| The five basic principles can be written as follows: | | | | - Center and Metal |
| - Create a foundation/references for change | | | | - Room to Move and Wood |
| - Tune and Control Connections | | | | - Expression and Fire |
| - Be aware of Center | | | | We can thus use these Basic Principles to relate |
| - Create Room to Move | | | | the Five Elements and the Chakras as follows: |
| - Choose an Expression | | | | - Earth and 1st (Root) Chakra |
| A Foundation can support the chosen expression | | | | - Water and 2nd (Sacral) Chakra |
| of what we are trying to do. It can be strong and | | | | - Metal and 3rd (Solar Plexus) Chakra |
| stable or it can sensitive and variable or a little bit | | | | - Wood and 4th (Heart) Chakra |
| of both. | | | | - Fire and 5th (Throat) Chakra. |
| Connections allow the flow of change, energy or | | | | Because the five elements are also related to ten |
| information into ourselves and out of ourselves. | | | | of the body's organs we can also relate the |
| By being aware of connections we can sense | | | | chakras to organs as follows: |
| change and create it. By tuning connections we | | | | - Earth-Root Chakra-Stomach and Spleen |
| can sense change as it happens and we can | | | | - Water-Sacral Chakra-Bladder and Kidneys |
| respond to it efficiently while continuing to be | | | | - Metal-Solar Plexus Chakra-Large Intestine and |
| aware of what new change is happening. | | | | Lungs |
| Center unites all the elements of ourselves or | | | | - Wood-Heart Chakra-Gall Bladder and Liver |
| what we are doing. By being centered we can | | | | - Fire-Throat Chakra-Small Intestine and Heart |
| unify all parts of ourselves in what we are doing. | | | | General Principles |
| Room to Move is what we can create or look for | | | | Basic Principles apply mainly to the realm of doing. |
| in order to do what we are trying to do. | | | | If we want principles that encompass life as a |
| Depending on what we are trying to do, we might | | | | whole, then we can also include the following two |
| take room from one place and give it to another | | | | principles: |
| to better enable us to do what we are trying to | | | | - Experience |
| do. We can also manifest this principle by "Looking | | | | - Understand |
| for the Gaps to Flow Through." | | | | The better we understand what we are doing the |
| Expression is the end product of what we are | | | | better we can do what we are doing and the |
| doing. It is a direction that we move in, the end | | | | more we can focus on experiencing what we are |
| result of a choice that we make, the experience | | | | doing as well as the world around us. |
| that we wish to have. The expression is the point | | | | The more we experience life the more |
| of the other four principles or the culmination of | | | | understanding that we have and so these two |
| them all. | | | | principles fit together like yin and yang. |
| Chakra and Five Element Associations | | | | We can associate these two principles with the |
| The five Basic Principles can be applied to the first | | | | organs of the left and right sides of the brain. We |
| five Chakra's as follows: | | | | can also associate them with the Sixth (third eye) |
| - Foundation and Root Chakra | | | | and Seventh (crown) Chakras. We can also |
| - Connection and Sacral Chakra | | | | associate then with yin (inwards) and yang |
| - Center and Solar Plexus Chakra | | | | (outwards.) |
| - Room to Move and Heart Chakra | | | | As a final note, most sources talk about the |
| - Expression and Throat Chakra | | | | Crown Chakra being at the crown of the head. It |
| They can be related to the Five Elements as | | | | may actually be at the back of the top of the |
| follows: | | | | head, angling up and back from the roof of the |
| - Foundation and Earth | | | | mouth at about 45 degrees. |
| - Connection and Water | | | | |