Melanie O'SheaI want to talk a little about the chakras, and why they matter with regards to our health and well-being. In my Intuitive Medicine consultations I always check in with my clients’ chakras as part of my scan of the physical body. The chakras tell me invaluable information about the flow of energy throughout my clients’ body, and where any physical, emotional, mental or spiritual blockages or areas of concern may be.
What are chakras?
Each of the seven major chakras generate an energy field inside and around the body, representing powerful energy signatures for the significant themes in life. Each chakra exists at a different frequencies and are therefore seen as different colours. Each colour coincides with a general function, and the functions of the chakras advance from the physical to the divine. The chakras are equally important in terms of your state of health and wellness.
Each energy centre, or chakra, symbolises profound aspects of the human condition and development, and each chakra generates band pulsates energy throughout your cells, tissues and organs. Hence, the health of your chakras can tell you a great deal about your overall state of health and well-being. I feel we are finally starting to acknowledge more and more, as a collective, that our health and wellness is so much more than our physical state of health – what an exciting time to be alive!
This is why the phrases like ‘chakra balancing’, ‘chakra healing’, and ‘chakra alignment’ are popping up everywhere at the moment! We are energetic beings of spiritual origin trying to do our best to thrive on a planet with a pretty dense and heavy energy, so taking care of our energy centres make so much sense!
OK, so what are the seven major chakras that everyone is talking about, and what aspect of our well-being does each represent?
Root chakra
- Colour: red
- Location: groin area, base of the spine
- Physical health at the cellular level; physical level of vitality
- Being in the physical body in a physical world; connection to Mother Earth
Sacral chakra
- Colour: orange
- Location: below the belly button
- Emotional health, feelings, sexuality
- Procreation, creativity and the creation of yourself as you are meant to be
Solar Plexus chakra
- Colour: yellow
- Location: above the belly button and towards the base of the rib cage
- Mental health, thoughts, opinions and values, the will, empowerment
- The core of who you are as an individual; your sense of self
Heart chakra
- Colour: green (and pink)
- Location: centre of the chest
- Unconditional love, self-love, relationships; bridge between physical and spirit
- Intake centre for the inflow of love to nourish your mind, body, and soul.
Throat chakra
- Colour: blue
- Location: throat
- Communication, speaking your Truth, Divine will; bridge between mind and heart
- Expression of individuality; following your soul’s direction; balance between thinking and feeling
Third Eye chakra
- Colour: indigo (alternatively, purple)
- Location: centre of the brow
- Insight, intuition and intuitive abilities; accessing the future and the past
- Awareness and perception of the non-physical realm
Crown chakra
- Colour: violet, or white, or transparent/iridescent (like bubbles)
- Location: crown of the head
- Connection to Divine intelligence, to All, to the collective consciousness
- Spiritual aspect of life; conduit for the empowered force of the Universe
I invite you to become familiar with each of your chakras, and to open a line of communication with each one. I strongly recommend a daily scan/check in of your chakras – I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find how much this simple addition to your daily routine can positively impact your health and well-being.
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