Your Ultimate Guide to the 7 chakras.
Updated: Mar 24, 2020
What are chakras?
According to Margarita Alcantara Chakra Healing A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras we are not merely made up of the physical body. We have layers of vibrating energy, which means that we are energy beings whose energy field vibrates at a frequency that extends beyond the physical body. The layers of energy body constitute of aura. The aura connects with the layers of your physical body and also with your energy centres called chakras.
Rosalyn L. Bruyere in her book Wheels of Light Chakras, Auras, and the Healing Energy of the Body explains that a term chakra comes from Sanskrit, which denotes ‘wheel of light’. The seven chakras are who we are, what we feel, how we think and change. The chakra system was known in ancient times and in fact, it is how we find our way back to the most ancient mystery of all – God, the Oneness, and Omniscient. Chakras are linked with all vital organs and glands in the body.
Anodea Judith in her book Wheels of Life. A User’s Guide to the Chakra System claims that chakras are gateways between different dimensions canters whereby, activity on thought and emotion has a significant impact on our physical body. This exchange has an important effect on your interaction with people and the outside world. When we talk about the experience of fear that is represented by the root chakra, it is necessary to highlight how fear affects our body in a significant way. For example, our breath is short, our voice and hands shake and we feel butterflies in our stomach. The physical representations of fear may damage our confidence in handling the world and this may result in negative treatment by others. The fear reaction might come from unresolved childhood experiences, which still rules our behaviour. Therefore, the purpose of healing chakras is to heal ourselves from constricting patterns stuck in the mind, body or habitual behaviour.
As explained by Reiki Rays in a book Heal and Balance Your Chakras with Reiki In Reiki energy healing we focus on 7 main chakras that are located from top to bottom these are crown chakra, third eye chakra, throat chakra, heart chakra, solar plexus, sacral chakra, and root chakra.
7 chakras names
Crown Chakra (Sahasrara Padma – 1000 lotus petals)
Crown chakra is the seventh chakra that represents violet or white colour. It refers to God, spirituality, religion, faith and it is a link to the divine source, source of Reiki. It is located at the top of your head and moves upwards and outwards the structure of your body. Crown chakra controls the brain, nervous system, and the pituitary glands.
Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)
Third Eye chakra is the sixth chakra that is placed between the eyes. Third Eye chakra symbolises intelligence and psychic power according to Hindu tradition. Third Eye chakra characterises with the colour indigo, deep blue. Third Eye Chakra governs the endocrine system of the body, which is responsible for the release of hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and maturation, tissue function, and mood. Third Eye Chakra controls eyes, nose, ears, the pineal gland, and the skeletal system. Third Eye chakra refers to the senses of sight and hearing, and to your ability to form an opinion about what you see and how you live. This chakra is significant to make you see clearly in a physical moral and intuitive way.
Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
Throat chakra is the fifth chakra that is situated in our throat. It is referred to the ears and mouth because of its connection with hearing and speaking. Throat chakra symbolises blue sky colour. In terms of physical properties throat chakra is connected with the thyroid gland and the hormone endocrine system which is responsible for the release of hormones. Moreover, it regulates the body’s metabolic system and is responsible for the functioning of ears, nose, teeth, mouth, and throat. The throat chakra is associated with creativity, writing, self-expression, listening to words and music, smell and taste. The throat chakra is connected to the subconscious state of mind or the dream state. It has access to your dreams state enabling you to see your dreams clearly. Throat chakra enables you to take responsibility for your actions, to be confident, courageous, and strong,
Heart Chakra (Anahata)
Heart chakra is the fourth chakra, it is the centre of unconditional love. Heart chakra controls the respiratory system, shoulders, the circulatory system, including the heart, the arms and hands, diaphragm, ribs and breasts and thymus gland. The heart chakra is a centre for emotions such as love, joy, grief, jealousy, hatred, fear of betrayal, feelings of isolation, loneliness and the ability to make ourselves better. The heart chakra is represented by green colour, enjoy and appreciate nature, and do not harm it.
Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura)
Solar Plexus chakra is the third chakra which is located in solar nerve plexus. This chakra is the centre of feelings of power and sensitivity. It represents colour yellow and governs confidence, self-respect, spontaneity, cheerfulness as well as fiery emotions anger, frustration, zeal, courage. Gut feelings and intuition are also linked to this chakra. The solar plexus ensures that you are able to express your feelings and that you are outgoing, flexible and can handle the problems with a calm mind. The solar plexus controls the stomach, autonomous nervous system, large intestine, gall bladder, liver, pancreas, digestive system, and muscular system. This chakra requires everything to be organised and set up properly as it does not work well with chaos and disorder.
Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)
Sacral chakra is the second chakra that is located on the lower abdomen about 1-2 inches below the navel. It governs sexual organs and reproductive system including ovaries, testes, as well as the bladder and the kidneys. Sacral chakra represents colour orange and manages feelings of sexuality that enable expression of emotions. In physical health sacral chakra is the function of the reproductive system, hormones, the lymphatic and circulatory system and the urinary tract. This chakra works with purification by removing the toxins out of the body. It is also a seat of emotions that represent love for yourself, joy, ambition, creativity, healthy relationship. Moreover, sacral chakra signifies fair exchange or having similar ideas with others.
Root Chakra (Muladhara)
Root chakra is centred at the bottom of the spine. It is the primary chakra that acts as an energy pathway to connect us to our physical body and the earth. This chakra is connected to balance and represents colour red which is associated with passion, fire, and strength. The root chakra manages the proper function of the legs, feet, bladder, kidney, and spine. It increases confidence, a feeling of security, and the ability to deal with conflicts with a calm mind. In addition, the root chakra is associated with basic needs in life such as food, shelter, warmth, and comfort.
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References:
Alcantara, M. (2017) Chakra Healing a Beginner’s Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras. Althea Press. The United States. Available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chakra-Healing-Beginners-Self-Healing-Techniques/dp/1623158281
Bruyere, R.L. (1994) Wheels of Light. Chakras, Auras, and the Healing Energy of the Body. Simon & Schuster. New York. Available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheels-Light-Chakras-Healing-Energy/dp/0671796240
Judith, A. (2002) Wheels of Life. A User’s Guide to the Chakra System. 2nd ed. Llewellyn Publication. The United States of America. Available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheels-Life-Chakra-System-Llewellyns/dp/0875423205
Reiki Rays (2017) Heal and Balance Your Chakras with Reiki. Available from: https://reikirays.com/thank-you-newsletter/charts-zero/Heal-and-Balance-Your-Chakras-with-Reiki.pdf
Thanks for the info. It's so important to clean and balance chakras as that brings happy and fulfilled life.