How to Clear Your Chakras: Simple Practices for Energy Healing

In the hustle and bustle of today’s world, stress, frequent burnouts, and anxiety are extremely common. For curing this, many are shifting towards the ancient system of healing in order to restore balance and inner peace. The core of these healing systems has a belief that your body does not have just a physical system but it also has energy points. These energy points are known as Chakras and they play a vital role in managing your overall wellness. When your chakras are open and function well, you experience mental clarity, feel vibrant and emotionally stable. Once your chakras are blocked you will feel the imbalance in your body, confusion, physical ailments, and low self-esteem. 

Now the good news is that there is no need to be a mystic in order to clear your blocked chakras. There are a few simple practices which can be done on a daily basis no matter what your beliefs or backgrounds are, in order to align your energy and chakras. In this comprehensive article, you will understand what are chakras, how they get blocked, what are the signs of imbalance, and how to clear them. Walk through the different ways which will help you to align your chakras with some major healing practices like sound therapy, crystals, yoga, meditation, pranayama, etc. 

What are Chakras?

Chakras are basically the energy centers in your body that act like a power station for all your transmitted, assimilated, and received energies. The word chakra originated from the age-old Indian tradition, and it means “wheel” in Sanskrit language. These centers are not any physical organ and are votives of energy that works in benefitting both internal as well as external reality of your life. There are 7 chakras inside your body from the base of your spine to the crown of your head. These seven chakras are:

1. Root Chakra (Muladhara): Focuses on safety, survival instincts, and internal grounding.
   
2. Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana): Governs pleasure, creativity, and sexuality.
   
3. Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura): Focuses on confidence, self-esteem, and your will power.
   
4. Heart Chakra (Anahata): Manages love, emotional balance, and compassion in you.
   
5. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha): Governs truth, self-expression, and proper communication.
   
6. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna): Focuses on your inner wisdom, mental clarity, and intuition.
   
7. Crown Chakra (Sahasrara): Helps you to connect with the divine, universal consciousness, and spiritual purpose.
   

Every chakra in your body is related to specific organs, elements, emotions, color, and sounds. Having a clear and balanced chakra will benefit in flowing of energy freely in your body, which is also known as prana.

Related: How to Activate Chakras in the Human Body?

What Causes Chakra Blockages?

This fast paced lifestyle is one of the major reasons why you fail to focus on your energy centers. This leads to blockage of chakras and prana to circulate through your entire body. When your energy centers are blocked it can lead to several mental, spiritual, emotional, physical, and lifestyle related issues that don’t appear at once and build up over time. 

Let’s understand what are some of the top reasons that cause chakra blockages and why they need to be healed. 

Unresolved Emotional Trauma

Unresolved emotional trauma is one of the most common causes of chakra blockage. Neglected and abusive childhood, emotional rejection, breakups, betrayals, toxicity, childhood fears, and abandonment are few of the things that might cause emotional trauma. If it remains unhealed, it gets stored in the chakra which is most likely to relate to that particular type of emotion. Without healing them properly, these wounds will become energetic scars that will discontinue the flow of prana in your body. 

Suppressed Emotions and Repression

Suppressing your emotions like sadness, fear, anger, and guilt do not make them disappear. Your entire energy system runs on flow as well as expression. So if they are trapped within your body it will cause congestion in your energy, leading to chakra blockages. For example the Throat chakra gets blocked when you are deliberately silenced and are not allowed to speak your truth. The Sacral chakra gets blocked when you deny your pleasure and Solar Plexus suffers when you hide and lose personal power. Suppressing and repressing these emotions for the long-term will lead to anxiety, digestive issues, chronic fatigue, frequent burnouts, and overload stress. 

Negative Thought Patterns and Beliefs

The thoughts you have also carry energies, so having negative beliefs or internal dialogues which are full of self-doubt will block your chakras. Phrases like ‘I am not good enough’, ‘people don’t want to hear me’, ‘my desires are wrong’ etc will block chakras which are related to these emotions. You need to understand the importance of practicing daily affirmations for better energy flow in your body. These negative thoughts harden in your energetic imprints over time and it leads to behavioural changes and imbalance of each chakra. 

Chronic Stress and Anxiety

Stress and anxiety are two majorly destructive forces for your energy flow and can disrupt your overall wellness as well. When your body is constantly burning out and stressing about everything, it pulls out the energy away from your chakras, including your spiritual and emotional flow. For stress related issues, Root chakra, Sola Plexus chakra, and Crown chakras get blocked. From deadlines to overstimulation to social media, the chronic stress has taken a toll to everyone’s wellness. Without practicing some grounding yoga and other wellness activities, your energy centers will become overwhelmed. 

How to Tell if your Chakras are Blocked?

Each chakra is going to reflect a specific domain in your body, defining what organs they are governing. When your energy centers are blocked, your flow of prana gets disrupted, leading to several physical, mental, and emotional issues. Let’s understand the symptoms that show your chakras are blocked. 

Each chakra reflects a specific area of your life. When blocked or imbalanced, you may experience:

Now you know if your chakras are blocked or not. So let’s learn some ways which can help you to unblock them easily. 

Visualization and Meditation

Sit comfortably and quiet your mind completely. Take a few breaths and begin to focus on your root chakra. Visualize a spinning wheel which is red and slowly move towards the other chakras while visualizing their location and color. Imagine how the chakras are spinning freely and radiating positive energy inside you. Now you can conclude this by visualizing golden or white light flowing throughout your entire body. Meditation is one of the cornerstones of cleansing your chakras. By focusing on awareness and clearing your mind, you can visualize the flow of prana smoothly though each centre. 

You can also add chakra specific mantras or some quiet background music. Make sure to take guided lessons on meditation for having a proper structure of the session. Practice this daily for 10-20 minutes to see maximum benefits. This will help you in releasing energetic stagnation, will activate spiritual connection, and enhance the power of inner-awareness in you. 

Sound Healing and Chanting

Sound healing therapies are extremely helpful in opening all the chakra blockages easily. This uses vibrational frequencies which realigns your energy centers. Each chakra has its own specific sound, also known as seed mantra. 

Chakra Sounds and Frequencies:

• Root: LAM
  
• Sacral: VAM
  
• Solar Plexus: RAM
  
• Heart: YAM
  
• Throat: HAM
  
• Third Eye: OM
  
• Crown: Silence or OM
  

In the sound healing sessions, you will be using tools like singing bowls, tuning forks, gong baths, etc along with voice chanting and solfeggio frequencies. Lie down and stay in a comfortable place while playing chakra-specific sounds in the background. Then chant the seed mantra for every chakra during your deep meditation. Allow your voice to vibrate in different parts of your body which aligns to your chakras. This will clear all the blockages in your energy centers and harmonize your nervous system. 

Yoga Poses for Chakra Alignment

Yoga asanas are the best way to unblock your chakras and free the flow of prana. It not only strengthens your body but also helps the energy to move through the blocked areas of the centers. Different yoga asanas are practiced according to different chakras. 

• Root Chakra: Tree Pose, Warrior I. These help with Grounding and balance.
  
• Sacral Chakra: Hip openers like Pigeon and Goddess Pose. Allows to Unblocks creativity and emotional flow.
  
• Solar Plexus: Core work like Boat Pose and Twists. Assists in Boosting your willpower.
  
• Heart Chakra: Camel, Cobra, and Fish Pose. helps with opening emotional space.
  
• Throat Chakra: Shoulder Stand, Plow Pose. improves expression
  
• Third Eye Chakra: Child’s Pose, Eagle Pose. Provides better inner vision.
  
• Crown Chakra: Savasana, Headstand. Fosters spiritual awareness and stillness.

Always make sure to pair your yoga asanas with intentional breathing. This helps in complimenting the effects of the asanas. Set chakra-related intentions every time you go for a session. Practice these for 20 to 40 minutes daily and feel extremely relaxed afterwards. Yoga asanas helps in strengthening the energy flow and connects your mind, body, as well as spirit. You can join yoga schools which provide special workshops for chakra cleansing so that you get the best guidance for your holistic wellness. 

Chakra Affirmations

Practicing affirmations are best for rewiring your subconscious mind and clear all the mental stress and emotional disturbances. For this you just need to repeat the affirmations based on each chakra while focusing on your breathing. You can also write them in your journal each morning and then use them during your yoga and meditation time. 

Affirmations Examples:

• Root: “I am grounded and safe.”
  
• Sacral: “I embrace joy, creativity, and pleasure.”
  
• Solar Plexus: “I am strong, confident, and worthy.”
  
• Heart: “I give and receive love effortlessly.”
  
• Throat: “I speak my truth clearly and with love.”
  
• Third Eye: “I trust my intuition and inner guidance.”
  
• Crown: “I am connected to divine wisdom and light.”

These chakra affirmations will build your trust and confidence in yourself. Along with this, it also assists in reframing limiting benefits and strengthening your body and mind synergy. Make sure to recite these mantras and affirmations regularly to see maximum benefits in you. 

Breathwork (Pranayama)

Breathing is also a cornerstone for cleansing your chakras properly. With conscious breathing you can shift your energy instantly and balance yourself internally. There are so many breathing techniques which help in clearing your mental state and opening your energy centers. 

Techniques:

• Nadi Shodhana: This is alternate nostril breathing which balances the right and left energy channels.
  
• Kapalabhati: This is practiced to cleanse your breath in order to detoxify it.
  
• Bhramari: It is a humming bee pranayama technique which is used to calm your mind and sooth your nervous system.
  
• Ujjayi: This is the ocean breath used to regulate internal energy and self-awareness

For this all you have to do is choose one of these pranayama techniques and sit in a quiet place. Take deep breaths with full awareness and focus on your specific chakra. Repeat this for 5-10 minutes and stay consistent with your practice. Pranayama helps in clearing your mental fog, increasing the amount of oxygen in your body, and assists with emotional release. 

Crystals and Gemstones

Crystals are a vital part of chakra cleansing as they have naturally healing power which will amplify the energy of all the chakras. There are different crystals for specific chakras. Place the chosen crystal directly on your body while laying down comfortably. Then you can either carry it in your pocket or wear it as jewelry. Keep the crystal in your one hand and practice deep meditation with it. You can also create crystal grids around your bed to have maximum benefits. These crystals helps in stabilizing your internal energy and offers good emotional support. 

Chakra Crystals:

• Root: Red Jasper, Smoky Quartz
  
• Sacral: Carnelian, Moonstone
  
• Solar Plexus: Citrine, Tiger’s Eye
  
• Heart: Rose Quartz, Emerald
  
• Throat: Blue Lace Agate, Sodalite
  
• Third Eye: Amethyst, Fluorite
  
• Crown: Clear Quartz, Selenite

7. Essential Oils for Chakra Healing

Essential oils are derived from different plants and they help in stimulating your energy centers. They are the natural vibrational intelligence and fosters emotional healing. You can apply the diluted essential oil to your pulse points or chakra centers. Besides this, you can add the oil to your bathwater or diffuser. You can also inhale the essential oil directly for an instant mood shift. Essential oils help in providing deepest relaxation to your body and enhance mental clarity. 

Chakra Oils:

• Root: Patchouli, Cedarwood
  
• Sacral: Orange, Sandalwood
  
• Solar Plexus: Ginger, Bergamot
  
• Heart: Rose, Lavender
  
• Throat: Peppermint, Eucalyptus
  
• Third Eye: Clary Sage, Frankincense
  
• Crown: Myrrh, Lotus, Frankincense

8. Nature Immersion for Energy Rebalancing

Surrounding yourself with nature also helps in restoring balance. You can spend some time doing wellness activities outside so that you have grounded energy. Activities like walking barefoot on grass, sitting under a big tree and meditating, swimming in the lakes or rivers, and watching sunrise/sunsets by the beach side are perfect for full nature immersion. Reconnecting with nature enhances your creativity, reduces stress and frequent burnouts, and stabilizes each chakra. 

Clearing your energy centers is not just about spiritual practice but about self-care and internal discovery. In a lifestyle where you are constantly overstimulated and disconnected with your inner voice, take out time to balance your chakras and give yourself a break. Once your chakras are aligned and balanced, you will see a subtle shift in your relationships, health, creativity, and sense of purpose. You also need to remember that chakra healing is not for fixing something that is broken. Regular practices of chakra cleansing will release your stuck energy. 

If you are looking for a destination that is ideal for your chakra healing journey, then Goa is the one. This beautiful coastal state is a vibrant sanctuary for stepping into a journey of transformation. There are several yoga schools that provide special workshops for cleansing your chakras completely. One of such schools is Goa Yogashala, where you will be introduced to some of the best teachers who create an ideal space for aligning your energy centers. Always trust the process and let your body and intuition lead the way.