Chakra System.
Also known as: Seven Chakras, Chakra Map
The traditional seven-chakra map drawn from tantric and yogic sources, used as a framework for body, mind, and energy work.
The chakra system most westerners encounter is the seven-centre model drawn from medieval tantric and yogic texts, refined and popularised in English over the last century. The Sanskrit word chakra means "wheel" or "disc," and each centre is pictured as a spinning lotus along the central axis of the body.
The seven, from base to crown, are muladhara (root), svadhisthana (sacral), manipura (solar plexus), anahata (heart), vishuddha (throat), ajna (third eye), and sahasrara (crown). Each has a traditional colour, element, seed sound, and family of associations. Together they sketch a path from physical foundation at the base to wide awareness at the crown.
It is worth being honest about the history. The seven-chakra map is one tradition among several, and the modern colour-coded version owes a lot to twentieth-century reinterpretation. Used carefully it remains a useful framework: a vocabulary for noticing where the body is tight, where attention goes, and what kind of stone or practice might be a fitting companion. It is a lens, not a literal anatomy.