Exploring the Chakra's
Chakra One – The Root
The Base or
Root Chakra is associated with the color red. This chakra is the grounding force
that allows us to connect to the earth energies and empower our beings. Focusing
one's attention on the color of a cherry popsicle or a juicy red apple can help
bring our energetic body "down to earth" and in alignment with our
physical body when we find ourselves energetically fleeting or in other
words....."spacing off."
Chakra One – Associations:
- Color
- red
- Physical
Location - base of the spine
- Purposes
- kinesthetic feelings, movement
- Spiritual
Lesson - material world lessons
- Physical
Dysfunctions- lower back pain, sciatica, varicose veins, rectal tumors,
depression, immune related disorders
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - survival, self esteem, social order, security,
family
- Information
Stored Inside Root Chakra - familial beliefs, superstitions, loyalty,
instincts, physical pleasure or pain, touch
- Area
of Body Governed- spinal column, kidneys, legs, feet, rectum, immune
system
Chakra Two - The Sacral
The Sacral
Chakra is associated with the color orange or red-orange. I usually visualize
the Sunkist orange that has been dyed to attract the produce buyer, or the
orange red of an evening sunset when I'm focusing on spinning my second chakra.
This chakra often offers us the opportunity to lessen our "control
issues" and find a balance in our lives, teaching us to recognize that
acceptance and rejection are not the only options in our relationships. The
process of making changes in our life stream through our personal choices is a
product of second chakra energy. A well-functioning second chakra helps one to
maintain a healthy yin-yang existence.
Chakra Two – Associations:
- Color
- orange
- Physical
Location - lower abdomen to the navel
- Purposes
- emotional connection
- Spiritual
Lesson - creativity, manifestation. honoring relationships, learning to
"let go"
- Physical
Dysfunctions- low back pain, sciatica, ob/gyn problems, pelvic pain,
libido, urinary problems
Even Physical sexual dysfunction - lack of libido
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - blame, guilt, money, sex, power, control,
creativity, morality
- Information
Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - duality, magnetism, controlling patterns,
emotional feelings (joy, anger, fear)
- Area
of Body Governed- sexual organs, stomach, upper intestines, liver,
gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine
Chakra Three – The Solar
Plexus
he Solar
Plexus Chakra is associated with the color yellow. This is the area which
defines our "self-esteem". The personality that develops during
puberty is housed in this chakra....otherwise known as the "EGO".
Anyone experiencing dysfunction of the third chakra is having difficulty
obtaining or maintaining his/her own "personal power". This intuitive
chakra is where we get our "gut instincts" that signal us to do or not
to do something. Strong self-esteem is a required for developing intuitive
skills.
Chakra Three - Associations
- Color
- yellow
- Physical
Location - solar plexus
- Purposes
- mental understanding of emotional life
- Spiritual
Lesson - acceptance of your place in the life stream. (self-love)
- Physical
Dysfunctions- stomach ulcers, intestinal tumors, diabetes, pancreatitis,
indigestion, anorexia/bulimia, hepatitis, cirrhosis, adrenal imbalances,
arthritis, colon diseases
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - self esteem, fear of rejection, oversensitivity
to criticism, self-image fears, fears of our secrets being found out,
indecisiveness
- Information
Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - personal power, personality, consciousness
of self within the universe (sense of belonging), knowing
- Area
of Body Governed- upper abdomen, umbilicus to rib cage, liver,
gallbladder, middle spine, spleen, kidney, adrenals, small intestines,
stomach
Chakra Four – The Heart
The Heart
Chakra is associated with the color green or pink. This love center of our human
energy system is often the focus in bringing about a healing. Thus, the words
"Love Heals All" have great truth. Hurtful situations that can effect
our emotional being are divorce or separation, grief through death, emotional
abuse, abandonment, adultery. All of these are wounding to the heart chakra.
Physical illnesses brought about by heartbreak require that an emotional healing
occur along with the physical healing. Learning to love yourself is a powerful
first step in securing a healthy fourth chakra. The "wounded child"
resides in the heart chakra.
Chakra Four - Associations
- Color
- green,
pink
- Physical
Location - center of chest
- Purposes
- emotional empowerment
- Spiritual
Lesson - forgiveness, unconditional love, letting go, trust, compassion
- Physical
Dysfunctions- heart conditions, asthma, lung & breast cancers,
thoracic spine, pneumonia, upper back, shoulder problems
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - love, compassion, confidence, inspiration, hope,
despair, hate, envy, fear, jealousy, anger, generosity
- Information
Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - connections or "heart strings"
to those whom we love
- Area
of Body Governed- heart, circulatory system, blood, lungs, rib cage,
diaphragm, thymus, breasts, esophagus, shoulders, arms, hands
Chakra Five – The Throat
The Throat
Chakra is associated with the color sky blue. This chakra is our will center.
The healthfulness of the fifth chakra is in relation to how honestly one
expresses himself/herself. Lying violates the body and spirit . We speak our
choices with our voices (throats). All choices we make in our lives have
consequences on an energetic level. Even choosing not to make a choice such as
in repressing our anger (not speaking out) may manifest into laryngitis. We have
all experienced that "lump in our throats" when we are at a crossroad
of not knowing how to speak the right words in any given situation, perhaps even
stuffing our own emotions. A challenge of the throat chakra is to express
ourselves in the most truthful manner. Also to receive and assimilate
information. Seek only the truth.
Chakra Five - Associations
- Color
- Light blue
- Physical
Location - throat, neck region
- Purposes
- learning to take responsibility for one's own needs
- Spiritual
Lesson - confession, surrender personal will over to divine will, faith,
truthfulness over deceit
- Physical
Dysfunctions- sore throat, mouth ulcers, scoliosis, swollen glands,
thyroid dysfunctions, laryngitis,
voice problems, gum or tooth problems, TMJ
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - personal expression, creativity, addiction,
criticism, faith, decision making (choices), will, lack of authority
- Information
Stored Inside Throat Chakra - self-knowledge, truth, attitudes, hearing,
taste, smell
- Area
of Body Governed- throat, thyroid, trachea, neck vertebrae, mouth,
teeth, gums, esophagus, parathyroid, hyperchalemus
Chakra Six – The Brow (Third
Eye)
The Brow
Chakra is associated with the color indigo. It is also often referred to as the
"third eye" or the "mind center." It is our avenue to wisdom
- learning from our experiences and putting them in perspective. Our ability to
separate reality from fantasy or delusions is in connection with the
healthfulness of this chakra. Achieving the art of detachment beyond "small
mindedness" is accomplished through developing impersonal intuitive
reasoning. It is through an open brow chakra that visual images are received.
Chakra Six - Associations
- Color
- indigo
- Physical
Location - center of the forehead
- Purposes
- action of ideas, insight, mind development
- Spiritual
Lesson - understanding, reality check point, detachment, open mind
- Physical
Dysfunctions- brain tumors, strokes, blindness, deafness, seizures,
learning disabilities, spinal dysfunctions, panic, depression
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - fear of truth, discipline, judgment, evaluation,
emotional intelligence, concept of reality, confusion
- Information
Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - seeing clear picture (symbolic or
literal), wisdom, intuition, mental facilities, intellect
- Area
of Body Governed- brain, neurological system, eyes, ears, nose,
pituitary, pineal glands
Chakra Seven – The Crown
The Crown
Chakra is associated with the color violet or white. We use the seventh chakra
as a tool to communicate with our spiritual nature. It is through this vortice
that the life force is dispersed from the universe into the lower 6 chakras. It
has been referred to as our "GOD SOURCE" - but this terminology might
be confusing to anyone who equates God with religious dogma, because of this I
choose to call it a spiritual connection or communicator. This chakra is often
pictured as a lotus flower opening to allow spiritual awakening in an
individual. The crown chakra could also be considered the well intuitive knowing
is drawn from.
Chakra Seven - Associations
- Color
- violet,
white
- Physical
Location - top of head
- Purposes
- intuitive knowing, connection to one's spirituality, integration of the
whole
- Spiritual
Lesson - spirituality, living in the NOW
- Physical
Dysfunctions- mystical depression, diseases of the muscular system,
skeletal system and the skin, chronic exhaustion not associated with
physical ailments, sensitivity to light, sound, environment
- Mental
and Emotional Issues - discovery of the divine, lack of purpose, loss of
meaning or identity, trust, selflessness, humanitarianism, ability to see
the bigger picture in the life stream, devotion, inspiration, values, ethics
- Information
Stored Inside Crown Chakra - duality, magnetism, controlling patterns,
emotional feelings (joy, anger, fear)
- Area
of Body Governed- top center of the head, midline above the ears
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