The Chakras

The chakra system is one of the oldest and most refined energetic maps of the human body, originating from Vedic traditions and refined over centuries through yogic, tantric, and esoteric schools of thought.

In Spinal Attunement, the chakras are not treated as abstract or symbolic — they are experienced as living portals of intelligence, power, and transformation that align directly with the physical structures of the body. Each chakra corresponds to a neurovascular bundle — a meeting point between nerves and blood vessels — making them not only energetic centres but also physiological ones.

Crown — Sahasrara

Bija Mantra: ANG · Location: Crown of the head, accessed via C0–C1 or upper cervical spine

Associated with spiritual connection, universal consciousness, and transcendence. Resonates with the pineal gland and is the most subtle of the energy centres. Imbalances: dissociation, spiritual crisis, lack of direction, seizures.

Third Eye — Ajna

Bija Mantra: AUM · Location: C0–C4

Governs intuition, vision, insight, and mental clarity. Often awakens as we restore the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and decompress the upper neck. Imbalances: overthinking, headaches, vertigo, insomnia, neck tension.

Throat — Vishuddha

Bija Mantra: HAM · Location: C4–T1

Governs communication, expression, truth, and boundaries. Often held tightly in those who have silenced themselves. Imbalances: thyroid dysfunction, sore throat, silence, fear of speaking.

Heart — Anahata

Bija Mantra: YAM · Location: T2–T5 (high heart + heart), T5–T8 (personal heart)

Governs love, grief, compassion, and emotional connection. Connects to the thymus and the electromagnetic field of the heart — which is stronger than that of the brain itself. Imbalances: heartache, anxiety, shallow breathing, emotional numbness.

Solar Plexus — Manipura

Bija Mantra: RAM · Location: T5–T12, L1–L2

The seat of willpower, identity, self-worth, and personal sovereignty. Deeply linked with digestive function, metabolic energy, and liver/pancreatic function. Imbalances: gut issues, low confidence, people-pleasing, frustration.

Sacral — Svadhisthana

Bija Mantra: VAM · Location: L3–L5, S1–S5

The centre of creativity, sensuality, sexuality, and emotional fluidity. Often where early developmental patterns or suppressed expression live. Imbalances: low libido, menstrual issues, pelvic trauma, emotional suppression.

Root — Muladhara

Bija Mantra: LAM · Location: Coccyx

Governs grounding, survival, belonging, and basic trust in life. The foundational energy of the system — when this is unstable, all other centres are affected. Imbalances: dissociation, fear, leg weakness, insecurity, chaos.

Each of these centres we can feel and sense through our hands, perception, and resonance. Our work here is to listen, not impose. By tuning into the natural rhythms of the client's energy field, the practitioner becomes a facilitator of the body's own return to harmony — via each centre at a time.