Chakras are subtle energy centers from the Sanskrit word meaning "wheel of light". They look and feel like spinning discs and spheres when you turn your senses inward. The seven major chakras run in a line from the base of the spine to the top of the head and -in western medicine- are associated with a gland in the physical body. They interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands -hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal glands, reproductive glands: ovaries or testes- and also with a group of nerves called a plexus. Thus each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by the plexus or the endocrine gland associated with that chakra. They are more dense than the aura but not as dense as the physical body. They are aspects of consciousness. Understanding the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between your consciousness and your body and to thus see your body as a map of your consciousness. When you feel tension in your consciousness, it is reflected in the chakra associated with that part of your consciousness experiencing the stress but also in the parts of the physical body associated with that chakra. The tension in the chakra is detected by the nerves of the plexus associated with that chakra and transmitted to the parts of the body controlled by that plexus. When the tension continues over a period of time or to a particular level of intensity, the person creates a symptom on the physical level. That symptom actually serves to communicate to the person through their body awareness what they have been doing to themselves in their consciousness.
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