Wheels of Life

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

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 crisesher 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.

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