Hello my dears! I’m back with another post to help us all on our spiritual journeys!

Today’s post is about the Chakras. First off, what does ‘chakra’ mean? It is an old Sanskrit word that means ‘wheel’. The reason for this is the belief that our life force, or prana, constantly moves in a circular, spiraling pattern and it flows through seven centers in the body. These are your chakras.

Root Chakra: Muladhara

Color: Red

Location:  Base of the spine, near the tailbone

Associations: Security, safety, basic needs (food, water, shelter, sleep etc.), support and foundation for living our lives, and being grounded

Balanced: When your root chakra is balanced, you will feel a sense of calm security when thinking about your place in the world. You will feel connected to this human experience we are all having.

Over-active: If your root chakra is over-active, you can be greedy or controlling of others, resisting change. You may also become materialistic and think that someone’s value is affected by things that they do or do not have.

Under-active: If this chakra is under-active, you may started to feel disconnected or distracted, anxious in your day to day life. This may not seem like a big deal, but it is extremely important to be connected and balanced in life.

Healing the Root Chakra: Since this chakra deals with being grounded, the easiest way to heal it is to reconnect with the Earth. Gardening, walking and appreciating nature, even just sitting under a tree is a good way to help bring these Earthly energies back into alignment. Wear red clothes, eat red foods and foods with lots of protein, and burn red candles, all of this will re-balance this chakra.

Sacral Chakra: Svadhishana

Color: Orange

Location:  Just below the navel

Associations: Emotions, relationships, sexuality, sexual pleasure, creativity, fantasies

Balanced: Feelings flow freely, you are able to express yourself easily, you enjoy the pleasurable things in life without overdoing them, you have no problems with your sexuality and don’t shy away from intimacy, you feel a sense of wellness when you engage in sex, eat good food, or express yourself creatively.

Over-active: If the sacral chakra is over-active, you may become overly emotional, engage in drama and gossip, or are facing addiction. You may also become overly attached to people or even events that occur in your life.

Under-active: Signs of an under-active sacral chakra include being under-emotional, having a “poker face” in everyday situations, depression, decreased sex drive, lack of creativity, or just feeling lazy or sluggish.

Healing the Sacral Chakra: This chakra is associated with the element of water so sitting by the ocean, a lake, or river works wonders. Be creative and enjoy life! Draw, paint, make music, sing, eat some yummy food, and just take some time for yourself. Also, wear orange clothes, eat orange foods along with almonds, melons, strawberries, coconut, and water, and burn orange candles.

Solar Plexus Chakra: Manipura

Color: Yellow

Location:  Above the navel, below the rib cage

Associations: Personal power, will power, self-esteem, self-discipline, confidence, mental abilities, identity

Balanced: You will have self-love and in turn, love for everyone in your life. You will be in control of your thoughts and emotions, know and accept your place in the universe, and will be assertive

Over-active: When the solar plexus chakra is over-active, you may easily find fault in others, being overly judgmental and critical. You may also feel the need to micro-manage, and have a lack of empathy.

Under-active: An under-active chakra will cause you to be mistrustful and doubtful of others, needy, insecure, and indecisive. You may also become “numb”, avoiding your feelings of depression and anxiety.

Healing the  Chakra: Fire is the element associated with the solar plexus chakra so sit out in the sun, or in front of a campfire or fireplace to help bring alignment back to this area. Wear yellow, eat yellow foods, grains, pasta, dairy, and spices, also burn yellow candles.

Heart Chakra: Anahata

Color: Green

Location:  Over the heart, up to the throat

Associations: Compassion, empathy, self-love, love for others, joy, happiness, forgiveness, acceptance, harmonious relationships

Balanced: When balanced, you will feel unconditional love for yourself and others, even when things seem bad, you’ll see the kindness and compassion in the world. You will be kind and understanding, joyous, outgoing, and at ease with where your life is headed.

Over-active: Symptoms of an over-active heart chakra include a fear of not being accepted by others so you are more likely than not a “people pleaser”. You may be in a one-sided relationship where you are giving more than you are receiving, putting the needs of others over your own. Physical symptoms can include a fast heart-rate, heartburn, and palpitations.

Under-active: With an under-active heart chakra, it can feel hard to get close to people, you may find it difficult to keep a positive outlook on life, or you may just feel out of touch with your body. You may also feel unloved, unworthy, and unappreciated.

Healing the  Chakra: The element for this chakra is air so sitting outside in the breeze is beneficial. Also, since we’re surrounded by green in nature, just being outside feeling it in your heart will begin to bring things into balance.

Throat Chakra: Vishudda 

Color: Blue

Location:  Between the collarbones up to between the eyes

Associations: Expression, communication, realizing your purpose, honesty

Balanced: You will speak with love, kindness, and truth, and know which words are appropriate for every situation. You may be very good at giving advice to those close to you when they ask for it.

Over-active: Extremely opinionated, overly critical, verbally abusive, you might be told you “like to hear yourself talk”.

Under-active: Being shy, quiet, flaky, unreliable, are symptoms of an under-active throat chakra. You may also have a tough time being honest with yourself.

Healing the  Chakra: Speak your truth! Even if no one is around to hear it, practice being honest with yourself. Sit outside under a beautiful blue sky, surround yourself with the color blue, wear blue clothes, burn blue candles, eat blue foods, fruits with a high water content, and anything good for your body, soups, stews, sauces, etc.

Third-Eye Chakra: Ajna

Color: Indigo

Location:  Between the eyebrows to the top of the head

Associations: Intuition, psychic abilities, wisdom, insight

Balanced: You will experience higher states of consciousness, astral travel, out of body experiences, messages from your spirit guides, and you will be extremely intuitive, a great learner, and have a good memory.

Over-active: With an over-active third-eye, you may experience headaches in the forehead and temples, and you may become obsessed with tarot, paranormal experiences, and astrology, distracting yourself from living the human experience.

Under-active: Because we live in a world that invalidates intuitive development, most people have an under-active third-eye chakra. We tend to ignore our own psychic experiences and so do not understand the spiritual side of the world. You may also experience a lack of empathy, a lack of common sense, and a lack of intuition.

Healing the  Chakra: Sit out in the sunshine and focus on the area of the third-eye chakra, you will feel the energy of the sun pulsing in this area. Also, eat foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids like nuts, and fish. Berries are also very good for the third-eye chakra as they contain antioxidants that improve cognitive thinking and reasoning.

Crown Chakra: Sahaswara

Color: Purple

Location:  The top of your head extending infinitely upward and outward 

Associations: Consciousness, communication with higher consciousness, ecstasy, bliss, wisdom

Balanced: You will be extremely wise and have great intuitive knowledge. You will also be selflessly devoted to all other beings because you will know that everything is connected.

Over-active: Having an over-active crown chakra is extremely rare because the very nature of it is infinite, you can’t be overcome with consciousness energy. However, it is possible that you won’t be able to control your encounters with other planes of existence.

Under-active: Having and under-active crown chakra simply means that you are human so you feel like a human. Coordination difficulties, clumsiness, poor balance, excessively afraid of dying, and difficulty grasping new concepts.

Healing the Chakra: The easiest way to open this chakra is to open and heal the other six. Meditating and attempting to connect to Spirit is also helpful. As far as nutrition goes, be sure to choose pure foods, fruits, vegetables, and lots of fresh water.

This is the basic information on the 7 chakras of the body. In the next post, I’ll go into how to tap into and feel your prana moving through your chakras and how can open your chakras to provide the right balance of energy to your body, mind, and spirit.

Until next time, I leave you in peace, love, and light – Heather