—the chakra system
I like to imagine our chakras as seven wheels (energy centres) from our tailbone to the top of our head, and these wheels are spinning, moving and shifting energy through our body, just as the water flows down a stream. As the wheel turns and spins, the energy flows freely, unless there is something blocking the way.
THE CHAKRA SYSTEM
Here are the seven major chakras running through our bodies.
Just as the Universe that surrounds us is composed of spinning wheels of energy — flowers, tree trunks, plants, the moon, the sun — so are we.
At our inner core, running along our spine starting at our tailbone and finishing at the top of our head, each of us has seven wheel like energy centres that are swirling intersections of vital life forces.
Each Chakra is responsible for an aspect of consciousness that is essential for our life to flow. The chakras are designed to flow together and are a formula for wholeness that integrates the heart, mind, body and spirit.
Our chakras are the centres of our life force energies.
If we think of the body as a vehicle, a vehicle of consciousness, the chakras are the wheels that carry this vehicle throughout our life. Through all our transformations, challenges, triumphs and breakthroughs, the chakras are always within us, moving the energy through us, for us. The word “Chakra” in Sanskrit means “wheel” or “disk” and denotes a point of intersection where mind and body meet. Chakras are also likened to the lotus flower, a beautiful sacred flower from India, symbolising the unfolding of flower petals, metaphorically describing the opening of a chakra.
When our seven chakras are aligned and open to giving and receiving in life, our life flows with much ease and grace. Just like flowers, chakras can be open or closed, budding or dying depending on our inner state of consciousness.
Chakras take energy in, process it and then send energy out from the core of the body.
Sometimes, things get stuck. You may know if you have a stuck chakra if you are feeling like you are caught in a cycle, that may be in a relationship, a job, a way of thinking or a habit that you just can’t break.
When we work in an Energy Healing Session, we find how open or closed the chakra is to giving and receiving and then work to clean and clear any emotions that are stuck, that are blocking the life force energy flowing freely and we can move forward in our lives.
Each chakra is associated with different levels, elements and located at all different points in our body. Let’s dive into these now.
Chakra One — Base Chakra — Located at the base of the spine, is associated with emotions, our safety, security and belonging. Element is Earth.
Chakra Two — Sacral Chakra — Located in the lower abdomen, is associated with emotions, creativity and sexuality. Element is Water.
Chakra Three — Solar Plexus Chakra — Located in the stomach area, is associated with personal power, our inner sunshine, will and self-esteem. Element is Fire.
Chakra Four — Located over the sternum (heart), is associated with love. Element is Air.
Chakra Five — Throat Chakra — Located in the throat, is associated with communication, creativity and expression. Element is Sound.
Chakra Six — Third Eye Chakra — Located in the centre of the forehead, is associated with seeing clearly, our clairvoyance, intuition and imagination. Element is Light.
Chakra Seven — Crown Chakra — Located at the top of the head, is associated with knowing, connection to divine, connection to spirit and Universe. Element is Thought.
“Chakras that are open to giving and receiving energy form the basis of living life in flow state, in the slip stream. We feel good when the energy flows freely."
—Shari Ingleton
Chakra can be opened or closed, excessive or deficient or any of the various stages in between.
If a chakra is closed, it is unable to generate or receive energy at that particular centre, such as communication or love energy so you may have trouble communicating clearly if your throat chakra is blocked or you may have trouble giving or receiving love if you heart chakra is blocked.
When we are in an Energy Healing Session, we always work with the chakras. Each chakra is tested to see how open it is and if it is not fully at 100% open, we will work out what priority emotions we need to clear to get the energy centre, the chakra, back in alignment, back at 100% open to giving and receiving, getting our energy flow back into a harmonious state.
The more you can connect with and recognise your own chakras and feel your energy centres, the more you realise just how important having these chakras balanced, clear and open are.
When something happens to us, just notice which part of your body comes on online and you feel something change.
For example, you get some sad news — straight to your heart. You lose your job, straight to your lower back (base chakra). You have low self-esteem and someone crosses a boundary, straight to your stomach. You have to have a hard conversation, you get a lump in your throat and have to cough.
Our chakras and emotions are so deeply connected. When we clear, balance and align our charkas (energy centres) we make room for our lives to flow more easily, more freely, more beautifully. I invite you now to take stock on our own chakra system and your life and lean into seeing what may be playing out for you now. It is easy to link our challenges in our lives with the relative chakra and once we start doing this, it changes the game because as we know everything is energy, and when we can be aware of how that energy is flowing, we get to really be in charge of that flow again.
The chakra’s and the chakra system as a whole form the basis of our bodies, our energy and our vitality in our lives. I love working with and clearing the chakras so much as they have so much wisdom to share. I love seeing which ones are blocked and which messages they have for us.
Our body is always communicating with us, if only we can listen.
Using our bodies innate wisdom, we open the chakras and allow the energy to flow. When we clear our chakras, we increase our vibration and are able to give and receive, process and alchemise emotions so much easier and more beautifully.
During an Energy Healing Session we do a chakra clear and we dive into each chakra to see how open and closed they are and clear anything that is blocking them being at 100%.
In the Bloom, we go really deep. Seven of the ten levels of the Bloom are working with the chakras and we deep dive into each chakra (starting with the base, ending with the crown) and uncover our belief systems that are stored in each chakra. We root clear 22 emotions from the chakras. We release and let go of the stories, blocks and beliefs that are in each chakra and make space for new ones to be written and installed. We open the liberation channel and allow the manifestation channel to be open and ready to anchor in all the new stories, belief systems and dreams.
I hope this has helped you understand your chakras more and I would love to work with you and your chakras anytime! They truly are life changing when they are in balance and spinning freely and beautifully. There is also an invitation here to just connect with your chakras and begin to notice how they feel.
Sending you so much love,
