What the Heck is a Chakra?

What the heck is a chakra?
I know I had that same question many years ago when I first started to read spiritual writings.

Chakra is pronounced like chocolate with a "kra at the end.  But with a "sh" at the beginning instead of "ch".  Chakras, to my understanding, are energy circles that are located all over your body.  Most people can't see them.  You can feel them if you are energy sensitive.

 The main ones are located vertically in the physical body starting from between the Anus/Pubic bone and running up to the crown of the head.
Each chakra penetrates your body, exiting out of the back of the body as individual charkas.
The chakras are data banks of information of yourself.  These data banks are information of all your experiences & how you reacted to your experiences throughout life.  They are storehouses of information.
Example would be the Root chakra.  The Root chakra holds information about how secure you are with money issues & physical life survival in life.
The Throat chakra is related to communication.  The Throat chakra may hold information regarding how you speak up for yourself in life.

The main chakra names are associated with where they are located on the physical body.

Root Chakra-Is located between the Anus and the Pubis.  The Root chakra is associated with the colors red and black.
It is blocked by holding on to our fears.  In our first seven years of life, we may have developed survival fears if our needs were not met.   

Associated with black and red stones-Garnets, Black Tourmaline, etc.  

Sacral or Sexual/Creative Chakra-Is located at the Sacral region/ lower abdomen.  It is associated with the color of clear orange.  It is blocked by holding on to guilt.   This chakra has to do with our creativity, sexuality, money, and family.  Associated with orange stones such as Carnelian.

Solar Plexus chakra- located at the gut (stomach region) about 2-3 inches above the navel.  It is associated with yellow/gold.  It is blocked by "shame".  What are your disappointments in yourself?  This chakra has to do with our own will power/standing up in your power. Associated with golden stones such as Citrine.

Heart chakra-located in-between the breasts.   Heart chakra region.  It is associated with the color of pink & green.  It is blocked by you holding on to "grief".  Love stays in your heart.  When we have a loss, that love is reborn again.  This chakra has to do with "Love yourself and Love others."  Associated with pink and green stones, such as Pink Tourmaline and Green Tourmaline.

Throat Chakra-Is located at the base of our throats.  It is associated with the color of Sky blue.  It is blocked by you telling lies to yourself.  This chakra has to do with communication.  Associated with light blue stones such as Blue Chalcedony.

Third Eye Chakra-Is located between your eyebrows on your forehead.  It is associated with the colors Lapis lazuli blue and Purple.  It is blocked by illusions in life.  One such illusion is "fear".  Another one would be "of separation".  This chakra is associated with "Insight".  This chakra is related to the mind.  Stone associated with this chakra would be Lapis Lazuli.

Crown Chakra-Is located on top of the head.  It is associated with the colors purple and white.  It is blocked by "earthly attachments".  What are you attached to in life?  Your family, your house, your lover, etc.  This chakra is related to Cosmic energy.  Stones associated with this chakra are Amethyst, Selenite, etc.

The stones and colors associated with each chakra can help you balance that particular chakra.  When we have balanced chakras, our whole being is in harmony.  When we have blocked chakras, we have blocked energy flow in our energy bodies.  Much like our blood circulation, our energy circulation is also important for whole health.

To help you even more, I highly recommend receiving energy healing.
When I first started receiving Reiki sessions, I had no idea about our energy systems.  I was totally unaware.  But receiving Reiki sessions has been very beneficial for me to stay more balanced while walking my path in life.  Receiving Reiki has helped me see what areas in life I had been holding on to instead of letting them go.  I was able to see what I needed to heal in myself.

Written by Cynthia Bergsbaken of Reiki in the Prairie LLC
Https://www.reikiintheprairiellc.com

Sources:
"The Chakra Handbook" by Shalila Sharamon & Bodo J. Baginski
"The Book of Stones" by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian

 

Disclaimer by Reiki in the Prairie LLC and Cynthia Bergsbaken copyright 2015

I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, or medical doctor.  These articles I have written, are from reading and experiencing them.  Many of these articles are my own experiences with my own inventions to heal as well.

If you have a medical condition-physically/mentally/emotionally, please see a qualified medical doctor.  Do not substitute my articles for proper medical care.  You are too important to the world.

I have used all procedures I have written about and have found them to be helpful as tools to help myself become a better person.   I am sharing them with you because used as a tool, they are helpful in Shadow working on ourselves.  (Shadow working is healing our inner shadows that are unconscious or subconscious.  Inner shadows are our belief systems, our thoughts, our behaviors, our life experiences.)

I created this blog for my Reiki clients originally.  Combining these tools with Reiki creates a happy, healthy person.  These tools, when used alone are also beneficial!

 

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