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Chakra: A Quick Introduction

In understanding chakras, it is important to be familiar with the basic concepts of vibrational energy or subtle energies. We are all made up of vibrations. The human body is made up of millions of molecules that vibrate giving frequencies that form a unique vibration when we are healthy. The vibrations of the body can easily go out of tune when we experience physical or emotional stress. Vibrational therapies can be used to restore the body’s healthy harmonic resonance.

There are many vibrational therapies and many theories that explain subtle energy. Much of our knowledge of subtle energy comes from the Eastern traditional healing arts such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Chakras, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

 

Vibrational healing suggests that disturbed or blocked vibrations arise in the subtle body before disease manifests on a physical plane. Therefore, it is better to gently restore these vibrations before a physical disease occurs. Often, even when the physical disease has developed, it may be possible to be reversed by changing the subtle energy.

When there is a disturbance or blockage of vibrational energy, the vibrational energies emanating from colour, crystals, essential oils, or sound can be used to release the blockage, allowing the subtle energy to once again flow freely.

 

Subtle Aromatherapy

Subtle aromatherapy makes use of essential oils to affect our psyche, our subtle energies, and our spiritual well-being. In doing so we are drawing on the subtle, energetic or vibrational qualities of the essential oils, rather than their physical or chemical properties. Essential oils have the ability to influence our well-being at a physical, emotional, mental, and subtle level.

 

Essential oils are versatile, and it is possible to use them in so many ways. The more conventional ways of using essential oils include massage, vaporisers, diffusers, and burners or baths.

When using essential oils for their subtle effects, there is no “right” or “wrong” way of using them. You do not need to be tied to any conventional method of application. What matters most is your intent.

 

CHAKRA & ASSOCIATED EMOTIONS

Root Chakra

Belonging Energy

Physical Health

Grounded Courageous

 

Sacral Chakra

Healthy Relationships

Emotional Health

Child-Like Authentic

 

Solar Plexus Chakra

Self-Acceptance Appetite

Integrity

Mental Focus

Abundance Drive

 

Heart Chakra

Forgiveness

Light-Hearted

Selflessness

 

Throat Chakra

Connected Speech Choice

 

Brow Chakra

Clarity

Light

Hope

 

Crown Chakra

Truth

Purposeful Inner Stillness

 

The Root Chakra 

Belonging

• Primary indications: Feeling unsupported, not belonging, disconnected from family, negative generational issues.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Sense of belonging, safety on the earth, healing in the family.
• Supporting oils: Birch, Firs, Cedarwood

 

Energy

• Primary indications: Low energy, fatigue, overwhelm, physically drained of energy and vital forces.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Energized, renewal, balanced use of energy.
• Supporting oils: Basil, Lemon, Citrus blends

 

Physical Health

• Primary indications: Repeated physical illness, unable to get and stay well.
• Positive qualities  following  transformation:  Taking  responsibility  for  one’s health,  desire  to  be  well,  and  claiming the body's  natural  ability  to
• Supporting oils: Eucalyptus, Immune support blends

 

Grounded

• Primary indications: Ungrounded, not fully present, and joyless in life, not wanting to be here.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Grounded, presence, full participation in life.
• Supporting oils:   Patchouli,  Myrrh,  Vetiver

 

Courageous

• Primary indications: Fear, terror, paralyzed, tension in the body.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Courage, facing issues head-on, relaxed.

Supporting oils: Clove, Juniper berry, Cassia

T H E  S A C R A L  C H A K R A

Healthy Relationships

• Primary indications: Codependency, unhealthy relationships, attachments to people or things that drain our energy.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Healthy relationships based on love. Self-sufficient and balanced.
• Supporting oils:  Melaleuca,  Immune  blends,  Thyme,  Cinnamon,  Oregano

 

Emotional Health

• Primary indications: Poor emotional circulation, stuck, stagnant energy held within the energy system, not progressing emotionally, unable to experience emotional catharsis.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Emotional circulation, dynamic movement/progression, emotional transformation and catharsis.
• Supporting oils: Cypress, Vetiver, Lemongrass,

 

Childlike

• Primary indications: Workaholic, overly serious, over-doing, unable to laugh or enjoy life.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Relaxation, sense of fun, connection to inner child, creativity.
• Supporting oils: Ylang Ylang, Citruses

 

Authentic

• Primary indications: Shy, timid, fearful, uncertainty, hiding.
• Positive qualities following transformation:  Allowing one’s true self to shine, showing up.
• Supporting Oils:  Cassia,  Cinnamon,  Citrus  blends,  Clove

 

T H E  S O L A R  P L E X U S  C H A K R A

Self-Acceptance

• Primary indications: Heaviness localized in the solar plexus, stemming from judgment, self-hatred, pessimism, hopelessness, guilt, and suppressed anger.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Self-acceptance, self-forgiveness, optimism, hope, faith, life filled with joy.
• Supporting oils:  Bergamot,  Lemongrass,  Melissa,  Citruses,  Helichrysum

 

Appetite

• Primary indications: Emotional eating, lack of concern for the body and harm done through poor eating habits, unconscious eating, or addiction.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Love and respect for the body, conscious choice, freedom from addiction.
• Supporting oils: Grapefruit, Digestive blends, Weight Management blends

 

Integrity

• Primary indications: Compromised integrity, need for approval, inability to live from one’s  center  of
• Positive qualities  following  transformation:  Integrity,  personal  power,  living  by one’s  internal
• Supporting oils: Coriander, Helichrysum, Vetiver, Clove, Digestive blends

 

Mental Focus

• Primary indications:  Inability to concentrate,  can’t hold still,  wandering mind, inability to pay attention, scattered.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Concentration, directed, unwavering, singleness of mind.
• Supporting oils: Lemon and other Calming blends

 

Abundance

• Primary indications: Scarcity, feeling like there is never enough, fearful of losing what one has.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Gratitude for the abundance of the universe, feeling safe and supported.
• Supporting oils:  Orange,  Myrrh

 

Drive

• Primary indications:  Unmotivated,  can’t get moving,  lazy,  no drive,  passionless, lacking will forces.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Zest for life, motivated, joy in living, passion, and fire.
• Supporting oils:  Melissa,  Lime,  Lemongrass,  Citruses

 

T H E  H E A R T  C H A K R A

Forgiveness

• Primary indications: Anger, hate, resentment, holding onto past issues, unable to feel loving feelings for others, feeling unlovable, closed.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Love, willingness to let go and forgive, open heart, taking risks in relationships.
• Supporting oils: Geranium, Wintergreen, Marjoram, Ylang Ylang

 

Light-Hearted

• Primary indications: Heaviness localized in the heart, sadness, grief, despair.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Buoyancy in the heart and soul, lightheartedness, ability to face and release inner pain and turmoil, restored peace.
• Supporting oils: Peppermint and other Respiratory blends

 

Selflessness

• Primary indications: Unclear motives, selfishness, obliviousness, impure intentions.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Self-awareness, compassionate, giving, empathetic, pure intentions, loving.
• Supporting oils: Lime, Lemongrass

 

The Throat Chakra 

Connected Speech

• Primary indications: Avoidance, beating around the bush, speaking from the head while lacking warmth in the heart.
• Positive qualities following transformation:  Speaking from one’s heart,  ability to radiate soul warmth, integration between left/right brain.
• Supporting oils: Lavender, Black Pepper, Spearmint, Ginger

 

Choice

• Primary indications: Poor boundaries, inability to say no, push-over, taking on other people’s  issues,  oversensitivity  to others' influence  and
• Positive qualities following transformation: Ability to set limits and boundaries, resolute, inner strength,  taking a stand for what one believes,  choosing one’s own path.

Supporting oils: Clove, Coriander, Fennel, Lavender

The Brows Chakra 

Clarity

• Primary indications: Confusion, self-deception, inability to recognize truth, avoidance.
• Positive qualities following transformation:  Clarity,  honesty with one’s self and others, discernment, light in the eyes.
• Supporting oils: Clary Sage, Frankincense, Clove, Lemongrass, Ginger

 

Light

• Primary indications: Darkness, negative energy, holding onto things that bring us down, attacked, defeated.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Light, positive energy stemming from within the soul, healthy detachment, shielded.
• Supporting oils:  Melissa,  Oregano,  Melaleuca,  Frankincense,  Thyme, Lemongrass, Wintergreen, Clary Sage

 

Hope

• Primary indications: Despair, despondency, apathy, lethargy, no drive.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Courage to live life to the fullest, connection, hopeful, and motivated.

Supporting  oils:  Lemongrass,

 

The Crown Chakra 

Truth

• Primary indications:  Disseminating false truths,  deception,  darkness,  escapism,  covering up what’s really going on.
• Positive qualities  following  transformation:  Aligned  with  truth,  willingness  to  see  one’s strengths  and  weaknesses,  light,  openness,  present,  allowing  one’s  light  to
• Supporting oils: Frankincense, Clary Sage, Vetiver

 

Purposeful

• Primary Indications:  Lack of purpose,  directionless,  externally motivated,  not connected with authentic self or life purpose.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Purposeful, direction, living from one's center, motivated to fulfill  the  measure  of  one’s
• Supporting oils: Roman Chamomile, Frankincense, Vetiver

 

Inner Stillness

• Primary indications: Over-thinking, unable to still the mind, over-activity, restlessness.
• Positive qualities following transformation: Stillness, peace, presence, sacred silence.
• Supporting oils:  Sandalwood,  Myrrh,  Vetiver

Feel the Energy

The chakra system is made up of the energy centers of our body.  When in balance, each center vibrates in perfect harmony with the rest.  Through aromatherapy and topical use of oils, we can unblock and balance each chakra, supporting the harmonious balance and enriching our lives, physically, spiritually, and mentally.

 

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