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1. Base chakra
Location: Base of the spine (coccyx area)
Colour: Red
Organs: Adrenal glands, bladder, genitals and spine
Element: Earth
Identity: Physical
Functions: Vitality in the physical body, survival, self-preservation, instincts, health, courage, patience …
Central issue: Roots the soul in the body and the body to the Earth and the physical plane (Grounding), survival (physical needs to survive), safety/security.
Balanced energy (examples of a balanced chakra): Centred, grounded, full of vitality, balanced control over the material world and physical body …
Excessive energy (some of the possible symptoms): Materialistic, obesity, sluggish, hoarding, greedy, violent …
Deficient energy (some of the possible symptoms): Suicidal, fearful, restless, lack of confidence, feeling sexually inadequate, frustrated, lacking discipline …
2. Sacral chakra
Location: Lower abdomen (just below the navel)
Colour: Orange
Organs: Reproductive organs, uro-genital system, kidneys, gonads, legs
Element: Water
Identity: Emotional
Functions: Sexuality, enjoyment of life, self-esteem, desires, assimilation of food/digestion, absorbing new ideas, tolerance …
Central issue: Sexuality, basic emotions, desire, pleasure.
Balanced energy: concern for others, friendly, creative, intuitive, good humoured, balanced, vitality, sexual satisfaction …
Excessive energy: Sexual addiction, overly emotional, obsessive, explosive, aggressive, manipulative, self-serving …
Deficient energy: Frigid, impotent, rigid, shy, hides emotions, fears pleasure, overly sensitive, feels overly guilty …
3. Solar Plexus chakra
Location: below ribcage (stomach area)
Colour: Yellow
Organs: Stomach, gall bladder, liver, pancreas, solar plexus, nervous system, muscles
Element: Fire
Identity: Ego
Functions: Vitalizes the nervous system, metabolism, digestion, authority, selfcontrol, radiance, energy …
Central issue: Will, personal power and personality, intellect and mental mastery of desires
Balanced energy: Outgoing, cheerful, has respect for oneself and others, open and expressive, strong nerves, self-confident, flexibility …
Excessive energy: Dominating, blaming, perfectionist, judgmental, demanding, critical, constantly active, rigid …
Deficient energy: Depressed, lacks confidence, negative thoughts about self, confused, has poor digestion, fear of failure, poor judgment, apathy …
4. Heart chakra
Location: Sternum (centre of the chest)
Colour: Green (also pink)
Organs: Heart, thymus gland, circulatory system, arms, hands, lungs
Element: Air
Identity: Social
Functions: Anchors the life force of the Higher Self, Energizes physical body and blood, blood circulation, forgiveness, compassion, group consciousness, peace, acceptance, harmony, contentment …
Central issue: Unconditional love, relationship (any kind)
Balanced energy: Compassionate, humanitarian, can see the good in others, desires to nurture others, empathy, healing, purity, gentleness, innocence, in touch with own feelings and others’ …
Excessive energy: Jealous, possessive, demanding, overly critical, tense, manic, depressive, uses money to control others, moody, hatred, avarice, selfish, resentment …
Deficient energy: Shy, lonely, bitter, critical, self-pity, paranoia, need for reassurance …
5. Throat chakra
Location: base of the throat
Colour: Sky blue
Organs: Thyroid, parathyroid, hypothalamus, throat, mouth, upper lungs, arms, digestive tract
Element: Ether
Identity: Creativity
Functions: Speech, expression and self-expression, creativity, integration, truth, knowledge, gentleness, kindness …
Central issue: Communication and creativity
Balanced energy: Contented, centred, good speaker, artistically inspired, sincerity, truthfulness, able to listen …
Excessive energy: Arrogant, self-righteous, excessive talking, dogmatic, stuttering, inability to listen …
Deficient energy: Fear of speaking, poor rhythm, cannot express thoughts, inconsistent, lack of creative expression, suppressed or swallowed feelings …
6. Brow chakra (third eye)
Location: Forehead (centre, just above the eyebrows)
Colour: Dark blue or Indigo
Organs: Pituary gland, eyes, nose, ears, spine
Element: Light
Identity: Archetypal
Functions: Energizes the lower brain and the nervous system, vision, psychic perception, visualization, telepathy, inner vision …
Central issue: Clairvoyance and imagination
Balanced energy: Can receive spiritual guidance, clairvoyance and psychic abilities, clear mind, can visualize, clear perception, good memory, spirituality …
Excessive energy: Headaches, nightmares, hallucinations, delusions, ego-mania …
Deficient energy: Poor memory, poor vision, can’t see patterns, denial, non-assertive …
7. Crown chakra
Location: Top of the head
Colour: White and/or Violet
Organs: Pineal gland, cerebral cortex, central nervous system
Element: Thought
Identity: Universal connection
Functions: Vitalizes upper brain, unification of the Higher Self with the personality, spirituality, inspiration, unity, divine wisdom and understanding, idealism, selfless service, perception beyond time and space
Central issue: To know and to be one with the source
Balanced energy: Open to Divine energy, access to the unconscious mind, spirituality, service, faith, peace, refinement, beauty, joy, gratitude
Excessive energy: Spiritual addiction, overly intellectual, addiction, sense of frustration, unrealized power, destructive, frequent migraines, confusion, despair, egotism …
Deficient energy: Learning difficulties, limited beliefs, materialism, no spark of fun or joy, catatonic, cannot make decisions, apathy, depressed, lack of memory, diminished concentration …
The three higher chakras relate mainly to the spiritual self (the third eye being
the centre)
The three lower chakras relate mainly with the human self (the sacral chakra being
the centre)
The heart chakra is like a mediator between our physical and spiritual selves
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