My boyfriend has been reading consciousness-raising message boards lately and found a few references to a DVD we hadn’t seen, The Illuminated Chakras: A Visionary Voyage Into Your Inner World, produced and directed by Anodea Judith. We rented it and watched it twice this week. My boyfriend, Bob, is so taken with the beauty of this DVD, he wants to own his own copy. I am entranced, but not sure I want to see it fifty times even though it runs only about 30 minutes.

The art by Alex Wayne is the big attraction. It is so good it won an award for best animation at the 2004 New York Independent Film Festival. This film is worth at least one viewing if only to see that part of it. But I noticed during my second viewing that there were plenty of details about the chakras that I was learning – and it could take many times through to get all the information firmly implanted into my brain.

Anodea Judith narrates throughout, explaining what each chakra does. Kundalini-Shakti, the mystical serpent, is seen in each segment as she makes her way from the root chakra to the crown chakra where she’s reunited with Shiva, the supreme being.

This DVD is a great introduction to the chakra system for anyone who knows nothing about them, and for those who know a lot about the chakras, it is great entertainment. I can see myself having this DVD for my clients to view after I start my energy therapy practice. If I have an actual office with a waiting room, I will make this available for people to watch there.

I found Anodea Judith’s website, Sacred Centers, and noted that she’s offering a full course on self-diagnosis and healing in a six-CD set. I very much want to get this as I doubt I’ll be able to attend her workshops any time soon. According to the website, Anodea Judith holds “Masters and Doctoral degrees in Psychology and Human Health, with lifelong studies of alternative medicine, yoga, mythology, history, sociology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality.”

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While we were watching the DVD, Bob asked me a couple of questions I would now like to ask you.

1. Have you ever seen a chakra?

2. What chakras do you most identify with?

My answers to the questions were (1) I have seen my own chakras while meditating, but haven’t seen anyone else’s. And (2) I most identify with the heart chakra and the crown chakra. For me it is easier to stay in awareness of these two, and feel like some interconnection with spirit is really happening. I think maybe my other chakras aren’t as developed, which concerns me. I’m working on getting them all to work equally well.