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A Beginner’s Guide to the Chakras

Chakra Activation at Ste. Anne’s

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:

Root Chakra

Location: Base of the spine

Colour: Red

Meaning: Physical identity, survival, grounding  

Pelvic/Sacral Chakra

Location: Below bellybutton

Colour: Orange

Meaning: Sexuality, reproduction, creative life  

Solar Plexus Chakra

Location: Upper abdomen

Colour: Yellow

Meaning: Self-esteem, inner power  

Heart Chakra

Location: Centre of chest

Colour: Green

Meaning: Love, compassion, forgiveness

Throat Chakra

Location: Throat

Colour: Blue

Meaning: Voice, communication

Third Eye Chakra

Location: Between eyes

Colour: Indigo  

Meaning: Intuition, sixth sense

Crown Chakra

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.