Chakra
Journey
The state of our chakras are impacted by life experiences. It’s as if our experiences imprint energetic patterns into the chakras and influence the way they work. Negative experiences have a particularly strong impact as they often result in raising defenses, translating in suppression or contraction of the energy flowing through the chakras.
This is what happens when we say a chakra is "blocked". Even though imbalances are often described in terms of “closed” or “blocked” , it is more accurate to see it as a diminution or increase of energy flow. When a chakra is “blocked”, the amount and quality of energy it produces and that flows through it is highly reduced.
Chakra healing aims at supporting a balanced flow of energy throughout the whole body or on specific parts of the body.
***To learn more about chakras imbalance and their symptoms, click on each chakra below.

Sacral Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Dependency, co-dependency with other people or a substance that grants you easy access to pleasure
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Being ruled by your emotions
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The opposite: Feeling numb, out of touch with yourself and how you feel
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Overindulgence in fantasies, sexual obsessions
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Or the opposite: Lack of sexual desire or satisfaction
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Feeling stuck in a particular feeling or mood

Solar Plexus Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Excessive control and authority over your environment and people
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Or the opposite in case of deficiency or blocked energy: Feeling of helplessness, irresponsibility
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Being obsessed with minute details, seeing life through a filter of plus and minuses while losing sight of the whole picture
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Being manipulative
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Misusing your power
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Lack of clear direction, lack of purpose or ambition
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Making plans or having a lot of ideas without finding efficient ways to realize them

Heart Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Being overly defensive
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Feeling closed down
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Jealousy; fear of intimacy
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Codependency, relying on other’s approval and attention, trying to please at all cost
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Always putting oneself in the role of the savior or the rescuer; or on the contrary, falling into victimization
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Excessive isolation, being recluse, antisocial
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Holding grudges, not being able to forgive

Throat Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Lack of control over one’s speech; speaking too much or inappropriately;
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Not being able to listen to others
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Excessive fear of speaking
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Small, imperceptible voice
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Not being able to keep secrets, to keep your word
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Telling lies
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On the opposite side, a closed throat chakra might manifest as excessive secretiveness or shyness
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Lack of connection with a vocation or purpose in life

Third eye Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Feeling stuck in the daily grind without being able to look beyond your problems and set a guiding vision for yourself
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Overactive third chakra without support from the rest of the chakra system may manifest as fantasies that appear more real than reality, indulgence in psychic fantasies and illusions
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Not being able to establish a vision for oneself and realize it
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Rejection of everything spiritual or beyond the usual
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Not being able to see the greater picture
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Lack of clarity

Crown Chakra
When this chakra is unbalanced you can experience:
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Being disconnected to spirit, constant cynicism regarding what is sacred
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On the opposite side, an overactive crown chakra could manifest as a disconnection with the body
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Living in your head, being disconnected from your body and earthly matters
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Obsessive attachment to spiritual matters
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Closed-mindedness