Chakras determine your use of energy. They are the batteries for the various levels of your life energy. They receive, store, and express energy by interacting with the universal life force. The freedom with which energy can flow back and forth between you and the universe is in direct correlation to the total health and well being you experience. Understanding the chakras is one of the most effective means for accessing the various levels of consciousness available to you. It is a simple system to comprehend and, yet it is profound, as a guide to the inner world. You are already experiencing them. The chakras gives you a way of identifying the type of energy you are experiencing: survival, pleasure/sexuality, power, love, creativity, intuition and spirituality. Each of these seven levels of energy are animated by the seven chakras. Chakras are like gears in a clock, when one gear is off the entire clock stops working. The same happens to you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually when your chakras are blocked or unbalanced. Illness, disease, fatigue will manifest itself within your body. It is very important to have your chakras cleared and balanced so that the universal life force energy can flow freely throughout you system. Universal life force energy is called Chi in Chinese, Prana in Sanskrit, Ki in Japanese and Bioplasma in Russia. It is used in Martial Arts. Tapping into this energy is uplifting and healing to both the mind and body.