And when that flow is interrupted or compromised, there are steps that can help return it to normal. Techniques like acupuncture, healing touch, massage therapy and other bodywork are obvious steps. But there is more. Nutrition, yoga, breathwork, meditation are other steps. All action must be considered.
Some detrimental activities are apparent.
There are seven primary chakras. Any one can relate to them easily because they correspond clearly to seven very special areas on our body. Just for example, chakra four, the heart chakra, is located right at the area of what anatomy calls the solar plexus. Placing the hand there and pressing lightly gives an experience much different from pressing, say, on the forearm. There are secondary chakras as well, but the main seven are crucial.