How many chakras does it take to make a system?

Dave: I've had problems with my 6th shaakra. It just won't open. There must be a blockage.

Jani: Are you constipated?

Dave: No. Not that kind of blockage. I mean the energy seems unable to flow.

Jani: What energy?

Dave: You know - Kundalini energy - the serpent power.

Jani: I see. You understand these things do you?

Dave: Of course I do. You know that I hold regular courses for seekers.

Jani: Sorry, it had slipped my mind. Which version do you teach?

Dave: The true version.

Jani: How many cakras do you teach in this system?

Dave: Everyone knows that there are seven shaakras.

Jani: Sorry, I did not mean to betray my ignorance, however if I may point something out...

Dave: Of course, please do, if it is pertinent to my problem.

Jani: I believe it may be very pertinent.
If by "true version" you mean the original version then you are mistaken. There is an 'original' system (Matsyendranatha's transmission) which lists only six cakras. The seven cakra system is believed to be a later interpolation, as are the nine, twelve and twenty seven cakra systems. Now... which 'true' system do you 'teach'?

Dave: The one I read about.

Jani: And which one is that?

Dave: I have no idea. It just seemed to make sense.

Jani: Often, when we join the 'new age' dots, things seem to make sense [pretty patterns], don't they!

Shakra chakra cakra

"Shhaaakraa, you have a blockage in your base shhaaakraa," the shakra therapist said, in a dreamy voice.
"Shhaaakraa?" said I, questioning the pronunciation.
"Shhhaaaakraa!" the therapist said as if to draw a line under it.

"May I say something?" I asked.
"Of course, my love." the shakra therapist said.

"I believe you may be pronouncing the word cakra wrong. The word sounds like the English word "chuck" with "ru" as in the first bit of 'rut', without the 't', tagged on the end."
"Oh no! That cannot be right." said the shakra therapist. "My spirit guide, 'Walks Funny Feather Baba', definitely says 'shhhaaaakraaa'. It is soft and long and soothing. It is a mystical Sanskrit word."

"Oh," said I, "I think it sounds like something that Harry Potter's arch enemy, 'He-who-must-not-be-named', Lord Voldemort, might say in Parseltongue to the giant snake.
Shhhaaaaaakkrraaaaaa!" And then I left!