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Chakras are the energy centers of our spiritual selves. They exist on the spiritual plane. Humans, despite popular belief, are amazing creatures of not only light and darkness, but also are incredibly special because they exist on both the terrestrial and spiritual planes. This puts us in a unique position to have autonomy over our livelihoods and our universal fate. And we could be like this guy:

As we have already discussed in our previous posts on energy, energy is in everything, but how is it that humans have the ability to manipulate our personal energy for manifestation? Chakras. There are 7 chakras, which we will detail below with their correspondences. Our chakras, being energy centers, are the points that affect our entire being from our auras and emotions to our physical bodily functions. In the more scientific world of things, Eileen Day McKusick has found a way to tune the electromagnetic field generated by chakras to balance them. Her research shows that tuning not only helps with emotional ailments but also physical ailments as well. The magickal world of chakras even reaches into the mundane whether mundanes are aware of it or not!

Often, when referring to chakras people say they are “out of balance” or “balanced”. When a chakra is “out of balance” it means there is either not enough energy or there is too much energy going through the center. Think of each chakra like a revolving wheel on a mill. When there is a constant flow the mill works as it should by producing flour which nourishes the surrounding countryside. Similarly, when there is a constant flow of energy through a chakra, its electromagnetic field produces even medium tones which positively affect our spirits and bodies. On the other hand, when the mill’s flow of water is blocked, the mill ceases to produce flour. As for the chakras in a situation where the flow of energy is blocked, it produces little to no energy and the electromagnetic field produces low uneven tones which affect the spirit and body negatively. Think of ailments like depression, anxiety, anger, stomachaches, headaches, etc. However, in the event that there is a flood of water to the mill’s wheel, the mill’s grinder becomes dangerous and difficult to manage. Likewise, when a chakra receives too much stimulation, a person can end up being chaotic, manic, overexcitable, narcissistic, etc.

Each chakra works different parts of the body and the spirit. As you’ll see below, they each require different balancing techniques. Here is a quiz you can take to see how your chakras stand now. You can also look up guided meditations for each chakra on youtube.

Root Chakra (Muladhara Chakra)

Order: 1st to balance

Position: the base of the spine

Houses: instinctual knowing, raw sexuality, bodily pleasure, feelings of security and belonging

In Balance: security, stability, consistency, trust, basic human needs (food, water, shelter), safety, confident relationship with money, grounded, steady

Too Little Flow: Anxiety, fear, lower back problems, leg problems, feet problems, prostate problems, anorexia and similar disorders, flighty, distracted, lose objects frequently, feeling cut off and isolated, financial difficulties, wastefulness

Too Much Flow: overzealousness, overbearing, dare deviling, overeating, doing things you wouldn’t normally do given the circumstances, lazy, overweight, hoard objects, substance abuse, ambivalence toward life

Color: Red

Element: Earth

Essential Oils (Young living): Patchouli, cedarwood, cypress, Idaho grand fir, vetiver, abundance, grounding, and valor

Crystals: garnet, red jasper, black tourmaline, bloodstone, hematite

Yoga Positions:

• Pavanamuktasana, knee to chest pose

• Janu Sirsansana, head to knee Pose

• Padmasana, lotus flexion

• Malasana, squatting pose

• Kegel Exercises

Chant: LAM

How to Open: grounding yourself with whatever gives you a sense of stability in your life (fulfilling basic needs or emotional needs)

Sacral Chakra (Svadhishthana Chakra)

Order: 2nd to balance

Position: just below the belly button

Houses: creativity, sexuality, inner joy, outgoingness

In Balance: pursue creative projects, flow with the waves of life, normal sexual relationship with ourselves and others, feelings of wellness, abundance, pleasure, joy

Too Little Flow: frigidity in sexuality and personality, saying “no” to things that should give you joy, fear of change, sexual dysfunction, depression, shame, body image issues, lack of sexual desire, vulnerability

Too Much Flow: excessive sexuality, inability to get real work done because of constant pursuance of creative things, saying “yes” to things you don’t enjoy, addictions, emotional instability

Color: Orange

Element: Water

Essential Oils (Young living): grapefruit, jasmine, orange, rose, and Inner Child, ylang ylang, rose, tangerine, patchouli, helichrysum

Crystals: amber, calcite orange, carnelian, hematite

Yoga Positions:

• Seated pelvic circles

• Baddha konasana (butterfly pose)

• Bhujangasana (cobra pose)

Chant: VAM

How to Open: creative expression, honoring your body, play like a child

Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura Chakra)

Order: 3rd to balance

Position: just above the belly button, but below the heart

Houses: power, digestion, self-awareness, personal power, self-esteem, metabolism, and digestion

In Balance: self-confidence, strong sense of purpose, self-motivated, the ability to surrender your personal will to divine will

Too Little Flow: low self-esteem, difficulty making decisions, shame, victimization, stress, worry, doubt, commitment issues

Too Much Flow: control issues, quick to anger

Color: Yellow

Element: Fire

Essential Oils (Young living): Lemon, ginger, peppermint, sandalwood, Purification, Transformation, sandalwood, myrrh, Atlas cedarwood, Ylang ylang, lemongrass, helichrysum, lavender

Crystals: citrine, yellow topaz, golden yellow labradorite, tiger-eye

Yoga Positions:

• Navasana (boat pose)

• Matsyandrasana (seated spinal twist)

• Warrior

Chant: RAM

How to Open: keep your digestive fire healthy, self love baths

Heart Chakra (Anahata Chakra)

Order: 4th to balance

Position: to the right of the heart

Houses: love, compassion

In Balance: compassionate, flowing with love to give, quick to forgive, accepting of others and yourself, feeling your emotions fully and then letting them go, understanding, empathy, conflict resolution, loyalty, divine experience

Too Little Flow: grief, anger, ignorance, fear, lack of understanding, harboring negative feelings, rejecting the magic and beauty of self

Too Much Flow: jealousy, fear of betrayal, hatred toward yourself and others, lack of understanding, inflicting pain on yourself and others, nonacceptance, conditional love

Color: Green

Element: Air

Essential Oils (Young living): rose, pine, ylang ylang

Crystals: emerald, malachite, jade, rose quartz, jasmine, lavender, marjoram, Believe, Joy

Yoga Positions:

• Ustrasana (camel pose)

• Bhujangasana (cobra pose)

• Spinal flex with hands on the knees

• Heart openers (yin)

• Standing bow pose

• Cow face pose

Chant: YU(A)M

How to Open: give love to receive love

Throat Chakra (Vishudda Chakra)

Order: 5th to balance

Position: middle of your neck on your throat

Houses: thyroid, jaw, neck, mouth, tongue, speech, hearing, self-expression in communication, faith, understanding, active listening, telepathy, vocation, truth

In Balance: open to guidance from higher self, connected to spiritual guides, stabilized cosmic connections, clear communicator, able to read environmental energy, tactful

Too Little Flow: not actively listening, inability to discern truth, disengagement, too quiet

Too Much Flow: using words or sounds irresponsibly, reactive, not tactful

Color: Blue

Element: Ether

Essential Oils (Young living): blue chamomile, frankincense, geranium

Crystals: sapphire, blue topaz, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, turquoise, sodalite

Yoga Positions:

• Ustrasana (camel pose)

• Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge pose)

• Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand)

• Halasana (plow)

Chant: HUM

How to Open: express your truth, determine your highest truth, speak and listen with compassion, chanting, singing, humming, reading aloud

Third Eye Chakra (Ajna Chakra)

Order: 6th to balance

Position: space between your eyebrows

Houses: spiritual awareness, intuition, inner sense, hunches

In Balance: concentration, seeing into the past, present, and future, embodying all the elements in their purest form, mental versatility, expanded thought processes, organized mind, wisdom

Too Little Flow: constant stress, inner emotional conflict, not able to divine answers, out of alignment with authentic self

Too Much Flow: exhaustion, bad decision making, seeing shadow forms without calling them, seeing illusions, out of alignment with authentic self

Color: Indiego

Element: Light

Essential Oils (Young living): lemon, sandalwood, frankincense, geranium

Crystals: Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite, Sodalite, Azurite, Black Obsidian, Citrine, Clear Quartz, Iolite, Lepidolite

Yoga Positions:

• Child’s Pose

• Dolphins Pose

Chant: SHAM

How to Open: meditation, Pranayama breathing technique is called Brahmari or the bee breath

Crown Chakra (Sahasrara Chakra)

Order: 7th to balance

Position: rests above your head

Houses: connection with the universe or God

In Balance: detachment from illusion, nonlocal consciousness, understanding the truth of one is all and all is one, states of enlightenment, realization that you are pure awareness, pure consciousness is undivided and all expansive, freed from desire

Too Little Flow: lack of spirituality, close-mindedness

Too Much Flow: over-intellectualization, attachment, boredom, fatigue, disconnection from self and reality

Color: Purple

Element: Cosmos

Essential Oils (Young living): Frankincense, lavender, petitgrain, vetiver, White Angelica

Crystals: Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Selenite, Lepidolite, Howlite, Labradorite, Sugilite, White Agate, Fluorite, Lapis Lazuli, Moonstone, Charoite, and White Calcite

Yoga Positions:

• Salamba Sirsasana (headstand)

• Adho Mukha Svanasana (down dog)

• Matsyasana (fish pose)

Chant: OM

How to Open: Practicing meditation, prayer, and daily silence

Note. Yes, some of the correspondences are duplicated throughout the chakras, because the chakras cannot exist without the other. In meditating with crystals or oils, one should determine the metaphysical properties of the intended ingredients to make sure they line up with the chakra that you are trying to unblock for the reason it is blocked.

Well we hope this was a helpful crash course on chakras! That’s all folks!