Chakra

Location

Function

Foods

Gemstones

Inner State

When Blocked

First

Base of spine; known as the root.

Survival; grounding; security.

Protein.

Ruby; garnet; bloodstone; lodestone.

Stillness; firmness; stability.

Adrenal dysfunction (feeling worn out by living too hard for too long); obesity, anorexia; sciatica; degenerative arthritis; bone, legs, knee, feet issues; large intestine
(constipation), kidney, bladder issues; materialistic; daydreamer;
feeling ungrounded/ floating.

Second

Lower abdomen.

How we relate to others; sexuality; procreation.

Liquid.

Coral; moonstone; tourmaline.

Desire; pleasure;
tears.

Fear, guilt, grief, inability to express emotions; sexual dysfunction (physical and/or emotional); intestinal, bladder, kidney, lower back, breast (feeding) issues; suppression of self-nourishment & digestive capacity.

Third

Naval to under rib cage; known as the solar plexus.

Inner will; power.

Starch.

Amber; topaz.

Laughter; joy; going with the natural flow of life.

Digestive, liver, gall bladder, pancreas (stabilises mood), spleen, stomach, muscle issues; ulcers; diabetes; hypo/ hyperglycemia; distrustful, blaming, angry, dominating behaviour.

Fourth

Heart; Chest

Love.

Bitter foods.

Rose quartz; emerald; tourmaline.

Love; compassion;  we are all one.

Heart, thymus (immune centre of the body), blood, lungs, vagus nerve, circulation (blood pressure) system, liver, arms and hands issues; greed, insincerity, lack of tolerance (sex, race, culture), inability to accept love.

Fifth

Throat; Neck

Communication; creativity.

Fruit.

Turquoise; aqua-marine.

Expressing ourselves creatively; voicing our intuition; our life purpose

Thyroid (feeling sluggish/cold), parathyroid (regulates calcium in the body), lungs, vocal cords, throat, bronchial, alimentary (mouth to anus) canal, neck, jaw, ear issues; low immunity; fearful of expressing self – failure, rejection, being judged; anything related to sound (created by ourselves or externally).

Sixth

Centre of the head between the eyes; known as the third eye.

Seeing; insight; intuition; mind; wisdom.

Spiritual sustenance.

Lapis lazuli.

Wisdom.

Brain and neurological disturbances; pituitary (master hormone system gland), issues with left eye; ears and nose issues; headaches; nightmares; rejection of spiritual side and focuses solely on intellect and science;
fear of intuition.

Seventh

Crown of the head.

Connection with the Divine/ Source Energy/ God.

Universal Energy
the air around us.

Clear quartz; amethyst; diamond.

Bliss
cosmically we are all one.

Brain, nervous system (stimulates muscles and glands), pineal (modulates sleep/wake cycle), hypothalamus (hormone centre of joy – the Pill affects its function) issues with right eye; skin issues; depression; alienation; boredom; confusion; apathy; unable to let go of anxiety; deep fear;
disconnected from the Divine.