Chakra Balancing: Beyond the Buzzwords
Most people have heard about the chakras — those seven spinning energy centers along the body.
But here’s the truth: chakra balancing isn’t about memorizing colors or chanting affirmations.
It’s about finding where your energy is stuck, where old stories are living in your body, and gently releasing what no longer belongs so you can move forward.
When your energy is out of balance, it shows up in your life:
The anxiety that won’t shift, no matter how much you meditate.
The throat tightness when you want to speak your truth.
The heaviness in your chest when you think about past relationships.
The constant feeling of being ungrounded, like life is happening to you, not with you.
These are more than just “imbalanced chakras.” They are patterns, emotions, and memories your body has been carrying — sometimes since childhood, sometimes even longer.
Why Energy Gets Stuck in the Chakras
Your chakras are like a living record keeper.
They don’t just move energy — they store it.
Every experience, every belief you’ve absorbed, every unspoken emotion leaves an imprint.
Unprocessed emotions — grief, anger, fear that was never expressed can sit in the body for years.
Old beliefs and conditioning — stories like “I’m not safe,” “I don’t deserve love,” or “my voice doesn’t matter” often lodge in a particular chakra.
Trauma and past pain — both big events and small, repeated hurts can leave energetic residue.
Ancestral and karmic layers — some imbalances don’t even start with you, but you feel them until they’re cleared.
When these energies pile up, your system can’t flow freely. You start feeling the effects in your body, emotions, and life patterns.
Signs of Imbalance You Might Recognise
Each chakra relates to different themes in life, and when the energy is blocked, it shows up in ways we often dismiss as “just the way I am.”
For example:
Root chakra (safety & stability): constant anxiety, financial stress, or always feeling “on edge.”
Sacral chakra (emotions & relationships): difficulty trusting, repeating relationship patterns, emotional highs and lows.
Solar plexus (personal power): second-guessing yourself, feeling powerless, struggling with boundaries.
Heart chakra (love & connection): heaviness in the chest, walls in relationships, difficulty giving or receiving love.
Throat chakra (expression): fear of speaking up, tightness in the throat, people-pleasing instead of truth-speaking.
Third eye (clarity & intuition): self-doubt, confusion, inability to trust your inner guidance.
Crown chakra (connection): disconnection, lack of meaning, or feeling cut off from life and spirit.
You don’t need to have all of these signs to know something is off.
Even one blocked chakra can affect the whole system, like a kink in a hose that slows the flow of water.
What Chakra Balancing Really Means
In my work, balancing the chakras isn’t about a quick fix. It’s not simply visualizing a beam of light or placing a crystal on your body. It’s about:
Uncovering the root causes — the subconscious beliefs or old pain that’s holding your energy in place.
Releasing what’s been stored — not only in your mind, but in your body and energy field.
Creating space for alignment — so you feel grounded, safe, connected, and more you than you have in years.
This isn’t surface-level healing.
It’s deep, lasting transformation.
How it Feels When Balance Returns
When a chakra shifts, it’s not about suddenly becoming “perfect.” It’s subtler, yet powerful:
You breathe easier, like something heavy has lifted.
You find yourself speaking with confidence — without overthinking it.
Relationships feel lighter, or you can finally step back from ones that drain you.
You reconnect with your sense of purpose and feel safe in your own skin again.
These are the signs of energy realigning — your system finally working with you, not against you.
A Simple Practice You Can Try Right Now
Here’s something gentle you can do:
Close your eyes and take a slow, deep breath.
Bring your awareness to the base of your spine. Imagine roots growing down into the earth, anchoring you.
With each exhale, let go of a worry or thought that isn’t serving you.
With each inhale, draw in steadiness and strength.
This is a starting point — a way to reconnect to your base chakra and remind your body that you are safe.
Going Deeper
Sometimes, small practices like this are enough to bring relief.
But when old patterns, trauma, or deeply buried emotions are involved, a deeper kind of chakra balancing is needed.
That’s the work I do — helping you uncover what your body is holding, release it, and realign your energy so you can live more freely, more fully, and more in your truth.
💫 If you’ve been searching for chakra balancing and nothing seems to shift, this work may be the deeper reset you’ve been looking for. Whether through a one-off session or a healing package, together we can uncover what your energy has been holding and create space for something new to grow.
Selene xx
