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Beginner's Guide to Chakras

Uhm… What the french toast are Chakras?

Have you ever complained about tiredness, or relationship issues, or well… anything really? If you said no, unless you are some perfect angel human, I don’t believe you. But if you said yes, I would tell you your chakras are out of whack. You can laugh in my face, you can roll your eyes, or you can just go get those doggone chakras balanced.

But what are they?

Chakras, simply put (very simply put) are energy centers throughout your body. Chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel. Each chakra can be visualized as a spinning whirl where energy flows in a spiraling vortex.

There are seven main chakras in your body. What are they? Working from the top, down

Seventh Chakra: Crown Chakra

Sanskrit: Sahasrara

Affirmation: “I am one with my higher self and one with the Divine.”

Purpose: Cognition, our connection and to spirituality and higher self/life/purpose

Location: Top/center of the head

Color: Violet/white

Element: Thought

Crystals: Clear quartz, diamond, Herkimer diamond, lepidolite, moonstone, sugilite, amethyst, sapphire

Essential Oils: Francincense, helichrysum, lemon, melissa, chamomile, rosemary, sandalwood

Sixth Chakra: Third Eye Chakra

Sanskrit: Ajna

Affirmation: “I am tuned into the Divine to follow the path towards my purpose.”  

Purpose: Intuition/imagination/wisdom/ability to think and make decisions

Location: Middle of forehead: between the eyes, above the base of the nose, slightly higher than brow line

Color: Indigo

Element: Light

Crystals: Amethyst, blue quartz, charoite, lepidolite, purple flourite, sodalite, sugilite, lapis lazuli

Essential Oils: Clary sage, lemongrass

Fifth Chakra: Throat Chakra

Sanskrit: Vishuddha

Affirmation: “I am speaking clearly and truthfully with grace and ease.”

Purpose: Communication/self-expression of feelings, speaking the truth, holding secrets

Location: Center of throat/neck

Color: Blue

Element: Ether/sound

Crystals: Angelite, apatite, aquamarine, celestine, blue lace agate, sodalite, lapis lazuli, turquoise

Essential Oils: Birch, lavender, oregano

Fourth Chakra: Heart Chakra

Sanskrit: Anahata

Affirmation: “I am giving and receiving love effortlessly and unconditionally.”

Purpose: Love, joy, inner peace

Location: Heart region

Color: Green

Element: Air

Crystals: Amazonite, chrysocolla, chrysoprase, emerald rose quartz, green aventurine

Essential Oils: Eucalyptus, geranium, lime, marjoram, melaleuca, peppermint, rose, thyme, ylang ylang

Third Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra

Sanskrit: Manipura

Affirmation: “I am powerful, confident and successful in all my ventures.”

Purpose: Power, self-worth, self-confidence, self-esteem

Location: Slightly above the navel

Color: Yellow

Element: Fire

Crystals: Amber, golden topaz, sunstone, citrine, yellow calcite  

Essential Oils: Bergamont, cassia, clove, coriander, fennel, ginger, grapefruit, juniper berry, wintergreen

Second Chakra: Sacral Chakra

Sanskrit: Svadhistana

Affirmation: “I am authentically creating a life free of stress and full of bliss.”    

Purpose: Authentic creation, creator, soul fire, sexuality  

Location: Slightly below the navel    

Color: Orange    

Element: Water    

Crystals: Carnelian, citrine, orange calcite, orange carneline, fire opal

Essential Oils: Black pepper, cinnamon, cypress, tangerine, orange

First Chakra: Root Chakra

Sanskrit: Muladhara

Affirmation: “I am a divine being of light. I am peaceful, protected, and secure.”    

Purpose: Survival, security, stability    

Location: Base of spine    

Color: Red    

Element: Earth    

Crystals: Bloodstone, garnet, ruby, jasper    

Essential Oils: Basil, cedarwood, myrrh, patchouli, vetiver, white fir

I often shy away from recommending the use of chakra meditation to help solve the problems my friends and family complain about. I'm afraid they'll think it's too "woo woo" and therefore I must have gone off the deep end. Unfortunately, many of these ancient energy work practices (chakra healing has been used since 1500 BC!) are not considered viable medicine for the human body. Western culture does not put great emphasis on mental health but slowly, practices like meditation and yoga are becoming more and more accepted and common place. YAY!

Why do I care about this?

Energy Work is the basis of many alternative healing techniques. Ayurvedic medicine, crystal therapy, Reiki and traditional Chinese medicine all involve energy work. Energy work can also be found in some religious and spiritual beliefs such as Hinduism and Buddhism. It is at the core of Feng Shui and considered an integral part of yoga (Kundalini and Anusara yoga in particular).

Throughout the world, different cultures deal with energy work. The term for energy may differ (Chinese chi, Japanese ki, Greek pneuma, Indian prana, etc.) but wherever you are, the idea remains the same. Energy work is the manipulation of the energy which flows through all living things, also known as life force energy. 

For centuries, people have balanced their chakras in order to feel grounded, passionate, confident, loving, expressive, creative and spiritual. Modern humans have just as much or even more stress and chaos interrupting our lives making it easy for chakras to become blocked. You can heal yourself by connecting your body, mind and spirit to your energy. With unblocked chakras and freely flowing energy you can live your healthiest, most joyous life.

If you can understand this you can understand why people consider it important to work with their chakras. By healing and balancing our chakras we are actively working toward healing and balancing ourselves on every level. When you complain about being tired or a problem in your relationship or anything else you can discover the deeper issue that could be causing these surface challenges.

How can I start healing my Chakras?

Chakra meditations like this one:

Yoga: did you know... many yoga poses are designed to cleanse the chakras? 

Mantras

Crown: Silence - shhhh

Third Eye: Om

Throat: Ham

Heart: Yam

Solar Plexus: Ram

Sacral: Vam

Root: Lam

Check back for future posts in the chakra healing series.

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How to Tell if your Third Eye Chakra is Blocked

Start Here If You Don’t Know That The Fudge Nugget A Chakra Is

This Is Where I Talk About A Blocked Root Chakra

This Is Where I Talk About A Blocked Sacral Chakra

This Is Where I Talk About A Blocked Solar Plexus Chakra

This Is Where I Talk About A Blocked Heart Chakra

This is Where I Talk About A Blocked Throat Chakra

Scroll down to the bullet points for symptoms of an underactive or overactive sacral chakra.

►►►  So What is the Third Eye Chakra?

The third eye chakra (aka your inner eye chakra, spiritual chakra or ajna in sanskrit) is the sixth of the seven chakras. Located on your forehead between both eyes, it is also commonly referred to as the Brow Chakra.

The Sanskrit word Ajna means “beyond wisdom”. This is the chakra that connects you with your intuition, to help guide your spirit by using your inner knowledge. This chakra tends to receive more attention than the others because it is often discussed in relation to psychics, mediums, and tarot readers.

Balancing and opening the third eye chakra allows you to learn to expand your awareness beyond your five senses and will broaden your perceptions so you can more easily see the truth.

►►►  Why do I care?

Have you ever noticed that a family member, friend, business associate, or new person in your life seems “off”  with seemingly no explanation? Or, have you had a strange “feeling” that you should take a different route than usual when driving or walking? These types of experiences occur when your third eye is perceiving what the five human senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound cannot: that you are not receiving the full truth of the situation. Your Third Eye can act as an alarm and warn you about situations and more if you tune into it regularly. Balancing and opening the third eye chakra allows you to learn to expand your awareness beyond your five senses and will broaden your perceptions so you can more easily see the truth.

►►►  Signs Your Third Eye Chakra Is Underactive

inability to plan or set goals

narrow-minded

denial

poor vision/memory

difficulty seeing future

lack of imagination

HEAL IT WITH CRYSTALS: Amethyst, Sugilite, Moonstone

HEAL IT WITH ESSENTIAL OILS: Clary Sage

►►►  Signs Your Third Eye Chakra Is Overactive

obsessed with psychic vision

paranoid

hallucinations

tendency to space out

difficulty concentrating

nightmares

HEAL IT WITH CRYSTALS: Spectrolite, Lapis Lazuli, Watermelon Tourmaline

HEAL IT WITH ESSENTIAL OILS: Oregano

►►►  How you can Heal and Balance your Third Eye Chakra

Start with the Root Chakra and move up. Sometimes the imbalance is from somewhere below.

Meditation. There are many guided meditations available on Youtube.

Yoga poses where the forehead is touching the ground (such as child’s pose), or facing the ground (such as dolphin pose).

Take notes when you feel like you're intuition is telling you something.

Mantra: AUM — with emphasis on the “M”

Affirmation:

“I Open Myself to My Inner Guidance and Deepest Wisdom."

"I Am a Spiritual Being having a Human Experience.”

"My Imagination is Open to All Possibilities."

"I Know That All Is Well Within My World."

"I Envision A World of Love, Peace and Beauty."

"I Honor My Intuition."

"I See All Things With Clarity."

"I Embrace My Inner Knowing to Awaken My Psychic Potential."

Crystals: amethyst, blue quartz, charoite, lepidolite, purple flourite, sodalite, sugilite, lapis lazuli

Essential Oils: clary sage, lemongrass

►►►  Signs your Third Eye Chakra is Balanced

intuitive/psychic

optimistic

perceptive

imaginative

watchful

aware

good memory

wise

able to plan and carry out plans

sleeps well

can recall dreams

calm mind

Check back for more posts in this series.

Do You Practice Chakra Healing? Tell Me About It In A Comment Below Or Share It On The Mumbles & Things Facebook Page.

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