Using Aromatherapy to Balance the Chakras

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning "wheel of light". There are seven chakras, each representing a different spiritual energy centers in our body that transmits and receives energy to and from the Spirit (aka God, the universe, etc.). When your chakras are not balanced, the physical and emotional health is affected. Aromatherapy can be used as one method to balance the chakras and help you return to a state of peace, be happy and healthy. In this article, I will talk about areas of the body that governs each chakra, the characteristics of balanced and unbalanced chakras, oils that can be used in aromatherapy to help balance the chakras and some examples of how to easily incorporate this in your everyday life .

Root Chakra

Correspondence Color: Red
Essential Oils: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Clove

Root Chakra is the first or base chakra. It connects our passion for our bodies and our body to Mother Earth. It is located at the bottom of the spine. The root chakra set our instincts of survival or self-preservation. Certain aspects of our personalities associated with this chakra primordial feeling of safety and security as well as primal sexual urges. If the root chakra is balanced, we feel grounded, healthy and full of life, active, energetic, capable of completing tasks, we feel that life is abundant, we are happy and healthy sexual. At such moments, root chakra can be thrown out of balance due to unforeseen circumstances such as death of a loved one. Such events have a way to change our world inside out and it's not surprising that we would lose balance chakra along with the others. If the root chakra is balanced, a person may feel fear, the victim, cut off from themselves and prone to violent outbursts.

Sacral Chakra

Correspondence Color: Orange
Essential Oils: Patchouli, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood, Rose, Sage, and Bergamot

The second chakra is the sacral chakra and is located just below the belly button in the lower abdomen. Sacral chakras regulate our emotions and sexuality. Someone with a balanced sacral chakra sexual energy to enjoy the beautiful and great awareness to their emotions. If the sacral chakra is unbalanced, you may feel too emotional or poor all the time or at the end of the spectrum, will be entirely cut off from people and emotionally unavailable. Other signs of imbalance include sexual dysfunction, infidelity and fear of intimacy.

The Solar Plexus Chakra

Correspondence Color: Yellow
Essential oils: Frankincense, Rose, Myrrh, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Chamomile, and Rosemary

Solar Plexus Chakra The third chakra and is located above the navel in the upper abdomen, below the chest. Solar plexus chakras regulate our sense of self, our self-esteem and personal power development. If the solar plexus chakra is balanced we have low self-esteem, fear of rejection, too sensitive to criticism, self-image fears and doubts.

Heart Chakra

Correspondence color: Green or Pink
Essential Oils: Orange Essential Oils (Lemon, Orange, Bergamot, etc.), Sandalwood, Ylang Ylang, Rose and Lavender

The heart chakra is the fourth chakra and is located in the chest. The heart chakra is all about love and healing. Painful situations that can hurt this chakra is a divorce or separation, death of loved ones, emotional abuse, abandonment or adultery. If the heart chakra is balanced we experience feelings of sadness, depression loneliness, and we cannot freely express love.

Throat Chakra

Correspondence Color: Blue
Essential Oils: Peppermint, Spearmint, Chamomile, Bergamot and Basil

Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and is located in the throat, neck and ears. Throat chakra regulates our ability to communicate effectively and to listen and understand others. If the throat chakra is unbalanced, a person may have difficulty expressing themselves, and the ability to suppress the feelings of a poor learning experience. Other symptoms of imbalance including plain habit, fear, doubt and uncertainty.

Third Eye Chakra

Correspondence Color: Indigo
Essential oils: patchouli, sandalwood, Clary Sage, Vetiver, Cypress and Juniper

Third Eye Chakra is the sixth chakra and is located on the forehead between the eyebrows. The third eye chakra regulate our ability to use common sense, intelligence, wisdom, interpreting dreams, spirituality and intuition. If the third eye chakra is unbalanced, a person may lack intuition, common sense, become forgetful, have trouble sleeping and suffer from confusion.

Crown Chakra

Correspondence Color: White / Violet
Essential Oils: Cedarwood, Frankincense, Jasmine, Lavender, Rose and Sandalwood

The crown chakra is the seventh chakra. Located at the top of the head, the crown chakra helps us connect and communicate with Spirit. When the crown chakra is balanced you may feel like you lack the creativity and spiritual disconnected. You can be very materialistic, stuck in the pain of the past, and worry about the future. Focusing on the property may be the way you feel full.

I hope you have enjoyed learning about the chakras and the characteristics of each, the correspondence of colors and essential oils that can be used for balance. If you feel that one of your chakras are not balanced, the use of aromatherapy in conjunction with meditation can help achieve balance again.

Here are some simple ways that you can use aromatherapy to help balance your chakras.

• Bath or shower with products made with essential oils that are tuned to a particular chakra.
• Use a tissue with a few drops of desired essential oil and breathe deeply focused on the balance.
• Burning incense during meditation.
• Wear clothes or jewelry from the corresponding chakra color while you focus on creating balance and harmony.

Namaste.