Chakras: Beginner’s Guide to the 7 Chakras
Hello love,
Have you ever wondered what chakras are and what they really do? This love letter breaks down the 7 major chakras simply for you with everything you need to know to start working with yours.
When chakras are balanced, open, and flowing freely, you will experience a sense of harmony, vitality, and connection. When chakras are not balanced, these imbalances can manifest in physical and/or emotional symptoms. Through various healing modalities, you can bring any misaligned chakras back in to balance. This love letter will go over all the things you need to know to have an understaffing of the 7 chakras.
What are Chakras?
Chakras are energy centers in the body that life force energy flows through. There are seven main chakras. When people refer to these energy centers, they’re usually speaking about these seven, even though there are many more. These seven chakras run up from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Each chakra has its own specific characteristics and qualities. These energy centers can reveal information about your energetic, physical, and emotional well-being.
Chakras 101
So let’s get into it! Here are the basics for each of the 7 main chakras.
1. Root Chakra:
Color: Red
Location: base of the spine - pelvic floor area
Responsible for: foundation, grounding, survival
Element: Earth
Crystals: black tourmaline, garnet, ruby, obsidian
Deals with: fear
Physical: bones, blood, large intestine, kidneys
Emotion: self preservation, survival
2. Sacral Chakra:
Color: Orange
Location: pelvic area
Responsible for: creativity, passion, sexual energy
Element: water
Crystals: amber, topaz, carnelian, citrine, jasper
Deals with: guilt
Physical: reproductive organs, bladder, kidneys
Emotion: connection
3. Solar plexus chakra (navel charka):
Color: yellow
Location: belly button
Responsible for: sense of self, purpose, self-worth
Element: fire
Crystals: yellow tourmaline, citrine, tiger’s eye
Deals with: shame
Physical: liver, gall bladder, digestion
Emotion: desier, will, power
4. Heart chakra:
Color: green (can also be pink)
Location: center of chest
Responsible for: love of any kind (love of others, self, life, etc)
Element: air
Crystals: pink quartz, clear quartz, jade, green calcite
Deals with: grief
Physical: heart, lungs, circulation, upper extremities
Emotion: love, forgiveness
5. Throat chakra:
Color: blue
Location: Adam’s apple area
Responsible for: communication, expression, truth
Element: ether
Crystals: turquoise, kyanite, aquamarine
Deals with: lies
Physical: throat, neck, mouth, ears
Emotion: communication
6. Third eye chakra:
Color: indigo
Location: center between eyebrows
Responsible for: vision (physical, psychic, and perspective)
Element: ether
Crystals: celestine, labradorite, lapis lazuli
Deals with: illusion, confusion
Physical: eyes, eyebrows
Emotion: intuition, imagination
7. Crown Chakra:
Color: violet (or white)
Location: top of the head
Responsible for: wisdom, tiger consciousness
Element: ether
Crystals: clear quartz, amethyst, moonstone
Deals with: attachment
Physical: central nervous system
Emotion: awareness, connection to higher self, understanding
Final Thoughts
The chakra centers can offer you insight into your own health and emotional wellbeing. Pay attention to them and what they are trying to tell you. If there are areas in your life that need improvement notice your corresponding chakras. If there are areas in your body that are calling for your attention, see if there is something going on with the related chakra.
When a chakra is unbalanced, it means “pay attention to me”. Take time for some self-care to stay in balance. Honor yourself. What has been your experience with your chakras? Let us know down below in the comments and share this with a friend.
Namasté,
Shona
P.S. If you want to try hypnosis, Reiki, or connect with your angels, past lives, spirit guides, in a healing session, I’d be honored to work with you 💕
