Aromatherapy
Essential oils: Open your chakras
The Sanskrit word, Chakra, translates to “wheel” or “disk” and refers to the wheels of energy that flow throughout the body. But how do you energise the chakras and keep them spinning?
There are various ways you can keep your chakras active and healthy. For example, practising yoga and meditating can promote awareness of the chakras and help you understand how they are affected by different emotions.
Essential oils are one method that is believed to be effective in opening and activating the chakras. Best practised in a quiet space during meditation, massaging essential oils into certain parts of the body can help activate each area and rebalance the body’s energy.
The Root chakra
This chakra is all about feeling grounded and connected to the Earth.
- Colour: red.
- Where: base of the spine.
- Essential oils: myrrh, cedarwood and patchouli.
- Colour: orange.
- Where: just below the belly button.
- Essential oils: jasmine and ylang ylang.
- Colour: yellow.
- Where: stomach.
- Essential oils: ginger, rosemary and lemon.
- Colour: green.
- Where: chest.
- Essential oils: bergamot, thyme and rose.
- Colour: blue.
- Where: throat.
- Essential oils: chamomile, ginger and lemon.
- Colour: indigo.
- Where: between the eyebrows.
- Essential oils: bay and clary sage.
- Colour: violet.
- Where: crown of the head.
- Essential oils: sandalwood and frankincense.
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