The 7 Chakras
The 7 Major Chakras
The chakras are energy processors that work to maintain balance in our energetic flow. There are 7 major chakras inside of the body that work together to maintain flow, balance, and harmony without the mind, body and spirit. When they are open, balanced, and flowing, they are gateways to consciousness. When they are blocked, energy flow can become stagnant and resistance can develop causing pain, discomforts, diseases, relationship problems, and more. Blocked and stagnant energy flow can result in blocks to personal growth, spiritual ascension, and expanded consciousness.
The energy of each of these emits through the front, back, and bottom. They are called chakras meaning “wheels” in sanskrit, meaning that they should all be active and moving, rotating to keep energy flowing through the body. This keeps the body in balance and flow and can affect one’s mental state, spiritual awareness, relationship with the organs, glands, and nerves. Numbers, colors, sound and vibrational frequencies, and geometric shapes can resonate with each chakra. Think of the flow between the chakras like the highway of the body, we want it free flowing. We don’t want too much or too little energy in each chakra, this can determine the state of your energy flow.
Energy flow primarily moves downward and upward. Downward current is the manifestation or receptive current, and can come from thought form to result or from divine breath to physicality. Upward current is the liberation or expressive current, and is from energy stored in matter to energy released, from form to formless, and from physical to divine. The goal is to consciously control openness of these currents. These 7 chakras are the main ones that open up healing on the physical body, mind, and soul.
In simplest terms, here is a the spectrum of feelings that arise from each chakra, from negative/unbalanced → positive/balanced.
Crown Chakra (depressed → spirited)
Third Eye Chakra (worried → calm)
Throat Chakra (deceitful → honest)
Heart Chakra (bitter → loving)
Solar Plexus Chakra (jealous → confident)
Sacral Chakra (suppressed → playful)
Root Chakra (doubtful → secure)
Let’s explore more of the attributes, basic functions, and connections of each of these chakras.
Crown Chakra
How it works: This chakra is the connection the the higher planes of the spiritual world. This chakra is important if you are truly dedicated to the goals of your life. This chakra controls our eyes, top of the brain and the connections to the spiritual world, connecting our beliefs with the spiritual world. Dreams, hopes, visions, and realizations take place here. Working with this chakra opens you up to the excitement of the imagination where artistic and creative abilities flourish, and opens you up to loving all that surrounds you. With a well balanced crown chakra, you believe there is a higher purpose and you are not afraid to venture forth and discover that anything is possible.
Color: white/violet
Element: governs all elements.
Associated essential oils: lotus, frankincense, oak moss.
Associated crystals: amethyst, topaz, alexandrite, and sapphire.
It’s symbol is represented by: 1000-petalled lotus with the principle of pure being.
Signs of misalignment: no artistic abilities, too caught up in the material world, judgmental and/or racist of others races or religions.
Connection to the physical body: eyes, top of the brain, and connections to the spiritual world. Dreams, hopes, visions, realizations, beliefs, morals.
Third Eye Chakra
How it works: This chakra deals with our senses: feelings, sight, sound, and psychic abilities, and we think and make decisions with the third eye chakra. It also connects us with the spiritual and higher levels of the world. The third eye controls our mind, ears, subconscious, dream states, memory, and learning capabilities. It controls our openness to the psychic senses such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and aura sensing.
Color: violet / purple.
Element: governs all elements.
Associated essential oils: jasmine, patchouli, basil, rosemary.
Associated crystals: lapis lazuli, sodalite, indigo, sapphire, and opal.
It’s symbol is represented by: 96-petalled lotus with the principle of knowing of being.
Signs of misalignment: headaches, stress, lack of sleep, memory loss, mental problems and mental illness.
Connection to the physical body: the mind.
Throat Chakra
How it works: This chakra deals with communication, voice and singing, activating, and talking to others. This chakra opens us up to speaking, communicating, and expressing our artistic and creative desires.
Color: blue.
Element: ether/atmosphere.
Associated essential oils: lavender, sandalwood, neroli, and sage.
Associated crystals: aquamarine, turquoise, and chalcedony.
It’s symbol is represented by: 16-petalled lotus with the principle of expression of being.
Signs of misalignment: afraid to speak up or use your voice, afraid to voice your own opinions, or someone overly vocal about their beliefs, suffering from sore throats and communication problems.
Connection to the physical body: voice, lungs, mouth, teeth, thyroid, and glands.
Heart Chakra
How it works: This chakra is the feelings center of the body, mind, and soul. controls our love for ourselves and others, our appreciation of beauty and our compassion. It helps you feel happiness, sadness, pleasure, and pain. Working with this chakra is very important because it can help people feel and express their emotions, help with relationships, and help with being themselves.
Color: green.
Element: air.
Associated essential oils: geranium, bergamot, rose, clary, and sage.
Associated crystals: emerald, green jade, rose quartz, and kunzite.
It’s symbol is represented by: 12-petalled lotus with the principle of loving beyond the self.
Signs of misalignment: Sadness, irrational feelings, depression, unable to express yourself or your talents to the best, since it deals with the heart, lungs and surrounding organs, both on the front and back of the body.
Connection to the physical body: heart, lungs, thymus, ribcage, arteries.
The next 3 chakras represent our ability to feel grounded, belonging to the earth, and they are the mental and physical chakras. These chakras are essential to survival and growth for living in this material/physical world. When these become blocked or unbalanced, we have problems working, living, and adjusting in today’s world.
Solar Plexus Chakra
How it works: Positioned near the ribcage, this chakra stores all energy, good and bad, including stress, fear, and pain. This chakra controls our will, our issues from the past, our pain and fear, as well as our ambition to succeed.
Color: yellow.
Element: fire.
Associated essential oils: chamomile, lemon, thyme, and ylang ylang.
Associated crystals: amber, tiger’s eye, citrine, yellow topaz, and agate.
It’s symbol is represented by: 10-petalled lotus with the principle of formation of being.
Signs of misalignment: difficulties coping with the day to day of life, love, work, and/or health.
Connection to the physical body: upper intestines, upper back, spine.
Sacral Chakra
How it works: The sacral controls our passions, creativity, joy and pleasure in life, emotional balance, sensuality and sexuality, lower sexual organs, bladder, bowel, and lower intestine.
Color: orange.
Element: water.
Associated essential oils: sandalwood, ylang ylang, and petitgrain.
Associated crystals: moonstone, carnelian, tourmaline.
It’s symbol is represented by: 6-petalled lotus with the principle of reproduction of being.
Signs of misalignment: low sex drive, sexual abuse, overactive sex drive, difficulty with conceiving, emotional overwhelm, creative blocks, lack of joy or pleasure in life.
Connection to the physical body: sexual organs and deals with issues relating to sex and relationships. The sacral controls our passions, sexual needs, lower sexual organs, bladder, bowel, and lower intestine.
Root Chakra
How it works: This is the grounding chakra that connects you to the earth. It helps us feel active, centered, and grounded.
Color: red.
Element: earth.
Associated essential oils: cedar, clove, cypress, marjoram, myrrh.
Associated crystals: agate, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, smoky quartz.
It’s symbol is represented by: 4-petalled lotus with the principle of physicality.
Signs of misalignment: lack of energy, depression.
Connection to the physical body: feet, legs, lower back, spine.
