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The chakra system is the Indian yoga doctrine of the central points in the body. There are seven energy points. These have a special significance for the flow of qianding (QI) or prana as it is called in India (in Chinese: dantian, in Japanese: tanden).

Chakras has a different character, so you’ll notice that your experiences will vary, depending on which chakra you’re focusing on in your qianding. The most important thing is to calmly and orderly practice your flow of qi with methods described later on. The Indian term for them is “chakra”, which originally means “wheel”, which emphasizes their active and central function.

The seven points runs through the body in a straight, vertical line through the body’s centre (the spinal marrow line or the spinal marrow energy). This pillar is powerful to acquaint oneself with. The “qi”-flow should run freely and winding through its entirety and through all seven chakras. The seven are linked along the central line, and when a certain point is stimulated, it’ll revive the others as well. This occurs when you have managed to open up orderly.

The seven different chakras represent partly diverse functions in the body, partly occasions and periods we encounter during the course of life. Depending on our way of life, everyday habits, routine thoughts, the environment in which we grew up, surroundings, work situation or family relationships, certain chakras can be restrained or over stimulated and thus become unstable (disease).

Each chakra is often symbolized by an animal, geometrical pattern (yantra) or element and all the “power wheels” have their own color and lotus flower.

The three first lower chakras (Muladhara-Svadisthana-Manipura chakra) represents physical energy centres, while the three upper ones (Vishuddha-Ajna-Sahasrara chakra) inspire spiritual introspection. The heart chakra, which is inbetween the physical and the spiritual spheres, serves as an overpass between the both.

SAHASRARA
On top of the skull (the crown).

AJNA
The forehead (the third eye, between the eye brows)

VISHUDDHA
The neck

ANAHATA
Middle of the thorax (behind the heart).

MANIPURA
In solar plexus (three finger widths below the diaphragm).

SVADISTHANA
In the abdomen, three finger widths below the navel. Human beings “central station” if you like. It’s from this centre you should breathe to get an orderly flow of “qi”. You could call it a power centre. It’s not the only possible centre of the body, however. It’s not at all that simple!

MULADHARA
The underside of the crotch, the bottom of the torso, (between anus and genitals).