So what the heck are the chakras and where do they come from? Great question. So the shocker system originated in India between 1500 and 500 BC. In the oldest texts called the Vedas. You might have heard that word before. veinous Shockers are major energy centers, spinning vortex of energy located in your body.

The word chakra comes from Sanskrit. And that's a word that means wheel or depth. So you can imagine how this wheel or disk spins creating energy in your body. This invisible energy, which is called prana, or maybe you've heard it called ci, depending on your beliefs. This is our vital life force that keeps us vibrant, healthy and alive, which is another important reason for balancing our chakras, particularly as we age Because we all know how things can continually get out of balance. So where are the seven major chakras located?

For the seven major chakras start from the base of your spine through to the crown of your head. For your reference, we've provided a PDF you can download with the name, location and healing color of each chakra. So don't worry, you'll have these cheat sheet notes for yourself. What's important to understand is that the seven major chakras contain bundles of nerves and major organs that affect your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well being. You are a mind body energy system where everything in your body is moving. So it is essential that your seven main chakras stay open, aligned and fluid.

If there is a blockage, and no movement, energy can't flow Which in turn will affect your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health. So the first three chakras which are the roots sacral, and solar plexus chakras are what we refer to as the lower shoppers because they are more physical, tangible versus the other chakras which are more about spirit. The lower Shockers define your identity, your individuality yourself. These are what we refer to as the shocker of I, me, the individual, the heart chakra up to the Crown Chakra. So the upper chakras make sense. The Heart Chakra, which is in the middle of the seven chakras unites the lower Shockers of the physical and the upper Shockers of the spiritual.

These upper chakras are connected to the we the universality of how we interact with others. How We interact with the world and our faith with the universe spirituality, depending on your belief system. If your lower Shockers are weak, then your connection to others and relationships and yourself won't be as strong and healthy as it could be. Think about that for a minute. If you aren't strong and yourself, how could you possibly be strong in relationships and how you relate to others in the world. You'll understand this will make sense a lot more as we move throughout this course.

So let's get to Shockers and the endocrine system. So as I said a moment ago, since everything in your body is moving, it is absolutely essential that your seven main chakras stay open, aligned in fluid or energy can't flow if there's any kind of a blockage. This is partly achieved through something called the intercom system, which we all have which most people don't know what it does. And that's all right. The endocrine system regulates other systems in the body and it plays a major role in your body's daily health. So even if you're not sure what the endocrine system does or where it is in the body, I'm going to break it down for you.

So I'll be able to do this in a simple way. endocrine glands release hormones into your bloodstream. This lets the hormones travel to cells and other parts of your body. And the endocrine hormones help control your mood, growth and development, your daily activities, your metabolism, and reproduction. The endocrine system regulates how much of each hormone is released. So just think about how often and how much our hormones are out of balance beginning in our 40s all the way through post menopause.

Lord knows I deal with that all the time. So now that we know a little bit about the anarchist system, let's talk about the Shockers and the corresponding organs. So physical problems are often the result of a blockage in the energy flow in your body system, which is made up of meridians you might have heard the word meridians before especially if you get acupuncture. meridians are invisible energy pathways are channels that run through the body and through the chakras, causing your organs and glands to not function properly. As you can imagine, the older we get, the more we have accumulated in creating the many blockages in our energy pathways, whether they're caused by trauma, stress, life changing events, medical illnesses, injuries, or all the above. And as we age, we can become more susceptible of how these traumas stress, life changing events, illnesses, medical diagnosis and injuries affect our life and our life.

Energy, our chakras, which in turn, affect our organs and how they function, which in turn again, assists in creating injuries, medical disease and chronic illness. It's a cycle. So before moving on, this might be a really good time to review any questions that you may have. And look back at the inventory and the descriptions that we talked about pretending to each shocker that you heard in the beginning. What resonated most with you where do you need the most help, and once you have that, you'll be ready to move forward. So the following sections will review each chakra in detail for you.

So let's move forward and step into the first chakra the root chakra