Blocked chakras can manifest themselves in different ways. You could experience an emotional imbalance through negative feelings of insecurity, loneliness, and greed, or physical issues like headaches, indigestion, and colon problems.
When it's blocked: You can suffer from low self-esteem, have difficulty making decisions, and may have anger or control issues. Olivia notes that it's not just feeling badly about yourself, but also may lead you to outwardly express apathy, procrastination, or that you're able to be taken advantage of easily.
When balanced, aligned, and unblocked, energy flows freely through the chakras, harmonizing your body, mind, and spirit. These energy centers can do the opposite when blocked or out of balance. The interrupted energy flow sows discord and can cause specific mental, physical, and spiritual problems.
So, how do you unblock chakras? You can purge the 7 chakras in the body through chakra meditation, mudras, affirmations, pranayama and yoga poses. Meditation for balancing chakras is similar to traditional meditation, except that your intention for the practice is to open and clear the body's energy centers.
"What you may be able to accomplish in a few weeks, it might take just one session to do," she says. But, it's also super important to not be reliant on a practitioner and to learn how to maintain your energy hygiene on your own.
Solar plexus chakra
This chakra is associated with feelings of anger, joy, laughter, and personal power. It is the area that contains your ambition, sensitivity, and general ability. Its color is yellow. Blocking the solar plexus may lead to a lack of direction, frustration, anger, or a sense of victimization.
The skin disease best known as stress associated and by far the most intensively studied for this association is psoriasis, with 40–60% of cases triggered by stress. From Yogic perspective, the psoriasis is considered as a result due to imbalance in root (Muladhara) Chakra and solar plexus (Manipura Chakra).
Physical or Health Symptoms of the Blocked Third Eye Chakra
Some of the physical ailments that can manifest due to a closed third eye chakra are: migraines, vertigo, tension headaches, ear aches, sinus issues, sciatica, seizures, poor vision, eye twitches, weak immune systems, insomnia, and high blood pressure.
For example, Seane says each chakra has a shadow emotion associated with it (first chakra is fear; second, guilt; third, shame; fourth, grief; fifth, lies; sixth, illusion; seventh, attachment) and certain asanas can help release the energy that might be trapped in the body as a result of stored emotional pain.
As the blockages are being released and chakras are being balanced, patients will experience a rebalancing process that may evoke a variety of emotions or physical sensations, like tiredness, anger, sadness, emptiness, or light headedness.
Blocked energy in Anja appears as headaches, blurred vision, sinus issues, eyestrain, seizures, hearing loss, and hormone dysfunctions. Other blocked energy symptoms include issues with moodiness, volatility, and self-reflection.
Symptoms of the chakra opening include feeling grounded, connected and secure. You may notice tingling, heating, or healthy changes in eating habits and sleep patterns.
On an emotional level, if the solar plexus chakra is imbalanced, it is believed to cause feelings of depression and low self-esteem. When it's balanced, it would become a source of energy, productivity, and confidence.
Crown Chakra
Imbalanced: Being judgemental, constant overthinking and over-analysis of day-to-day situations.
The manipura chakra is also associated with our sense of efficacy, confidence, control, power, intellect, and vitality (Devi, 2020). From a chakra perspective, burnout can be seen as literally burning out the fire of the manipura chakra.
Although there are ways one can balance their chakras on their own, for example, medication and dance, Reiki is an effective treatment to assist in unblocking and balancing each chakra so that energy can flow freely and openly throughout the body.
The experience during a chakra treatment will vary with some experiencing an emotional release during or after the treatment. The aim is to leave you feeling completely relaxed and refreshed with a great sense of calm and over-all well-being.
As with any meditation, you can perform it daily or weekly, aim for around 20 minutes each time.