Chakras are etheric but very real energy centers within and around your body. You may “see,” “feel” or experience the chakras as spinning (in a clockwise direction) vortexes of energy, or spinning balls of light. There are hundreds of chakras throughout the body, but most traditions focus on the 7 major chakras, from the root to the crown. I also like to include my feet chakras (in the center of the bottom of the feet), hand chakras (in the palms), and ear chakras (just above your physical ears) in any clearing techniques that I use.
Why are the chakras so important? When you understand that we are more than our physical body, then you also understand that is as just as important to pay attention to and take care of our non-physical, or energy body. Many of these non-physical points where the chakras lie are in fact, connected with physical parts of our body and thus, it can affect us physically when our chakras are closed, dirty, or enlarged. Each chakra is also connected with different emotional and developmental issues. Because they are energy centers, the chakras are constantly affected by the energies we are around and by the energies projected by our thoughts and feelings. For example, if you are having issues concerning power (such as not recognizing your own power or overexerting your power), your solar plexus chakra may shrink, become enlarged, or become murky. As a result, you may also begin to experience physical pain or discomfort in the stomach area, where this chakra is located.
The good news is that it simply takes our intention and attention to the chakras to regain our health and sense of balance. When your chakras are open, clear, and all the same size, you will feel more balanced and peaceful. You will also experience greater intuition and perception and an increased ability to receive divine guidance. If you want to more clearly see, hear, feel and know the messages that are coming from your angels and guides, clearing your chakras on a regular basis will help immensely!
There are many methods for clearing your chakras and often, it can be done any time, any where. You can use meditation, yoga, visual exercises, crystals and affirmations, just to name a few. In any practice, it is always helpful to visualize the color of each chakra. I love to do this while walking in nature. You can focus on different objects in nature that represent the chakra colors or simply imagine the colors in your mind’s eye and just allow those colors to wash over, around and through your body.
Chakra clearing is essential for ascension. As you clear your energy of all impurities and defects, your natural psychic abilities begin to open up, and your frequency becomes higher. When chakras are balanced, the aura is automatically balanced too. Continous clearing and balancing of chakras is required as our chakras often return to their unhealthy state after a few days, because the world we live in is so bombarded by negativity. Of course, each clearing brings you one step closer to your true divinity, and is never wasted even if they become dirty again. That's because, although they are imbalanced and dirty again, they won't be as unhealthy as they were before you cleansed your chakras. You could imagine what will happen if you hadn't cleansed your chakras and the load of negativity builds up.
White Light Chakra Clearing (Short)
Close your eyes, and begin to relax your physical body. Release all tension and discomfort in your body, and feel increasingly relaxed. Call upon the universal crystal-white light, see and feel it as a beam of loving energy entering your crown chakra, cleansing and balancing it. Make the light as bright as you can imagine, like dozens of halogen lightbulbs. Then see it filling the whole of your head, gradually entering your third eye, clearing away any darkness or dimness. The beautiful light slowly descends into the throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, and root chakra. It clears away all blockages in your charkas, illuminates and perfectly balancing them. Any negative energy, pain, discomfort, and illness in your body is now released and healed. See your charkas and aura glowing in crystal light, wonderfully expressing your true inner beauty. Now increase the amount of light from the universe, till it extends a few feet from your body. See and feel it expanding gradually, finally immersing the whole room in its uplifting energies. Radiate the light to people, things, and events to uplift their vibrations.
Cleansing your Chakras
Clearing and balancing one’s chakras is very beneficial for body, mind, and spirit. It helps the aura’s energy to stay as pure as possible and can increase intuitive ability. I do this at least once a week to help raise my vibrations and eliminate any "plaque" that accumulates from negative thoughts and energies.
Here is a powerful meditation for cleaning and balancing your chakras from Doreen Virtue’s "The Lightworker’s Way":
Visualize or feel a round and transparent ball, colored in a beautiful shade of ruby red, floating inside your body near the base of your spine. This is your "root chakra, " the center of your strength and individuality. Mentally look at or sense the ball. Notice if it has any areas of darkness. These are energy imbalances, and you can immediately wash them away by simply intending the ball to be perfectly clean. Hold the image of your beautifully transparent ruby red ball in your mind and see it illuminated from the inside with powerful, pure white light. This is the universal light of God, of all power, love and knowing.
Inhale deeply through your nose, and watch or feel how your breath increases the intensity of white light inside the red sphere. Continue breathing in and out deeply to fan the intensity of the white light inside the red ball, until it is perfectly clean and transparent.
Next, move your attention upward about three inches until you see or feel a beautiful orange glass ball floating within you. This is your "sacral chakra, " the regulator of your physical desires. Scan the ball for any areas of darkness. Breathe in deeply to fan the white light within the chakra’s core to wash away all darkness instantly until the ball is perfectly transparent, like orange glass.
Now, concentrate on the area immediately behind your navel. See or sense a beautiful clear yellow ball within you, shining like a little sun. This is your "solar plexus chakra," the area affected by your beliefs concerning power and control. Check to see if there are any opaque or dark areas on your solar plexus. If there are, breathe in deeply until the chakra becomes a brilliant light yellow color and is perfectly transparent, like a sparkling ball of yellow glass.
Then, move your attention to your heart region. Visualize or feel a gorgeous green glass ball in your chest. This is your "heart chakra," the center of your loving energy. Scan the heart chakra for any shades of darkness, and then deeply breathe them away with white light. Fully illuminate the heart chakra from within and feel it expand in your chest with warmth and good energy. Keep breathing until the green ball is perfectly transparent and spotless.
Next, concentrate on your throat in the Adam’s apple area. See or feel a ball in a beautiful shade of light blue. This is your "throat chakra, " the center regulating the clarity of all your communications. Mentally scan the throat chakra, looking for or feeling for dark areas. Take a deep breath and watch it ignite into a white ball of light in the chakra’s center. Illuminate the chakra from the inside, making the light grow brighter and brighter until the white rays completely cleanse the blue ball. See and feel the ball as perfectly transparent, with no spots or dark areas.
Then, move your attention to the area between your two eyes. Without forcing yourself in any way, gently notice a round or oval ball between your two eyes. This is your "third eye chakra." Allow the image of the chakra to become clearer and clearer. Notice its coloring as shades of dark blue mixed with some purple and white. As the image becomes clearer, you may notice that you are looking at an eyelid. I f you don’t see an oval or an eye-shaped object, then breathe deeply and keep cleaning the chakra with white light until the image becomes clear. Once you get a glimpse of the third eye, notice whether it is open or shut. If it is shut, ask it to open and make eye contact with you. Allow the third eye to communicate any loving messages it may have for you.
When you are ready, place your attention on the inside of the top of your head. This is your "crown chakra," the area that gives you access to universal wisdom. Feel or see this chakra as a deep violet or purple glass ball. Using your deepest breathing, clean the crown chakra with white light until it is pristine.
