Chakras Explained
Sahasrara
Crown Chakra
Location: Top of the head.
Characteristics in Balance: Connection to spirituality, enlightenment, higher consciousness, inner peace.
Out of Balance: Feeling disconnected from spirituality, existential depression, closed-mindedness.
Balancing Techniques: Meditation, prayer, spending time in silence, connecting with nature, practicing gratitude, using clear quartz or amethyst crystals. These stones connect you to divine consciousness, enlightenment, and inner peace, facilitating spiritual growth and alignment.
Ajna
Third Eye Chakra
Location: Between the eyebrows, slightly above.
Characteristics in Balance: Intuition, imagination, insight, clarity, wisdom.
Out of Balance: Lack of clarity, difficulty making decisions, feeling disconnected from intuition, headaches.
Balancing Techniques: Meditation, visualization, working with dreams, journaling insights, practicing mindfulness, using stones like amethyst, purple fluorite, sodalite, or labradorite. These crystals enhance intuition, insight, and spiritual awareness, aiding in accessing higher wisdom and inner guidance.
Vishuddha
Throat Chakra
Location: Throat area.
Characteristics in Balance: Clear communication, self-expression, speaking one's truth.
Out of Balance: Difficulty expressing oneself, fear of speaking, throat issues, gossiping.
Balancing Techniques: Singing, chanting, journaling, speaking affirmations, practicing active listening, using blue stones like aquamarine, lapis lazuli, blue lace agate, turquoise, or sodalite. These stones support clear communication, self-expression, and speaking your truth, facilitating authentic expression.
Anahata
Heart Chakra
Location: Center of the chest.
Characteristics in Balance: Love, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, acceptance.
Out of Balance: Closed-off heart, difficulty forming relationships, lack of empathy, resentment.
Balancing Techniques: Loving-kindness meditation, spending time with loved ones, practicing forgiveness (of self and others), performing acts of kindness, using rose quartz, green aventurine, jade, malachite, or emerald. These stones promote love, compassion, and emotional healing, encouraging an open heart and harmonious relationships.
Manipura
Solar Plexus
Location: Upper abdomen, in the stomach area.
Characteristics in Balance: Self-confidence, personal power, willpower, inner strength, digestion.
Out of Balance: Low self-esteem, indecisiveness, feelings of powerlessness, digestive issues.
Balancing Techniques: Core-strengthening exercises, affirmations, setting and achieving goals, practicing self-care, using yellow stones like citrine, yellow jasper, yellow jade, yellow calcite, amber, golden tiger's eye.
Properties: These stones boost self-confidence, personal power, and willpower, helping to ignite your inner fire and sense of purpose.
Swadhisthana
Sacral Chaktra
Location: Lower abdomen, just below the navel.
Characteristics in Balance: Creativity, sexuality, passion, pleasure, emotional balance.
Out of Balance: Emotional instability, creative blocks, sexual dysfunction, lack of passion.
Balancing Techniques: Dance, creative expression, practicing healthy boundaries, journaling, engaging in pleasurable activities, working with orange-colored stones like carnelian orange calcite, tiger's eye, or sunstone. These crystals enhance creativity, passion, and emotional balance, fostering a sense of vitality and pleasure.
Muladhara
Root Chakra
Location: Base of the spine.
Characteristics in Balance: Feeling grounded, secure, stable, and connected to the physical world.
Out of Balance: Fear, anxiety, insecurity, financial problems, and feeling disconnected.
Balancing Techniques: Meditation, yoga focusing on grounding poses, spending time in nature, using grounding crystals like hematite, black tourmaline, red jasper, garnet, or smoky quartz. These stones are grounding and help to anchor your energy to the Earth, promoting feelings of stability and security.