FOURTH CHAKRAThis chakra feeds energy to the heart lungs and breasts and bronchi and the entire circulatory system. Blockages of this chakra lead to strokes, coronary artery disease, heart attack and asthma. Unconditional love, self love, as well as the ability to express love are seated here. The elements of air, earth, fire and water are represented in the chakras. Air is the heart, midway between heaven and earth, upper and lower chakras. Earth is the root chakra,at the base of the spine and stabilizes and connects to the earth. Fire is the solar plexus and is one's power center. Water is the navel chakra and our everflowing connection to others. The fourth chakra also houses the thymus gland which runs the immune system and atrophies (shrinks) with loneliness and depression which in turn blocks the heart chakra and glandular system. Subtle energy, emotions and the immune system and the air element of this chakra are life giving and essential. The thymus is said to control T-cell production by producing a hormone which fights infection. Coronary artery disease has an immune factor as well as the obvious issues of high cholesterol, smoking and hypertension. Organ hypofunction, symptoms such as diabetes, ovary and adrenal dysfunction are the outgrowth of loss of energy and atrophy to these glands. Depression and grief also lower immune function and increase the risk of cancer cell invasion in susceptible individuals. The body is functioning at lowered levels of immunity and can fail to detect the invasion. T-cells and lymphocytes (killer T-cells) destroy cancer cells thru immune surveillance and can screen bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. Lymphocytes produce antibodies against cell proteins and organs and DNA. The most common killer T-cell or auto immune diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, lupus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, adrenal failure and juvenile diabetes. Blockage of prana in the thymus and heart can cause these auto immune problems. For example, myasthenia gravis