Have you ever been emotionally “stuck,” physically exhausted for no apparent reason, or mentally cloudy? Usually, these symptoms are more than a bad day — they are indications that your body’s subtle energy systems are out of balance.
Within the realm of energy healing, two terms commonly go hand in hand: Chakras and Reiki. Together, they are a dynamic duo for bringing balance and flow back to your mind, body, and spirit.
If you’ve wondered how to apply Reiki to unblock and balance your chakras, you’re in the right place. Let’s get started!
First, A Quick Refresher: What Are Chakras?
Picture your body has a main highway of energy flowing from the base of your spine to the top of your head. Along this highway are seven primary intersections, or energy points, called chakras (a Sanskrit term for “wheel”).
Every chakra has particular physical organs, emotional states, and aspects of our awareness associated with it. When a chakra is open and energy can flow freely, we feel health and vitality in those areas. When blocked or overactive, we may feel physical or emotional pain.
✔️Root Chakra (Muladhara): Security, survival, grounding.
✔️Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana): Creativity, pleasure, emotion.
✔️Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura): Personal power, confidence, will.
✔️Heart Chakra (Anahata): Love, compassion, connection.
✔️Throat Chakra (Vishuddha): Expression, truth, communication.
✔️Third Eye Chakra (Ajna): Intuition, insight, imagination.
✔️Crown Chakra (Sahasrara): Spiritual connection, enlightenment, divine connection.
And What is Reiki?
Reiki (ray-key) is a Japanese stress reduction and relaxation technique that also facilitates healing. It’s done by “laying hands on” and relies on the concept that an invisible “life force energy” passes through us.
A Reiki therapist serves as a vehicle for this universal life force energy, permitting it to flow into the client. The energy is smart — it flows where it’s needed most, opening up energy blockages and restoring natural balance.
How Reiki Helps to Unblock Your Chakras
Imagine a blocked chakra as a kinked garden hose. Water (energy) cannot pass through. A Reiki practitioner does not “force” the hose open. It’s more like sending a gentle, warm stream of water to the actual kink, and that softening, loosening, and easing out naturally.
Here’s the way the process goes for healing chakras:
✔️Assessment: A practitioner will typically scan your energy field to get an intuitive sense of where dense, cold, hot, or tingling areas are all indicative of imbalance in a corresponding chakra.
✔️Channeling Energy: Through placement of specific hand positions (either on or just above the body), the practitioner channels Reiki energy.
✔️Intelligent Flow: It flows to the places needing it. It actively moves aside stagnant energy, melting away blockages and recharging those areas that seem drained.
✔️Balancing: In every case, the intention is not to fling a chakra wide open but to bring each one into a state of balanced flow-not too open, not too closed.
A Simple Self-Reiki Routine for Balancing the Chakras
You do not always have to use a practitioner to begin feeling the benefits. You are able to do Reiki yourself in order to promote chakra balance. This is a basic routine to follow:
1. Prepare the Space: Get a quiet, comfortable spot where you will not be interrupted. Sit up straight in a chair or recline. Breathe a few deep breaths to center yourself.
2. Intend: Softly intend for your session. You might say, “I invite Reiki energy to flow through me for my highest good, bringing balance and harmony to all my chakras.”
3. Hand Positions for Each Chakra: Take your hands through the following positions, holding each for 3–5 minutes, or until you notice the energy flow diminish (you may feel heat, tingle, or release).
☑️Crown Chakra: Put your hands lightly on the crown of your head.
☑️Third Eye Chakra: Put your hands on your forehead, directly above the area between your eyebrows.
☑️Throat Chakra: Lightly put your hands on the throat.
☑️Heart Chakra: Put one hand in the middle of your chest and the other hand down below it (on the sternum).
☑️Solar Plexus Chakra: Put your hands on your upper belly, below your rib cage.
☑️Sacral Chakra: Put your hands on your lower belly, below your navel.
☑️Root Chakra: Hold your hands on the tailbone (if sitting) or on your thighs (if lying down), with the intention of feeling the bottom of your spine.
4. Scan and Listen: Simply move through each position, and listen. Does one place feel different from the rest? That may be one that requires a little extra TLC. Don’t push it. Sit with it as long as it feels good to you.
5. Ground and Close: After you have worked through all seven chakras, put your hands over your navel for several minutes to ground the energy. Thank the Reiki energy and slowly bring your awareness back to the room. Wiggle your toes and fingers. Drink a big glass of water! This helps to embody the energy release and remove toxins.
The Beautiful Benefits
Daily Reiki chakra balancing can bring about the following dramatic shifts:
✔️Less stress and anxiety
✔️More peace and stability in your emotions
✔️More energy and less fatigue
✔️Clarity in thinking and better intuition
✔️A deeper sense of yourself and your purpose in life
Final Thoughts
Reiki is a soft, non-invasive, but extremely potent instrument for keeping your energetic body in top shape. Through its use to clear and balance your chakras, you are actively taking care not only of your physical form, but of your entire energetic self.
Keep in mind, this is a path of harmony, not of perfection. Take your time and be gentle with yourself as you discover the lovely flow of energy within.
Have you ever used Reiki to balance your chakras? Share your personal experience in the comments below!
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