The word “chakra,” which means “wheel” or “disc” in Sanskrit, actually refers to a spiritual energy center within the human body.
The earliest document known as the Vedas dates back to between 1,500 and 500 B.C. in India, where the chakra system first appeared. The Vedas are the oldest Sanskrit literary works as well as the oldest Hindu texts. They each have corresponding bodily, emotional, psychological, and spiritual states of being that have an impact on all facets of your life. “These chakras contain ‘prana,’ or the supremely pure healing energy, which surrounds and permeates us and keeps us young, strong, and healthy.”
Whether it be through meditation, reiki, or yoga, the study of the seven chakras and chakra alignment is founded on the idea that “when the chakras are open and aligned, our energy is continually free-flowing, allowing prana to flow through them.”
