Chakras play a major role in our life be it physical, mental and emotional blockages that lead to sever pain, depression and stress may be coz of bad lifestyle, work stress, relationship issues, and much more. Addressing them at the right time leads to a serenity and tranquility.

Most of the obesity issues pops up due to this unhealed mental and emotional stress.as we all know to the certain extent food abuse is the part of emotional equilibrium. Where people find food as the solution for stress and depression.

Let’s focus on how chakras can help in healing the mental and emotional health to have the healthy body and mind at same time along with well-balanced diet too.

An ancient approach to the modern brain.

It’s a very old ancient way of Indian traditions which has been wildly adopted by all over the world for spiritual, mental and emotional healing puspose.it has immense health benefits. This blog will help you to understand the power of chakras in life for beautiful mind, healthy body and uplifted spirituality in one’s life.

                                              What is chakra?

In Sanskrit chakra means “wheel” or “circle”. the term chakra originated in Hinduism a very log back, even the Buddhism is also said to be practicing it effectively in meditation.in Hinduism it is considered as there are 6 to 7 chakras present in the human body which are focal points of energy. where in Buddhism it is considered as there are 5 chakras.

In ancient times encrypts showed mediation with visualization, techniques of breathing exercises, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are part of manipulating the flow of energy through chakras.

In the Indian traditions the chakras concept emerged with the esoteric ideas about physiology and psychic centers. Human life simultaneously includes both physical body (stula sharira) and psychological, emotional, mental, non-physical it is also called as “subtle body” (Sukshma shasira). A subtle body is nothing but energy while a physical body consists of mass.

The subtle body consists of Nadi (energy channels) which connect to energy nods which are called chakras. Many traditions have different numbers of chakras. In Hinduism there are 7 to 8 chakras.

“Energy Centers and Emotional Resilience: The Chakra Perspective”.

Mental and emotional healing with the help of balancing chakras is completely different and it’s not substitute for professional mental health care system. It’s an old traditional way of balancing body and mind.

• Visualization and Meditation
• Breathing techniques
• Yoga
• Sound healing
• Therapeutic modalities
• Crystal healing

These were the effective ways of unblocking the chakras and energizing the chakra point for the betterment of our life.

Do chakras play a significant role?

Yes, chakras are nothing but an energy center in the body which plays a major role in physical, mental and spiritual health. It helps with healing process along with uplifting oneself spiritually too.

Chakra balancing is associated with well-being, reducing stress, anxiety, and depression.

• Yoga,
• meditation and
• reiki

are mainly associated with chakras.

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1.Root chakra (Muladhara chakra):

It’s the foundational chakra located in the lowest part of the spine; it’s associated with the feeling of security, stability and survival.

Signs of blocked root chakra and mental health.

• Feeling unsafe: root chakra is the foundation chakra when it is well balanced it brings the sense of safety, stability and grounding feeling.it builds the trust in world and within as well.it builds strong mental stability and confidence.
• Sense of instability and grounding: as we know root chakra is associated with stability, grounding and being in the present moment. increase the focus level and reduce the stress level and bring stable mental and emotion stability in the hardest time of life.
• Fear and Anxiety: if root chakra is not balanced it leads to fear, insecurity, may it be in physical, mental or financial, instability and a pervasive sense of uneasiness.
• Stress and overactivity:

Healing practices for root chakra

Healing happens when you start focusing on the right things and following it on the daily practices, yes healing takes place slowly and it needs a lot of effort and practice.

• Grounding exercises: grounding exercises like walking on bare feet on the grass or on soil, as it connects you to mother earth brings a great amount of relief and great health benefit too
• Meditation with visualization: meditation is one thing that everyone should practice daily for great mental and physical benefits it associates with. It is more effective when you do meditation by visualizing the red color as root chakra is associated with spinal bone and color red just mediated by visualizing the red color.
• Yoga poses: there is nothing better than the yoga pose where your breathing is associated with the yoga pose brings a great sense of relaxation in the mind and body. Poses like warrier-1, mountain pose, and child poses are best for healing the root chakra.
• Positive affirmations: yes, affirmations are super powerful, as we all know that the universe is always listening to you and you yourself is a source of powerhouse when you start positive affirmations in daily life it creates the sense of strength and builds the confidence, affirmations like

“I am safe, I am grounded, and I trust the process of life” a great affirmation for healing root chakra and removing the stress and insecurities in the life

• Diet: yes, u read right certain food also heal the blocked chakras in the body like “root veggies, and add red colored fruits like strawberry, pomegranate into your daily diet and you going to find the positive changes in the life.

2. Sacral chakra:

Sacral chakra, the second energy center located just below the novel, is associated with creativity, passion, relationships and emotional wellbeing. When it is balanced one may experience joy, emotional well-being and a highly driven with creativity.

Signs of blocked sacral chakra:

• Mood swings and emotional instability: mood swings and irritability will be one of the main signs of blocked sacral chakra. Difficulty in expressing feelings and emotions, emotional numbness.
• Struggles with creativity and feelings stuck in the life: blocked sacral chakra leads to lack of motivation, inspiration and lack of creativity. One may feel stuck in life and feel unmotivated to do anything in life.
• Low self-worth, guilty feeling: blocked sacral chakra leads to low self-worth feeling and lack of confidence and guilt feeling.
• Having difficulty forming the relationship: when sacral chakra is blocked which leads to lack of confidence and emotional numbness, which also makes a person feel difficult to make relationships.
• Blocked sacral chakra leads to either overindulge or complete avoidance of pleasure (be it is food, shopping or sex)
• Physically one can feel lack stiffness in the lower back, abdominal discomfort, kidney issues, irregular periods, fertility challenges.

Healing practices for sacral chakra:

• Exercising regularly and practicing yoga poses like butterfly pose, pigeon pose, and goddess poses, pelvic floor exercises are going to benefit unblock the sacral chakra.
• Practicing art like paintings, sketches and music and exploring new hobbies helps in unblocking the sacral chakra.
• Practicing journal writing which leads to channelizing emotions and understanding it and feeling it and expressing it also helps a lot.
• Practicing any form of dance and free body movement
• Water element also helps in unblocking the sacral chakra being near water like sea, river, lake, and having relaxing bath and swimming also a great.
• Diet: when it comes to diet food like oranges, mangoes, papaya and pumpkin which are basically orange in color is best.
• Meditation and visualization: meditation while visualizing the orange color below the novel which is the sacral chakra is located is the best way to heal it.
• Affirmation: affirmations like “I am creative, I embrace my emotions, and I deserve pleasure and joy in my life”.

3.  Solar plexus chakra (manipura chakra)

Solar plex chakra is the third energy center located in the upper abdominal area above the novel area of the body.it is associated with self -confidence, influence the will power, self-esteem.

In Sanskrit Manipuri chakra means “city of jewels” means radiate like the sun with in you which brings the best version of yourself filled with self-confidence, influence the will power motivates you to build yourself.

Signs of blocked solar plexus chakra

• Low self-esteem or self-doubt: solar plexus is all about self-esteem and confidence when it is blocked, one may not feel so confident be it mentally or physically.
• Fear of failure/ rejection: blocked solar plexus leads to a great fear of rejection and failure even with all the efforts and work one may not feel the confidence enough which leads to fear of rejection/ failure.
• Digestive issue: when the solar plexus is blocked it creates upset stomach and digestive issues as it’s located in the upper abdominal area of the body.
• Low energy levels are also a cause of blocked solar plexus chakra, as one feels lack of energy and less enthusiasm filled with lethargy.
• Difficulty In making decisions due to low self-esteem and betwixt and between nature.
• tyrannical way of behaviors

Healing of blocked solar plexus chakra

• Exercise and yoga: As we know that the solar plexus is located in the upper abdominal area, if you do certain exercises and yoga poses which strengthens and stimulates it in right way. Yoga poses like,

boat pose- strengthens the abdominal area and builds confidence,

bow pose-it helps in opening of the abdominal area and boost energy

warriors pose-boost courage and enhance their determination

plank pose- enhances the personal power and develop endurance

• Meditation with visualization : mediation is one of the best way calm the mind and energies the center of chakras effectively, when you deeply focus on the breaths it helps in burning the fears and self-doubts, it helps in building the self-confidence while meditating try to visualize the bright yellow color in your solar plexus area and chanting “Ram” while meditating it’s a strengthens the solar plexus chakra, and helps in unblocking the chakra.
• Affirmations: as we all know that the doing an affirmation is the bests way of building the confidence.as it reforms and reprograms the subconscious mind effectively affirmations like

” I am confident, strong and I am in control of my life.”

“I am worthy of respect and success”

“I have the power to create positive changes in life”

“I trust my decision-making abilities, and I trust myself”

Words you speak do have the power to keep repeating to yourself which helps in building self-confidence and helps in getting over the fear and self-doubt.

• Diet: food is something which helps you heal if you consume it in right way, if it is not it may lead to food abuse and emotional binge eating which may lead to many complications. Solar plexus chakra is associated with the digestive system of the body, trying to inculcate the foods which are rich in fiber and yellow foods like
• Bananas, lemons, and sweet corn and yellow peppers
• Ginger and turmeric shorts which are great for digestion and skin too.
• Whole grains food and complex carbs for great energy.
• Sunlight: sunlight is the best source of energy as we know in the beginning itself solar plexus is “city of jewels” means radiate like the sun with in you, as you spend a quality time out in sun light which activates the solar plexus and rejuvenates from within.

4.Heart chakra (Anahata):

Heart chakra is also known as Anahata in Sanskrit. is the 4^th energy center of the human body which is right up located in the center of the chest. It’s the bridge between the lower physical chakras along with the upper spiritual chakras.it consist of the love, compassion, emotional balance and connecting ourselves and others.

Signs of blocked heart chakra:

When heart chakra is well balanced you will feel unconditional love, empathy for others as well as for oneself too. If the heart chakra is blocked it’s hard to trust others, loneliness, bitterness, it’s hard to forgive and recover from the experience.

As heart chakra is associated with heart, lungs, arms, thymus gland and upper back, one may experience the physical pain associated with these areas.

• Holding on to the grudges or resentment: it’s hard for the people whose heart chakra is blocked to heal completely as they are always holding on to the grudges and past experiences so strongly its unable for them to move on.
• Emotional numbness/apathy or oversensitivity: as the heart chakra is center for emotional wellbeing when it gets blocked it may make the person go completely numb emotionally or else overly sensitive. Either it’s over or else no responses at all you might wonder how a person could go so cold or else react so sensitively. balancing is very important.
• Hard to trust others: imbalanced heart chakra causes a trust issues with others.as they are strongly holding on to the past experiences and grudges it makes them to act accordingly.
• Fear of rejection or intimacy: blocked heart chakra leads to feeling unsafe in relationships as I said earlier before either it is too much or nothing at all, as the person may overly depend emotionally on the person which may cause the problems in the life of the person.
• Physical pains associated with blocked heart chakra: High or low blood pressure, sudden rise in heart rate, shortness of breath, stiffness on the upper back and in chest, asthma and bronchitis.

Healing process of heart chakra

Balancing the heart chakra is very important, it heals the Bad emotional experience and brings the best version of oneself.

• Yoga: yoga is the best way of unblocking the heart chakra. Yoga Poses like

bridge pose: bridge pose helps strengthen the upper back of the body increase blood circulation.

Cobra pose: opens the chest and upper back and encourages courage and vulnerability.

camel pose: it helps with opening of the chest and upper back of the body

are helpful as it opens chest and upper part of the body. It beings the emotional stability as well.

• Meditation and visualization:

Meditation always brings calmness to the soul and mind. Visualizing a green light while meditating it’s great to activate the chakra along with using the powerful mantra like “yam” Which rejuvenates you from inside.

• Affirmations:

A positive Affirmations helps in building self-love, helps in believing in oneself and worthiness, like these affirmation

“I am worthy of love and kindness”

“I forgive myself and others”

“I am worthy of love I receive”

“My heart is open and balanced.”

• Diet: diet plays a vital role when it comes to heart chakra. Fresh, green and lant based food which increases blood circulation and nourishes you from within.

“Green vegetables like spinach, broccoli, zucchini, kale.”

“Fruits like avocado, kiwi”

“Green tea, mint tea, basils tea”

These play a major role in dieting along with heart- healthy fats and nuts seeds and olive oil.

Never forget the water intake too, as having enough of water leads to flushing out of waste and toxicity from the body.

• Practicing gratitude: when you start practicing gratitude regularly it will be helpful in getting over the bitterness and focusing on appreciating small joys, being kind, and act of forgivingness.

5.Throat chakra (vishuddha chakra)

Throat chakra is located on the center of the throat near thyroid gland. Which connects mind and heart. Throat chakra is all about communication,

Vishuddha means “pure” or “purification” which symbolizes the power of self-expression, truth and communication.

When Throat chakra is well balanced it’s easy to speak up freely with confidence, listen and connect with others, when it gets blocked the energy will not flow freely from the neck to the shoulder and one might feel it is hard to express oneself and miscommunicate.

Energy of throat chakra not only helps in communication but also with authenticity, creativity and honesty, emotionally and verbally.

Signs of blocked throat chakra:

• Difficulty in communicating when throat chakra is blocked is hard for the person to communicate easily.
• Social anxiety or shyness: social anxiety is one of the signs of the blocked chakra as one may feel uncomfortable expressing him/herself in public or in society, they might feel it really doesn’t matter to express.
• Creativity block: when throats chakra gets blocked its block all the way of being creative, innovative way of expressing it be it writing, singing and any artistic ways of expressing.
• Dishonesty or overtalking when throat chakra is not well balanced it may drive the person towards gossiping, small talk, dominating and overly sharing.
• Health issues: when throat chakra is not well balanced one may face the issue of thyroid, stiffness in shoulder and neck, throat infections, mouth ulcers, ear infections or hearing problems, teeth grinding.
• Inauthentic voices: while expressing oneself they might not be honest and they might say what others want to listen rather than what they want to express.

Healing process of throat chakra:

• Meditation and visualization: meditation is one the best way of healing, siting in the quiet place, closing the eyes and visualizing the blue light and humming the sound of “HAM”, do a magic as throat chakra is all about sound vibrations. Just feel and resonate the vibration from throat to chest.

Just softly Humm, sing and listen to the frequency (741mz) to release the tension, energies the center of chakra.

Visualizing Blue lights while meditating helps overcoming the fear and helps in expressing yourself freely.

• Yoga:

Yoga is the best way to heal body and mind, stretching poses which help in opening of the throat, shoulder and chest energizes the throat chakra. Poses like:

Fish pose: this pose helps in stretching the chest, shoulder, throat, and back.

Cat cow pose: with this pose energy passes through the spine and throat. A great stretch for throat chakra.

Shoulder stand: it stimulates the thyroid gland.

Plow pose: this pose helps in releasing the tension in neck area.

Mindfully practicing the poses focusing on breath would help in healing the throat chakra.

• Affirmation:

Affirmations do heal the mind and body, mentally, emotionally and physically too. Throat chakra is all about being honest, authentic and clear with communication, these affirmations help in healing the throat chakra.

“I express myself confidently and clearly”

“I am very creative and free to express myself”

“My voice matters and I speak my truth with love”

“I listen deeply and communicate honestly”

Practice it daily.

• Diet

Diet plays a major role when it comes to healing the chakras.it balance the energy effectively. Foods which are nourishing, cooling and soothing in nature are best for thyroid gland to help in throat chakra healing.

fruits: like “blue berry, black berry and plums”

hydrating foods like “coconut water, cucumber and melon”

herbal teas like “chamomile, pepper mint, licorice.

Raw honey and lemon which cleans the throat.

Sea salt and seaweed which supports thyroid health.

Avoid smoking, processed sugary food, excess caffeine which are bad for throat area.

• Mindful practice:

Throat chakra is all about communication and expressing oneself, as we know writing the journals daily helps in healing process.

Any kind of Writing, signing and painting any kind of artistic activity will helps in expressing one’s feelings and emotions leads to healing process.

When it comes to communication it’s even about listening to others as well without self judgement and deeply engaging yourself in present moment. Energy flows in both ways, like giving and receiving too.

6.Third eye chakra

Third eye chakra is 6^th chakra of energy which is in the center of the temple/forehead between the eyebrows. It’s also called Ajna chakra in Sanskrit which means “command” its all about your thoughts, higher understanding and decisions. which is associated with penal gland deep in the brain. It’s all about intuition, perception, inner wisdom and spiritual insight.

When it gets blocked or imbalanced one may feel mentally overwhelmed, disconnected with your intuition and confused. When it’s well balanced there will be strong institutions, decision making capability, mental clarity, and there is connection with purpose of life.

Sings of blocked eye chakra

• Difficulty in making decisions: there is no clarity in mind which leads to difficulty in making decisions.
• Fear or anxiety: there is anxiety and fear of unknown.
• lack of intuition or self-doubt
• lack of purpose in life: if the eye chakra gets blocked one may not be able to know the purpose of life, they will be wondering directionless what to do in life.
• Foggy mind, forgetful mind and difficulty in visualizing goals in life.
• Spiritual unawareness, feeling disconnected spiritually.
• Unable to see the situation above the surface level.
• Difficulty to access the inner awareness.
• Physically one may feel headaches, migraines, eyes strain issue, sinus and unable to sleep.

Healing practices for eye chakra

Healing practices help in strengthening the intuition and enhances the inner awareness and connects with spiritual world.

• Mediation and visualization: meditation is the powerful tool to activate the eye chakra, sitting in the calm place closed eye and focusing on the breathing visualizing the dark blue color or indigo color. In helps in strengthening the institutions and inner awareness.
• Affirmation: affirmations do a wonderful job when it is practiced daily without fail. Affirmations like

“I trust my intuition”

“My mind is open and receptive”

“I see clearly and understand the truth”

“I connected with my higher self”

• Diet: food plays a major role when income to connecting mind and body. Food like which are rich in dark blue color or indigo

“Blueberries and blackberries”

“Nuts and seeds”

“Dark chocolates”

• Mindful practice:

Practicing daily gratitude journaling helps a lot, practicing breathing techniques and observing one’s own thoughts and letting it go without judging it. This way one can strengthen the inner awareness.

7.Crown chakra (Sahasrara chakra):

Crown chakra is the 7^th energy center in the human body, which is at the top of the head, in Sanskrit its known as “sahasrara” means “thousand -petaled lotus” which symbolizes the higher wisdom, divinity and spiritual awareness and connection. which is associated with pure consciousness, spiritual awareness and connects one with the universe and enlightenment.

When crown chakra is well balanced its life will flow easily, there is clarity and one is aware of the purpose of life, there is a spiritual awareness and well connected with universe.

Signs of blocked crown chakra

• Confusion in the mind towards life purpose of life.
• Mental instability, disconnected from life and feeling lost.
• Difficulty in making decisions, overthinking, and anxiety issues.
• Unable to connect to spiritual awareness.
• Lack of trust in oneself and in universe.
• Feeling empty and loneliness in life.
• Physical pain like hypertension, insomnia, imbalanced nervous system, chronic fatigue. sensitivity towards the light and sound.

Healing practices:

Balancing the crown chakra leads to spiritual growth and inner peace.

• Meditation and visualization:

Mediation is best way of healing the crown chakra as we already know the benefits of practicing daily, visualizing the violet color or light white color over the head and feeling the energy flowing through the crown chakra downwards to the body.

• Affirmation:

affirmation does bring the best version of oneself when it’s practiced with all the belief.it help in connecting the ones with inner self.

“Divine energy flow through me”

“I am the one with universe and universe is one with me”

“I trust my spiritual journey”

“I embrace the present moment and find the peace in the stillness within”

• Diet:

Plant based food does help in healing the crown chakra which brings clarity.

“Purple grapes, berries, lychee and plums”

“Vegetables like cauliflower, garlic, ginger, coconuts and mushrooms, white fish.”

“Herbal teas like chamomile, peppermint, Tulsi tea (basil), lavender tea.”

• Mindfulness

Practicing gratitude, journaling daily and practicing breathing techniques helps in building self-awareness and connecting with universe. Spending time outside in nature also helps in healing the crown chakra and connect with world.

A well-balanced crown chakra brings clarity to one’s life with a greater purpose in life. Spiritual growth and awareness will be witnessed.

Conclusion:

All these energy centers in the human body form a complete system that supports the overall well-being. If any one of the energy centers get blocked the energy will not flow easily through the body and it disrupts the entire energy centers.

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Mindful practice of healing techniques and self-awareness chakras can be balanced. it’s a lifetime task not one-time process.one should have patience and practice it regularly for healing, inner growth and connect to the higher self.