Nourish Your Chakras

Maximize Healing Sessions With Colorful Food

Have you ever experienced a chakra energy healing session? Do you want to extend the benefits far beyond the private session? Time to nourish your chakras.

Are you familiar with chakras? Chakras have been described as energetic centers existing within the body. There are seven major chakras that line up with the spine beginning at the base of the spine all the way to the top of the head. Each brings concentrated energy and acts as an energy station and has a color, energy level, definite and distinct function. Your chakras impacts different aspects of life. The energy centers are connected to all the vital organs and glands in the body. Each draws fresh energy in from the external fields of energy and this nourishes and replenishes your own energy field that keeps you balanced and healthy.

In addition to the seven main chakra centers, there are hundreds of minor chakras throughout the body. I often explain my work with chakra energy medicine healing as similar to acupuncture but working off the body and without needles

During every Chakra Healing session, I identify the area that needs the most attention, which typically means blocked, stagnant energy. Next I intuitive the reasons for the blockages and then release or clear. Once I know your chakras, I know the obstacles to growth, challenges will illness and what the soul longs to express.

Each chakra has specific function and energy levels that impact different aspects of one’s life emotionally, physically and spiritually. Once cleared and brought into balance, clients feedback their experience as warm sensations, vibrations, or deep relaxation. This indicates a shift, a change is happening. The clearing  allows energy to flow and your lifeforce to unfold freely.

Once we have completed our work together (depending upon the issues presented) different foods can support the healing and provide balance to the different energy centers – nourish the chakras. Different color foods correspond with bringing specific energy, balance and healing to each chakra.

As an introduction, or a review, of the seven chakras:

1. Root Chakra, residing at the base of the spine, represents support for your entire foundation and a connector for grounding. It aids energy of the body for movement and survival.
2. Sacral Chakra, residing at the lower abdomen, represents your connection to the expression of creativity, passion, relationships
3. Solar Plexus Chakra, residing at the upper abdomen, which represents your connection to self-worth, confidence, and the ability to transform
4. Heart Chakra, residing at the center of the chest, represents the balance between the lower three and upper three chakras and brings love, forgiveness, inner peace, and joy.
5. Throat Chakra, residing at the throat center, represents communication and expression.
6. Third Eye Chakra, residing between the eyes on the forehead, represents imagination, intelligence, and trust.
7. Crown Chakra, residing at the top of the head, represents oneness, spirituality, and connectivity.

Nourish Your First Chakra:

The first chakra, called the Root Chakra, governs connections to everything. The development of survival instincts, fear, flight-or fight and security begin with this chakra. Working with hundreds of clients over the years, the root chakra has proven to have the greatest amount of imbalance, weakness and blockages.

When you want food to balance and add more energy to your life, search for red. Search for tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, red apples. The chakra is called the Root Chakra, so think root vegetables; carrots, beets, red sweet potatoes, turnips, onions, radishes and garlic. To spice things up think paprika, cayenne and horseradish.

Nourish Your Second Chakra:

The second chakra, called the Sacral Chakra, governs emotions and is represented by the color orange. When this chakra is balanced creativity flows, relationships blossom and life will have passion. So, if you want to add a little more confidence and self-worth, flavor your meals with orange colored food.

Nourish for balance with oranges, melons, apricots, peaches, carrots, mangos, orange peppers and yams. Salmon has a beautiful orange color, so add some to a meal. Nuts and seeds can be added, such as walnuts, almonds, flax and sesame. In the spice section, locate cinnamon or vanilla

Nourish Your Third Chakra:

The third chakra, called the Solar Plexus Chakra, governs personal power and is represented by the color yellow. Energy emerging from this chakra creates joy.

Nourish for balance with Foods that are yellow in nature. Add bananas, lemons, Bananas, pineapple, corn, lemons, and yellow curry.  Looks for seeds like sunflower and flax. Grains can include oaks, spelt, rye, brown rice and sprouted grains.  Also feed this chakra with complex carbohydrates and whole grains such as oats, and brown rice. Then spice it up with turmeric, ginger, mint, cumin and fennel.

Nourish Your Fourth Chakra:

The fourth chakra, called the Heart Chakra, governs the feelings of love, compassion and joy and is represented by the color green (and pink). Balanced energy emerging from this chakra creates rejuvenation.

Nourish for balance with foods that are green. Add leafy green vegetables like kale, broccoli, cabbage, celery, peas and spinach. Add fruits like green apples, pears, kiwi and green grapes. Spice your food with basil, cilantro and thyme.

Nourish Your Fifth Chakra:

The fifth chakra, called the Throat Chakra, governs the feelings of calm and peace and is represented by the color blue. Energy emerging from the fifth chakra creates communication, will power and responsibility.

Nourish for balance with liquids to sooth the throat and keep it soothed and conditioned. Drink coconut water, herbal teas and honey. Add plums, blueberries and blackberries

Nourish Your Sixth Chakra:

The sixth chakra, called the Third-Eye Chakra, governs the feelings of calm and peace and is represented by the color lilac/violet. Energy emerging from the sixth chakra creates the ability to perceive – knowing, wisdom and intuition.

Nourish for balance with foods are violet or purple. Purple kale, cabbage, eggplant, carrots. Add fruits such as purple grapes, blueberries and blackberries.

Nourish Your Seventh Chakra:

The seventh chakra, called the Crown Chakra, governs strength and connection to divine sources and is represented by royal purple or white. Energy emerging from the seventh chakra creates the ability to develop self-realization and a connection to the world around us.

Nourish for balance with foods are that are light and white. If you are comfortable with fasting or detoxing, your Crown Chakra will benefit. Otherwise, think light meals. Choose foods like mushrooms, onion, lychee, mushrooms. Work with herbs such as lavender, frankincense, myrrh, sage and juniper

Enjoy!

Author:  Leslie A. Miller, Ph.D., is a Mind Coach, Transformational Healer, Reiki Master and the founder of Holistic Health Resource and Leslie Miller Wellness. She is in private practice in Novi, Michigan and Boca Raton, Florida. She has helped thousands of clients and facilitated hundreds of workshops. She is also a wellness therapist, professional speaker and corporate consultant.