What Is Chakra Healing & Why You Should Start With the Lower Chakras
- Danielle Tasso
- Apr 20
- 3 min read
Have you ever felt stuck, unmotivated, emotionally drained, or disconnected from your body? These sensations often signal that your energetic system is out of balance. Chakra healing is a transformative practice that brings your mind, body, and spirit back into alignment by clearing, balancing, and activating your body's energy centers: the chakras.
What Are Chakras?
The word "chakra" comes from the Sanskrit word for "wheel." Chakras are spinning energy centers located along the spine that govern different physical, emotional, and spiritual functions. There are seven main in body chakras:
Root Chakra (Muladhara) – Grounding, safety, survival
Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) – Creativity, sensuality, emotional flow
Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) – Confidence, willpower, personal power
Heart Chakra (Anahata) – Love, compassion, connection
Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) – Communication, expression, truth
Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) – Intuition, insight, vision
Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) – Divine connection, consciousness, enlightenment
These chakras are traditionally divided into two groups: the lower chakras (Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus) and the upper chakras (Throat, Third Eye, Crown), with the Heart Chakra acting as the bridge between the two.
Why Focus on the Lower Chakras First?
The lower chakras are the foundation of your energetic body. They are deeply rooted in your physical experience and govern essential aspects of life—safety, emotional regulation, self-worth, motivation, and groundedness. Without stability in these areas, spiritual development can feel ungrounded or disconnected.
Here's what healing the lower chakras can do for you:
Root Chakra Healing helps you feel safe in your body, connected to the Earth, and supported by life. Listen to Root Chakra Healing Here
Sacral Chakra Healing restores emotional balance, enhances your creativity, and allows you to embrace pleasure and connection. Listen to Sacral Chakra Healing Here
Solar Plexus Chakra Healing empowers your sense of identity, confidence, and purpose, helping you take aligned action in your life. Listen to Solar Plexus Chakra Healing Here
When these chakras are balanced, you become more resilient, confident, emotionally clear, and energetically aligned. You feel at home in your body and empowered to express your truth and follow your soul’s path.
The Role of the Heart Chakra
The Heart Chakra is the gateway between the physical and spiritual realms. It’s where we move from “me” to “we”—from survival and self to compassion and unity. A balanced heart chakra allows love to flow freely to yourself and others. It’s also the energetic midpoint, harmonizing the earthly energies of the lower chakras with the cosmic awareness of the upper chakras.
When your lower chakras are healed and strong, your heart can open more fully, allowing you to expand into deeper relationships, unconditional self-love, and spiritual connection.
Listen to Heart Chakra Healing Here
Chakra healing is more than a wellness trend—it’s a sacred self-care practice that supports your full-spectrum healing. By starting with the lower chakras, you lay a solid energetic foundation that sets you up for sustainable growth, empowered living, and divine expansion.
If you're just starting your chakra journey, begin with healing your Root, Sacral, and Solar Plexus chakras. You can explore our library of guided meditations and resources that walk you through each step of the process.
Stay tuned for our next blog post where we’ll explore the upper chakras and how they support your intuition, soul connection, and divine purpose.
You deserve to feel safe, strong, and whole—body and soul. Let your healing begin.
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