A Kids’ Show Explains the Seven Chakras Perfectly

Life’s most profound lessons come from the simplest explanations

There are volumes of books explaining chakras and energy fields but sometimes, the easiest way to understand something is by looking at it through the eyes of a child.

Arguably, you could argue that The Last Airbender is more in-depth than a simple kids’ cartoon show, allowing for a large adult following but kids love it, and they are learning something important that changes their lives.

The River of Life

In one episode, Aang meets with Guru Pathik, who shows Aang what chakras are and how to keep them clear.

Imagine the energy of the earth — of life — coming into and flowing through your soul as if it were a stream of water. It travels in non-linear paths, swirling through from origin and beyond.

Chakras are the paths that your energy follows through you. They are swirling fields, raising from your base to the top of your head. Let’s briefly discuss, as Guru Pathik did, the seven chakras.

The Root Chakra

Earth’s energy feeds into you at the base of your spine (up through your feet and legs). This place is the root chakra, where the first flowing of energy passes through you. This energy is all about survival, and fear blocks its flow. What makes you afraid?

The Sacral Chakra

Elementally, this is known as the water chakra. This place, physically in the reproductive area, is the spring of pleasure and creativity. If you are overwhelmed with guilt, blaming yourself for something that happened, accept your reality without it clouding and poisoning your energy. Forgive yourself.

The Solar Plexus Chakra

The third passageway has the energy of fire. The location of the solar plexus resides around the stomach and gives power, strength, and willpower. Love yourself; release your disappointments. You may have imperfections, but you are perfect and worthy.

The Heart Chakra

Love swirls all around us. Sadness and grief attempt to overcome us when loss and pain abound. Lay your grief in front of you. Allow the pain. In doing so, though contrary to instinct, the pain eventually flows away, and love fills your soul.

The Throat Chakra

Sound and truth flow from the location where your voice articulates. Ask yourself, “who am I?” Answer and live with that honesty. Accept who you are. Release the lies you tell yourself. No longer hold onto denials.

The Third Eye Chakra

Light is a powerful force. When the energy of earth reaches your third eye, which resides in the center of your forehead, the light springs forth in immense power. You see things for their true nature. No longer do you see yourself differently than others, but you see yourself and others as the same. Open your mind. Open your consciousness. See that everything is connected.

The Crown Chakra

When you let go of earthly attachments, the flow of energy releases fully through the crown of your head. You have complete control of your: awareness, actions, and thoughts. Let go. Allow attachments to flow down the river. Surrender yourself to the power of true love. Here, you find your highest self.

Keeping the River Clean

I’m sure you’ve heard of blocked chakras or blocked energy. You can undoubtedly clean your energy or allow others to help you clean your energy. Another method is to keep the source flow clean, eventually permitting all the junk to clear out, making yourself pure, whole, and full of the highest energy.

Most junk enters in the first three chakras. When those are clear, your ability to love, speak the truth, and see everything connected becomes nearly automatic.

What would happen if you let go of the following, disallowing them to continue to enter your life: Fear, guilt, and shame.

The river’s cleaning agents

To give your energy a good cleansing, allow the following to enter in fullness: Love, worthiness, and acceptance.

Learn the chakras and embrace the grace of their power. In this, your life will manifest your greatest good.

Ryan DeJonghe is the owner of YourEnergyHealers.Org, an online collaborative of energy and Reiki healers offering services over video. Ryan is also the author of Energy Healing 101, releasing January 2021.