There are seven major chakras associated with the human body, and numerous minor ones which are much less important.

These major chakras do not actually exist as “objects” (they are actually energy patterns) but there are certain specific locations on the body that correspond to them, five along the spine, and two on the head.

Each chakra is shaped like a funnel or whirlpool of energy. Their vortices lie inside the body, along the spinal cord (which corresponds to a central energy channel) and up into the head.

Each of the seven chakras has both a front (usually dominant) component, and a rear (usually less dominant) component, which are intimately related.

The 1st and 7th chakras, however, are usually represented and thought of as having only the one dominant component, as it is far, far more significant than the weaker component in these two chakras.

The seventh chakra extends…