Chakra Balancing Basics

Chakra cleansing or cleaning enables all your energy centers to be open/balanced and functioning properly.  

Chakras

1st - Root - at the base of your spine; protection, foundation, grounding, stability, trust  

2nd - Sacral - just below your belly button; raw creativity, passion, sexuality, desire, attraction 

3rd - Solar Plexus - at the end of the middle of your rib cage; joy, self-belief, spontaneity, empowerment, seal of emotions 

4th - Heart - in between your chest, slightly to the left; self-love, love of nature & others, forgiveness, compassion, vulnerability, trust, empathy 

5th - Throat - front of your throat; sharing, creativity, expression, power of choice, communication 

6th - Third Eye - in between your eyebrows; intuition, inspiration, truthfulness, dreams states, perceptiveness, wisdom, insight, mind power 

7th - Crown - at the top of your head; clarity, peace, divine acceptance, all consciousness, perception, authentic self 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CHAKRAS AREN’T OPEN/BALANCED? 

Depending on the chakra, you have an energy depletion or excess.  Either way you may feel less than yourself in some way - physically or emotionally.

When your energy is low, you may have difficulty expressing an energy (for example, if your crown is low in energy you may feel lonely, depressed)

When your energy is too high, you may express dominance in that area (for example, if your heart is over energized your ego may cause you to be too self-centered)  

Chakra is sanskrit for wheel and they spin like wheels, with ease and grace.  Chakras can become unbalanced, rotate clockwise, or become closed when our emotions (energy in motion) is vibrating at a low frequency.  

HOW TO KNOW WHICH CHAKRA IS OUT OF BALANCE

Notice the way you feel, bringing your attention to each chakra point. Close your eyes and notice.

Root - feeling stuck, stress due to over-reliance on external circumstances, feeling abandoned, constantly getting by or going without, feeling not good enough the way you are, survival & security are being sought

Sacral - difficulty allowing yourself to be emotion or sexual, belief that sex is bad, beeling of abuse, hurt or confusion, distrust that you can be loved, struggle with health self-image, isolation, victim, self-doubt, fear, anger

Solar Plexus - feeling powerless or victimized, giving your power away easily to others, difficulty taking action on your dreams due to low self-esteem, stomach pains and anxiety, isolation, fear, co-dependence

Heart - fear of commitment, hurt from past relationships leaving you feeling guarded, trouble with giving & receiving love and being compassionate, the need to hold grudges, heart disease, asthma, and allergies

Throat - fear of speaking up and saying what you want or feel, feeling inclined to go along with others so you don’t upset anyone, frustrated because you don’t feel heard, sore throats

Third Eye - struggle with meaning in life, disconnected from intuition, difficulty making decision, feeling lost when it comes to your spiritual purpose and life path, frustration that there is something wrong or out of alignment or missing, headaches and tension in brow

Crown - feeling lonely or insignificant, strong attachment to material possessions, lack of connection or guidance from higher power, feeling unworthy of spiritual help and anger that your power has abandoned you, migraines and tension headaches.

Others ways to check in with a specific or each chakra is to utilize a pendulum and ask over each chakra if it is spinning with ease and grace. Another method is to take an assessment; 1-minute quiz on chakra-guru.com or eclecticenergies.com

HOW TO CLEAR / CLEAN / BALANCE YOUR CHAKRAS  

Affirmations

Root - I am safe, I am safe on Earth, I am safe on my path.

Sacral - I am connected to my community, I am connected to my family, my sensual sexuality serves as a fuel to my creative endeavors

Solar Plexus - I trust my intuition and guidance, and follow it wherever it leads me without question and hesitation

Heart - I am a divine expression of unconditional love.  I truly love myself, love is all that I am and ever will be.  Unconditional love of Source is my birthright.

Throat - I speak my truth freely and openly, being honest with myself and others, I am safe to express myself truthfully, my honesty attracts what I deserve on my path.

Third eye - I am connected with celestial love that runs through my vessel and life, I trust my inner wisdom and have total clarity on my path.

Crown - I am transmuting anything that doesn’t serve my highest purpose and my path today.

Meditation - imagine or feel your chakras spinning, envision them spinning strong and in the right direction, as you meditate imagine/feel the dense energy or dark matter flying off your chakra and going into your roots for purification.

Music - dance, move or feel the vibration of the music covering, jolting each chakra and shaking the dense energy or dark matter from the chakra and going into your roots for purification.

Diet - feed your chakras specific foods to help them spin bright and clear

Root - carrots, potatoes, parsnips, radishes, beets, onions, garlic, and protein rich foods like eggs, meats, beans tofu, soy products, peanut butter.  Spices are chives, paprika, and peper.

Sacral - sweet fruits like melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, honey and nuts.  Spices are cinnamon, vanilla, sesame seeds.

Solar plexus - grains like cereal, rices, flaxseed, sunflower seeds and daily milk products like milk, cheese, yogurt.  Spices are ginger, mints, chamomile, turmeric, cumin, and fennel.

Heart - leafy vegetables, spinach, kale, dandelion greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery.  Spice it up with green teas, basil, thyme, and cilantro.

Throat - liquids, water, fruit juices, and herbal teas.

Third Eye - dark bluish fruits like blueberries, black berries, raspberries, wine, grape juice.  Spice is poppy seeds.

Crown - incense and smudging herbs like sage, copal, myrrh, frankincense, and juniper.  Fasting and detoxifying are beneficial for awakening and communicating with the Divine.

Yoga poses

Root - mountain pose (gassho while standing tall)

Sacral - revolved triangle pose (bending over half way touching one hand to object and the other arm straight up, while looking up)

Solar Plexus - boat pose (sit on the floor lifting your legs up and curved toward your body with your arms straight out)

Heart - low lunge (lunge, placing one arm up to sky, looking up, and other arm on leg going back)

Throat - easy pose with chanting (criss cross applesauce with hands on knees and chanting)

Third Eye - dolphin pose (bend down to floor, not bending legs, putting your elbows on the ground and hands in prayer position)

Crown - balancing butterfly (down to the floor bending your knees to rest on your ankles in gassho)

Essential oils

Root - foot massage with nutmeg to balance, patchouli or vetiver to calm,  and bergamot to maintain

Sacral - spicy cardamom awakens, ylang ylang and neroli calm, sweet orange & sandalwood maintain

Solar Plexus - gentle tummy massage eucalyptus and juniper berry to activate, vetiver or helichrysum to calm, and grapefruit and lemon to maintain.

Heart - massage of breastbone or middle back area, palmarossa will open, lavender and sweet marjoram to calm, and geranium to maintain.

Throat - chest and neck sprays, lemon to open, vanilla or roman chamomile to calm, and coriander seed to maintain.

Third eye - rosemary will open, german chamomile will stabilize, and frankincense or sandalwood to maintain.

Crown - room diffused, spicy sweet lavandin clarifies the low functioning, neroli or vanilla calm, and frankincense to maintain.

Breathwork - much like meditation but breathing deeply, intently and with no breaks in breath, concentrating on the specific chakra.

Interested in learning more? Message Stephanie.

Happy balancing!!!