Aether Yoga

Energetic Anatomy: The Chakras The practices of yoga are designed to deal with our bodies on more than just a physical level. To the yogi, the physical body is a manifestation, a reflection, of the astral or energy body. This body of energy has its own anatomy, based on seven major energy vortices called chakras. The word chakra means wheel or disk. The chakras line up along a central energy channel, or Nadi, which runs from the base of the spine through the top of the head. It is called Sushumna. The Sushumna is the energy body's primary pathway for the life force (kundalini). The chakras are nodes of connection along this pathway where other energy channels intersect. The goal of classical yoga is to awaken the kundalini energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine and make it to the highest energy vortex at the crown of the head. The Tantric approach is to stir one's awareness of that divine energy which is already awake. The yogi who can achieve and ...