Flower Essences & working with the Chakras
Our series of posts about the potential of working with the chakras has been popularly followed over the last 7 weeks so we decided to pull the information into an easy to access article for reference. Within each of the first 7 chakra concordances are outlined including the location, organs & systems, health issues and healing potential. Also included are the HeartRadiance flower essences and other healing strategies that can help to encourage the balance and free flow of life energy.
When the chakras are open and aligned, our energy is constantly free flowing, allowing life prana to flow through them. When they out of alignment, our energy is no longer free flowing and can become stuck or congested. As a result, depending on the chakra impacted we can experience physical and emotional manifestations of this imbalance. There are 12 chakras, 7 chakras situated along our spine along with 5 chakras located outside of the body but still within our personal subtle energy body (aura).
Chakras aligned
Our energy is free flowing, allowing prana life force to flow through them.
Chakra 1 - Mooladhara chakra or the base
Location: Base of the spine
Colour: Red
Element: Earth
Function: Survival, security
Endocrine Gland: adrenal system
Body area: genitals, adrenals, skeleton
Emotional connection: relates to the emotions of paranoia, fear of survival, insecurity, terror.
Mental connection: daydreaming, dissociation, delusion
Consciousness: survival, vitality, fight or flight
Nourishing the Base chakra
Foods: red foods - beetroot, raspberries, tomatoes, cherries, red capsicum, watermelon, gogi berries, adzuki beans, dietary proteins
Activities: listen to the needs of your body – rest when you are tired, eat when hungry, play when energetic
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I am’
Healing Outcomes: grounding, connection to the planet, confident in your body, attuned to your body’s signals, functional family connections, trust & faith.
Healing Outcome: resonates with the Base chakra and opens you to the presence of NOW.
Chakra 2 - Svadhisthana
Location: lower abdomen between the navel and genitals
Colour: orange
Element: water
Function: desire, pleasure, sexuality, procreation
Endocrine: gonads
Body area: sexual organs, bladder, prostate, womb, kidney
Emotional connection: relates to intimate connection, vulnerability, fear of commitment, feeling un-nurtured, aversion to pleasure or sensation
Mental connection: repression of feelings, inadequacy, hyper-sensitivity
Consciousness: know ourselves within connection, healthy boundaries, staying connected
Nourishing the second chakra
Foods: orange foods, pawpaw, oranges, apricots, mangos, orange lentils, sweet potato, turmeric root, fats and oils, water, fish & seafood.
Activities: going with the flow, creative self-expression such as dance or journaling, self-care especially with the element of water (baths, ocean swims, float tanks), safely explore your sexuality
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I feel’
Healing Outcomes: willingness to allow pleasure in body, comfortable connection, healthy boundaries, trust in others, comfortable with appropriate touch.
Healing Outcomes: helps let go of old patterns of self-loathing and celebrate your uniqueness, activates love and connection.
Chakra 3 - Manipura
Location: between the navel and the lower rib cage
Colour: yellow
Element: fire
Function: will, power, transformation
Endocrine: pancreas
Body area: digestive system, liver, gallbladder, stomach, muscles
Emotional connection: healthy self-esteem, personal power, confidence
Mental connection: clarity of thought, mental wellbeing, feeling safe in the world
Consciousness: empowerment, strength of will, soul-purpose
Nourishing the third chakra:
Foods: yellow foods, ginger, lemon, legumes, whole grains
Activities: creating balance in your life, physical workouts & regular exercise, trust your gut instincts
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I do’
Healing Outcomes: clarity of thought, easy decision-making, sense of individuality & uniqueness, feels empowered.
Healing Outcomes: calm and reassurance, acts quickly to bring a stressful situation back into control.
Chakra 4 - Anahata
Location: middle of the chest
Colour: green
Element: air
Function: love and compassion for others
Endocrine: thymus
Body area: heart & lung systems, circulation
Emotional connection: love and connectedness, compassion, loving – kindness
Mental connection: greed, hard-hearted, meanness, overly emotional thinking
Consciousness: balance of mind & body, thought & feeling, connectedness
Nourishing the fourth chakra
Foods: green foods, leafy greens, avocado, brassica family
Activities: be open to giving and receiving, embrace a cause you care about, keep a gratitude journal, practice a loving kindness meditation or prayer
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I love’
Healing Outcomes: gratitude, self-accepting, loving-kindness to all beings, compassion for those in need.
Healing Outcomes: dispels negative energy coming from others leaving you free, open hearted and fearless, taps into your inner strength and courage
Chakra 5 - Vishudda
Location: throat
Colour: blue
Element: ether
Function: communication, creativity
Endocrine: thyroid, parathyroid
Body area: vocal cords, neck & jaw, lymphatic system, throat
Emotional connection: creative expression, ease of communication, out of balance – frustration, isolation.
Mental connection: self-criticism, self-negation, positive – expression of intention
Consciousness: creative self-expression, self-knowledge, speaks & listens equally
Nourishing the fifth chakra
Foods: fruits, juices, sea plants, teas
Activities: singing, using mantras, practice mindful eating
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I speak’
Healing Outcomes: Speaks with truth & integrity, immune to critics, creatively flowing, co-creates with intention, manifests good health in self & others.
Healing Outcomes: Supports clear expression, opens awareness, supports study and new projects by clearing self doubt
Chakra 6 - Ajna
Location: At the centre of the forehead
Colour: Indigo
Element: Light
Function: Seeing, insight, intuition, perception
Endocrine: Pituitary gland, parts of the hypothalamus
Body area: eyes, nose, memory storage aspects of the brain
Emotional connection: Feeling spiritual connection, direction in life, nit-picking, judgemental
Mental connection: clarity of thought, thought processing; out of balance - confusion, lack of direction, disconnected from intuition
Consciousness: Seeing the big picture, access intuition
Nourishing the sixth chakra:
Foods: blackberries, acai, figs, plums, purple foods, chocolate, caffeine
Activities: Journaling, set your intentions for the day, open to your intuition
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I see’
Healing Outcomes: Life purpose, clarity in understanding, sees big picture reality, opens to new possibilities, accesses intuition.
Healing Outcomes: Opens you up to your intuition so that your body is in tune with your mind and the ‘present’ moment.
Chakra 7 - Sahasrara
Location: at the top of the head
Colour: violet
Element: all elements
Function: connection with ‘all that is’, spiritual connection
Endocrine: pineal gland, parts of the hypothalamus
Body area: higher learning & cognitive brain, nervous system
Emotional connection: reverence & awe, questions around the mysteries of life, when out of balance – spiritual arrogance, confusion, separation, isolation, fear of death
Mental connection: higher order thinking, inner peace, connection with life
Consciousness: recognition of connectedness, faith & trust, higher service to humanity
Nourishing the Seventh chakra:
Foods: fasting, organic foods (no toxins)
Activities: quiet time, meditation, create a gratitude practice
HeartRadiance Essences:
Affirmation: ‘I understand’
Healing Outcomes: has a sense of place in the bigger picture, experiences awe & sense of connection to ‘All-That-Is’ regularly, let go of fear about death and dying.
Healing Outcomes: opens the pathway to deep contemplation and reflection. In mastering the mind, we live contentedly with the environment and at peace.