How the Colours of Energy Connect to our Chakras: Understanding Your Chakras

On August 9, 2023August 8, 2023 By RosemaryIn Alternative Therapy, Chakras, HealingLeave a comment

In the tapestry of our existence, there exists a vibrant spectrum of energy centers known as chakras. These swirling wheels of energy are not only key to our holistic well-being but also hold the power to unlock deeper connections between our mind, body, and spirit. So, let’s embark on a journey to explore the significance of each chakra and how they weave into the fabric of our lives.

What are Chakras?

Chakras, derived from the Sanskrit word for “wheel,” are seven distinct energy centers aligned along our spine, each radiating its own unique frequency and color. These chakras form a bridge between our physical and spiritual selves, influencing our emotional, mental, and physical states.

The Chakras Unveiled:

Root Chakra (Muladhara): Located at the base of the spine, the root chakra grounds us to the Earth. It’s associated with stability, security, and our basic survival needs. Its deep red color symbolizes strength and vitality.
Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana): Situated just below the navel, the sacral chakra governs our creativity, passion, and emotional well-being. Its vibrant orange color signifies joy and enthusiasm.
Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura): Found in the area of the stomach, the solar plexus chakra is our center of personal power and self-confidence. Its yellow hue represents energy and transformation.
Heart Chakra (Anahata): Nestled in the heart region, the heart chakra is the epicenter of love, compassion, and forgiveness. Its lush green color symbolizes harmony and balance.
Throat Chakra (Vishuddha): Located at the throat, the throat chakra governs communication and self-expression. Its serene blue color reflects clarity and authenticity.
Third Eye Chakra (Ajna): Situated between the eyebrows, the third eye chakra represents intuition and inner wisdom. Its indigo shade signifies insight and spiritual awareness.
Crown Chakra (Sahasrara): At the crown of the head, the crown chakra connects us to higher consciousness and universal energy. Its pure violet or white color embodies divine spirituality.

The Dance of Balance:

When our chakras are aligned and balanced, energy flows freely, resulting in harmony and well-being. However, stress, emotional turmoil, or physical ailments can disrupt this flow, leading to imbalances. Practicing yoga, meditation, mindful breathing, and energy healing can help restore equilibrium to these energy centers.

Embracing the Journey:

Understanding your chakras is a voyage of self-discovery and personal growth. It’s about cultivating mindfulness and awareness of your own energy. As you delve into the colors of energy, you’re embarking on a quest to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit, nurturing a holistic sense of well-being.Intricate and interconnected, our chakras offer us a profound roadmap to understand ourselves better and unlock our fullest potential. As you paint your life with the vibrant hues of each chakra, may you find yourself immersed in a canvas of balance, vitality, and spiritual awakening.

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On March 2, 2021February 28, 2021 By RosemaryIn Chakras, HealingLeave a comment

What are Chakras?

The chakra system is a template for the flow of subtle energy that runs through all life and through the human energy system. It is like a ladder that takes us from the physical realm of substance up through the workings of the higher mind and spirit and into the realm of divine consciousness.

The subtle energy is the force field surrounding all living things. In the human body, this force field is the aura, and the seven layers of energy referred to as subtle bodies. These control our physical well-being, emotional stability, and mental clarity. They reflect our spiritual state and mirror how we feel about ourselves and life in general.

A chakra resembles a large cone and acts like a vortex drawing energy in. The outer lip catches the accumulated stress of the day. The body of the cone is all our ideas and attitudes about life. The seeds of our destiny are at the very tip where the chakra meets the energetic spine. These seeds cannot be opened until we have worked on removing our negativity and self-limiting beliefs. These beliefs and negativity block our energy.

Chakra energy and function.

When something in life happens that blocks the flow of life energy, the chakras slow down, and energy becomes sluggish and even stagnant. It this is a brief occurrence, the chakra will resume the natural flow. If the block is more permanent, the chakra will need stimulation to become active again. Our health and well-being are subject to our chakras being active and balanced. To find out more about the Chakra system, download my ebook or read my other posts on the individual chakras listed at the bottom of this post.

Root Chakra: linked to survival.

Physical energy, the adrenals, activating the fight or flight function of the kidneys.

Emotional energy, aggression, anger, violence, and jealousy, when the energy is not flowing here, we tend to show these negative emotions because we do not feel secure in life.

Mental energy, attitudes of separation, exclusivity, territory, belonging, your right to your own space.

Getting the Root energy flowing: Spend time in nature, walk barefoot in the sand, on the grass, or dirt. Eat healthy red foods, beets, tomatoes, berries, apples, and wear and accessorise with red accents. Try some of these activities, yoga, movement of any kind using legs and feet, any activity that is grounding, physical, and requires presence.

Sacral Chakra: linked to our ability to enjoy life, have pleasure in physical ways.

Physical energy, the ovaries and testes, the organs that control reproduction and sexual development.

Emotional energy, feeling good, deservedness, feeling bad, envious, and not caring for our bodies.

Mental energy, attitudes of having enough, knowing you deserve the life you say you want, enjoyment and wellbeing and good health.

Getting the Sacral energy flowing: Spend time near water, swimming or paddling. Eat healthy orange foods, carrots, oranges, melons and mangoes, wear and accessorise with accents of orange and surround your space with these tones. Try some of these activities, yoga, dance, swimming, and walking.

Solar Plexus Chakra: linked to our self-worth, freedom of choice and how we see ourselves.

Physical energy, the pancreas, the organ that processes sugar. It controls the digestion of food.

Emotional energy, self-confidence, power, clear choices for ourselves.

Mental energy, attitudes of knowing your worth and personal power, coming from a affirmed sense of selfhood.

Getting the solar plexus energy flowing: Sit in the sunlight, or enjoy sitting around a fire pit or candles indoors. Eat healthy yellow foods like bananas, ginger, turmeric, pineapple, sweetcorn, and wear yellow clothing and jewellery. Try these activities, sports, competitive programs, qi gong, hiking and cycling.

Heart Chakra: linked to giving and receiving love in our lives.

Physical energy, Thymus gland, building a strong immunity from pain and disease.

Emotional energy, being capable of love and compassion for self and others.

Mental energy, attitudes of happiness, joy and delight, embracing life.

Getting the heart energy flowing: Deep breathing, being in the open air, opening windows to let air circulate in your home or car. Eat green foods, broccoli, avocado, kale and spinach. Wear and accessorise with accents of green. Try these activities, yoga, massage, healing touch, walking, and dancing.

Throat Chakra: linked to creativity and self-expression, truth, and our ability to communicate clearly.

Physical energy, Thyroid gland, controlling metabolism and effects physical and mental development.

Emotional energy, releasing feeling through expression, including crying, shouting, laughing, and saying when you are not happy.

Mental energy, speaking the truth, not gossiping, sensing that expressing your truth is your key to individuality.

Getting the throat energy flowing: Sit outside in a clear space with a clear blue sky. Eat blue foods, blueberries, currants, dragon fruit, and kelp. Wear and accessorise with accents or various blue tones. Try these activities, alexander technique, yoga, osteopathic alignment of the spine, craniosacral therapy, expressive theatre and dance, qi gong, and tai chi.

Brow Chakra: linked to our wisdom, intuition, and ability to be focussed.

Physical energy, Pituitary gland, influences metabolism, growth and other hormones.

Emotional energy, giving yourself permission to experience your feelings. Choose the appropriate time to express them.

Mental energy, developing an understanding for your own limitations and those of others, cultivating gratitude.

Getting the brow energy flowing: Sit in stillness in the sunlight or relax in a window in the sun. Eat indigo foods, purple kale or broccoli, grapes, and blackberries. Wear and accessorise with indigo clothing and jewellery. Try any of these activities, yoga, tai chi, gi gong, bates eye exercises.

Crown Chakra: this is the centre of bliss, beauty, and spirituality. Allowing us the ability to connect with our source of being.

Physical energy, Pineal gland, produces melatonin, and regulates our body clock.

Emotional energy, wanting to cultivate bliss and surrender to what is.

Mental energy, developing holistic and universal principles of acceptance, respect, and knowing we never do anything without the help of a higher source.

Getting the Crown energy flowing: Connect with your wholeness through meditation or prayer. This chakra is nourished by spiritual practice, not food—practice self-reflection and curiosity. Wear and accessorise with the colour violet. The crown chakra needs stillness no physical exercise required.

If, after reading this, you feel one or more of your chakras are blocked, and you would like to book a chakra balancing or go deeper with energy healing, email Rosemary.

Third Eye, Brow Chakra – Where it is and what it relates to

On January 25, 2009October 27, 2013 By RosemaryIn Alternative Therapy, Chakras, Healing, Holistic Therapy, Natural Healing6 Comments

Chakras exist on all levels of the human energy field, some as connections between the levels. If functioning well they act as anchors between these levels.
Light energy and love is always trying to get through the vortices.
When we get inspiration this is energy moving.
We should not let emotions, feelings within get suppressed. We should process these feelings and by feeling them, understand and let go.

Common problems are the chakras’ being blocked, excessive (over active) and deficient (under active).
Energy Healing can balance your chakras by channelling colour, light and love to them and restructuring if necessary.

Each chakra has a different psychological aspect I will cover the Brow (Ajina(to perceive and command)) chakra located in the forehead, brow, carotid plexus, third eye here:-

The brow, third eye chakra is surrounded by energy and radiates a deep indigo blue colour. Doreen Virtue says “your third eye records a movie of your life, including everything you think, feel and do. It also records all the emotions felt by everyone with whom you come into contact. After you pass on to the other side you will watch this movie during a life review”. The third eye is related to the future, past and beliefs about spirits. Your negative thoughts and fears around the past, future and your spiritual beliefs will unbalance or block this chakra

Issues: – Image – Intuition – Imagination – Visualization – Insight – Dreams – Vision.

Developmental Phase – Adolescence

Balanced Characteristics – Intuitive – Perceptive – Imaginative – Good memory – Good dream recall – Able to think symbolically – Able to visualize.

Traumas and Abuses: – What you see doesn’t go with what you are told – Invalidation of intuition and psychic occurrences – Ugly or frightening environment (war zone violence).

Symptoms of Deficiency – Insensitivity – Poor vision – Poor memory – Difficulty seeing future – Lack of imagination – Difficulty visualizing – Poor dream recall – Denial (can’t see what’s going on) – Monopolarised (one true right and only way)

Excessive Symptoms – Hallucinations – Delusions – Obsessions – Difficulty concentrating – Nightmares.

You can have deficient and excessive symptoms in a chakra depending on circumstances.

Glands and Parts of Body Chakra Effects: – Pineal – Eyes – Base of skull – Brow

Physical Malfunctions: – Headaches – Vision problems

Healing Practices: Create visual art – Visual stimulation – Meditation – Psychotherapy: – Colouring an drawing art therapy – Working with memory – Connecting image with feeling – Hypnosis – Guided visualisations – Past life regression therapy.

Affirmations
– I see all things in clarity
– I am open to the wisdom within
– I can manifest my vision.

More information on each chakra see my previous posts

For more information on the therapies Soul Essence offer visit my therapies page

Throat Chakra – Where it is and what it relates to

On January 22, 2009October 27, 2013 By RosemaryIn Alternative Therapy, Chakras, Healing, Holistic Therapy, Natural Healing7 Comments

ach chakra has a different psychological aspect I will cover the Throat (Vissudha(purification)) chakra located in the throat, adams apple area, pharyngeal plexus here:-

The Throat chakra spins at a fast speed, and is one of the upper chakras and the colour is sky blue. It is related to speaking your truth, communication and asking for your needs to be met. Your negative thoughts and fears around giving and receiving love and relationship attachments will unbalance or block this chakra

Issues: – Communication – Creativity – Listening – Resonance – Finding one’s own voice.

Developmental Phase: 7 to 12 years

Balanced Characteristics – Resonant voice – Good listener – Good sense of timing and rhythm – Clear communication – Lives creatively.

Traumas and Abuses: Lies mixed messages – Verbal abuse, constant yelling – Excessive criticism (blocks the creativity) – Secrets (threats for telling) – Authoritarian parents, not allowed to talk back – Alcoholic, chemical – dependant family (don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel)

Symptoms of Deficiency – Fear of speaking – Small weak voice – Difficulty putting feelings into words – Introversion, shyness – Tone deaf – Poor rhythm.

Excessive Symptoms – Too much talking, talking as a defense – Inability to listen, poor auditory comprehension – Gossiping – Dominating voice – Interruptions.

You can have deficient and excessive symptoms depending on circumstances.

Glands and Parts of Body Chakra Effects: – Thyroid – Parathyroid – Throat – Ears – Mouth – Shoulders – Neck

Physical Malfunctions – Disorders or the throat, ears, voice, neck – Tightness of the jaw – Toxicity (related to the chakra’s name, which means purification) .

Healing Practices: – Loosen neck and shoulders – Release voice – Singing, chanting, toning – Storytelling – Journal writing – Automatic writing – Practise silence if chakra is in excess – Non goal orientated creativity. Psychotherapy: – Learn communication skills – Complete communications – Letter writing – Inner child communication – Voice dialog.

Affirmations
– I hear and speak the truth
– I express myself with clear intent
– Creativity flows in and through me
– My voice is necessary.

More information on each chakra see my previous posts

For more information on the therapies Soul Essence offer visit my therapies page

Heart Chakra – Where is it and what does it relate to

On January 20, 2009October 27, 2013 By RosemaryIn Alternative Therapy, Chakras, Healing, Holistic Therapy, Natural Healing9 Comments

Each chakra has a different psychological aspect I will cover the Heart (Anahata) chakra located in the centre of the chest, heart, cardiac plexus here:-

The heart chakra spins at a medium fast speed, and is the beginning of the upper chakras and the colour is grass green. It is related to your relationships, love, people attachments and forgiveness or un-forgiveness. Your negative thoughts and fears around giving and receiving love and relationship attachments will unbalance or block this chakra

Issues – Love – Balance – Self-love – Relationships – Intimacy – Anima / animus – Devotion – Reaching out and taking in.

Developmental Phase – 4 to 7 years

Balanced Characteristics: – Compassionate – Loving – Empathetic – Self loving – Altruistic – Peaceful, balanced – Good immune system.

Traumas and Abuses – Rejection, abandonment, loss – Shaming, constant criticism – Abuses to any other chakra particularly the lower ones – Unacknowledged grief, including parents’ grief – Divorce, death of a loved one – Loveless, cold environment – Conditional love – Sexual or physical abuse – Betrayal.

Symptoms of Deficiency: – Antisocial, withdrawn, cold – Critical, judgemental, intolerant of self and others – Loneliness, isolation – Depression – Fear of intimacy, Fear of relationships – Lack of empathy – Narcissism.

Excessive Symptoms: – Co-dependency – Poor boundaries – Demanding – Clinging – Jealousy – Overly sacrificing.
You can have symptoms from excessive and deficiency depending on circumstances.

Glands and Parts of Body Chakra Effects: – Thymus – Lungs – Heart – Circulatory system – Arms – Hands

Physical Malfunctions – Disorders of the heart, lungs, thymus, breasts, arms – Shortness of breath – Sunken chest – Circulation problems – Asthma – Immune system deficiency – Tension between shoulder blades, pain in chest.

Healing Practices -Breathing exercises, pranayama(breath control) – Work with arms, reaching out, taking in – Journaling, self discovery – Psychotherapy: Examine assumptions about relationships – Emotional release of grief – Forgiveness when appropriate – Inner Child work – Co-dependency work – Self acceptance – Anima-animus integration(balance of masculine and feminine energies).

Affirmations
-I am worthy of love
-I am loving to myself and others
-There is an infinite supply of love
-I live in balance with others.

More information on each chakra see my previous posts

For more information on the therapies Soul Essence offer visit my therapies page