All the major chakras, minor chakras, and acupuncture points are openings for energy to flow into and out of the aura.  We are like sponges in the energy sea around us.  Since this energy is always associated with a form of consciousness, we experience the energy we exchange in terms of seeing, hearing, sensing, intuiting or direct knowing.

Therefore, we can see that staying “open” means two things.  First, it means absorbing a lot of energy from the universal field through all the chakras, large and small.  Second, it means letting in, and in some way dealing with, all the energetic information that is associated with the energy that is flowing through us.  That is not an easy task, and most of us cannot do it.  There would simply be too much input.  Psychological material related to each chakra is brought to consciousness by increasing one’s energy flow through that chakra.  Too much psychological material would be released by a sudden flow of energy, and we could not process it all.  We therefore work in whatever growth process we are in to open each chakra slowly, so that we have time to process the personal material that is released and integrate the new information into our life.

It is important to open the chakras and increase our energy flow, because the more energy we let flow, the healthier we are.  Illness in the system is caused by an imbalance of energy or a blocking of the flow of energy.  In other words, lack of flow in the human energy system eventually leads to disease.  It also distorts our perceptions and dampens our feelings and thus interferes with a smooth experience of full life.  We are not psychologically prepared, however, to stay open without working and developing our maturity and clarity.

Each of the seven main chakras has one or more areas of the body that it governs along with a color association.  There also common chakra characteristics when a chakra is too open, blocked or balanced.  Please check out the chart that I have listed below:

1 - Root Chakra:  Spinal column, adrenals, and kidneys

Color Association: Red

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-bullying, overly materialistic, self-centered, engages in physical foolhardiness

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-emotionally needy, low self-esteem, self-destructive behavior, fearful

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-demonstrates self-mastery, high physical energy, grounded healthy

2 - Sacral Chakra:  Reproductive system and gonads

Color association: Orange

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-emotionally unbalanced, a fantasist, manipulative, sexually addictive

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-over-sensitive, hard on self, feels guilty for no reason, frigid or impotent

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-trusting, expressive, attuned to own feelings, creative

3 - Solar Plexus Chakra:  Stomach, liver, gall bladder, nervous system, and pancreas

Color association: Yellow

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-angry, controlling, workaholic, judgmental and superior

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-overly concerned with what others think, fearful of being alone, insecure, needs constant reassurance

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-respects self and others, has personal power, spontaneous, uninhibited

4 - Heart Chakra:  Heart, blood, circulatory system and thymus gland

Color association: Green/Pink

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-possessive, loves conditionally, withholds emotionally “to punish”, overly dramatic

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-fears rejection, loves too much, feels unworthy to receive love, self-pitying

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-compassionate, loves unconditionally, nurturing, desires spiritual experience in lovemaking

5 - Throat Chakra:  Bronchial and vocal apparatus, lungs, alimentary canal and thyroid gland

Color association: Sky Blue

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-over-talkative, dogmatic, self-righteous, arrogant

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-holds back from self-expression, unreliable, holds inconsistent views

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-good communicator, contented, finds it easy to meditate, artistically inspired

6 - Third Eye Chakra:  Lower brain, left eye, ears, nose, nervous system and pituitary gland

Color association: Indigo (deep dark purplish blue)

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-highly logical, dogmatic, authoritarian, arrogant

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-undisciplined, fears success, tendency toward schizophrenia, sets sights too low

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-charismatic, highly intuitive, not attached to material things, may experience unusual phenomena

7 - Crown Chakra:  Upper brain, right eye and pineal gland

Color association: Violet/Gold/White

Too Open (chakra spins too fast)-psychotic or manic depressive, confused sexual expression, frustrated, sense of unrealized power

Blocked (chakra spins sluggishly or not at all)-constantly exhausted, can’t make decisions, no sense of “belonging”

Balanced (chakra maintains equilibrium and spins at correct vibration speed)-magnetic personality, achieves “miracles” in life, transcendent, at peace with self

If you would like to make your own study of the information above please reference the books where most of this info was found:

The Book of Chakra Healing by Liz Simpson (foreword by Teresa Hale)

Hands of Light by Barbara Ann Brennan (illustrated by Jos. A. Smith)