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The 7 Chakra Colors & their meanings

Chakras are the energy vortices energetically active all the time in our body. They have been mapped out for 5000 years. 

These are the 7 major chakras of the body you’re going to learn about:

  1. The Root Chakra (Red)
  2. The Sacral Chakra (Orange)
  3. The Solar Plexus Chakra (Yellow)
  4. The Heart Chakra (Green)
  5. The Throat Chakra (Blue)
  6. The Third Eye Chakra (Indigo)
  7. The Crown Chakra (Violet)

In this article, I’m going to give you some basics so you can understand the 7 chakra colors and meanings. 

We are going to discuss the most known chakra energetic systems, the meaning behind each of the 7 chakra colors, how to diagnose energy blockages within any of your chakras, and what to do about it.

This means which food, which yoga poses, and which essential oils adopt to realign them.

Let’s dive into the seven chakra colors and their meanings!

Table of contents

1. The Root Chakra is Red (Muladhara)

This chakra refers to the root of all things, the root foundation located at the base of the spine.

It is our connection to the earth, it keeps us grounded. It’s our connection to our tribe. It’s very important to feel safe in the world.

If your root chakra happens to be out of balance or not functioning properly, where the energy is blocked or not moving freely you may find yourself feeling disconnected; feeling disconnected from the earth, from your ground, feeling flighty… 

You may feel emotionally insecure if your root chakra is out of balance.

One of the easiest things to do to help your root chakra is to do grounding exercises. 

Imagine this root that you have is growing deep into the earth reaching down into the earth, feeling your strength into the earth.

These yoga poses balance the red chakra

  • The lotus 
  • The child’s pose
  • Triangle pose
  • Garland pose
  • Breathing deeply feeling the connection to the center of the earth.

These foods balance the red chakra

Eating anything red! 

Strawberries, raspberries. Anything that helps bring the red into your body.

THESE oils BALANCE THE RED CHAKRA

  • Patchouli
  • Frankincense
  • Cedarwood

These crystals and stones balance the red chakra

  • Garnet
  • Ruby
  • Red stone (included on every chakra bracelet)

2. The Sacral Chakra is Orange (Swadhisthana)

The Swadhisthana Chakra (SACRAL CHAKRA is also known as the SEX CHAKRA) is your passion and pleasure center, located in the pelvic area.

It’s responsible for the water movement in your body, the energy coming inward in your body.

It’s about the reproductive energy, anything to do with the fluids in your body both psychologically, spiritually, and physically. 

The second chakra is also your social chakra.

IS YOUR SECOND CHAKRA OUT OF BALANCE?

When the energy in the second chakra is not flowing correctly sexual impotence problems may arise, menstrual cramps, or problems going on the pelvis area. 

Anything having to do with fertility, back pain, back stiffness.

Back numbness of the feeling of being overcharged, being overly sexual or frigid and cold are all indicators of the second chakra being out of balance.

Some of the things you can do to help realign the second chakra and get the energy flowing are Pelvis circles to keep the energy circulating around the second chakra.

THESE yoga poses BALANCE THE orange CHAKRA

  • Warrior pose
  • Goddess Pose
  • Pigeon Pose

THESE foods BALANCE THE orange CHAKRA

Orange foods. Oranges, Currys, pitches

HACER GUIA orange plates

THESE oils BALANCE THE ORANGE CHAKRA

  • Sandalwood
  • Orange
  • Rose
  • Ylang Ylang

THESE crystals BALANCE THE ORANGE CHAKRA

  • Citrine
  • Amber

3. The Solar Plexus Chakra is Yellow (Manipura)

The Manipura Chakra (SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA) is the core of your personality, your identity, the center of your willpower.

It has to do with digestion, it has to do with your personal power, your laughter, your anger. Is responsible for your personality, your will, your ego identity,’ who am I’. 

This is all going on within the energy movements of the Solar Plexus Chakra.

If your Solar Plexus chakra happens to be out of balance or not functioning properly, where the energy is blocked or not moving freely you may find yourself feeling digestion problems, ulcers, diabetes, hypoglycemia, anything to do with the upper digestive area.

The solar plexus chakra is located right in your gut. Is your emotional brain. A lot of stored emotions are here, sadness, pain. Real dramatic things can be logged in the solar plexus.

THESE YOGA POSES BALANCE THE yellow CHAKRA

  • Bow Pose
  • Boat Pose
  • Lion Pose
  • Seated Spinal Twist

You want to see if you can squeeze out any of your stuck emotions, take your breath deep into your solar plexus and release them with your exhale.

THESE foodS BALANCE THE YELLOW CHAKRA

Yellow foods!

Yellow carrots, starches, yellow squash

THESE oils BALANCE THE YELLOW CHAKRA

  • Cedarwood
  • Lavender
  • Rosemary
  • Clary Sage

THESE crystals BALANCE THE YELLOW CHAKRA

  • Citrine
  • Sulfur

4. The Heart Chakra is Green (Anahata)

The Anahata Chakra (HEART CHAKRA) is the wellspring of love, compassion, and joy. It’s located in the center of the chest at the heart level.

It’s responsible for love, compassion, trust. It’s responsible for being open to receive and to give love.

Most healers, believe it or not, have a hard time receiving love. They have a very easy time giving love. If this is you, maybe you need to balance your heart chakra allowing it to both give and receive love. Allowing love to flow through you, to you, and away from you.

THESE yoga poses BALANCE THE green CHAKRA

  • Any heart-opening pose
  • Bow Pose
  • Camel Pose
  • Chest openers

Anything where you expand and open the rib cage, if it’s blocked you’ll feel how difficult it is at first to open your heart area.

But once you practice this for a while you are going to feel a renewed zest for love and light.

THESE oils BALANCE THE GREEN CHAKRA

  • Bergamont
  • Jasmine
  • Geranium
  • Cypress
  • Rose

THESE crystals BALANCE THE GREEN CHAKRA

  • Aventurine
  • Green Jade
  • Emerald
  • Malachite

THESE foods BALANCE THE GREEN CHAKRA

For coming up with foods to balance the heart chakras think, GREEN

  • Kale
  • Broccoli
  • Zucchini
  • Green grapes
  • Green apples
  • Avocado

Anything with chlorophyll that connects you to the plant kingdom, this is the resonance of the earth plane that’s connected to the heart.

So when you are eating vegetables, green stuff, think about how good it is for your blood, for your heart. It’s all helping balance your heart chakra.

Wanna know more? 👉 Here The Advanced Guide to Green Chakra Meaning (Importance & How to Balance)

5. The Throat Chakra is Blue (Vishudda)

The Vishudda Chakra (THROAT CHAKRA) the expression chakra, allows to accept your originality, express your authentic voice and speak your truth. Located at the base of the throat.

It’s responsible for communication. For you expressing the highest truths of who you are.

Some of the imbalances you may experience in your throat chakra area include laryngitis, inability to express who you are, throat problems, lower sinus problems, upper respiratory problems.

When the throat chakra is balanced you can express and communicate who you are to the world. You can express your deepest truths.

THESE yoga poses BALANCE THE blue CHAKRA

  • The shoulder stand
  • Lion’s pose
  • Plow
  • Fish

Anything that activates the thyroid gland, that opens the throat.

Relieve any type of tension, get your energy moving and balance your throat chakra to express who you are from the highest place of truth.

THESE oils BALANCE THE blue CHAKRA

  • Basil
  • Cypress
  • Peppermint
  • Spearmint

THESE crystals BALANCE THE BLUE CHAKRA

Labradorites

THESE foods BALANCE THE BLUE CHAKRA

Blue foods are kind of hard to come up with but instead think about the food that contains antioxidants and minerals that help nourish the thyroid gland (even though they are not blue)

  • Blue-green algae
  • Kelp
  • Limes
  • Chia seeds

6. The Third Eye Chakra is Indigo (Ajna)

The Ajna chakra (THIRD EYE CHAKRA) allows us to experience clear thoughts, spiritual contemplation, and self-reflection.

Your third eye helps to unify and bring your thoughts together.

It’s really important for intuition and self-awareness, for visualization, for creative dreaming. It’s a great place to create your dreams and put them out on your mind.

How do you know if you are experiencing any blockages in your THIRD EYE CHAKRA

You could experience nightmares, headaches, any kind of eye strain, or blurred vision.

The takeaway from understanding this and the other symptoms of energy blockages is the realisation that physical problems call our attention into a more holistic understanding of our issues as opposed to the limited approach that only focuses on experimental pains on the physical plane.

When your third eye chakra is blocked it is hard to visualize, it’s hard to create on the inner mind eye, what you dream for, what you long for.

So it’s really important to keep your third eye balanced so you can integrate all those things, your dreams, your feelings, your hopes, your love, into a singular point, and that would be your third eye chakra.

Even imagining a breading light into your third eye can help bring you solutions that you were before unable to envision

THESE yoga poses BALANCE THE indigo CHAKRA

  • The shoulder stand pose
  • Fish pose
  • Child’s pose

Anything that brings energy to the head is great for getting energy to flow through the third eye

THESE oils BALANCE THE indigo CHAKRA

  • Frankincense
  • Sandalwood
  • Patchouli
  • Rosemary

THESE crystals and stones BALANCE THE INDIGO CHAKRA

  • Lapis lazuli
  • Celestite

Anything with an indigo/blue tone to it

THESE foods BALANCE THE INDIGO CHAKRA

  • Blueberries
  • Eggplant
  • Purple grapes
  • Purple potatoes

7. The Crown Chakra is Violet (Sahasrara)

The Sahasrara Chakra (CROWN CHAKRA) Allows us to experience unity and the selfless realization that everything is connected at a fundamental level.

Is where we receive our divine knowledge, our inspiration, our knowing that we are part of a whole moving in perfect alignment.

This is the chakra where our spiritual understanding, our union with ourselves, and our divine nature all happen here.

We experience the energy coming through the crown into all the other chakras.

Some things you may experience if you have a block in the crown chakra are learning disabilities, depression, apathy, boredom, not feeling connected to your purpose, your wisdom.

Anything that makes you feel disconnected from the source of your existence.

THESE yoga poses BALANCE THE violet CHAKRA

  • Headstand

If you have neck issues or something that doesn’t let you physically come up into a headstand, lay on the side of the bed, put your head back.

Let your blood come into your head. Tapping into your skull at the top can help you to stimulate the circulation, to open up the cortex that’s at the top of the skull to allow that energy to flow in.

THESE oils BALANCE THE violet CHAKRA

  • Lavender
  • Jasmine
  • Cedarwood

THESE crystals and stones BALANCE THE VIOLET CHAKRA

  • Amethyst
  • Lavender stones:
    • Charoite
    • Sugilite
  • Clear Quartz
  • Herkimer diamond

THESE foods BALANCE THE VIOLET CHAKRA

Fasting to create an openness, a cleansing of the body so that the mind is open to receiving more information, more light.

Think Breath (prana) coming in, and you are feeding off of the life force of prana.

  • Water
  • Tea

Final thoughts about chakra colors

We’ve gone through an overview of all 7 different chakra colors of the body and how you can spot imbalances in any of them as well as how to realign them by increasing the energy flow or in some cases decreasing it when overstimulated.

Now, as vibrational energy beings, our energies are at all times moving, exchanging with each other, alive. 

They come and go from the balanced states to unbalanced states just as a natural movement.

If you are able to spot any of the symptoms of unbalanced chakras, you may want to implement some or all of the solutions laid out in this article to remove blockages on particular chakras and keep your chakras balanced. 

Again, life is moving, ever-changing.

There’s no ultimate stability, life itself is a game of alignment and disorder.

The understanding of the chakras and the energy movements in your body can be the difference from thriving in this ever-changing space or being like a little leaf being pushed by an incessant wind.

I hope this article about the 7 chakra colors was good for you in some way. 

Want to learn more about the 7 chakras? Here are some helpful resources:

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Thanks for being there, see you in the next one! 🙂