Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

it, at the next segment of the spine, is svadisthana chakra,
governing the bladder and genital region. At the naval area is
manipura chakra; at the heart anahata; at the throat vishuddha;
between the brows ajna and at the crown of the head sahasrara.
In the normal condition of life these centres are only
marginally operating, but can be infused with life and energy
by yogic practice or spiritual fervour.
There are dozens of other minor chakras all over the body, on
the hands and arms, feet and legs and in the head, but the above
seven are the most important.
CHAKRA CONSCIOUSNESS CENTRES
MULADHARA - Security, earth, stability, comforts, shelter,
survival, urge for money & wealth
SVADISTHANA - Family, sex urge, procreation, pleasures, fantasies
MANIPURA - Name & fame, power, will, authority, acquisition, eye-desire
ANAHATHA - Sharing, devotion, love, compassion, solicitude,
veneration & selfless service (but also ego)
VISHUDDA - Knowledge, dreaming, understanding, communication
hearing & purification
AJNA - Realisation, control of physical & psychic limitations of time &
space, intuition
Different philosophical schools have their own ideas as to
how many ‘petals’ a particular chakra has.
In the Tibetan Guhyasamåja system, the crown chakra has
only thirty-two petals (rather than a thousand), while the Åjna
chakra has none and Vishuddha has sixteen. However, in the
Kålachakra system the sahasrara only has four petals, the Åjna
has sixteen and the throat chakra has thirty-two.
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