Chakras & their meaning
🌈 The seven chakras – energy centers of your soul
The chakras – these are our inner light Vertebrae, subtle energy centers along the spine. They connect your body with your mind and soul. Each chakra carries its own color, vibration, and message. When they flow harmoniously, you feel inner balance, joy in life, and spiritual connection.
Let's delve into the world of your seven main chakras together – learn what they represent, how you can sense and strengthen them, and what might be blocking you. You don't need any prior knowledge – just an open heart.
🔴 1. Root Chakra (Muladhara)
The foundation of your being. This is about grounding, security, and your existence.
- Location: coccyx
- Element: Earth
- Topic: Basic trust, survival, physicality
- Blockages: fear, restlessness, insecurity
- Healing impulses: barefoot walking, red gemstones (e.g. garnet), root vegetables
- Color: Red
- Affirmation: I am safe. I am grounded.
🟠 2nd Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)
Your source of creativity, sensuality and zest for life.
- Location: Below the belly button
- Element: Water
- Topic: Feelings, sexuality, creativity
- Blockages: guilt, shame, suppressed emotions
- Healing impulses: dancing, creative design, orange calcite
- Color: Orange
- Affirmation: I flow with the rhythm of life.
🟡 3rd Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura)
This is where your strength lies – your self-confidence, your determination, your inner fire.
- Location: Upper abdomen (between navel and sternum)
- Element: Fire
- Topic: Willpower, identity, personal power
- Blockages: Doubt, anger, powerlessness
- Healing impulses: sunlight, clear decisions, citrine
- Color: Yellow
- Affirmation: I am powerful and act from my center.
💚 4. Heart Chakra (Anahata)
The center of love – for others and for yourself.
- Location: center of chest
- Element: Air
- Topic: Compassion, Healing, Relationship
- Blockages: Heartache, bitterness, loneliness
- Healing impulses: forgiveness, deep breathing exercises, rose quartz
- Color: Green (also pink)
- Affirmation: I open my heart to love and healing.
🔵 5th Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
Here you will find your voice, your expression, your truth.
- Location: Throat
- Element: Ether / Space
- Topic: Communication, authenticity, expression
- Blockages: Speechlessness, lies, reticence
- Healing impulses: singing, journaling, aquamarine
- Color: Light blue
- Affirmation: I speak my truth clearly and lovingly.
🟣 6. Forehead Chakra (Ajna)
Your intuition and inner knowing reside here.
- Location: Between the eyebrows
- Element: Light
- Topic: Insight, Vision, Intuition
- Blockages: Confusion, illusion, mental restlessness
- Healing impulses: meditation, mindfulness, lapis lazuli
- Color: Indigo
- Affirmation: I see with the eye of wisdom.
⚪️ 7th Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)
The gateway to the spiritual world – your access to the universe.
- Location: vertex of the head
- Element: Cosmic Consciousness
- Topic: Spirituality, Enlightenment, Oneness
- Blockages: Separation, meaninglessness, arrogance
- Healing impulses: prayer, deep silence, amethyst
- Color: Violet to white
- Affirmation: I am one with all that is.