Chakras

Base or Root Chakra

The Sanskrit name for this chakra is “Muladhara”, a compound term formed out of the words “root” and “support”. The base chakra colour is red and is responsible for our grounding us to the physical world, for home life, security, connection to earth, money, our tribe and most prominently survival.

If your base chakra isn’t balanced you can feel unsure, unsafe in the world, away with the fairies, particularly insecure. Physically it affects your skeleton, legs, feet, bowel, large intestine, tail bone, varicose veins, lower back pain.

Crystals for the base chakra can include garnet, red jasper, ruby, obsidian, hematite, smoky quartz and black tourmaline. The power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.
Essential oils for the base chakra include cypress, clary sage, frankincense, geranium, ylang ylang, vetiver, cedarwood, sandalwood and ginger.

An affirmation for your base Chakra could be – “I am a divine being of light, and I am safe, protected and secure.”

Sacral Chakra or Sex Chakra

Sanskrit name for the sacral chakra is “Svadhisthana”, which means your own place or the dwelling place for oneself. The colour for this chakra is orange. The sacral chakra is associated with the emotional body, sensuality, to having a connection with people – all relationships, our creativity, ideas, and sexuality.

If your sacral chakra isn’t balanced you can feel emotional, depressed, low libido, lack of creativity, fear of happiness, you can and will self-sabotage, emotional over attachment or detachment from relationships and more. Physically this chakra will affect your blood, your reproductive system, kidneys, circulation and bladder.

Crystals for healing and balancing the sacral chakra include orange calcite, tigers eye, moonstone, orange jasper, amber, mookatite, carnelian the power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential Oils for the sacral chakra include sandalwood, patchouli, orange, rose and ylang-ylang essential oils can be used as aromatherapy for second chakra healing. These can be used alone, in meditation, and in conjunction with chakra crystals mentioned above.

An affirmation that can be used on your sacral chakra could be – “My emotions are balanced, and I feel complete peace from within.”

Solar Plexus Chakra

Sanskrit name for this chakra is “Maṇipūra” which means “jewel city”. The colour for this chakra is yellow. The solar plexus chakra is all about personal power, self-confidence, and the perception of who you are. Physically the solar plexus is connected to your digestion, liver, spleen, stomach, small intestine and metabolism.

If this chakra isn’t balanced you can have a lack of self-confidence have food intolerances, have a digestive disorder, feel powerless, insecure and unable to assert yourself.

Crystals for the Sacral Chakra include tigers eye, citrine, serpentine and yellow jasper the power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential oils for the solar plexus include black pepper, cinnamon, coriander, clove, fennel, geranium, grapefruit, lemongrass, peppermint, rosemary, sandalwood.

An affirmation that can be used on the solar plexus chakra could be – “I am worthy, I am powerful, I release any self-judgement and am free from limitations”

Heart Chakra

The Sanskrit name “Anahata” means “unhurt, unstruck, and unbeaten”. The colour for this chakra is green and often pink is also associated.

The heart chakra is all about safety trust, risk taking and love. It is also responsible for balancing the world of matter (lower three chakras) with the world of spirit (upper three chakras).  If this chakra isn’t balanced one can feel alone, isolated, detached from all around you, you can feel hopeless and distrustful. Physically the heart chakra is connected to the heart, lungs, breasts and arms.

Crystals for the heart can include jade, emerald, rose quartz, malachite and amazonite the power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential oils for the heart chakra include bergamot, cypress, geranium, lavender, lemon, wild orange, ylang ylang.

An affirmation that can be used on the heart chakra could be – “My heart is balanced in both giving and receiving unconditional love”

Throat Chakra

The Sanskrit name is “Viśuddha”, in English means “especially pure”.

The colour for the throat chakra is blue.

The throat chakra is all about communication, allowing you to communicate effectively for fear of ridicule and judgement. A throat chakra blockage can also manifest as the inability to express and realise your truth in the world. Physically this chakra governs the thyroid, throat and speech organs the neck and back of shoulders.

Crystals for the throat chakra can include aquamarine, blue lace agate, blue calcite and angelite the power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential oils for the throat chakra are basil, bergamot, cypress, peppermint, roman chamomile, melaleuca.

An affirmation for the throat chakra could be – “I am able to speak my truth with comfort and ease”

Third eye chakra

The Sanskrit name is Anja, and in English it means command or perceive. The third eye chakra colour is indigo, and it relates to intuition, psychic awareness, foresight, dreams, thoughts, your mind and ideas. Physically it governs the eyes, ears, left and right hemispheres of the brain. If your third eye is not balanced you can feel stuck in the daily grind of life and unable to see past your problems, you will have lack of clarity, be unable to establish a vision for yourself, you can even live in a fantasy world.

Crystals for the third eye chakra are amethyst, lapis lazuli, quartz, azurite and moonstone the power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential oils for the third eye chakra include that of rosemary, frankincense, clary sage, lavender, sandalwood, patchouli and vetiver.

An affirmation for the third eye chakra could be – “I completely trust and follow my intuition”

Crown chakra

The Sanskrit name for the crown chakra is Sahasrāra, in English means “thousand-petaled”. The colour for this chakra is white, silver or violet. The crown chakra is our connection to the higher self and universal oneness. The Crown chakra is primarily associated to the pituitary gland, and secondarily to the pineal and the hypothalamus. If your crown chakra isn’t balanced you can be living in your head and distant from all around you, you can be obsessive and closed minded, disconnected to spirit and be in constant cynicism regarding what is sacred and spiritual.

Crystals for the crown chakra include Herkimer diamond, clear quartz, selenite and amethyst power of these stones is often invoked by placing them over the chakra during a healing or meditation.

Essential oils for the crown chakra include that of frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, lavender, helichrysum and vetiver.

An affirmation for the crown chakra could be –  “I am pure love and light and I am one with the divine”