Feed Your Chakras with Color
Inspired by Home Enlightenment, by Annie B. Bond
(Rodale Press, 2005).
Simple Solution
We have seven chakras--energy centers--in
our bodies that help to give us radiant
vitality and health when they are in balance.
But if one gets low or out of whack, we
can feel depressed, lethargic, or even
become ill.
One nurturing and effective way to feed
our chakras--to make sure they stay vibrant
and energized--is with color. All you
have to do to is look around at the natural
world, or use your imagination. It's easy
to do color therapy for the health of our
bodies, minds, and spirits. Here's how:
To feed your chakras, start with the Higher
Self, the 8th chakra located about 8 inches
above your head. Then go one by one down
the lower chakras as you are ready. Use
words (unspoken or aloud) to open one chakra
at a time, allowing it to drink in the color.
(You may find that, if your eyes lock onto a
particular color--like the bright yellow of
a spring tulip, for example--that this is a
sign that the chakra associated with that
color really needs it. When you've had enough
of the color, you may find that your concentration
dims--an indication that you can move on to
the next chakra.
White to the Higher Self (8th chakra): Look
at a white cloud or white stone (quartz is
perfect). Imagine complete purity, while
bringing your awareness to the place 8 inches
above your head where the Higher Self resides.
Violet or purple to the crown (7th chakra): Look
at a ripe plum, an amethyst, or a purple flower
(irises are perfect). If there is no natural
purple nearby, visualize light filtering down
through purple stained glass into your crown chakra.
Indigo or cobalt to the brow (6th chakra): A
night sky full of stars, or the sky just before
dawn, are good for this chakra, as are stones
such as lapis lazuli, sapphire, and azurite.
If you hold a stone and gaze at it, you will
also absorb the healing energies of the stone.
Eating blueberries is a great way to absorb
blue internally!
Sky blue to the throat (5th chakra): Imagine
your throat filling up with the blue of the
daylight sky. Helpful stones include aquamarine,
turquoise, Larimar, and blue tourmaline.
Leaf green to the heart (4th chakra): The budding
green leaves of early spring is perfect for this
chakra. In winter, look at a vibrant potted plant
or imagine the new green foliage. Or look at--and
then eat!--a Granny Smith apple!
Yellow to the solar plexus (3rd chakra): Imagine
the bright yellow sun in your solar plexus, energy
radiating out from its yellow center, clearing and
healing as it goes. Or look at yellow flowers--lilies
or tulips, for instance--or a banana. Helpful stones
include yellow tourmaline, celestite, kunzite, topaz,
and rhodonite.
Orange to the navel (2nd chakra): Imagine dried tree
sap or the honey-colored wood found on the inside of
tree bark--or petrified wood with dark orange. Pumpkins,
oranges, daylilies and poppies are good to gaze at,
and the stones orange calcite and carnelian are helpful.
Red to the base of the spine (1st chakra): A good red
found in nature is the dirt in the American Southwest,
or the red breast of a robin, or a tomato, or red apple.
Helpful Hints
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