What is a Chakra, Anyways?
You've heard people talk about blocked chakras, balancing chakras, opening chakras... but what is a chakra? Where did this system actually come from, and why does everyone explain it differently?
Instead of asking you to blindly believe or dismiss, this mini-course explores what history, neuroscience, anatomy, and spiritual traditions each have to say.
- ◆Where the word chakra comes from, and why the famous rainbow version isn't the original system
- ◆The history of Hindu and Buddhist tantra, and how the seven-chakra model reached the modern West
- ◆How the system loosely maps onto the nervous system and endocrine glands
- ◆The seven primary chakras and the life questions each represents
- ◆Earth Star, Soul Star, dantians, meridians, and other global energy maps, honored in their own traditions
- ◆Using the chakra system as a tool for awareness, not another belief system
Maps aren't meant to tell you what to believe. They're meant to help you find your way.
Respectfully Tho, Do Your F*cking Work
Reading about chakras is the map. The live working sessions are the territory: one chakra at a time, with the whole community doing the work together. Replays and full transcripts are free.
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