Your Chakras - their functions & their meanings: Your body is pure energy, said the ancients, and says modern quantum physics. The ancients found that your being (body) has 7 main centers called Chakras, which are spinning wheels of energy that are the basis for your emotional and physical health. These are at the heart of ancient Hindu Ayurvedic Medicine, and ancient Chinese Medicine, which have a cure for every disease known to western medicine and a successful rate of healing those diseases which is as good or better than western medicine. Menu |
| Chakra: | Symbol: | Where You
Feel It: | Sanskrit Term /
Function: | Balanced
State : | Your
Needs: | Your Body
Parts: | Unbalanced
State: | Color: | Element: |
7. |  | Top of your head, inside under top of head. | Sahasrara -
"thousand-petaled, thousandfold"
Understanding, knowledge, wisdom, be one with creator | Wise, aware, spiritually healthy, connected, at peace, choices are easy, logical, in tune. | To know,
to be one with all. | Controls every aspect of body & mind, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, pituitary gland. | Depression, aloneness, lack of understanding, unable to learn, unable to connect or relate. | Violet | Thought |
6. |  | Between your eyes just above your nose, in your eyes, lower back of head. | Ajna - "to know, to perceive, to command (knowledge)" Seeing truth, imagination, psychic perception, higher mind, beliefs, morality | Clarity, accurate intuition, perceptive, intelligent, dreams realized, oneness, self-realization. | To see,
to be one with all. | Eyes, secretion functions of pituitary gland, pineal glands | Headaches, insomnia, nightmares, vision difficulties, eye disorders | Indigo
(darkest blue) | Light, all universal energy |
5. |  | Throat, neck, shoulders, collar bone area. | Vishudda - "pure, purification"
Communication, creativity, speak your truth, reasoning, self-expression, resonance (clarity) | Be expressive, able to speak your truth, to communicate clearly | To speak
your truth,
to be heard. | Respiratory system, throat, neck, shoulders, thyroid | Colds, stiff neck, throat difficulties, shoulder tension, thyroid difficulties | Blue (light) | Sky,
sound |
4. |  | Center of chest, shoulder blades, your sides under your arms. | Anahata - "that which cannnot be created, endless, 'unstuck'" Love, compassion, sensuality (not sex), morals, values, self-acceptance | Self love, love others openly, healthy relationships, balance in love. | To love,
to be loved. | Heart, lungs, arms, hands | Heart & lung diseases, high blood pressure | Green | Air |
|  | Base of your rib cage (solar plexus), abdomen above navel, middle back | Manipura - "lustrous jewel, city of gems" Power, emotions, will, ego, self-definition | Healthy personality, sense of purpose, dignity, willpower, manifest your will, leadership. | To act,
to be validated,
to manifest your will. | Liver, stomach, pancreas, adrenal glands, digestive system, muscles | Weak, tired, low self-image, no will, stomach difficulties, hypoglycemia, diabetes, liver difficulties | Yellow | Fire |
2. |  | Below your navel, genitals, lower abdomen, hips, buttocks, lower back | Svadhisthana - "sweetness, sacred place of the self" Emotions, sexuality, desire, procreation, self-gratification | Healthy sexuality, healthy feelings. | To feel,
to desire,
to connect sexually,
to fantasize,
to be sensuous. | Genitals, urinary system, prostate, ovaries, womb, kidneys, circulatory system | Unsatisfied sex life, bladder & unrinary difficulties, lower back pain, impotency, frigid. | Orange | Water |
1. |  | Between your legs, your crotch, inner thighs, buttocks | Maladhara - "root, support" Survival, individuality, connection to earth, finances, career, self-preservation | Stable, grounded, healthy, trusting, prosperous | To be here,
to have,
to be secure,
to have structure,
to be ambitious. | Bones, legs, feet, bowels, genitals, urinary system | Often ill, overweight, arthritis, bowel difficulties, poor eating habits | Red | Earth |
