A guide
to the 7 Chakras for beginners
I vividly remember the moment someone told me about the chakras for the first time. It was at the end of a meditation retreat. It blew my mind. What was it for you? A mention in a yoga class? A Reiki practitioner giving you a spot on assessment of what seems like everything in your life based on these chakras? (Haven’t had the pleasure of receiving a Reiki session yet? Book here). Whatever it is that got you researching, I hope to have you covered here.
What are Chakras?
Traditionally, chakras are spoken about as wheels of energy, spinning in and around the body. They interact with the body, emotions, mind & spirit. I like to think of the chakras as energetic structures that work a bit like computer systems that organize the information system that is you.
How many Chakras are there?
There are seven main chakras that run along the spine: the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye and crown.
Here, you’ll learn the basics. You’ll learn what the chakras are, how many there are, what they’re related to and what theme each of them governs.
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The Root Chakra –
Security, Money, Food, Shelter.
The Sacral Chakra –
Pleasure, Emotion, Sensuality, Creativity
The Solar Plexus Chakra –
Sense of Self, Confidence, Ease
The Heart Chakra –
Love, Acceptance, Relationships
The Throat Chakra –
Authenticity, Communication, Creative Flow
The Third Eye Chakra –
Intuition, Clarity, Imagination
The Crown Chakra –
Faith, Connection, Deep Understanding
The Root Chakra
– Main Themes: Security, Money, Food, Shelter.
The Basics for the Root Chakra
The Root Chakra is our ground, energetically speaking. It’s our foundation, our ability to stand on our two feet. It governs our ability to survive and to feel safe in the physical world. Because the root chakra is developed in early infancy, it is formed first. It contains all the information in those early months where the challenge is to be here, as a physical being. As a physical being, we experience hunger, discomfort and pain. The questions we answer are: ” Is this a safe place?” “Am I welcome here?” Everything in our surroundings pertaining to these questions gets stored in the root chakra. As we grow older, this sense of security manifests in the way we take care of ourselves. It plays out in our relationships with food, with shelter, with money – the things we need to survive. The root chakra lies at the basis of our sense of security and ability to feel safe. When it is balanced, we are solidly anchored in the material world and able to feel safe in our environment.
The Sacral Chakra
– Main Themes: Pleasure, Emotion, Sexuality, Creativity.
The Basics for the Sacral Chakra
The Sacral Chakra connects us to the flow of life. It dictates how comfortable we are with inevitable change and how much pleasure we have in living. Emotions, sexuality, creativity, & flexibility are all reigned by our second chakra. When the Scaral Chakra is balanced, we are able to connect with sensual (and sexual) plesure easily. It does not take up all the room, but it is present. The Scaral Chakra also governs our needs. It speaks through emotion.
“I feel like my sacral is shut off completely”, “I knew my sacral chakra has been blocked for a while and being able to put words and awareness on it and bringing intention to it has been priceless”
– Some words from participants in the first round of Chakra Journey in 2017. If you’re feeling unbalanced, you’re not alone and I promise you can absolutely come back to balance.
The Solar Plexus Chakra
– Main Themes: Confidence, Direction, Sense of Self, Control.
The Basics for the Solar Plexus Chakra
The Solar Plexus Chakra governs your ability to get from a point A to a point B with gusto. It’s your center of confidence, vitality, will-power & direction. With a healthy third chakra, you get your projects done, you enjoy challenges and you generally have a lot of energy. You exert control on your environment, but you also know when to let go. It develops with the terrible twos, when you discover how much power you have and that you can manipulate your environment to obtain what you want. The Solar Plexus Chakra determines how much energy we radiate into the world. When it’s bananced, we navigate te world easily and control and let go easily. Things are “Easy”. It is a great source of power.
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The Heart Chakra
– Main Themes: Love, Acceptance, Relationships, Compassion.
The Basics for the Heart Chakra
The heart chakra is your center of acceptance. It’s the middle chakra and integrates your more human concerns (Chakras 1, 2 & 3) with your spiritual concerns (Chakras 5, 6 & 7). It is a center for healing and integration. When it’s healthy, you enjoy your relationships with others. There is a balanced give and take. You protect your limits, but are also able to open up and be vulnerable with people you trust. The heart chakra recognizes the perfection in all things and is full of an all-encompassing, compassionate love. The Heart Chakra is the bridge between the spiritual and the material chakras. It’s where healing and integration happens, through whether or not we are able to take care of ourselves and others. It is related to boundaries.
The Throat Chakra
– Main Themes: Authenticity, Speaking Your Truth, Creative Flow.
The Throat Chakra governs your ability to express. It is the bridge between your inner world and the outer world. When the Throat Chakra is balanced, you express who you truly are in all your thoughts, words, and actions. You are able to be in the flow of life, expressing your needs and wants and interacting creatively with the world. We all have a different reflection of reality in us. The throat allows us to share that truth through the voice, expressing emotions, thoughts and ideas, our boundaries, our needs. It also allows us to connect to a creative flow.
The Third Eye Chakra
– Main Themes: Intution, Perception, Clarity, Imagination.
The Third Eye Chakra governs your ability to perceive accurately: Do you see what’s truly there or are you interpreting it through your own filters? When it is balanced, you are both grounded and connected to your intuition, perceiving accurately. Your mind is frequently clear and you are also able to imagine things differently than they are. The Third Eye governs out ability to see reality as it is. A person with a balanced third eye is mentally flexible, clear, open-minded, intuitive and able to imagine things differently.
The Crown Chakra
– Main Themes: Intution, Perception, Clarity, Imagination.
The Basics for the Third Eye Chakra
The Crown Chakra governs your ability to be connected to something bigger than you – God, the Universe, Allah, Source, whatever you’d like to call it – but also each other and higher concepts. When The Crown Chakra is balanced, you are able to trust life, doing your part, and leaving the rest up to the divine. You are easily able to grasp the bigger picture, and have a sense of understanding of the world around you. Essentially, you are connected to the wisest you. The Crown Chakra governs our ability to connect with the divine. With a balanced crown, we’re able to learn our spritual lessons, have faith, and live in harmony with our surroundings.
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- What chakras are
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- What blocks each chakra
- What too much energy in a chakra looks like
- What too little energy in a chakra looks like … and …
- ONE question to ask yourself to bring yourself back to balance
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