We don't have to heal the chakras - that's not where the source of the trouble is, we have to heal our habits of thinking and doing. Negativity is basically in the mind which is the den of ego and ignorance (Asmita and Avidya). Without Yama-Niyama, the basic Raja Yoga principles of right living, there is no way you can reach higher levels. Most of the people who talk of chakras, are just doing a commercial packaging. There is no short cut to Self-Realization. -

Dear Atman, Sri Atmajyoti Prasad Ji ! Thank you for pitching in. No, what you said was not ignorant. It may actually happen the way you wrote. But it may not, too ! There have been many cases where a practice of certain Yoga / Tantra technique without proper anchoring in Yama-Niyama has resulted in power without wisdom - it's like packaging a great power under the bonnet of an automobile without right control on the steering. It can harm others, and it inevitably harms that person too, because whatever goes out comes right back. What we can say is that after sincere intention and earnestness - even if not literal perfection - in the practice of Yama-Niyama, one can proceed to higher steps of Ashtanga Yoga and one would find that regular devotional practice of Pranayama, Pratyahara and the three culminating steps (Samyama, the trio of Dharana-Dhyan-Samadhi) will actually remove any imperfections in Yama-Niyama practice. But sincerity in intention and earnestness have no substitute, no compromise. The learning can go on, but there is a basic qualification first needed. Devotion is as important as technique, often more. We cannot fool God or Divine laws ; we may think we are fooling God but we actually fool ourselves. The soul is already Divine ; we do not have to achieve that. All we must do - sincerely and earnestly - is removing the dirt of ego and ignorance (Avidya and Asmita) from the soul-diamond, and it reflects Divine light. When we seek power, when we seek gifts of God in preference to loving God for Himself (or Herself if one is adoring God as Divine Mother), the result is not in our interest - and the discipline that we are then put to, is a Divine Grace again. The Divine never ever stops loving us and all Cosmic Laws are meant to bring us to a harmony that can help restore us to our native Divinity. read less