7 signs to know that your chakra are blocked

Aligning the chakras is usually a matter of being mindful and present to the way energy moves through our body.

Chakra 1- Root chakra

You’re blocked by fear: A clear sign that your root chakra is blocked when you experience a strong sense of fear and paranoia along with the feeling of disconnection and imbalance.

To unblock this chakra- Embrace your fear. Surrender to it. Tenderly wrestle it through your mindful breath work (inhale). Then let it go (exhale). Slowly dissolve the anxiety associated with it. Eventually you’ll be able to transform fear into courage.

Chakra 2- Sacral chakra

 You’re blocked by guilt: A clear sign that your sacral chakra is blocked is an overwhelming feeling of guilt and self-blame along with the threatening feeling that you will never feel pleasure again. Guilt is a bugger of an emotion. It hangs around like a thorn in the side. It forces us to look backward into the shattered mirror of regret.

To unblock this chakra-  Allow yourself to become vulnerable enough to forgive yourself. Sincerely forgive yourself. Fearlessly forgive yourself. Give up all hope for a better past. Be fluid. This chakra is also known as the water chakra. Allow yourself to feel pleasure despite the pain. Embrace the moment and allow your mindful breath to wash over you in loving forgiveness. 

Chakra 3 - Solar Plexus

You are blocked by shame: A clear sign that your solar plexus chakra is blocked is a crushing feeling of shame and humiliation accompanied with an overwhelming sense of insecurity and self-doubt. Shame is very difficult to resolve, because a little shame is necessary to keep us humble and unassuming. The same can be said for insecurity and self-doubt. These are all healthy in tiny doses. But when we feel unworthy and our self-esteem is so low it becomes a crippling thing.

To unblock this chakra- Mindfully engaging the fire of whatever it is that keeps you passionate and enthusiastic about life. Another name for this chakra is the fire chakra. Dance with your shame in the in the fire. Let it burn your shame. Let it burn you. Let it burn your insecurity and self-doubt into manageable ashes.

Chakra 4- Heart chakra

You’re blocked by grief: A clear sign that your heart chakra is blocked is a profound feeling of grief and coupled with a miserable feeling of apathy. This is usually due to love lost, a death in the family, unmet expectations, and/or an inability to let go of the ego’s attachment to love. We experience a lack of empathy on the emotional level, and a lack of openness and flexibility on the spiritual level. We have trouble loving ourselves and we become afraid to be vulnerable with others. Another name for this chakra is the air chakra. 

To unblock this chakra- Breathe in love. Breathe out love lost. Imagine your heart breaking into a million little pieces (exhale), and then imagine it coming back together again, stronger than before (inhale). Feel the pain. Suffer the broken heart. Be with the grief. Then let it all go with a loving exhalation and let the healing forces of the universe spill through the cracks. 

Chakra 5 Throat chakra

You’re blocked by lies: A clear sign that your throat chakra is blocked is a closed-in feeling of inauthenticity and dishonesty coupled with claustrophobic feelings of insecurity and anxiousness. Many people experience closed throat chakras, that’s because the majority of us live with deception and lies. As a result, we’re often lying to ourselves without even realizing it and we’re unable to be honest with ourselves or genuine with others. We experience poor communication with ourselves, with others and with the greater cosmos. Another name for this chakra is the sound chakra.

To unblock this chakra- Mindfully break down reality as you know it. Then surrender to no-mind and engage reality as you feel it. With enough mindful/no-mind meditation coupled with self-interrogation meditation centered on the throat chakra, feelings of anxiousness, restrictedness and claustrophobia will melt away into harmony, openness and honest connection with the cosmos. 

Chakra 6 Third eye 

You’re blocked by illusion: A clear sign that your third eye chakra is blocked is a strong feeling of dissociation, like you’re living in a dream world, coupled with poor intuition and a weak sense of identity. We are conditioned to view the world as separate from us. But the illusion of separation is the greatest illusion of all. Everything is connected to everything else. Yet when we’re blocked to this deep understanding, we’re under the impression that the self (ego) is in opposition with the world (soul). When really, self and world, ego and soul, are all connected. Another name for this chakra is the light chakra. 

To unblock this chakra- Imagine your breath as light work. Visualize the bright light of your third eye, looking down on all things.You are all things (world) and all things are you (self). Visualize the bright light of your third eye, looking down on all things. Breathe out (your pupil is the sun). Breathe in (your pupil is the moon). You are all things (world) and all things are you (self). 

Chakra 7 Crown chakra

You’re blocked by attachment: A clear sign that your crown chakra is blocked is a feeling of disconnection between mind, body, and soul. This is the most difficult to open. Even once opened, it is the most difficult to keep open, or to reopen. 

To unblock this chakra- Constantly let go of each passing moment. Breathe in that moment; breathe out this moment. It’s all a loving fantasy. Surrender to divine union and cosmic love (then let it go), stretching out forever (and never).