If one of your chakras is off balance, it may be impacting your everyday life. If you’re feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or overwhelmed, it might be time to try some chakra healing techniques. There are many ways to do chakra healing, but they typically focus on encouraging free-flowing energy in your body through yoga poses and breathing exercises. Using a specialized chakra healing crystal or essential oils can also help.
Pranayama, or breathwork, is known to cleanse the Nadis, which are the paths of energy in your body. A good place to start is with the root chakra, as it’s associated with feelings of grounding and safety. A sluggish root chakra can lead to anxiety, fear, and feelings of being disconnected from the earth. It can also impact your finances and a lack of trust in others.
Another way to promote chakra healing is through visualization meditation. Using colors and energy to represent each chakra, you can visualize the chakra’s location in your body. Some people find that eating foods of the same color helps to open and heal chakras as well.
You can also practice a technique called Abhyanga, or self-massage with warm oil, to activate the chakras. Christensen suggests using a coconut, almond, or jojoba oil and adding your favorite essential oil to it to create a personalized massage oil. You can then use it to massage the body, paying special attention to the feet as they connect you to the ground.
How does chakra healing help?
The chakras are believed to be a series of metaphysical junction boxes or wheels that start in the lower spine region and end at the top of the head. When they’re balanced, it’s believed that life energy — also known as prana or qi — flows freely and you’ll experience a sense of overall well-being.
However, if one or more are blocked, you may experience symptoms like anxiety, fatigue, and digestive issues. Chakra healing is said to clear these blocks and promote the free flow of energy so that the mind, body, and spirit can function as they’re supposed to.
Chakra healing can include yoga, meditation, color therapy, and dietary changes. For example, if your root chakra is out of balance, it can lead to feelings of fear and anxiety, as well as physical problems with the bladder and colon. To heal the root chakra, try walking barefoot on the ground and practicing grounded yoga poses like Malasana (Garland Pose), Tadasana (Mountain Pose), and Vrikshasana (Tree Pose).
Sound healing is another popular method of balancing the chakras. This type of therapy often involves a practitioner playing Tibetan singing bowls or using Solfeggio frequencies, which are specific sounds believed to contain healing frequencies that resonate with the chakras. You can even find chakra-specific chants online to use during your daily routine to unblock and rebalance the chakras.
Ultimately, chakra healing can help you reconnect to your spiritual self and feel more connected to the world around you. It’s not just about reducing your stress levels, but it’s about shifting your perspective from a finite mindset to something infinite and divine. And that’s an empowering place to be in, no matter what you’re going through in life.
Is chakra healing a method of self healing?
Whether you believe in chakras or not, many people feel that balancing their energy centers can improve their health. There’s no scientific proof that chakra healing techniques work, but there’s a good chance they do via the placebo effect — when people think something will help, it does.
There are a variety of methods for chakra balancing and clearing, including meditation, yoga, and massage. You can also try incorporating sound therapy and crystals into your self-healing routine, as well as working with a professional to open up blocked chakras.
Some people use chakra-based therapies to relieve symptoms such as back pain, headaches, bloating, and fatigue. Other problems they might seek to treat with chakra-based therapies include depression, disconnection from self and others, apathy, and skin issues.
The root chakra sits at the base of the spine and tailbone, and it is associated with survival needs such as money, housing, and food. Practicing breathing exercises such as alternate nostril breathing can help restore balance to this chakra. Getting a full-body massage can also encourage energy flow, better known as prana, to the root chakra.
The heart chakra is associated with love and compassion. Practicing loving self-care, such as massaging the hands and hugging trees, can help restore balance to this chakra. Adding music therapy to your self-healing routine may help, too. The Isochronic Chakra Suite from Brainwave entrainment uses Solfeggio frequencies to create healing sounds that are believed to resonate with our chakras, helping to clear blockages and promote balance.
What is chakra healing massage?
Chakra healing is one of the lesser-known ways to align energy centers; however, it is also an extremely powerful tool. This type of massage is often combined with energy work, such as Reiki, to increase its effectiveness.
In a typical chakra balancing session, a massage therapist will gently touch each of the seven physical locations of the chakras. The client may also be asked to visualize the colors of the chakras or to focus on certain mantras. The massage therapist will then use small, circular strokes to stimulate the energy flow in each area of the body.
The first chakra is located at the sacrum, or the base of the spine. This location is associated with foundational feelings, such as stability and mobility. The second chakra is centered in the pelvic area and abdomen. This chakra is related to sexual energy, the microbiome, and emotions. The third chakra is centered in the throat. This center is associated with communication and self-expression.
The fourth chakra is centered in the heart. This chakra is related to love, compassion, and empathy. The fifth chakra is centered on the forehead. This center is associated with intuition and awareness.
While there are many methods to balance the chakras, the most popular is massage therapy. Massage is known to have many health and wellness benefits, including stress relief and improved circulation, and can help the body move more easily through the chakras. Understanding the chakra system adds a multi-dimensional perspective to this process, and can enhance the therapeutic value of a massage.
What is the scientific explanation of chakras?
The idea of chakras is rooted in Hindu tradition and ancient Vedic texts. Each chakra is associated with a particular organ, gland, or system and is supposed to control our physical well-being as well as our emotions. In modern times, scientists have begun to link the chakras with the endocrine system, with certain glands correlated to specific chakras. The endocrine system’s job is to maintain a state of homeostasis; it ensures hormones are released in a way that has a balanced effect on the whole body.
Chakras are also thought to work on a vibrational level, responding to sound and the rhythm of your breath. This connection to tone has made its way into a Rolf study where researchers have electronically observed how the chakra points respond to different types of stimulation, including visualization of shapes called yantras, repetition of chants, or energy healing.
When a chakra is overflowing with energy or stuck in a depleted position (which can be caused by lifestyle, experiences, or physical environments) it can pull energy away from the other healthy chakras to compensate; this imbalance manifests physically as things like heaviness, pain or numbness. Getting a blocked chakra unblocked may require the help of a practitioner skilled in reiki, acupuncture, tapping, light therapy, or crystal healing. BetterHelp can match you with a professional, licensed, and vetted therapist who can assist you with this process.
What are the side effects of Healing?
When you’re doing chakra healing, it’s important to understand what the side effects are. This will help you prepare for what to expect so you’re not surprised by anything that occurs during your healing process.
Chakras are energy centers in the body that help with mental, physical, and emotional wellness. There are 72,000 energetic channels, called nadis, that carry vital life force energy (also known as prana) throughout the body in a DNA-like helix, and chakras form where these nadis intersect.
The root chakra, located at the base of the spine, is a major source of your grounding and sense of safety. It’s also responsible for your ability to feel connected to the earth and rooted in the community. When this chakra becomes blocked, it can manifest as a lack of feeling grounded and fear of losing control of your life or your body.
Blocked Muladhara chakra can also lead to feelings of guilt and shame, as well as a fear of being alone in your life. It can also contribute to a variety of physical ailments, including low back, foot, and pelvic pain.
During an energy healing session, the throat chakra is often opened up. It can be uncomfortable at first as it requires you to speak your truth in a clear, loving, and compassionate manner. It’s a time to remember that what others say and do does not belong to you, only your soul knows what’s true for you. This can be a big leap of faith for some people, especially if you’ve been taught that speaking your truth is selfish or inconsiderate.
