Chakras Explained
There are seven major Chakras that govern individual sections of the body. Each Chakra governs organs, joints, emotions and spiritual information. When one section of the body is ill, it is because the Chakra that governs that section is not flowing positive energy through to the body. Open and healthy Chakras help us to maintain health and a sense of harmony. They are the main energy sources and are very important for growth, health, love and happiness.
The Root Chakra (red) is open-ended and located at the genital area. It connects you to the earth, your purpose, and your will to live. If unaligned it can cause lack of energy and depression due to its imbalance. The root chakra helps us to be active & centered.
The Sacrum Chakra (orange) is located at base of spine/pelvic area, about 2 inches above the root chakra. This chakra represents your self love and acceptance, and your use of personal power. It controls our passions, our lower sexual organs, our bladder, bowel and lower intestine.
The Solar Plexus Chakra (yellow) is located at the stomach/diaphragm area, near the bottom of the rib cage. This chakra represents how you see yourself in the world and how you take care of yourself (body, mind, emotions). This chakra stores energy, be it good or bad - pain, fear and stress as well as positive energy for growth and healing. It controls our will, our issues from the past, our pain and fear as well as our ambition to succeed. It also controls our upper intestines.
The Heart Chakra (green) is located at the heart area. This chakra represents how you connect in relationships to others, and how you support yourself in accomplishing tasks in career/work. It is the feeling centre of our body, mind and soul. Here your emotions come into play - where you feel happiness, sadness, pleasure and pain. It deals with the heart, lungs and surrounding organs and when it is blocked or unbalanced you can become irrational, sad, depressed and unable to express yourself and your talents to the best. It controls the heart itself, the chest, thymus, ribcage and arteries that pump the flow of blood into our system. It also controls our love for ourselves and others, our appreciation of beauty and our compassion.
The Throat Chakra (blue) is located at the throat area. This Chakra represents how you convey yourself verbally. When blocked we would see someone who is afraid to voice their own opinions, or someone who overly vocal about their beliefs. It controls our voice, lungs, mouth, teeth, thyroid, and glands. It opens us to speaking, communicating and expressing our artistic and creative desires.
The Third Eye Chakra (violet/purple) is located in the middle of the forehead. This Chakra represents how you take in the creative forces of the universe, and how you manifest desires. It deals with our senses: feeling, sight, sound and our psychic abilities. We also think and make decisions with this Chakra. It controls our mind, our ears, our subconscious, our dream states as well as our memory and learning capacity. It also controls our openness to the psychic senses, such as clairvoyance, telepathy and aura sensing. Headaches, stress, lack of sleep and memory loss can occur when not functioning properly.
The Crown Chakra (violet, expanding to white) is open-ended at the crown (top of head). This Chakra is our connection to the higher planes of the spiritual world. Dreams and visions, hopes and realisations take place with this Chakra. Beliefs and morals also come under this Chakra. It controls our eyes, the top of the brain and is the link to the other spiritual realms, our connections to our beliefs and contact to the spirit world. Here our dreams and goals take seed and through careful nurturing our dreams can become a reality.
The Root Chakra (red) is open-ended and located at the genital area. It connects you to the earth, your purpose, and your will to live. If unaligned it can cause lack of energy and depression due to its imbalance. The root chakra helps us to be active & centered.
The Sacrum Chakra (orange) is located at base of spine/pelvic area, about 2 inches above the root chakra. This chakra represents your self love and acceptance, and your use of personal power. It controls our passions, our lower sexual organs, our bladder, bowel and lower intestine.
The Solar Plexus Chakra (yellow) is located at the stomach/diaphragm area, near the bottom of the rib cage. This chakra represents how you see yourself in the world and how you take care of yourself (body, mind, emotions). This chakra stores energy, be it good or bad - pain, fear and stress as well as positive energy for growth and healing. It controls our will, our issues from the past, our pain and fear as well as our ambition to succeed. It also controls our upper intestines.
The Heart Chakra (green) is located at the heart area. This chakra represents how you connect in relationships to others, and how you support yourself in accomplishing tasks in career/work. It is the feeling centre of our body, mind and soul. Here your emotions come into play - where you feel happiness, sadness, pleasure and pain. It deals with the heart, lungs and surrounding organs and when it is blocked or unbalanced you can become irrational, sad, depressed and unable to express yourself and your talents to the best. It controls the heart itself, the chest, thymus, ribcage and arteries that pump the flow of blood into our system. It also controls our love for ourselves and others, our appreciation of beauty and our compassion.
The Throat Chakra (blue) is located at the throat area. This Chakra represents how you convey yourself verbally. When blocked we would see someone who is afraid to voice their own opinions, or someone who overly vocal about their beliefs. It controls our voice, lungs, mouth, teeth, thyroid, and glands. It opens us to speaking, communicating and expressing our artistic and creative desires.
The Third Eye Chakra (violet/purple) is located in the middle of the forehead. This Chakra represents how you take in the creative forces of the universe, and how you manifest desires. It deals with our senses: feeling, sight, sound and our psychic abilities. We also think and make decisions with this Chakra. It controls our mind, our ears, our subconscious, our dream states as well as our memory and learning capacity. It also controls our openness to the psychic senses, such as clairvoyance, telepathy and aura sensing. Headaches, stress, lack of sleep and memory loss can occur when not functioning properly.
The Crown Chakra (violet, expanding to white) is open-ended at the crown (top of head). This Chakra is our connection to the higher planes of the spiritual world. Dreams and visions, hopes and realisations take place with this Chakra. Beliefs and morals also come under this Chakra. It controls our eyes, the top of the brain and is the link to the other spiritual realms, our connections to our beliefs and contact to the spirit world. Here our dreams and goals take seed and through careful nurturing our dreams can become a reality.