Chakra is a Sanskrit word that means “wheel”. Chakras are known to be spinning wheels of which life energy flows through.

We have seven main chakras (energy centers) in our body that are said to influence physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Each chakra is associated with a specific color frequency, location, and function. Read on to learn more!

1. Root Chakra

• Location: Base of the spine (tailbone area)

• Color: Red

• Function: The Root Chakra is associated with stability, grounding, and basic survival needs like food, shelter, and safety. It connects us to the Earth and helps us feel secure and centered.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Fear, insecurity, financial instability, and lack of direction. Physical distress in lower extremities.

2. Sacral Chakra

• Location: Lower abdomen, about 2 inches below the navel

• Color: Orange

• Function: The Sacral Chakra governs creativity, sexuality, pleasure, and emotional expression. It is linked to the ability to experience joy, pleasure, and intimacy.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Emotional instability, sexual dysfunction, lack of creativity, and difficulty in forming healthy relationships.

3. Solar Plexus Chakra

• Location: Upper abdomen, around the stomach area (solar plexus)

• Color: Yellow

• Function: This chakra is connected to personal power, self-confidence, and the ability to take action. It governs your sense of identity and how you assert yourself in the world.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Low self-esteem, lack of willpower, digestive issues, and feeling powerless.

4. Heart Chakra

• Location: Center of the chest, near the heart

• Color: Green (sometimes pink)

• Function: The Heart Chakra is the center of love, compassion, and empathy. It governs the ability to give and receive love, forgive, and maintain healthy relationships.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: physical distress in the upper back, chest, breast area and heart, emotional pain such as grief, inability to love or trust, and relationship difficulties.

5. Throat Chakra

• Location: Throat area

• Color: Blue

• Function: The Throat Chakra governs communication, self-expression, and truth. It is associated with how we express ourselves verbally and creatively.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Difficulty expressing oneself, fear of speaking, sore throat, problems with thyroid, or issues with communication.

6. Third Eye Chakra

• Location: Forehead, between the eyes (often referred to as the "brow" chakra)

• Color: Indigo (dark blue/purple)

• Function: The Third Eye Chakra is linked to intuition, perception, wisdom, and inner knowing. It helps us access our psychic abilities and is connected to clarity and insight.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Lack of clarity, confusion, inability to trust intuition, and poor concentration.

7. Crown Chakra

• Location: Top of the head

• Color: Violet or white

• Function: The Crown Chakra is associated with spiritual connection, enlightenment, and the realization of oneness with the universe. It connects us to higher consciousness and divine energy.

• Potential issues when imbalanced: Spiritual disconnection, lack of purpose, depression, and feeling disconnected from the universe or a higher power.

Each chakra is believed to affect specific aspects of life, and balancing them is said to promote physical, mental, and spiritual health. Practices like meditation, yoga, breathwork, and energy healing are often used to balance the chakras.

If you would like support in balancing your energy centers (chakras), it would be an honor in assisting you!