Energetic Centers and Auras

In ancient India, the Ayurvedic philosophy led to an energetic view of the human body just as it happened in ancient China. Some of the Ayurvedic concepts are very practical for spa treatments. For this reason, the treatment protocols of Phytobiodermie incorporate work on the major energetic centers named chakras.

You may have already begun to think of the body as an energetic system. Vital energy powers and directs the body. Vital energy sources include ancestral energy from our parents and energy transformed in our body from the air we breathe and the food we eat. We are also subjected to the energies of our environment from heaven (in the sense of cosmic energies) and from earth (called telluric energies).

Energy is constantly transformed and flowing within each of us and it also flows in and out of each of us. Ayurveda also has energy points called Marma points that correlate highly with acupuncture points and energy channels called Nadis. There are also chakras or energetic centers.

Each chakra receives and sends out energy creating an energy distribution system not only within the body but also between the body and our energy field. Each chakra has its own range of energy vibration that corresponds to one of the seven colors of the rainbow. Energy blockages can also occur in chakras. It is possible to balance chakras by giving them the lacking energy. Balancing takes place by the application of certain essential oils or, alternatively, with light of various colors.

Chakras are numbered from 1 to 7 starting at the root chakra and ending at the crown chakra. It is best to simultaneously balance chakras by pair determined by their symmetrical position relative to the middle or heart, fourth chakra. Note that the sum of the parent or complementary chakras is always eight. (7+1, 6+2,…)

To each chakra corresponds certain organs and for some, one or two of the eight hormonal glands. The health of organs and hormonal glands depends on the energetic quality and quantity of the corresponding chakra. A healthy hormonal system requires a healthy chakra system, thus the importance and practicality of working with light and oils to energize and balance them.

Chakras have a funnel shaped going deep into the body and extending several inches beyond the skin level into the layers of our energy field, the aura around the body. Each individual aura has its own blend of vibrations, energy and color combination specific not only to each individual but also subject to changes from moment to moment and particularly according to emotions.