How the Chakras May Help Explain Energy Healing's Effectiveness.

Many find that the theory of the Chakras and the individual characteristics that have been given to each chakra are helpful in understanding how Energy Healing works. Grounding is revolutionary for chakra theory because it shows by means of deep experiences how the first two chakras are basic. It reverses the priority that has usually been given to the higher chakras in almost all modes of meditation by demonstrating how the higher are dependent on the lower and can be made much clearer and more powerful when grounded.

The first Chakra, also called the root chakra, which is located near the perineum, has been associated with survival, vitality and basing oneself in physical life as well as ruling the legs, knees and feet. It is often represented as having four spokes standing for the square of foundations, which echoes the four energies (earth, air, fire, water) and four cardinal directions. It is taken to be the colour red, which is also the lowest frequency of visible light for humans, and to be especially related to the sense of “smell”, which is also basic because it is believe to be the first sense that awakens upon our physical birth. When our first chakra is activated, it is said that spirit comes to live in matter and behavior then becomes directed by an embodied spirit that is integrated with our body and within the earth.