A Beginner’s Guide To The Chakras
Looking for a gentle and restorative activity to help with your mental wellness? At Ste. Anne’s Spa starting May 1st we will be offering Chakra Activation as part of our new wellness schedule rollout. In this class, we focus on the seven main Chakras, balancing and unblocking each one by practicing poses that encourage energy to flow.
But what are chakras?Chakras (meaning “wheel” or “disk”) while having become more popularized in modern yoga culture, the concept originated in India between 1500 and 500 BC.
Chakras are essentially energy centres in the body, which should stay unblocked, aligned and spinning properly. When you reflect inward, you can start to recognize insecurities in your body and restore it with its respective chakra.
What are the seven main chakras?There is said to be more than 100 chakras, however there are seven main ones:
Location: Base of the spine
Colour: Red
Meaning: Physical identity, survival, grounding
Location: Below belly button
Colour: Orange
Meaning: Sexuality, reproduction, creative life
Location: Upper abdomen
Colour: Yellow
Meaning: Self-esteem, inner power
Location: Centre of chest
Colour: Green
Meaning: Love, compassion, forgiveness
Location: Throat
Colour: Blue
Meaning: Voice, communication
Location: Between eyes
Colour: Indigo
Meaning: Intuition, sixth sense
Location: Top of head (hovering above crown)
Colour: Violet or white
Meaning: Awareness, freedom, enlightened
In order to open and balance your chakras, it is important to consider additional tools such as diet, body posture (asana), breathing and meditation.
At Ste. Anne’s we also use custom blends of essential oils to help balance your chakras. Essential oils are thought to access the information within each chakra centre and help direct energy to help with healing and personal development.
To learn more about all of our new wellness centered activities at Ste. Anne’s, please click here.
