Location – Lower stomach and lower back.

Colour – Orange.

Associations – Physical pleasure, fully experiencing emotions, flowing movement, sexuality, creativity, the moon.

Related Organs – Lower back, pelvic area, intestines, reproductive organs, bladder, kidneys.

Development Age – 6 to 18 months old.

When your Sacral Chakra is unbalanced –

• Numb in your body, lack of appetite, issues with physical appearance and self-image.
• Emotionally distant, fear of change, sense of isolation.
• Experience difficulty in allowing yourself to become emotionally and sexually intimate.
• Feeling hurt and confused.
• Difficulty trusting that you can be loved for being you.
• Physical imbalances include sexual and reproductive issues, urinary problems, kidney dysfunctions, and hip, pelvic and lower back pain.
• Emotional imbalances include a commitment to relationships and the ability to express your emotions.

When your Sacral Chakra is in balance –

• Feel pleasure, take joy in life, accept change, go with the flow, happy with your sexuality.
• Have a strong sense of your sexuality.
• Healthy sexual experiences with others enjoy pleasure in different ways.
• Have the ability to take risks, creative, committed, passionate, sexual and outgoing.

The lesson of this chakra is to honour others.

Location – Upper stomach, between your belly button and breastbone.

Colour – Yellow.

Associations – Personal power, sense of purpose, the ego, setting goals and boundaries, psychic ability, gut intuition.

Related Organs – Upper digestive organs, including the stomach, liver, diaphragm, adrenal glands, and the immune system.

Development Age – 18 months to 3 years old.

When your Solar Plexus Chakra is unbalanced –

• Struggle to make decisions, lack of direction, passive and submissive, afraid to challenge self.
• Feel like a victim in the world and often feel powerless relative to other people and circumstances.
• Give your power away to others as you feel this is necessary to keep peace in relationships.
• Find it difficult to take action on your dreams due to a sense of powerlessness and low self-esteem.
• Physical imbalances include stomach anxiety, low energy, digestive problems, liver dysfunction, chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, stomach ulcers, pancreas and gallbladder issues, and colon diseases.
• Emotional imbalances include issues of personal power and self-esteem, and your inner critic comes out. Fear of rejection.

When your Solar Plexus is in Balance –

• Feel energetic, confident and focused, can stand up for yourself, get things done, and trust gut intuition.
• Have a strong sense of your power and how to use it in healthy ways.
• You want to use your power and influence for good in the world.
• Feel self-respect and self-compassion.
• Feel in control, assertive, and confident.

The lesson of this chakra is self-acceptance.

Location – Middle of the chest, in the area of the physical heart.

Colour – Green or Pink

Associations – Unconditional love, compassion, healing, healthy detachment, balance.

Related Organs – Heart, lungs, upper back, shoulder blades, arms, and hands.

Development Age – 4 to 7 years old.

When your Heart Chakra is Unbalanced –

• Difficulty in giving and receiving love, low self-esteem.
• Afraid of commitment and feeling like you have to please others to be loved.
• Feeling hurt by others in relationships.
• Guard yourself against being hurt again.
• Difficulty in giving and receiving love and being compassionate.
• Hold grudges and become needy in relationships, and this often leads to anger and distrust.
• Physical imbalances include asthma, heart disease, lung disease, issues with breasts, and lymphatic systems, upper back and shoulder problems, and arm and wrist pain.
• Emotional imbalances include issues of the heart; over-loving to the point of suffocation, jealousy, abandonment, anger, and bitterness. Fear of loneliness.

When your Heart Chakra is in Balance –

• A kind view of the world and others, kindness to yourself and others.
• Ability to maintain emotional boundaries.
• Being present.
• Feel comfortable in your relationships and have trust.
• Give and receive love easily, and your feeling of gratitude, joy, love, compassion for yourself and others, and forgiveness flows easily.

The lesson of this chakra is I Love.

Location – Front of the throat, back of the neck.

Colour – Blue.

Associations – Communication, speaking your truth, listening.

Related Organs – Neck, throat, shoulders, mouth, sinuses, ears.

Development Age – 7 to 12 years old.

When your Throat Chakra is unbalanced –

• Constrained voice, dislike confrontation, people talk over you.
• Feel afraid to speak up and say what you want or feel.
• Go along with others so you don’t upset anyone.
• Feel frustrated because you don’t feel that other people hear what you have to say.
• Physical imbalances include thyroid issues, you get sore throats often, mouth ailments, laryngitis, TMJ, ear infections, blocked sinus, any facial problems (chin, cheek, lips, tongue problems) neck and shoulder pain.
• Feel like you have a lump in your throat and feel that your throat is blocked.
• Emotional imbalances include issues of self-expression through communication, both spoken and written. Fear of no power or choice. No willpower or being out of control.

When your Throat Chakra is in Balance –

• Ability to express yourself easily and effectively without fear.
• Feel comfortable speaking your truth.
• Experience others listening to you and you feel that you are heard and honoured for your truth.
• Free flowing of words, expression, and communication.
• Feel able to communicate firmly, honestly and truthfully.
• Good at listening.

The lesson of this chakra is to speak up and let your voice be heard.

Location – The brow, slightly above your eyebrows in the middle.

Colour – Indigo.

Associations – Sixth sense, intuition, wisdom, spiritual awareness, seeing clearly, perspective, balance.

Related Organs – The eyes, brain, sinuses, pineal gland.

Development Age – adolescence.

When your Third Eye Chakra is Unbalanced –

• Overly practical brain, struggle to be creative, narrow-minded and dismissive of other’s opinions.
• Feel detached from spirituality.
• Difficulty in finding meaning in life and ask yourself, ‘Why am I here?’.
• Feeling disconnected from your intuition.
• Difficulty in making decisions.
• Feeling lost in your life path.
• Physical imbalances include headaches, often have tension in your brow, blurred vision, sinus issues, eyestrain, seizures, hearing loss, and hormone function.
• Emotional imbalances include issues with moodiness, volatility, and self-reflection.
• Unable to look at your fears.

When your Third Eye Chakra is in Balance –

• Have a clear brain, clear sight, and focus.
• Imagination, insight, a balance between logic and intuition.
• Trust your intuition.
• Feel a strong sense of your own inner truth and listen to and follow it as it guides you on your life path.
• Open to receiving wisdom and insight.

The lesson of this chakra is to see the big picture.

Location – Top of the head, a single chakra pointing upwards.

Colour – Violet / White

Associations – Connection to the divine, and to the divinity within you.

Related Organs – Top of the brain, pituitary gland.

Development Age – early adult and beyond.

When your Crown Chakra is unbalanced –

• A feeling of being cut off from spirituality or hostile to it.
• Feelings of meaninglessness, loneliness, and depression.
• May feel a strong attachment to material possessions.
• Feel no connection or guidance from a higher power.
• Feel unworthy of spiritual help.
• Physical imbalance includes migraines and tension headaches, depression, inability to learn, and sensitivity to light, sound and the environment.
• Emotional imbalances include issues with self-knowledge and greater power. Fear of alienation.

When your Crown Chakra is in Balance –

• Spirituality, a feeling of connection, but also of benign detachment, a sense of euphoria, wonder, calm, spaciousness and light, life has meaning.
• Feel connected to a higher power and sense that you are cared for.
• Feelings of gratitude for the universal love and appreciation you feel towards yourself and others.
• Live in the present moment.
• Have trust in your inner guidance.

The lesson of this chakra is to live mindfully.