Crystal Talk : About Chakras
Have you ever tried Googling “the chakras”? So much information comes up! Where do you begin?
There are 7 main chakras within the body. Each are listed below, starting with the root chakra and working our way up to the crown chakra. Each chakra description lists the coordinating color, properties associated with that chakra, where the chakra is located on your body, and crystals that correspond and balance that chakra.
The root chakra
Color: Red
Properties: Grounding, safety, and security
Location: Base of the spine in the perineum area
Crystals: Golden tiger eye, red jasper, obsidian, hematite
The sacral chakra
Color: Orange
Properties: Emotions, sexuality, and creativity
Location: Below the navel
Crystals: Carnelian, orange calcite, golden tiger eye
The solar plexus
Color: Yellow
Properties: Confidence, self-esteem, personal power
Located: Upper abdomen between the navel and the bottom of the breast bone
Crystals: Citrine, pyrite, or yellow calcite
The heart chakra
Color: Green
Properties: Connection of others and yourself, balance, and compassion
Located: Heart center
Crystals: Malachite, green aventurine, or rose quartz
The throat chakra
Color: Blue
Properties: Verbal expression, communication
Located: Throat area
Crystals: Lapis lazuli, sodalite, blue lace agate, or celestite
The brow/3rd eye chakra
Color: Indigo or violet
Properties: Intuition, imagination, meditation, and perception
Located: Middle of the forehead/3rd eye area
Crystals: Labradorite, amethyst, or purple fluorite
The crown chakra
Color: Violet or white
Properties: Awareness, meaning, knowing, and spirituality
Located: Top/crown of the head
Crystals: Amethyst, selenite, clear quartz, or ametrine
Unless you have performed some type of chakra balance very recently, chakras are in or out of balance at all times. Bringing awareness to how your body feels, see where in your body you are feeling “stuck”. If there is stagnant or blocked energy in one chakra, the energy is usually stagnant or blocked in the other chakras above it.
One of the easiest ways to re-aligned your chakras is to use the crystals or stones mentioned in each description above. Placing these stones on your body in the areas of which you are having dis-ease and blockage, imagine your chakra’s getting brighter and lighter.
You can also clear and clean your chakras through meditation, reiki or other hands on energy healing such as crystal healing (both of which would be performed by a certified professional), or through yoga or breath work.
Remember to take care of yourself, to be mindful of the feelings you are experiencing, and to check in with those chakras!!
With peace ~ Beth