Chakra Talk

I pretty much spent my whole weekend at the Grove and the Fairfax Farmer's Market. Roamed around the Farmer's Market before the movie started and met David along the way. I had noticed him sitting with a book upon entering and then saw that he had not budged after I spent an hour snacking on fruit. David was reading New Chakra Healing: Activate Your 32 Energy Centers by Cyndi Dale.

He explains that the book breaks down each of the 7 main chakras and even the extra/external 5 chakras. I have heard about chakras so it was interesting to get a general explanation of what they are all about. David tells me that there are 7 chakras in the center (look at the photo below) and each represents an energy center. Each chakra also governs over their corresponding organ. For example, if I'm having some issues in my chest/heart problems then my #4 green chakra is no bueno. If you're not right in the spiritual sense then your divine chakra (top of your head) must be off.

One reaches top chakra status when the energies comes together and work in unison. I even learned a new word! "Kundalini" means that you have reached this perfect chakra harmony and that you are perfect from to top of your head (the divine chakra) to the bottom tip of your spine...there at the red/#1 spot. Achieving perfect harmony!

David tells me a little bit about the "outer" chakras which are your hands and feet...and I'm guessing that energy at the bottom.

I asked him how he got into learning about chakras and he told me that he had done yoga before and a friend of his who did yoga with him introduced him to chakras. This all started about 6 months ago and he has been learning more and more about chakras and how to deal with them and heal them ever since.

Other books he's been reading? He is studying to be a child psychologist so he's been reading alot for that. He's also interested in the super natural so he divulges that he loves to read about the paranormal, ghost hunters, and the like. (Interesting to see his different interests but I can see how they work together in ways). He also likes watching 1 or 2 of those ghost hunter shows on cable. I remember watching something like that on my flight to San Francisco. Scary but fascinating!


Have you read any books that have helped to bring you to a sense of harmony and a balanced (spiritual and physical) well-being?

Do you read book about ghosts and the paranormal? Fictional ghost stories? The Turning of the Screw by Henry James?