What Is A Chakra?
Chakra is an English word that is derived from the Sanskrit meaning which is wheel or disk. Simply put, chakras are wheels of invisible energy located at different points in our body. Each chakra is connected to a color depending on its own vibrational frequency. These wheels of energy correspond to several different parts in our body. Chakras regulate our nerves, immune system and major organs. Aligning your chakras allow for a balanced emotional, psychological and spiritual state of mind. When you think of a chakra, visualize a wheel of energy swirling at a point where matter and consciousness meet. This invisible energy is called Prana . Prana is vital life force which gives us a healthier mind, body and soul.
What Am I Supposed To Do With My Chakras?
We want to try to keep our chakras open, balanced and aligned at all times. The goal is to align our chakras so that they can all work together in providing us with a harmonious life. They are like gears, each doing its own job but needing to connect in order to keep the machine (mind, body and soul) healthy and alive. I will go through each chakra individually and guide you in the most important steps to aligning each one.
These are 3 main goals that we want to focus on with our chakras
- Chakra Balancing
- Opening Your Chakras
- Chakra Healing
How Many Chakras Are There?
Ancient cultures were well aware that everything is made of energy, this was well before modern science and technology. They knew that all living things carried this prana life force. They called the centers of this life force chakras. There are over 100 chakras, essentially there are 7 main centers in our body that connect them all. The 7 main chakras align our spine, starting at the base of the spine through the crown of the head.
7 Main Chakras
- (Red) Root Chakra - Grounding
- (Orange) Sacral Chakra - Identity As A Human
- (Yellow) Solar Plexus - Self-Confidence
- (Green) Heart Chakra - Love & Compassion
- (Blue) Throat Chakra - Communication, True To Self
- (Indigo) Third Eye Chakra - Intuition, Understanding
- (Violet) Crown Chakra - Peace, Oneness, Higher Power
Today we will focus on the root chakra. In my opinion, this is the most important chakra of them all.
ROOT CHAKRA
Location - base of spine
Functions Of The Root Chakra
- Security
- Safety
- Basic Needs
- Survival
- Foundation
- Grounded
The root chakra is the most important because this is the foundation in which we build our life. When our root chakra is aligned we feel safe, we feel a sense of accomplishment when we think about things that have to do with our basic needs (food, shelter, money). We will feel strong and grounded. If our root chakra is not aligned and open than we can't move up to the next wheel.
Imbalanced Root Chakra
You can easily tell if the root chakra isn't open. You will have an excessive amount of negativity with you. Your view on certain situations will always be negative and the positive views will be buried and not able to shine through. You will have an overabundance of worry and fear, feeling safe will not come easy if your root chakra is closed. Lack of energy, eating disorders, greed and insecurities are also signs of an imbalanced root chakra.
Opening The Root Chakra
You don't even need to be a spiritual person to align your chakras. As a beginner, there are several different things that you can start with to help open this chakra. The main step you can take is to just focus on the color red all throughout your day. You can wear a red shirt when you need to feel grounded. When you see the color red, let that be a simple reminder to stop for a moment and focus on your root chakra. Imagine the color red flowing through your body where your root chakra is located (base of spine) and visualize a red glowing wheel spinning effortlessly. The best way to open this chakra is by connecting to mother earth and engaging with nature. You can do something as simple as taking a walk, as long as you use your intention to focus on your root chakra that will help you to open it.
Connecting With The Earth
- Take A Walk
- Gardening
- Sunbathing
- Playing sports outside
- Walking barefoot (This is the best way to ground)
If you can't make it outside, a good substitute is to focus on earthy colors and objects of nature. Visualize yourself grounding your roots into the earth and anchor your energy there. Grounding will come easily to you in no time if you focus on these simple techniques.
Eating food that connects to the root chakra can help you immensely as well. Basically any food that grows in the ground, anything that roots itself. A few examples are carrots, potatoes radishes, onions and garlic. This next tip is an extremely cheap and easy step that you can take. Go to any store that sells candles and buy a candle that represents the color of each chakra. To make it cheaper, just about any dollar store has small colored candles.
As you can see in the picture above, since we are working on the root chakra, I have my red candle out for the day. Even if you don't light the candle, it will be one of those reminders to get the red energy flowing through your root chakra. When you do light the candle, the smell will represent the color of each candle so then you have a sweet gentle reminder in the air while you are home.
Once we get through Chakras For Beginners, I will show you in-depth steps you can take to be sure you are keeping each chakra aligned.
These steps will include the following
- DIY Moon Water Chakra Bottles
- DIY Chakra Aura Sprays
- Which Crystals To Use For Chakra Healing
- How To Use Crystals For Chakra Balancing
- Activities and Exercises To Help You Open Chakras
- The Sound To Make For Each Chakra
...and much more!
I will show you several steps you can take to help better yourself and ways to help you manifest success and happiness. First, we need to learn all of these simple basic techniques so that our mind, body and soul are in tune with universe. Be sure to follow me so that you don't miss the lesson tomorrow! We will discuss the Sacral Chakra, this chakra will help you with emotional stability and sexuality.
Here is a little homework for today, go take this simple chakra test and write down your results. This test will help you determine how your chakras are doing right now. The test will not only tell you percentages but it will also tell you which chakra is open, closed, overactive or underactive. It is a good way to track your progress.
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