Tantra means "weave." The chakras, an ancient system of energy centers in and about our bodies, are as spools, providing yarn that forms the warp and woof of our consciousness, our "tapestry", so to speak. The chakras (belongingness, sensuality, empowerment, love, communication, clear thinking and seeing and spiritual connectivity) thread through our lives. Consciously woven into our existence, we weave a magic carpet with balance, integration, beauty, harmony and expansion for individuals, relationships and humanity.The seven main body associations, the origin spools, for the chakras are: perineum, genital, solar plexis, heart, throat, brow and crown. From the perineal chakra come the filaments of belonging, feeling healthy, experiencing security and safety. The genital chakra can spin a thread of sensuality and sexuality to every part of the life you weave. Empowerment, the third chakra-spool, gives you the hutzpa to take the joy and authority available to you. From your heart chakra, you connect in love. Image the threads of authentic communication spreading from your throat to every area of your life. For your third-eye, the thread is vision, clarity, intellect, intuitiveness. The Crown Chakra, pictured as a thousand-petaled white lotus that blossoms from the top of our heads, turns into a stream of white light, and mingles with the crown lights of others and the Universe.The yin/yang symbol signifies harmony between male (yin) and female (yang), both internal and external. This dichotomy, represented by the polar opposites of black and white shows balance and integration. In this perfect sphere, both sides are equal in size plus contain elements of their antithesis represented by the white within the black and black within the white.