| Chakras are energy vortexes within the body. | | | | - third eye chakra - indigo, |
| The main 7 chakras start at the crown, on the | | | | - crown chakra - violet. |
| top of the head and run all the way down your | | | | There are various crystals or stones associated |
| spine to the coccyx, the root chakra. When these | | | | with every chakra. |
| vortexes are open and any blockage is removed, | | | | Sometimes during meditation one can feel |
| chakras are balanced and aligned, our vital energy | | | | blockages between the chakras on what is known |
| can run smoothly through the body making us | | | | as the path of Sushumna, which is the path |
| feel vibrant and alive. | | | | where energy travels up and down the 7 chakras. |
| Meditation on each chakra helps to open it, we | | | | For example one can feel a blockage between |
| can use crystals to help dispel any blockage. The | | | | the solar plexus and the heart chakras, or |
| way to do it is to lie down comfortably on your | | | | between the heart and the throat chakras. |
| back and put appropriate crystals on each chakra, | | | | One way to help with this is to use crystals that |
| then starting from the base or root chakra and | | | | incorporate the two colours of the chakras above |
| going up, try to concentrate on the energy you | | | | and below the blockage. For example in the first |
| feel coming out of the crystal, let the crystal | | | | case a yellow green apatite, and in the second |
| absorb any negativity in the chakra and help the | | | | case a blue green tourmaline placed where the |
| chakra vortex stabilise. Do this for each chakra | | | | blockage is felt would help. |
| until you get to the crown chakra. | | | | Clear Quartz in all its formations is an excellent |
| Many ask how would I know if a stone or a | | | | conductor of energies. Clear Quartz can be used |
| crystal is appropriate to a certain chakra? The | | | | to enhance the energy of other crystals and |
| easiest way is to go by colours and one useful | | | | stones. Place clear quartz near any other crystal |
| color scheme is the rainbow. The seven chakras | | | | or stone to amplify its effects. Multi-coloured |
| are associated with the colours of the rainbow as | | | | stones relate to a combination of different |
| follows: | | | | chakras, and hence can be useful to create a |
| - base chakra - red, | | | | combined effect. |
| - navel chakra - orange, | | | | It is important to cleanse your crystals frequently |
| - solar plexus chakra - yellow, | | | | by rinsing them under running water, lighting |
| - heart chakra - green, | | | | incense around them (sage is recommended), or |
| - throat chakra - blue, | | | | burying them in clean soil. |