It is better to focus on healthy and joyful living rather than work forcibly with these powerful energies. The consequences of premature awakenings are dangerous. Chakras are switches to certain points in the brain. As you awaken a chakra, you switch on that part of the brain and can access higher levels of energy and knowing. This makes sense when you remember that we use less than ten percent of our brain in daily life.
Geniuses use a little more, only yogis and sages know how to use the dormant power.
Chakras are a subject on which volumes have been written and there is still plenty to write about. So in this article I can only give the basics of this immense subject. Chakras are usually at three stages in most of us. They can be in balance, which is the ideal but uncommon. Most chakras are either depleted or over blown.