What are chakras and how will understanding them improve your life?

In this series, we are exploring the significance and power of the 7 major chakras, one at a time.

Everyone has chakras. Chakras represent different energy centers throughout our body. Each chakra are associated with specific colors and energies. Though there are separate chakras, all chakras work together to create a balance of energies that affect your everyday life on a mental, physical, and energetic level (your mind, body, and spirit).

Gaining an understanding of each chakra helps you to become attuned with yourself. This strengthens your inner voice and allows you to be able to recognize whether you are emotionally on or off track so that you can rebalance yourself and make adjustments as needed.

Spirituality and astrology are interrelated. This series will detail how they connect so that you can more easily understand and incorporate these elements into your life and experience the positive changes it can bring!

In part 2, we are diving into the 2nd chakra called the SACRAL CHAKRA!

This is the second of the seven chakras and is located below your bellybutton.

This chakra is represented by the color ORANGE and is connected to the planet VENUS.

Your SACRAL CHAKRA is your PASSION.

This chakra is connected to all things that represent your creativity, emotions, intimate relationships, and sexuality.

Your SACRAL chakra needs to be nourished if you experience:

• emotional coldness

• fear of relationships/commitment

• shallow relationships

• frequent mood swings

• creative blocks

• substance abuse

• heavy menstrual flow

• fertility issues

• inability to experience pleasure

• hypersensitivity

• panic attacks

• sexual addiction

• emotional eating

Your SACRAL chakra is kept balanced by:

• Carrying crystals/stones such as: Orange Calcite, Carnelian, or Citrine

• Being in water/ swimming

• Staying hydrated daily with alkaline water

• Drawing, journaling, painting, yoga, and dancing

• Eating more: nuts, seeds, citrusy orange fruits, melons, and mangos

• Chanting the seed sound to activate this chakra: “VANG” (rhymes with song)