What Is A Crown Chakra?
When you hear the word “chakra,” what comes to mind? Many think about a spinning wheel of energy in and around the body. But what is a crown chakra, and what role does it play in our overall health and well-being?
Let’s explore this powerful energy center.
The crown chakra is known for its important role connecting us with spiritual awakening.
This energy center aligns us with universal consciousness. It’s our spiritual essence, connection to Source, and our ability to manifest what we desire.
To activate the crown chakra, we first really need to get familiar with the other chakras and how they work.
They are all integrated to form the perfect balance and synergy to strengthen our mind, body, and spirit.
If you have read our other posts about each chakra, great!
If not, you may want to start with the first chakra. This way, you get familiar with all the chakras when doing energy healing.
- The first chakra is the:
- Root chakra, then move onto the
- Sacral
- Solar plexus
Covering Crown Chakra at a glance
Location of a crown chakra: top of the head and beyond. Having a strong connection to Divine light and higher consciousness. It extends into the spiritual realm beyond the boundaries of our physical body.
Crown Chakra Names
- Seventh chakra: The seventh primary chakra
- Bliss chakra: Our crown connection to Divine energy and spiritual enlightenment
- Sahasrara Chakra: Sahasrara meaning “Thousand-Petaled Lotus Flower”. Each petal its own color. Symbolizing spiritual understanding, wisdom and higher states of consciousness.
Crown Chakra Colors
- Violet: Color of spirituality. Associated with letting go of worldly attachments and earthly matters, embracing infinite nature of reality.
- Pure white light: Unity with the Divine or God source. It represents our connection with the cosmos.
- Element of crown chakra: subtle vibrations of thought and silence
Mantra for Sahasrara Chakra
OM stands for the Sanskrit word meaning “the universe.” It can be AH or Om, although the crown is about silence. So in meditation practice or breathing exercises, this chant can be whispered or can be vibrations of thought as they travel outward.
According to Chakra healing, the entire universe is composed of vibrational energy, with each object containing a unique range of frequencies.
So, every one of our Chakras has a unique frequency and serves a different organ and an associated nerve network.
Working upwards, the seven Chakras are:
Root Chakra (Muladhara)
- Color: Red
- Location: Base of the spine, near the tailbone
Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)
- Color: Orange
- Location: Lower abdomen, about two inches below the navel
Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura)
- Color: Yellow
- Location: Upper abdomen, around the stomach area
Heart Chakra (Anahata)
- Color: Green
- Location: Center of the chest, near the heart
Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
- Color: Blue
- Location: Throat area
Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)
- Color: Indigo
- Location: Between the eyebrows, on the forehead
Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)
- Color: Violet or White
- Location: Top of the head
Crown Chakra Blocked Symptoms
Crown chakra blocked, symptoms are usually connected with thought, sense, and mind-related issues. This chakra can also be affected by other chakras in the body as our spiritual energy runs throughout our body.
With a balanced crown chakra, we will feel connected in the present moment, more in tune with our intuition and instincts.
Issues that usually come up from an overactive or unbalanced Crown Chakra can therefore include but are not limited to:
- Physical imbalance
- Confusion
- Depressive spurts of thoughts
- Inability to learn
- Sensitivity to light or sound
- A lack of self-awareness and spirituality
Is your Crown Chakra open?
When our seventh chakra is fully opened, we are ready to release the false sense of self that keeps us trapped in limiting beliefs. It’s a deeper understanding of how everything works together to support the greater you.
You understand that there is nothing outside of you; therefore, you are one with everything.
How to open Crown Chakra
Even though silent meditation is a powerful practice for crown chakra healing, it isn’t the only one.
There are also many other beautiful ways to connect with your invisible crown.
Let’s explore at least 6 ways to tap into crown chakra energy.
6 Ways To Tap Into Crown Chakra Energy
1. Crown chakra affirmations
Here are 16 positive affirmations to balance your crown chakra. As you sit quietly, repeat these positive affirmations regularly until you feel the shift inside you.
- I am surrounded by Divine power
- I honor and respect myself
- I am here in the right place and at the right time
- I am filled with light and love
- I am unique and have the talent and skills to share with this world
- I am part of this amazing universe and its energy
- I respect this chakra of amazing energy
- I am open to cosmic abundance and flow
- Creative ideas flow to me from the cosmos
- I am a spirit in this body
- I am creative consciousness
- I feel the frequency of love
- I am connected to God’s source
- I trust in the universal flow
- I trust that universal energy brings the best to me
- I now stand in my presence of power
2. Crystals For Crown Chakra
Crystals for crown chakra can either be worn or placed near you to help open and align your 7th energy center. One well known crown chakra crystal is the amethyst.
Amethyst is also an “air” element crystal.
The element of air, is symbolic for breath of life, our consciousness and our divine creativity.
The color purple represents nobility, power, spiritual journey, wisdom and magic.
Properties of the crystal amethyst, is calming and soothing energy. Used for releasing negative blockages, accessing to the higher realms to Divine consciousness, perfect for the crown center chakra.
Selenite
Perfect milky white, just like the pure white light of love and protection for our seventh chakra.
Helping us to connect with others and connecting with spirit.
Selenite is also great for charging other crystals.
Lapis Lazuli
Magnificent rich blue hues, normally with golden tiny flecks inside.
Known throughout history as stone for nobility. Symbolic for inner wisdom and enlightenment, spiritual connection.
Clear quartz
Known as the master healer.
Also can charge other crystals.
The clear quartz is used for clarity of mind and manifestation rituals for abundance.
3. Crown chakra yoga poses
In yoga practice, you can use some breathing techniques before or during meditation, like Nadi shodhana or alternate nostril breathing.
Any crown chakra yoga poses that combine movements of bringing the top of our head down to the floor are said to help stimulate this particular chakra center.
Here are 5 specific yoga poses for this chakra :
Tree Pose: (Vrksasana) – the tree pose you can either place your arms up above your head up in the air channeling crown energy from above or you can place the hands in a prayer position at your chest area and energy this way as well.
Tree Pose: (Vrksasana) – the tree pose you can either place your arms up above your head up in the air channeling crown energy from above or you can place the hands in a prayer position at your chest area and energy this way as well.
Bridge Pose: (Setu Bandhasana) – Keeping the spine flexible, strengthening the back part of the body, including back of legs and buttock areas.
Camel Pose: (Ustrasana) – Strengthening your back muscles and thighs, whilst opening up and stretching the chest region and top part of torso.
Plow Pose: (Halasana) – Stretching the whole back part of the body, the spine and shoulders.
There are also more advanced ones like headstands (Salamba Sirsasana).
If you get a chance to join a yoga class, that’s even better!
An instructor supervises certain yoga poses and meditative poses, to help open your crown chakra bringing balance.
If you don’t have time to travel to join a live class, you may consider an online class.
Having a sturdy yoga mat is also really helpful, especially one with image instructions on the mat to help you remember any new poses.
4. Chakra Essences
There is a unique blend made for crown chakras energy. These chakra essences are designed to help restore and re-align subtle energy centers. Crown Chakra blend of flower essences and the vibrations of aligning crystal, lovingly made by Bach flower experts who have been in the industry for well over 30 years.
Here is the link for anyone who would like to read more about crystal herb flower essences.
5. Essential oils for chakras
Which essential oils are best for crown chakra?
Some of the oils include lavender, frankincense, and sandalwood.
Frankincense oil has been used for centuries in religious and spiritual ceremonies. It has a very earthy, herbaceous aroma.
This particular fragrance is used in religious ceremonies. So it’s the perfect essential oil to balance crown chakra when seeking spiritual connection to the higher self.
6. Crown Chakra Healing Music
Music has a powerful effect on our emotions and how we feel about ourselves and the world around us.
Crown chakra healing music helps to raise energetic vibrations.
Healing music supports mindful breathing, allowing us to embrace harmonious flow into our mind and body spirit connection.
Here is some crown chakra meditation music with 963 Hz solfeggio, when you are ready to take time out and rejuvenate. Enjoy!
Final Take
Thank you for being here with us, exploring six different ways to tap into crown chakra energy.
Curious about the products I’ve shared for the Crown Chakra? Here they are!
Each one has been thoughtfully handpicked. And some are my go to favorites for chakra healing and meditation sessions.
So, take a look and have browse through to see if there’s something you’d like to add to your chakra sessions.
- Chakra candles with a crystal ontop
- Quartz crystal chakra singing bowls
- Amethyst Mala Beads
- Selenite charging plate
- Lapis Lazuli Healing Crystal Wands
- Clear crystal quartz wands
- Yoga mats with images of different poses
We hope you enjoy your crown chakra spiritual journey and notice the many benefits of tapping into this divine channel of energy.
Which technique resonated with you most? Meanwhile here is more reading on different chakra centers.
