In the Kundalini Dance sessions the chakras are our journey map, we breathe into them and dance them awake. As Kundalini rises upward she activates and purifies the chakras. Transforming Core Issues The chakras are gateways to different parts of ourselves, the chakras deeply touch the core of who we are and how we perceive and express ourselves in our daily lives. Issues relating to survival, sexuality, personal power, life work, relationships, love, creativity and communication, intuition and spiritual dimensions are all expressed through the chakras. What are the Chakras? The chakras are spinning vortexes of energy; they are located vertically and sequentially up our spines. Physiologically each chakra links the subtle energy body with the gross physical body, each one in charge of channeling energy into specific organs, endocrine glands and body systems. The chakras function as mini brains, nodal points of electrical and chemical activity that receive, process, and distribute specific information from and to the rest of the body mind. Each chakra is the site of a neuronal plexus - a network of cells dense with neuro-peptide transmitters; research is correlating the ancient physical associations with the different peptides that are produced at each specific chakra, nodal point. For example the peptides most active at the solar plexus regulate digestion. "Each chakra inspires a totally different style of movement, and focuses on opening different body parts." Dancing the sex chakra inspires a fluid dance; it is like water, sensual and flowing, and focuses on opening the hips and pelvis, circling and spiraling, creating an energetic lubricant that opens up the whole body. "Working with the chakras through rhythmic breath and dance movement expression helps to balance the chakra system as a whole." Gaining Insight Into Our Subconscious Mind Each chakra carries the blue print of all our life experiences; they carry the programmes at the core of our sub-conscious. Bringing the feeling content of their energies through dance helps bring awareness and insight into those deep impulses and patterns that run our lives. "Pranically breathing into the heart chakra fills you with feelings of unconditional love and joy." Chakra Breathing Each chakra has its own rhythmic breath sequence that when incorporated with movement will activate and potentialize the specific aspects of consciousness relating to that chakra. Pranically breathing into the heart chakra fills you with feelings of unconditional love and joy. Similarly pranically breathing into the solar plexus chakra creates an expanded sense of personal power, vitality and fearless uninhibited creative expression. Understanding the Emotional Cause of Dis-ease As the chakras hold both the positive and negative experiences of our lives, pranic chakra breathing also supports the spontaneous clearing and purification of old stagnant emotional energies out of the chakras and the associated organs. On a physical level this allows more life force to flow into the different body systems, balancing the energy flow and revitalizing and rejuvenating the associated physical organs, more health and vitality. Clearing grief and sadness out of the heart and lungs and the musculature around the upper chest and back will eventually strengthen the respiratory system the heart. Healing disease takes ongoing self-maintenance and discipline yet it possible if you are willing to get to the core issues around the dis-ease. "In the 8 week courses with Antara I healed a lot around my sexuality, the pranic breath rhythms combined with movement induce a trance like state that seemed to open up a pathway for greater insight into my emotional and behavioral patterns. The Kundalini Dance sessions always leave me feeling energized, in a state of clarity with a sense of deep inner peace and connection."             Mia Cuyler - Dancer-Performer Dancing through the chakras is the exploration of your core energetic patterning, inspiring a dance of release, a dance of elemental balance and beauty, a dance of insight, a dance of self-healing and transformation, a dance of ecstatic celebration. Kundalini Dance holds regular events, workshops and training courses where you can have the experience of dancing through the chakras. You can practice at home by purchasing the album "Breathe - The Keys to Natural Ecstasy", an interactive guided dance journey through the chakras complete with 34 page instructional booklet.