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A healthy chakra will be responsive to both internal cell messages and to external environment signals. It will open and close, like a flower responding to sunlight, bringing in and releasing energy, and creating an overall movement that translates into a vibration. Chakras take in energy or signals and direct them to the appropriate body systems. Health is determined by this flow of energy from the chakras through the energy circuits and into the metabolic network of the body. For example, if your boss tells you what a good job you are doing, your root chakra, responsible for survival and trust, may take in the message and create a supportive vibration. The root chakra is connected to the other chakras to give them this message, spreading the vibration throughout the body, allowing each chakra to filter what it needs to take in.

A chakra can also become blocked or obstructed, causing the internal or external messages to not get through or to become distorted. If we take the example of the boss's message, an unhealthy root chakra may distort the message and construe it as “The boss has been watching me” or further to “My job is in jeopardy,” especially when the foundation of the root chakra has fear as one of its layers. Alternately, a child could receive a message from his parents at a very young age that children are to be seen and not heard. Such a message could create a block or a shutting down of the throat chakra, responsible for personal expression and truth speaking. Therefore, external input can make our chakras unhealthy, and it can also add to the dysfunction of the chakra. Sometimes, we have messages passed down to us from our DNA. These can be more challenging, since they are more hardwired than our immediate environmental input. However, with the proper healing tools and techniques, we can heal ourselves. Part of the journey to do so requires that we believe we can.

Malfunctioning chakras can become deficient or excessive in energy.

Malfunctioning chakras can become deficient or excessive in energy. When a chakra is clogged, it means that the upward energy flow to that center has become congested or stopped. Since the chakras act as spinning wheels, dispersing energy throughout the body, blocked chakras can restrict the entire energy flow to that area. Blockages often correspond to emotional, mental, and/or spiritual issues. For example, grief or anger could lodge in the heart chakra, giving rise to heart disease. Low esteem and anger could impact the solar plexus chakra, causing digestive complaints.

Chakras are energy deficient due to either a blockage or depletion of energy into that center—that is, the chakra is not being nourished by chi or prana to the extent that is required for adequate functioning. One simple, basic approach to restoring energy is to work on the center directly, using a variety of methods, including specific foods, dietary supplements, and lifestyle changes. The idea is to restore the vibration of the chakra with an external source that carries that same vibration or higher. Sometimes, stimulation of the chakra with physical touch (for example, acupressure, hands-on healing) is effective for releasing blocked energy. Chakras can also be restored by altering thought and emotional patterns.

Chakras can hold and process excessive energy, usually due to a blockage in the chakras above or below them or from external circumstances. Therefore, the chakras work in a domino-like fashion. They are interconnected to each other, and as a result a change in one chakra commonly influences the others in varying degrees. One way to balance energy into an overactive site is to work on spreading the energy to the chakras above or below it through foods, meditation, visualization, and so on. If there is overactivity in the sacral chakra, for example, it could be balanced if the chakra below (root chakra) and above it (solar plexus chakra) were worked on as well. Often, the higher chakra is stimulated in order to reduce the activity of the lower one, since energy tends to travel upward. In the case of the overactive sacral chakra, it may be best to work primarily on the solar plexus chakra.

All the chakras relate to each other in a weblike manner. However, they form particular groupings. The typical connection between the chakras is that the root chakra (first) is supported by the solar plexus (third) chakra. The solar plexus chakra, in turn, is supported by the throat (fifth) chakra, which is ultimately supported by the crown (seventh) chakra. In a similar fashion, the sacral (second) chakra has an intimate relationship with the heart (fourth) chakra, which then connects with the third eye (sixth) chakra. Therefore, an issue of an overactive heart chakra would best be addressed by working on the third eye chakra and supporting the sacral chakra. The odd-numbered and even-numbered chakras are special individual circuits: the odd-numbered chakras represent the masculine part of us, encompassing the dynamics of tribe, power, and expression; and the even-numbered chakras reflect the feminine aspects of our being, including emotions, sensuality, giving and receiving, and intuition.

The chakras work in a domino-like fashion. They are interconnected to each other, and as a result a change in one chakra commonly influences the others.

The energy field that surrounds our physical being is created by the collective vibration of all the chakras. It looks something similar to an egg shape around our entire body. This energy can be drained through leaks, tears, or energetic impurities in the fabric of our energy field. When this happens, there is a flaw in the functioning of the energetic field, leaving the individual with little energy to adequately support life. This effect cascades, negatively influencing the functioning of the chakras and ultimately the body. The flow of energy can also be irregular and disrupted from its normal paths locally or overall.