Wheels of Life

Anodea Judith, PhD is the founder and director of Sacred Centers, and a groundbreaking thinker, writer, and spiritual teacher. Her passion for the realization of untapped human potential matches her concern for humanity's impending crises—her fervent wish is that we "wake up in time." She holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Psychology and Human Health, with lifelong studies of alternative medicine, yoga, mythology, history, sociology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality.She is considered one of the country's foremost experts on the combination of chakras and therapeutic issues and on the interpretation of the Chakra System for the Western lifestyle. She spends much of her time on the road teaching, with workshops and trainings offered across the US, Europe, and Central America.

"Wheels of Life is the most significant and influential book on the chakras ever written."— John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga

• ContentsPreface to the Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiPreface to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xixChapter 1 And the Wheel Turns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Chapter 2 Chakra One: Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Chapter 3 Chakra Two: Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Chapter 4 Chakra Three: Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Chapter 5 Chakra Four: Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Chapter 6 Chakra Five: Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Chapter 7 Chakra Six: Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Chapter 8 Chakra Seven: Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Chapter 9 The Return Journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Chapter 10 How Chakras Interact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Chapter 11 Chakras and Relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369Chapter 12 An Evolutionary Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Chapter 13 Fostering Healthy Chakras in Children. . . . . . . . 399Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437