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The Chakras are centers of energy in the astral body. Six of them are located along the Sushumna; the seventh – the Sahasrara chakra – at the crown of the head. All are depicted with a certain number of petals, corresponding to the number of nadis emanating from them. Each petal represents a sound vibration produced when the Kundalini energy passes through the chakra. In addition, all the chakras except the Sahasrara have their own color, element and bija mantra, and all six correspond in the physical body to the nerve plexuses along the spine. At the base of the Sushumna is Muladhara (first chakra), which corresponds to the sacral plexus. It is here that Kundalini lies dormant. Next is Swadhisthana (second chakra), corresponding to the prostatic plexus. Manipura (third chakra) corresponds to the solar plexus; it is the main storage center for prana. Anahata (fourth chakra), located in the region of the heart, corresponds to the cardiac plexus. Vishuddha (fifth chakra) located in the throat corresponds to the laryngeal plexus. Ajna (sixth chakra) located between the eyebrows, corresponds to the cavernous plexus. Sahasrara (seventh chakra) corresponds in the physical body to the pineal gland. As Kundalini passes through each of the various chakras, different states of consciousness are experienced.

Kundalini and the Nadis: The nadis are nerve channels in the astral body through which prana (vital energy) flows. According to the ancient yogis, there are about seventy-two thousand nadis. Of all the nadis, the most important is the Sushumna, whose counterpart in the physical body is the spinal cord. Kundalini is a dormant or static cosmic energy. It is located at the base of the Sushumna in the Muladhara chakra and aroused or activated by pranayama and other yogic practices.*

* “TheSivananda Companion to Yoga” - ” Prana and the Subtle Body” copyright 1983 by Gaia Books Limited, London