Awakening the Chakras

The chakras are already active in every one of us. What they are not, yet, is awake. The series begins there, and walks the seven centers from the root to the crown, one episode each: the nature of each center, what pulls it out of balance, and the practices that belong to it. The breath, a vowel for each center, mantras, visualization, and the patient observation of yourself.

Beneath it all is one idea. The chakras do not open by force, or by thinking about them. They open as the ego is understood, and the energy is coaxed, never pushed. By the crown, the vowels gathered along the way become one daily practice, and the last episode brings everything home, into work, family, and the people who test us: the gym of life.