This commissioned project began when a massage therapist from Berkeley, CA approached me to represent the 7 major Hindu Chakras as individual “prayer flags” for a massage studio. 

The Sanskrit word "cakra" (written in English as Chakra) means "wheel" or "disk". It has been described as a “spinning wheel of light”.   Chakras are energy centers, and although there are many chakras within the human body, seven of them have been identified as major chakras.   These seven chakras have been depicted in this series of mini-quilts.

It is the Chakra definition of “spinning wheel” that gave rise to the use of 2 similar, but different background fabrics to create a spinning movement behind each of the chakras.

Chakras are very rich in history and symbolism.  I have chosen to only use a few items in the creation of the Chakra quilts.  The items I have chosen to represent are:

• color
• number of petals
• bija, or seed symbol
• occasionally other items, such as crescent moon, triangles, squares, star, etc.

The seed symbols on each quilt were digitized and machine embroidered by the artist.

The 7 quilts  in the series are:

1. Muladhara root (base) chakra
2. Svadhisthana sacral chakra/li>
3. Manipura solar chakra
4. Anahata heart chakra
5. Vishuddha throat chakra
6. Ajna third eye
7. Sahasrara crown chakra

E-mail me if you would like more information on this quilt