquoise. When people suffer from headaches (perhaps migraine) and tension within the neck and shoulder muscles I find that often the basic cause is that the throat chakra has become blocked.

Sixth Chakra - The sixth chakra is the third eye. This chakra is located between the two brows on the forehead. The colour most associated with this chakra is purple. When helping people to develop their own spiritual intuition I find that amethyst, sodalite, lapis lazuli or sugilite are ideal stones with which to work.

Seventh Chakra - The seventh chakra is the crown centre. This chakra is located on the top of the head. The colour associated with this chakra is white.During any crystal healing session this chakra needs to be open. It is the chakra through which you obtain the highest understanding and the highest knowledge.

The seven main chakras are in your body, starting from the base of the spine and moving upward. Each has a color and together they form a Rainbow.

There are 5 more outside of your body, making a total of 12 vortex centers...or 12 suns as we called them in Ancient times.

Oxygenation, Light and Conscious Intention will activate these centers. Once they are switched back on, your challenge is to translate all the data that is carried through them to the DNA strands.

The Chakras inside your body can release your body memory...Your body experiences from this lifetime as well as other incarnational journeys.

These Twelve Energy Centers MUST be accessed from the Inside
Where you can feel the data corresponding with Them
And translate the experience within the context of your Mind
This is YOU evolving into your Multidimensional Identity
Remembering who your Version of Yourself Is
...Out in the Galaxy and Beyond...

By becoming more aware of these seven circular spinning energies in our body, we can recognize when one or more chakras become imbalanced. By staying on top of this, we can experience better health physically, emotionally and spiritually. Regular meditation on the chakras can open your psychic abilities. You begin to trust your intuitive impulses, notice more coincidences, and feel more connected to your true spirit.

You can improve the working level of your chakras by first becoming familiar with the location and colors of these seven major energy centers. Meditation tapes which concentrate on chakra balancing are great tools for becoming more aware of these energies, and for keeping them strong.

Or you could guide yourself through a nice chakra meditation. When in a meditate state, visualize yourself moving through a rainbow and hanging out in each color for awhile as you sense the energy within that certain chakra. For instance, red is associated with the root chakra. Are you normally tired and uninspired, feeling ungrounded and unable to defend your position? Then your root chakra needs to be worked on. While in the red light, imagine a beam of brialliant white light shining on your root chakra (base of spine). Imagine this light dissolving any negativity, black specks, grey areas. Then visualize the chakra spinning (clockwise) and spinning, getting stronger and stronger. I like to visualize a red lotus flower opening up in that area. Now once you get the root chakra energized, you may have to close it up some because too much of this energy can cause aggression. It can really stir up your inner warrior. Just visualize the spinning circle becoming smaller. If you feel you have an overactive root chakra, then you may need to visualize or use a different color to tone it down some. Visualize a green or brown energy coloring your root chakra, or use a green, brown or black stone to tone your root chakra down.

Using gemstones to balance the chakras is very effective. Placing stones on all the chakras, with the different colors corresponding to the colors of the chakras. When in doubt, just use a clear, quartz crystal. Start with a red stone for the root chakra, orange for the spleen chakra, yellow for the solar plexis chakra, and so on. Make sure you won't be interrupted, and maintain a nice, relaxed state while the stones are doing their work. Try to keep them on for at least 10 minutes. It’s not a good idea to focus on just one chakra, though, because it can cause it to be overactive, and create an imbalance with the others. You can do concentrated work on a weak chakra, but during the same session, focus on the remaining chakras to maintain a good balance.