In order to heal with energy effectively, we must first understand the nature of our energy system and how to support ourselves in maintaining our vital life-force energy. Everyone has an invisible energy system that flows energy on pathways or meridians. These same meridians have multiple pressure points that are a means of working with the energy to keep it flowing. Reiki, acupressure, acupuncture, and reflexology are the more common modalities we have in the Western world.
Chakras are consciousness centres that transform energy and interface between the dense physical world of the 5 senses and the subtle worlds of pure consciousness. They are outside the body as subtle gates in a second kind of attention system, like the 5 senses. They are invisible vortices, like tops of spinning energy that resonate to different energy frequencies and then sense and distribute our energy to the physical body as many different emotions, sensations and thoughts.