Each one of us has a group of energy centers, called the chakras, a Sanscrit or Indian (Hindu) word meaning wheels of light. There are seven major chakras, which run up the center of the body. They are energy centers that spin like tornadoes in our body. Each center (chakra) is related to a specific part of the body and to a specific set of issues. Whenever these energy centers are spinning in a big energized circle, we feel great, open and balanced, healthy, content, and loving.

However, when the chakras are not swinging in a big circle, but are off center, wobbley or slow, that is exactly how we feel — just “off” — like something just isn’t right. By holding a pendulum in front of each chakra, we can pick up the pattern of that “little tornado’s” swing to reveal the way that chakra is swinging. Then, by swinging the pendulum in front of that chakra in the way that it is supposed to swing, we can help restore it to the healthy pattern it should have.

The crown chakra. It is located at the top of the head and is about your connection to the Divine, to God — a clear sense of life’s purpose. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. It can affect any organ system in the body.

The seventh chakra color is violet, but white or gold can also be used. Its stones include quartz, moonstone, selenite, white, gold and silver.

The throat chakra. It is located in the indentation of the throat and is about communication on all levels, knowledge, logic, timing and will. It affects the throat, neck, and mouth.

The fifth chakra color is blue. Its stones include lapis, angelite, aqua aura, aquamarine, azurite, blue lace agate, chrysocolla, dumortierite, kyanite, lazurite, paua shell and pearl, sodalite.

The heart chakra. It is located behind the heart on the spine and is about love, healing, and emotional expression. It affects the heart, lungs, and upper body organs.

The lower physical heart color is green and the upper emotional heart color is pink:

Fourth chakra green stones include aventurine, bloodstone, copper, emerald, fluorite, jade, labradorite, malachite, moss agate, Pacific Ocean jasper, phrinite, serpentine, unikite and zoisite.

Fourth chakra pink stones include rose quartz, maukite, muscovite and rhodocrosite.

The diaphrahmatic center chakra. It is located on the spine behind the navel. It is about personal power, and how you feel about yourself. The pattern of emotional cords you build with your first family from this center will be repeated with other relationships. It affects the organs in the mid–body and mid–spine.

The third chakra color is navel yellow. Its stones include citrine, moukaite jasper, golden and yellow calcite, pyrite, tiger eye, yellow agate, yellow fluorite.

The sacral center chakra. It is located at the top of the pubic bone, below the navel. It is about sexuality and creativity — and about relationships and what you want and how you go about getting it. It affects the reproductive organs.

The second chakra is orange. Its stones include amber, orange aventurine, orange carnelian, brown flourite, and zincite.

The base chakra. It is is located at the base of the spine and is about survival, safety, and security. It’s about physical energy, health and sense of reality. It affects the physical body, body support, skin and the immune system.

The first chakra color is red, but black can be used. Its stones include hematite, onyx, rainbow sheen obsidian, smoky quartz and snowflake obsidian.