You don’t need a degree, or even one bit of training to learn how you can make yourself feel better. How’s that? Balance your chakras. I started out not knowing anything about them, reading everything I could find, and signing up for every free call that came along. You know what? I figured it out and you can too!

If you’re new to all of this or need a refresher, the word chakra literally means spinning wheel or disk in Sanskrit. And that is what chakras are, spinning energy centers that connect the physical body to the energetic field (aura) and allow the flow of life force through various energetic pathways. Why would you want to do that? To maintain and heal your physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies!

In this post learn some chakra basics like the 7 chakra names, chakra colors, and how chakras function.

There are seven major chakras as well as several minor chakras in the human body.

The 7 Chakra Names

Root Chakra, Muladhara
Sacral Chakra, Svadhisthana
Solar Plexus Chakra, Manipura
Heart Chakra, Anahata
Throat Chakra, Vishuddha
Brow Chakra, Ajna
Crown Chakra, Sahasrara

The 7 Chakra Colors

Chakra colors are determined by wavelengths of energy vibrations the chakras give off as they spin. Each of the seven major chakras spins at a different rate or frequency producing a different wavelength of color when they’re healthy. If they’re blocked, the rate of vibration decreases and affects the color of the energy center as well as the expression of the chakra in the personality.

Red - Root Chakra
Orange - Sacral Chakra
Yellow - Solar Plexus Chakra
Green - Heart Chakra
Blue - Throat Chakra
Purple - Brow Chakra
White - Crown Chakra

WHAT CHAKRAS DO

Chakras function as spinning energy points that connect the physical body to the energetic body. As the chakras spin, they take in and distribute life force energy to various energetic pathways in the body. If one has an unhealthy lifestyle or has environmental exposure to toxins or is holding onto stuck emotions, trauma, or past experiences, the flow of life force energy can slow down or completely stop in a chakra, this is how chakra blockages form.

The good news? Chakras can be unblocked by clearing out the stuck energy regardless of the source. When you’re aware of the chakra basics such as the chakra names, colors, and functions you can make positive choices and get your life force flowing again!

Want to find out which of your chakras are blocked so you can do something about it? Take the chakra quiz.