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The term 'Nadi' is Sanskrit and means a pipe, vessel or vein. Thus, Nadis represents a kind of subtle network of arteries. The function of a Nadi is to transport prana, or vital energy, throughout man's subtle energy system.

Prana may be translated as 'Absolute Energy.' In the Chinese and Japanese realm this universal life energy is called 'Chi', 'ki' or 'qi'. It represents the primal source of all forms of energy and manifest itself in various frequencies. One of its form of expression is air, which is one of several ways in which we take in prana, namely by breathing.

The level of consciousness of every living being depends on the frequencies of prana it is capable of absorbing and storing. The Nadis of one energy body are connected with the neighbouring energy body via the Chakras. The most important of these energy channels are called 'Shushumna', 'ida' and 'pingala'. The Chinese and Japanese speak of a similar system of energy channels, which they called meridians. (Accupunture is based on knowledge of meridians).

Through the Nadis the Chakras take up vital energy through man's subtle energy bodies, his surroundings, the cosmos and the basis of all manifestation, and transform them into the frequencies needed by the various areas of the physical and subtle bodies for their sustenance and development. Beyond this they give off energy into the surroundings. By means of this energy system the human being is therefore in a state of continual exchange with the powers at work at diverse levels of the enviroment, the universe and Creation.