What Are Chakras?

The concept of chakras has been around for centuries and remains useful today for achieving balance and harmony within our bodies and lives. Chakras are said to be the seven energy points that impact our physical and emotional well-being. The 7 main chakras can be found from the base of your spine to the top of your head, and keeping these chakras unblocked means there will be harmony between your body, mind, and spirit.

 

The 7 Main Chakras And The Colors Associated With Them

While it’s true that taking care of your physical body is one of the most important things you can do for yourself, understanding the chakras and learning how to balance and unblock them also plays a vital role in maintaining not just your physical, but your emotional and spiritual health as well. 

Each of the seven main chakras is connected to different aspects of our well-being and affect us in different ways. When one or more of the chakras become unbalanced, it can lead to physical, mental or emotional issues. Understanding how each chakra interacts with each other, how to identify any possible imbalances, and how to address them can help you understand yourself better.

The 7 main chakras are: Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra, Throat Chakra, Third Eye Chakra, and Crown Chakra.

Why Do Chakras Have Colors?

Every chakra emits a distinct frequency and wavelength, and there is a specific color that compliments each chakra’s vibration and is said to affect the body differently. These colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. (Yes, like the colors of the rainbow.) These colors are believed to influence the chakras' ability to absorb, store, and emit energy. The seven colors of the chakras are often seen as a guide to help us become more in tune with our inner selves and to restore balance in our lives.

To know more about each of the 7 chakras and their colors, let’s talk about them one by one. Read on.

 

ROOT CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Base of the spine

What does it mean: Associated with the feeling of safety and security, and is responsible for 

Color associated with it: Red

What happens when it’s blocked: We may experience feelings of disconnection, negative beliefs, and fear. 

How to unblock or activate it: Visualize a red light radiating from the base of your spine and imagine that this energy is circulating around your body, grounding you into the earth. Focus on breathing deeply and evenly and keep a positive attitude. You can also wear a red outfit (such as your fave red GEYED set) and surround yourself with red-colored objects (such as your crystals – fire agate, red jasper, and tiger’s eye.) Taking walks in nature or spending time with loved ones, also helps nourish and activate the root chakra by bringing a sense of security and stability.

 

SACRAL CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Below the belly button

What does it mean: It is associated with emotion, creativity, and sexuality. When balanced and healthy, it gives us the ability to feel pleasure, connection, and joy. Its primary function is to ensure proper energy flow between the physical and emotional bodies.

Color associated with it: Orange

What happens when it’s blocked: We may experience feelings low self-worth, lack of self-confidence, fear, insecurity, and lack of purpose.

How to unblock or activate it: Envision an ORANGE ball of energy on your lower abdomen and feel its power radiating throughout your body. Also, surrounding yourself with the color orange, food, clothing, décor or crystals, helps bring balance to the sacral chakra and allows emotional connection and creativity to flow. It also helps to practice creative activities such as painting, writing, or dancing to open this chakra. 

 

SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Stomach area, between the navel and the rib cage.

What does it mean: Responsible for personal power, will, and self-esteem. It is associated with our ability to be confident and in-control of our lives.

Color associated with it: Yellow

What happens when it’s blocked: We may experience feelings of guilt, fear and insecurity.

How to unblock or activate it: Focus on the color YELLOW and the feeling of power and clarity. Visualize a yellow light surrounding this chakra to help to stimulate and balance its energy. You can also wear yellow clothing and jewelry, eat yellow foods, and meditate with yellow crystals to unblock and activate the Solar Plexus Chakra.

HEART CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Center of chest

What does it mean: Associated with love, joy, compassion, and inner peace. Its purpose is to help us build healthy relationships with ourselves and others.

Color associated with it: Green

What happens when it’s blocked: We may feel disconnected, anxious, or depressed. 

How to unblock or activate it: Visualize a green light radiating from the center of your chest, filling the heart chakra with a healing energy, and bringing forth the loving, compassionate energy that it represents. You can also practice affirmations and meditations that focus on self-love and gratitude. You can also wear a green outfit, eat green foods, and meditate with green crystals to unblock the Heart Chakra. 

 

THROAT CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Neck area

What does it mean: Associated with communication, expression, and speaking one's truth. 

Color associated with it: Blue

What happens when it’s blocked: We may experience problems with communication, fear of speaking up, or feeling unheard.

How to unblock or activate it: Envision a BLUE light shining in your throat area, washing away those fears and insecurities holding you back from speaking your truth. It also helps to incorporate the color blue into your daily life such as wearing blue clothing, eating blue foods, and meditating with blue crystals. To open up and restore balance in the Throat Chakra, try utilizing sound healing such as chanting and singing.

 

THIRD EYE CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Center of the forehead

What does it mean: Associated with insight, intuition, wisdom and opening our minds to new possibilities, and is our link to the spiritual world.

Color associated with it: Indigo

What happens when it’s blocked: We may experience confusion, lack of concentration, low self-esteem, difficulty making decisions and feeling lost.

How to unblock or activate it: Visualizing an INDIGO light emanating from the area between the eyebrows and taking slow deep breaths can help activate the third eye chakra. Imagine the light breaking any confusion and producing clarity and a new sense of understanding. Aside from surrounding yourself with indigo-colored items – food, clothing, crystals, you can also practice affirmations such as “I trust my intuition.” to open this chakra.

CROWN CHAKRA

Where it’s located: Top of the head

What does it mean: Associated with the highest level of consciousness and enlightenment. It is the chakra of wisdom, connecting us to our spiritual selves, and providing us access to the higher self, the universe, and the divine. It allows us to access guidance and wisdom from the Universe. 

Color associated with it: Violet

What happens when it’s blocked: We may feel isolation, disconnection and lack of purpose.

How to unblock or activate it: Envision a VIOLET light radiating from the crown chakra, filling your body with its divine energy, releasing any negative energy from your body and mind, and giving you a sense of oneness and enlightenment. You can also meditate or practice yoga with quartz or amethyst in an environment with the color violet or white to help balance the Crown Chakra. 

Final Thoughts

To become more aware of your own energy and be in tune with it, understanding the 7 main chakras and the colors associated with them is truly important. Taking time to learn about the concept and having a deeper knowledge on how to identify energy imbalances and how to fix them helps bring balance, clarity, and harmony into our lives.