I promised a friend to get this post up today!  Due to ultra overbooking of tasks on the home front, this will be a minimalist viewpoint on chakras and the stones associated with them.  Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning “wheels”; as in spinning wheels of vitality, and while not actually physical, chakras are associated with physical areas on the body and connected to emotions and actions.

There are varying interpretations of the chakras and the meaning of their colours.  Many authors are in disagreement as to the exact colours of the seven major chakras.  (There are more than seven chakras, which I’ll explain in a future post.)  These are the designated colours, taught to me years ago.

To meditate: hold a gemstone that matches the colour of a particular chakra.  The gemstone is used as a conduit of energy to tune into the chakra and to strengthen it.  You can visualize the color/energy of the stone radiating from the stone to the corresponding chakra area.

An alternative method is to wear a corresponding colour of clothing to the chakra that you are trying to balance.

For example:  If you are having issues communicating, and speaking your feelings clearly, you could wear a necklace with a blue stone that lies on your throat chakra, or a sky-blue scarf around this area.

Stones of empowerment have been used throughout the ages, by royal families, to instill strength, wisdom and justice, to ancient sacred ceremonies of the Druids.

Chakras are not just one colour like your aura, there are predominant colours that come forth.  Having all seven major chakras balanced, spinning, and clear indicates excellent health in both the mental and physical areas of one’s life.

Red Calcite

Red Orange – Base chakra – located at base of spine.

Associated with the material world, wanting things, stability, grounding the physical self.

Thought:  I balance.

Mantra:  LAM

Rhodacrosite

Pink – Spleen chakra – located half-way between your navel and pubic bone.

Associated with the balance of health; strong immune system.

Thought: I surrender.

Mantra:  VAM

Adventurine

Kelly Green – Navel chakra – located just above your navel.

Associated with fear, guilt, doubt, seeing situations clearly.  It defines our self-esteem.

Thought:  I will.

Mantra:  RAM

Citrine

Yellow Gold – Heart chakra – located slightly to the left of your chest.

Associated with virtuous emotions, love, compassion, understanding.

Thought:  I am grateful.

Mantra:  YAM

Larimar

Sky Blue – Throat chakra – located at the seat of the throat area.

Associated with communication, being able to express emotions.

Thought:  I speak my truth.

Mantra:  HAM

Sugilite

Indigo - Brow chakra – located in the center point of your brow area, between your eyes.

Associated with the seat of the Soul.

Thought:  I know.

Mantra:  OM

Amethyst

Purple – Crown a.k.a. coronal chakra –  located at the top of the head, and usually the last chakra to be fully awakened.

Associated with nervous system, consciousness and higher realms.

Thought:  I am.

Mantra:  Silence

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