The human body is a symphony of sounds. Every chakra, every organ, every bone, every tissue, every cell has its own resonant frequency, its own sound. Together, they create a unified or composite frequency, with its own sound, like the instruments of an orchestra coming together. Ideally, the individual sounds and frequencies comprise a harmonious whole.

This is when the body is functioning at its best, in health. However, when an organ is out of time or out of tune with the rest, then the entire body is affected. This disharmony leads to states of disease and disintegration.

Everything has its own characteristic vibrational frequency. When we feel drawn to a certain person and we feel good around that person, we might say that we resonate well together.

For example, if 10 tuning forks tuned to the same frequency are lined up together and one is struck, they will all begin to reverberate together. This is resonance. However, if you strike a tuning fork of a different frequency and place it near the others, they will all stop. This is dissonance.

Resonance is defined as the frequency at which an object most naturally vibrates. In the earlier tuning fork example, one tuning fork vibrating at a certain frequency can set in motion another tuning fork of the same frequency without any physical contact -- merely by being within each other's fields.

When a singer shatters a glass with her voice, this is resonance at work. The singer's voice matches the resonant frequency of the glass, which sets the glass into vibration. The singer then increases the amplitude, which exceeds the forces holding the glass in that formation and it shatters. In this same way, resonant frequencies can be used to break up kidney stones and gallstones in the body.

 

Entrainment is an aspect of resonance. Being near someone who is agitated accelerates our own vibrations. Conversely, being in the presence of someone who is very calm and grounded has a reciprocal calming effect. This is a common example of entrainment.

Entrainment is an active process, whereas resonance is more passive. Entrainment changes the vibrations (the frequency or rhythm) of one object to another rate. The powerful oscillatory patterns of one source cause the less powerful vibrations of another source to lock into the frequency of the first source. There is a natural tendency in nature toward harmony and it requires less energy to entrain and vibrate harmoniously, than it does to remain out of step. Put another way, it is easier to cooperate than to oppose.

"You bring out the best in me" is indicative of resonance. "You make me a better person" is indicative of entrainment.

 

The word “chakra” is from Sanskrit and translates to “wheel of light.” Chakras are actually centers of electromagnetic energy that are located throughout the body; they provide a way for energy to enter and exit your body and help regulate all types of energy flow: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

There are seven major chakras in the midline of your body. They run from the base of your spine to the top of your head. You also have minor chakras in each joint of your body – even the small ones on your fingers and toes! There are also chakras on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.

Each of the major chakras is associated with a particular function, physically, psychologically and spiritually. These energy centers are connected to each other and to your body’s organs through an extensive network of fluid-like energies. The Indian name for these channels is “nadis.” Traditional Chinese Medicine (and most Western practitioners) calls them “meridians.” These channels run parallel to your nervous system.

 

Meridians are electromagnetic spaces rather than concrete structures within the body. Chakras are more like swirling vortexes of electromagnetic activity. Energy moves through them like a cyclone or water moving down a funnel.

By alternately spinning clockwise and counterclockwise, our chakras maintain a dynamic balance between receiving and building energy (done through the clockwise motion) and releasing excess energy (done through the counterclockwise motion).

How Chakras and Meridians Influence Well-Being

The strength, flow and frequencies of your energy system determine your overall mental and physical health. In Energy Psychology, emotional imbalance is viewed as a disruption in the
flow of energy through the chakras and meridians. Similarly, in Energy Medicine, physical pain
is thought to be caused by this disruption. Although each of these disciplines views the disruption of energy at a different place on the continuum of progression from mind to body, both of these approaches relieve pain and restore health by treating the human energy system.

 

There are two ways that chakras influence your health: they “feed” your endocrine glands,
and they “feed” your aura. Let’s first consider their affect on your endocrine system.

In her book, Molecules of Emotion: The Science behind Mind-Body Medicine, Dr. Candace Pert describes the chakras as “minibrains”: nodal points of electrical and chemical activity that receive process and distribute information from and to the rest of your “bodymind.”

These minibrains reside in the midline of your body, where there is also an endocrine gland and a major nerve plexus. The seven endocrine glands are fed by their associated chakras.

The endocrine glands manufacture hormones and supply them to the bloodstream, where
they are carried to the organs and tissues in your body. The seven nerve plexuses, which
are also located along your spinal cord, are responsible for transmitting nerve impulses. They are also dense with neuropeptides.

Neuropeptides have been dubbed the “molecules of emotion” as they are the chemistry associated with our emotions. They do not rely on transmission through the nervous system.

If you are experiencing happiness, for example, you will find neuropeptides associated with happiness in your body; if you are sad, there will be ”sad” neuropeptides in your body, and so forth.

Each of the seven areas that contain these structures can be seen as a model of the bodymind. Your endocrine gland represents your body; the neuropeptides your emotions; the nerve plexus correlates with your mind; the subtle energy of the chakra correlates with your spirit. If a chakra is damaged it may cause disruption in the function of its associated endocrine gland. And, because the activity of the endocrine glands and nerve plexuses is interrelated and interdependent, if an endocrine gland isn’t functioning properly, it may affect your entire bodymind.