Modern science has inadvertently led people to believe that spirituality should have less significance than in days gone by, and that healing the body is the only thing that is important in the overall well-being of a person.

Hindu thinking has kept this important idea alive and well; that of maintaining spiritual health and awareness even in this technologically advanced age in which we live.

Our bodies consist of seven primary and literally thousands of secondary chakras. In Sanskrit, "chakra" means "wheel of light." According to this theory, chakras rotate and vibrate continually in a body that's healthy.

When the Chakras become unbalanced it will result in an imbalance in the body and health and performance suffer as a result. Because of this, balancing Chakras is necessary to the maintenance of a healthy body, mind and soul.

Chakras are considered Entrance Gates of the Aura, the life-force which surrounds and embodies us all. Through central points located on the central line of the body, these seven Chakras transmit energy in and out of the body to the universe above, the people around us and to celestial bodies as well. Chakras also transmit this energy from the universal sphere back into us as a form of communication.

What causes distortion in the Chakras?

If there is a blockage of one or more of the Chakras, energy will decrease and not flow properly as a result. This will cause health and spiritual problems to manifest in the body.

Harmoniously functioning Chakras can be distorted causing a breakdown because of many reasons including: eating patterns that are unhealthy, increased amounts of stress, lack of health, decrease in exercise, childhood stresses and negative events, various cultural conditions, truths distorted from reality and the like.

Balancing your chakras is the key to being happy and healthy

When the Chakras are in balance it will lead to Health and Happiness. While the idea of Chakra balance may be considered utopian, it is something to strive for and most knowledgeable people will tend to attempt to strike a fine balance between the Chakras. Chakra balancing is responsible for the continuing belief in the ability of the body to self-heal.

The chakras can easily control behavior, thoughts, physical ailments, glandular procedures, and body shapes. By balancing the chakras, we ensure that limitations nonetheless work in tandem with achieving a healthy mind, body and soul.

Chakra balancing usually has the following positive effects:

* Attainment of overall inner peace and happiness

* Good physical health

* Increased awareness of one's own body

* Contentment in sexuality without being overcome by lust

* A better connection to and understanding of your emotional states

* A capacity that is enhanced with the ability to attract love into one's life

*Ongoing spiritual growth and maturation

* Attaining spiritual healing via awareness, acceptance, and higher patterns of consciousness

* Having an affectionate and kind heart

* Increased confidence without manic periods of overconfidence

* Realizing the "True Self"

How do you accomplish Chakra Balancing?

Chakra balance sets in motion many new ways of thinking and perceiving the world around you. Attaining this balance in the Chakras can happen in many ways including:

* Medicinal therapy including Reiki

* Yoga (including exercises in breathing) and meditation

* Physical exercise

* Light and color therapy

* Crystals and Gems

* Balancing by using Hands and Pendulums.

* Using aromatherapy

*Using touch therapy

* Adopting optimistic outlook

* Binaural sound frequency techniques

* Using hypnosis or affirmations, etc.

Using these techniques and bringing our Chakras into balance makes our bodies act as depositories for energy which we take in and give out on a steady basis.

Chakra balancing helps ensure that this energy is stored and used optimally by the body; all essential body cells and organs get equal shares of this energy.

Once this optimal state ha been reached, inner peace, happiness and good health will result naturally. Chakra Balancing is simply restoring the Chakras to their natural state.