Chakras and their secret to healing
Chakra Healing
The chakra system can reveal a lot about a person’s physical health, and emotional and mental wellness. Learning more about chakras and their secret to healing gives us an important spiritual tool to guide us through life.
Think of chakras as spinning wheels of energy positioned along the spinal column, from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. They are linked to the nervous system and are closely related to the endocrine system. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel and chakra healing has been understood and respected by ancient cultures for thousands of years.
Each chakra influences the health of our body systems and the emotional and mental aspects of our lives. If the flow of energy to one or more of the chakras becomes imbalanced (too much or too little) then illness and disharmony within the body and/or mind can develop.
These spiritual energy centres, or wheels, store divine life force energy and can tell us what we need to heal in order to restore vitality to our chakra system. When we practice chakra healing and the system becomes balanced, we can live our best lives.
If we learn to tune in to the chakra energies we can increase self-awareness and begin to understand the cause of disharmony and dis-ease within our bodies and our lives.
The chakras help us to access spiritual wisdom to clear and heal energy blocks that have been created from past or present traumas, inner fears, pain, limiting beliefs, and negative experiences.
When we work towards activating and aligning the chakras we move towards living life in the fulness of our potential. We enjoy an abundance of well-being:
- good physical health and stability
- joy, creativity, and passion
- positive emotional health and harmonious relationships
- motivation and confidence to achieve goals
- authentic self-expression and effective communication
- learning and expanding intellect
- creating space for self-awareness and spiritual connection.
Chakras are a complex energetic bridge between our physical world and the spiritual dimensions. Once we unlock the secrets held within the chakras we can begin to understand and express our truest selves and find real purpose. Chakra healing is one of the greatest self-care gifts we can give ourselves.
Chakra healing offers us a deeper awareness of every aspect of our being. It can offer support, insight, and perspective on the experiences, meaning, and purpose of our life. We truly begin to know ourselves.
Root Chakra – Muladhara. Red Colour, Base of spine
This is the chakra that gives us essential foundation and support. It affects how safe and secure we feel in our inner and outer worlds. The root/base chakra is all about survival consciousness and our belonging in the physical world.
When this chakra is balanced we feel grounded, safe, strong, and independent. We’ll enjoy good vitality and strong physical health. There’ll be an openness to financial abundance and we’ll trust that all our basic needs will be met. We will experience stability in our home, finances and our place in the world.
If the root chakra is unbalanced, we’ll feel anxious, depressed, insecure and fearful. We may feel restless and disorganised.
Physically it relates to the adrenal glands, legs, colon, and skeleton.
Sacral Chakra – Svadisthana. Orange, lower abdominal area
The energy here affects our desires, passion, enjoyment, and sensuality. It is the centre of our creativity, emotional intelligence, and connection.
When the sacral chakra is balanced, we have creative flow, healthy desires, flexibility, and freedom.
With an imbalanced sacral chakra we feel emotionally withdrawn or stuck, guilty, disconnected from our passion and purpose, and fear intimacy.
The reproductive organs, lower back and kidneys are associated with this chakra.
Solar Plexus Chakra – Manipura. Yellow, upper abdomen.
This is the centre of our identity, power and confidence. This chakra holds our will, self-worth and personal strength.
If we have a balanced flow of energy to this chakra, we feel calm and confident, motivated, purposeful, and have a positive sense of self. We are able to assert ourselves and deal with challenges and pressure.
If we have imbalanced energy in the solar plexus, we may have low self-esteem or be competitive and aggressive. Self-control can be lacking and we may be inactive and indecisive.
An energetic block in the solar plexus may manifest physically in the pancreas, digestive system, metabolism or muscles.
Heart Chakra – Anahata. Green, centre of the chest
The heart chakra is the bridge connecting the lower physical chakras with the upper spiritual ones. Its essence is love, compassion, resilience, joy, and forgiveness.
When we have a balanced heart chakra, we are loving, kind, content. Forgiveness and compassion come more easily and we enjoy the love of self and others and have healthy relationships.
If the energy flow in the heart chakra is out of balance we may become selfish, jealous, lonely, anti-social, isolated, unforgiving, disconnected, lacking in self-love, reject love from others.
Physical illness or disharmony may present in the thymus gland, respiratory system, heart, chest.
Throat Chakra – Vishuddha. Blue, base of throat
This is the energy centre that determines self-expression and communication. The ability to be heard and acknowledged. It’s how we give a voice to our identity, ideas, feelings and dreams.
When this chakra is balanced we have positive and authentic self-expression. Communication is easy and effortless. We are honest, empathic and speak our truth lovingly.
Out of balance, this chakra may cause poor communication. It can make us fearful of expressing or standing up for ourselves. We can feel misunderstood or invalidated. There may be a tendency to gossip or lie.
The physical areas of the body associated with the throat chakra are the throat and neck, mouth, thyroid gland.
Third Eye Chakra – Anja. Purple, just above the middle of the brow
The energy centre of intelligence, wisdom, memory and intuition.
A balanced third eye offers mental clarity, intellect, a sense of oneness/higher power, clear intuition.
If this chakra is out of synch there may be a lack of concentration and imagination. Intuition is poor, prone to judging self or others, nightmares.
The third eye is associated with the pituitary gland, the brain, the base of the skull and the eyes.
Crown Chakra – Sahasrara. Violet, top of the head
The crown chakra is the connection to Source/Universe. It opens up a deeper understanding of ourselves beyond physical awareness. This chakra develops a higher state of consciousness.
A clear crown chakra is an open channel for spiritual connection, divine wisdom, insight and higher purpose.
We may be overly logical and feel no sense of spirituality or purpose if this chakra is blocked.
The physical is linked with the pineal gland, top of the skull, nervous system and skin.
The energy exchange (in and out) through the chakras is always flowing and changing. The energy flow may be too much (excessive) or too little (deficient or blocked) in one or more of the chakras. With regular energy clearing and chakra healing (meditation, reiki and other spiritual practices) balance can be restored.
We might however need some imbalance in the chakras for our spiritual growth. Certain experiences, health issues, relationships, and challenges may need to be faced for our soul contract. Regular chakra healing helps to clear unwanted energy and process difficult situations and emotions.
Aromatherapy is a lovely way to practice chakra healing and bring balance to the body and mind. Essential oils can easily be used to help with emotional, psychological and energetic healing.
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