Out of the Earth
Chakras
Asian cultures have used these teachings for about 4,000 years and it's only the last approx. 10 years that this information has filtered into the west. Chakra literally translated from the Hindi means 'Wheel of spinning Energy'. Withing our bodies are contained seven major energy centres. They are located within the body in front of the spinal column and are aligned vertically up and down the spine. Each wheel has a colour of the rainbow and vibrates to a musical note.
The Chakras are wheel-like vortices of energy located on the etheric body in a vertical line from the head to the pelvis.
They serve as focal points for the flow of energy from the physical to the subtle bodies (emotional, mental, etheric, etc.).
Specific essential oils and crystals assist and support spiritual development and awakening of the chakra energies.
The major Chakra points are as follows:
Base Chakra
Affects : Sexuality, Survival, Grounding
Symbol : Square
Element : Earth
Sound : LAM
Color : Red
Location : Pubic Bone
Essential Oils : Patchouli, Myrrh, Rosewood
Crystals : Black Obsidian, Hematite, Garnet, Black Tourmaline in Clear Quartz
It's colour is red and it is located at the base of your spine. It's the Chakra closest to the earth and represents earthly grounding. Fear is felt in this Chakra and it controls your fight or flight response. It is the Chakra of physical survival
Sacral Chakr (or Navel Chakra)
Affects : Energy, Intimacy, Creativity, Flow of Bodily Fluids
Symbol : Circle
Element : Water
Sound : VAM
Color : Orange
Location : 2" Below Navel
Essential Oils : Jasmine, Sandalwood
Crystals : Citrine, Red Jasper
It's colour is orange and it is located between the base of your spine and your navel. It represents your sexuality, creativity, emotions of anger, resentment and frustration.
Solar Plexus Chakra
Affects : Power, Confidence, Center of Will, Digestion
Symbol : Triangle
Element : Fire
Sound : RAM
Color : Yellow
Location : Between Navel and Rib Cage
Essential Oils : Juniper, Vetivert
Crystals : Sulphur, Yellow Jasper, Black Tourmaline
It's colour is yellow and is located in the solar plexus area, a few inches above the navel. Personal emotions are carried in this Chakra. Feelings of personal power, anger and hostility. Your sensitivity is stored here. It is the seat of your emotional living.
Heart Chakra
Affects : Love
Symbol : Crescent
Element : Air
Sound : YAM
Color : Green
Location : On Chest Over Heart
Essential Oils : Rose, Clary Sage, Bergamot
Crystals : Rose Quartz, Ruby, Kunzite, Watermelon Tourmaline
It's colour is green and it is located within your heart. It is the centre of love, harmony and peace. The Asians say that this is the house of the soul as it deals with issues of the soul. It is through this Chakra that we fall in love. We fall in love through our heart Chakra, then that emotion moves to the emotional centre, the solar plexus, then to the sexual Chakra for strong feelings of attrations, then to the base, which promotes feelings of wanting to settle down. We don't fall up in love - we fall down!
Throat Chakra
Affects : Expression
Symbol : Star
Element : Ether
Sound : HAM
Color : Blue
Location : Hollow of Throat
Essential Oils : German Chamomile
Crystals : Turquoise, Blue Tourmaline
It's colour is blue and is located within the throat. It is the Chakra of communication, expression and judgement. Should you experience problems with your throat, it is sometimes said that if you draw the colour blue to this area it will help you say what needs to be said.
Brow Chakra
Affects : ESP, Intuition
Symbol : Pyramid
Sound : AUM
Color : Indigo
Location : Above and Between Eyebrows
Essential Oils : Rosemary, Thyme, Immortelle
Crystals : Sugalite, Sodalite, Lapis Lazuli
It's colour is Indigo (a combination of red and blue). It is located at the centre of your forehead. This Chakra is used to question the spiritual nature of our life. It is the Chakra of question. Our inner vision is contained here, inner dreams gifts of clairvoyance, wisdom and perception. The dreams of our life are held in this Chakra.
Crown Chakra
Affects : Higher Self or Spirit
Symbol : Lotus
sound : AUM (high octave)
Color : Violet
Location : Top of Head
Essential Oils : Frankincence, Lavender, Sandalwood, Rosewood
Crystals : Tiger's Eye, Amethyst, Citrine, Smokey Quartz
It's colour is violet and is located at the top of your head. It is the Chakra of Divine purpose, the Chakra of destiny. It balances the interior and the exterior and brings them into a harmonious whole. This Chakra is said to be your own place of connection to God.
8th Chakra
Affects : Connection to Divine, Our Highest Aspirations
Color : White
Location : Area Above Crown Chakra
Essential Oils : Neroli
Crystals : Selenite, Herkimer Diamond, Fluorite, Rutilated Quartz
It's colour is white and is located outside the head it is the chakra of absolute.
Healing Properties of Gemstones - applied to Chakras
Chakra Therapy
There are two main ways gemstones are used on chakras -- placement on a single chakra at a time or placement on all chakras at once. One can experiment to see what works best for them.
Finding Chakras ~ Single Chakra Therapy ~ All Chakra Therapy
Gemstone Egg Therapy ~ Increase Intuition ~ Sleeping Better
Main Gemstone Therapy Page
To find a chakra:
Use a gemstone and circle front of body in a large circle over where a chakra should be
- many gemstones will work -- but I find Black Onyx easiest
- one can do this without a gemstone after practice but using a gemstone makes it much easier
Slowly decrease the size of circle following the energy.
- With Black Onyx, you can feel where the Chakra is by where you place it on your body. One's body will tingle where chakras are.
- Other gemstones can be more subtle. The gemstone simply feels like it is being lead to the Chakra.
Single Chakra Therapy
Often one simply wants to work on a single chakra. Simply place a gemstone or strand of gemstones on a Chakra and keep them there from 3-25 minutes. I prefer using clear optical quality quartz on chakras. However, here are the stones that others recommend on each chakra.
One can always substitute clear quartz sphere or strand of frosted quartz for any chakra. Other people have different charts. Experiment. Find what works best for you! If a stone ever feels very uncomfortable, I recommend removing it.
Another way to do single chakra therapy is to take a single stone and sequentially work your way up the chakras. Ie. put malachite on your root chakra for 3-5 minutes; then on your sex chakra for 3-5 minutes, etc. This teaches you multiple things:
- How a stone feels on each chakra
- Which chakra it works best on (or does it feel good on all)
- If the stone works well on more than one chakra
My favorite gemstone to do this with is emerald (a 2" ring of beads works GREAT).
All Chakra Therapy
The easiest therapy is to take 7 clear quartz spheres or 7 strands of frosted quartz and place them on all your chakras - starting at the base chakra and working your way up. Let them stay on your chakras for 5-25 minutes. Remove the strands in the opposite order -- starting from the crown chakra. You may wish to wear a strand of frosted quartz when done to help maintain your balance.
I have tried this therapy w/ spheres and strands of several types of gemstones. When using other gemstones, I recommend using with spheres.
- I tried this once with strands of black opal and it was very overwhelming.
- Green Aventurine felt healing but didn't help nearly as much as putting it directly on an organ that needed it.
- Amethyst was very uplifting -- but it seemed to be much better on the higher chakras singly or directly on an organ such as stomach or liver
- Rose quartz felt good -- but my body wanted more rose quartz on heart chakra than on other chakras
- Rhodocrusite was too strong for me. Try it for a very very short time (15 seconds) on a single chakra. Always follow it by something soothing/healing.
Finding Chakras ~ Single Chakra Therapy ~ All Chakra Therapy
Gemstone Egg Therapy ~ Increase Intuition ~ Sleeping Better
Main Gemstone Therapy Page
Your Chakra' are what make you a whole being. without them your whole self wouldn't be able to do half the things it can do... Such as heal yourself, use your 3rd eye to the full point, you would feel off-ballance, and many other things.
How to Tune your Charka's
A lot of people become sick, and don't realize that a tuning can help better them! Some people want to get in touch with their 3rd eye, and again, a tuning can help. using your Chakra's ALSO helps meditation.
So, this page is to show you how "I" tune my Chakra's. Although it is very important that you learn a way that is best for you. This is only "MY" way, and there are many others...
Lay on the floor Close your eyes. You can use candles and music if that helps you, but I don't.
Watch the colors you see on the inside of your eyelids. fell them move. Move with them. Immagine yourself spinning although you are still on your back (or you can sit on the floor. Comfort is the most important thing of all.)
As you start spinning immagine the Chakra you would like to tune spinning in a small ball-like form. Kind of how you would immagine seeing a spiral gallaxy.As you tune your chakra, add color to it (the colors for each chakra are listed on the "Chakra" page from this site. The chakra is becoming larger, but not too big. You feel it taking in all that is good and sending out all that is bad. You are still spinning, and by now you should be feeling like you are spinning as well. You should also be able to feel the Chakra spinning and cleansing itself.
After you feel nothing but your body spinning and the chakra spinning, and after you feel all that is bad is now gone from that Chakra, you can close it.
NEVER LEAVE a Chakra open.
To close it you immagine it closing up or simply letting the "gallaxy" fade away.
You are done, but don't get up too fast because you might feel a little woozy or dizzy.
