The Deception of Chakra Cleansing

Chakra cleansing is a widely prevalent practice in the New Age movement, often promoted as restoring balance, enhancing well-being, and connecting to higher consciousness. The word chakra means “wheel” in Sanskrit, and in Eastern spiritual traditions, chakras are believed to be spinning vortexes of energy within the human body. There are seven main chakras, each corresponding to physical, emotional, and spiritual states.

Chakras are gateways between the body and “soul consciousness,” often called the “windows to the soul.” Practitioners claim blocked or misaligned chakras can lead to illness or emotional turmoil. They can be cleansed or activated through techniques like meditation, yoga, crystals, Reiki, or sound healing.

While this may sound harmless or even beneficial, the spiritual roots of chakra cleansing are deeply occult and incompatible with the Christian faith.

Who Founded Chakra Cleansing?

Chakra theory does not originate from a single founder but is rooted in ancient Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism, dating to around 1500–500 BC. The earliest texts referencing chakras are found in Vedic scriptures, such as the Upanishads, and were later elaborated upon in Tantric spiritual practices.

These traditions describe the chakras as part of a complex energetic body that interacts with divine forces or cosmic energy. Over time, chakra philosophy was adopted by various New Age and occult movements, especially in the West during the 20th century, combined with psychic healing, meditation, yoga, and energy work.

What Is the Belief Behind Chakra Cleansing?

At the core of chakra cleansing is the belief that the human body contains subtle energy centers that must be balanced and aligned for spiritual health. It presumes that spiritual enlightenment and healing come from within the individual or from manipulating unseen energies.

This belief system is pantheistic, meaning God is seen as a force or energy that permeates all things, rather than a personal, holy, and sovereign Creator. In chakra cleansing, there is no concept of sin or repentance—only energy imbalances that must be corrected through human effort or ritual.

This denies the gospel of Jesus Christ and replaces it with a man-centered, mystical approach to spirituality that opens doors to deception and demonic influence.

What Culture and Religion Is It From?

Chakras are primarily rooted in Hindu and Buddhist religious systems. Both are polytheistic and idolatrous, worshipping numerous deities such as Shiva, Vishnu, Lakshmi, and Kali. These religions engage in spiritual rituals, mantra chanting, and meditation to awaken the kundalini energy, believed to lie dormant at the base of the spine and rise through the chakras for spiritual awakening.

Therefore, chakra work is not merely physical or psychological—it is deeply spiritual and intentionally designed to connect with spiritual realms that are not of God.

"You shall have no other gods before me." — Exodus 20:3

"Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God." — Leviticus 19:31

Is It Divination or Energy Healing?

Chakra cleansing falls under energy healing and divination, both strictly forbidden in the Bible. The use of chakras to read spiritual health or predict emotional conditions is a form of divination, as it attempts to access secret knowledge through spiritual channels outside of God.

“Anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer… is detestable to the Lord.” — Deuteronomy 18:10-12

The Danger for Christians

Christians are warned not to adopt the practices of pagan nations or false religions. Chakra cleansing may seem like a neutral health technique, but its roots are in demonic spirituality and false gods. Engaging in these practices, even unknowingly, can lead to - it can awaken the kundalini spirit.

Emotional torment
Nightmares or spiritual oppression
Seeing shadows, orbs, or unexplained lights
Hearing voices or experiencing confusion
Intrusive or tormenting thoughts
Persistent fear and unease

These are signs of demonic infestation, often requiring deliverance through prayer, repentance, and renouncing involvement in occult practices.

“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too.” — 1 Corinthians 10:21

Why Christians Must Reject Chakra Cleansing

You cannot take a pagan practice, repackage it, and label it as “Christian.” Jesus never cleansed chakras, activated energy centers, or taught energy healing. Instead, He cast out demons, healed the sick by His authority, and called for repentance and faith in Him.

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” — John 8:36

All physical, emotional, and spiritual healing must come through Jesus Christ, not mystical rituals or New Age philosophies. Any attempt to use chakra cleansing or similar modalities opens the door to spiritual deception and bondage.

Methods of discernment:

• Who was the founder of this modality?

• What was his/her spirituality?

• What culture did it come out of?

• What were their beliefs?

• Who is their God or gods?

Many occult practices in Christianity need to be discerned. Another method of discernment is the Word of God. The word of God is our measuring stick. The more we read the word, know the word, and have a relationship with the Lord, the more we discern right and wrong. We perish from a lack of knowledge.

Hosea 4:6 declares, “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.”

Prayer to pray if you have been involved with Chakra cleansing: - “Father God in Jesus' name, I repent for the Occult belief in chakras and chakra cleansing. I repent for opening any doors or gates to the demonic in Jesus' name. I open every door and gate to my spirit/soul and physical body to the Lord Jesus Christ, Father God, and His Holy Spirit, and invite You in. I repent for any attempt to cleanse and heal blockages in my spirit/soul and physical body without the Lord Jesus Christ. I declare that I can only be cleansed, healed, and made whole by His precious sacrifice and blood to remit sin. Any attempt to do this myself using any form of occult energy is a sin, and I repent in Jesus' name. I cast out in Jesus' name every demon who has been involved with chakra cleansing and anything else I have used to remove energy blocks from my spirit, soul, and physical body. I now close every gate and door to the demonic and command that they can only ever exit and not enter in Jesus' name, Amen.”

By Teresa Morin, President of Touch of God Int'l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance.

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