Essential Oils for Chakra Balancing

Chakra theory, in its most simplified version, is the belief that each human has seven principal energy centres (=chakras), beginning from the base of the spine through the crown of the head.

Chakras aren’t physical entities. They correspond to areas within the body that are considered sources of spiritual energy. For instance, hugging is the easiest approach to calm and balance the heart chakra.

To feel at our best, all the chakras should be in balance. One unbalanced chakra might have a negative influence on your entire system, and could eventually lead to physical illness and other difficulties.

Essential oils are powerful tools for supporting the alignment and balance of chakra energy centers because of their unique vibrational frequencies, which can resonate with the energy of each chakra.

Chakra Colors

There are 7 main chakra energy centers within the body, each of which is connected with unique colors as follows:

• Red (Root Chakra)
• Orange (Sacral Chakra)
• Yellow (Solar Plexus Chakra)
• Green (Heart Chakra)
• Bright Blue (Throat Chakra)
• Indigo (Third Eye/Brow Chakra)
• White or Violet (Crown Chakra)

Each chakra affects your personality, too. Depending on how well certain chakra areas work in your body, this will affect how you are as a person and personality.

What is Chakra Balancing?

Chakras are energy centres that thrive when everything is “open” and flowing nicely. Of course, chakras can get blocked, and may need re-balancing.

You, your whole body and mind, are strengthened by knowledge about the way the chakras work. This knowledge can help you understand your unique needs better, helping yourself to perform at your best.

All chakras interact together. When balancing chakras, it’s important to think about the neighboring chakras also. The energy flow isn’t isolated – it connects through your entire body system.

Where to Start Chakra Balancing

1. Find a quiet spot to sit or lie down, where you won’t be interrupted. Set aside 5-15 minutes. Close your eyes. Rest your hands in a comfortable position beside your body or on your belly.
2. This is a hands-off activity. Just use your mental power. Start envisioning the root chakra, and that you’re there to balance it. Envision a spiral spinning clockwise. This depicts your energy flowing in this center. If the spiral tries to spin counter-clockwise on you, or feels like it’s not moving at all, remain there and use the powers of your imagination and suggestion, to make it a clockwise-spinning spiral.
3. When you’re satisfied you’ve cleansed and centered your root chakra, you will feel prepared to release it and move onward to the next chakra. Move your way upwards through each chakra in this same way.

Think gentle thoughts as you work towards balancing your chakras. Don’t expect immediate results or pressure yourself to have to ‘do it right’. Just stay there, in tune with yourself and your body, and meditate on the intention of each chakra and its associated meaning.

After the whole chakra process is in balance, we’re balanced as a whole human being. Even though there are energy centers all around the body, the basic chakra theory discusses the seven major energy centers, which can be found in a line between the cap of the head and the base of the torso.

Chakra Essential Oil Blends

The Plant Therapy Chakra Synergies Roll-On Set
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The Plant Therapy essential oils Chakra synergies have been one of my favorites ever since they first came out. They are a set of 7 x 10 mL Chakra blends, each corresponding to one of the 7 energy centers.

Plant Therapy offers them in a roll-on format, which means they are pre-diluted with coconut carrier oil and ready to go in a small roll-on stick format. How easy is that to just carry them along in your purse?

Whether you choose the roll-ons, or the single bottles (to diffuse in your diffuser or use in essential oils massage), the blends are the same so I am only going to discuss them once.

The Chakra set comes in a beautifully packaged round Chakra box and includes a booklet guide on the oils and their applications. If you’re looking for a gift, your friend is opening a Yoga studio, or your mother-in-law is turning 50, this is an amazing gift for special people in your life because it’s so beautifully presented and works on so many levels!

1st Chakra – Root (Red) – Grounded Foundation

Root Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Base of the spine

The very first chakra, also referred to as the red chakra or known as the root chakra, is situated at the very base or root of your spine, basically at the perineum. It’s the very first chakra and is related to grounding and your basic survival needs.

Use the Grounded Foundation root chakra blend when you want help in feeling more grounded, calm, relaxed and soothed. If you are feeling distressed or disconnected, it will help you to create a sense of protection, security and hope. This oil is firmly centering and grounding, while also allowing a sense of higher connection and expansiveness.

Blend Ingredients: Spikenard, Frankincense Carteri CO2, Palo Santo, and Vetiver, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: The scent of this blend is rich and earthy, with a hint of sweet spice.

Learn more Want more details? Click here learn more about specific Essential oils for the Root Chakra

2nd Chakra – Sacral (Orange) – Joyful Creation

Sacral Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Lower Abdomen

The second chakra is located at the base of your spine and represents emotional balance and sexuality.

Use the Joyful Creation chakra blend to help nurture spontaneity, passion and harmony. It helps nurture creativity, warmth and enthusiasm in relationships. Using this blend will invite a sense of enthusiasm and joy in moving towards a transformation.

Blend Ingredients: Coriander Seed, Geranium Bourbon, Sweet Orange, and Jasmine Absolute, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: Floral and lush, both fresh and flirty but with a sincerity and depth.

Learn more Want more details? Click here learn more about specific Essential oils for the Sacral Chakra

3rd Chakra – Solar Plexus (Yellow) – Self Manifestation

Solar Plexus Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Solar Plexus

Located by the belly button, this 3rd chakra represents your powers of assertion and willpower.

Use the Self Manifestation chakra blend to help turn inward and tap into your own sense of self-definition. It will help you quiet the mind and strengthen your sense of self-empowerment with motivation, enthusiasm and stamina. It will invite positive, cleansing energy to support your transformation to one of self-worth with confidence, optimism and courage.

Ingredients: Black Pepper, Cardamom, Davana, and Pink Grapefruit, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: Citrusy sweet with a punch of power and spice.

Learn more Want more details? Click here learn more about specific Essential oils for the Solar Plexus Chakra

4th Chakra – Heart (Green) – Loving Compassion

Heart Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Center of the Sternum

The heart chakra is situated in the middle of the chest, and it’s about unconditional love, acceptance, compassion and intuitiveness.

Use the Loving Compassion chakra blend to encourage comfort and calm, and to help heal wounds of the heart. Nourish your spirit by cleansing deep wounds and blocks; open and uplift your heart center. This blend invites a joyful outlook and positive energy that promotes unconditional love for others and yourself with compassion and acceptance.

Ingredients: Pink Grapefruit, Rhododendron, Bergamot, and Rose Otto, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: Soothing and rosy, soft and soul-warming.

Learn more Want more details? Click here learn more about specific Essential oils for the Heart Chakra

5th Chakra – Throat (Bright Blue) – True Expression

Throat Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Center of Throat

Your throat chakra is situated right in the center of your physical throat. The throat chakra when opened and balanced lets you speak freely. It is all about truth, communication, reliability and creativity.

Use the True Expression chakra blend to help yourself communicate clearly, and speak with with integrity and harmony towards yourself and others. It is a cooling, soothing and calming blend for the spirit, and nutrutes a sense of strength, self-esteem and confidence. Feel openness and expansion when unblocking the throat chakra. This blend helps you to connect to your inner essence so that you may also outwardly express your authentic self.

Ingredients: Ho Wood, Lavender Fine, Spearmint, and Blue Tansy, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: Cooling and refreshing

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6th Chakra – Brow / Third Eye (Indigo) – Clear Intuition

Clear Intuition Roll-On
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Location: Center of Forehead

Located right in the middle of your forehead, this chakra stands for imagination, intuition and wisdom. It helps you perceive and analyze truth in this world.

Use the Clear Intuition chakra blend to encourage introspection and quiet the counscious mind. It promotes the ability to “see clearly” while remaining grounded in inner peace. It helps to connect to a higher state of consciousness, invites creation and inspires possibility.

Ingredients: Pink Grapefruit, Clary Sage, Australian Sandalwood and Spruce, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: Fresh and clearning with a fruity undertone.

Learn more Want more details? Click here learn more about specific Essential oils for the Third Eye Chakra

7th Chakra – Crown (White or Violet) – Higher Connection

Crown Chakra Roll-On
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Location: Top of Head

This is the only chakra that is found outside of our physical body. It is located just above the crown of your head in what is considered your “spiritual body”. This chakra is associated with a state of pure being and higher consciousness.

Use the Higher Connection chakra blend to help strengthen your purpose and ability to connect to higher spiritual consciousness. Allow joyful, pure and radiant energy to connect with your higher self, higher consciousness, and purpose. It gently encourages strength in our spiritual grow to know greater love and deeper purpose.

Ingredients: Frankincense Carteri CO2, Blood Orange, Petitgrain, and Neroli, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil at 3%.

Smells Like: A warm, radiant, shimmering, earthy and deep aroma.

How to use the Chakra Blends:

The Chakra Set of 7 Roll-ons from Plant Therapy
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To get started, tune into your body and get a sense of which area (chakra) needs support right now. As an individual, it is an art to learn which one of your chakras isn’t balanced. This is an immensely important exercise as only you can be in tune with your own body. Nobody else can do this for you. So please, practice. Practice listening to yourself and asking yourself: “what do I need right now?”.

• If you need to be speaking your mind, be truthful, or have courage at an important meeting, use the throat chakra synergy of True Expression…
• If you need to stop being hard on yourself, strenghten your self-worth and boost your confidence, use the Solar Plexus chakra of Self Manifestation…
• And so forth…

How to apply the essential oils:

1st Chakra: Anoint the soles of your feet, or back of your knees with intention to heal and ground yourself.

2nd through 7th Chakra: Apply the essential oil (roll-on or synergy mixed with a carrier oil), on the area of the chakra by gently massaging in a clockwise direction. Imagine your chakra as an energy centre spiral that’s spinning in a clockwise direction.

DIY Essential Oils Chakra Blends

If you’re more of a DIY person and prefer to make your own essential oil rollers, by all means, please do! Depending on which chakra you’d like to treat, select any combination of essential oils listed above under that particular chakra energy centre. In a 10ml roller bottle, fill it almost to the top with Fractionated Coconut Oil, and top off with 6-9 drops of your essential oils of choice. This is a safe dilution rate of 2-3% for adults.

• More guidance on essential oil dilution rates can be found here.

Chakra Roll-Ons On the Go

A super handy roll-on bottle carrying case.
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The Plant Therapy chakra roll-on blends are super easy to stash in your purse and keep handy wherever you are! That said, there is 7 of them and finding the right one in a purse full of other things can sometimes prove slightly challenging.

I use a roll-on case like this one to keep myself sane and organized on-the-go.

Test your Chakras

An internet chakra test won’t provide you all of the answers to life’s problems, but nevertheless, it may give you a starting point for self-reflection. So, it’s not a real test of your energy, it isn’t objective in any way, and it can only provide you a simplified version of a rather intricate system of concepts. Still, if you’re interested in self-testing, start here.

It’s fun, it’s free, and you don’t even need to provide your email address at the end to get results (you can opt-in, but you have an option to see results without providing an email address).

Final Thoughts

It can be an extreme state of bliss if you can learn how to open up your seven chakras, so that you can promote spiritual balance and good physical well-being in your life. You may want to activate your Chakras to enhance your everyday living – or to start healing a chronic physical illness or un-ease. Keep this in mind during your trip through life. Always check in with yourself so it is possible to continue to keep your chakras balanced, and your spirituality healthy.

Further Reading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra