The Seven Chakra System

Ancient Sanskrit writings describe the body as having a series of 7 major energy centers known as Chakras. Each Chakra, it is believed, is responsive to a different color. Together, they form the Chakra System.

This Chakra System within your body as a sort of energy regulation system which moves the energy throughout your body. The way in which the Chakra System functions within our bodies influences the decisions we make regarding our responses to the different elements in our lives. Keep in mind, the Chakra System is not a physical thing in itself, though it does have physical influences. They interact with the body by way of the endocrine system and the nervous system, with one of the seven Chakras assigned to each of the seven endocrine glands, as well as with a group of nerves called the plexus.

The Chakra System corresponds to particular states of consciousness, personality types, and endocrine secretions. Science is now confirming that different colors interact with the endocrine system of the body to stimulate or inhibit hormonal production. Hormones directly affect our physical, emotional, and mental states. In fact, color travels through the eyes directly to the brain's hypothalamus to affect the various functions within the body.

Color therapy is often used to treat the Chakra system through various treatment methods. By knowing your personal colors and your own Chakra system, you will be able to enhance your health, your life reactions and decisions, and your overall quality of life.

To be able to harness the properties of color, light is the natural tool of choice for color therapy. However, there are many different ways to use the colors that light has to offer. Color therapy treatment techniques have been developing and evolving for thousands of years, and are available more than ever today.

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