Chakra Series: The Crown Chakra: Your Gateway to Higher Awareness

In wellbeing, exploring how energy flows through the body, and how understanding this flow can help us feel more balanced, present, and connected is important. One of the most powerful energy centres in this system is the Crown Chakra, the seventh chakra, known as Sahasrara in Sanskrit.

This energy point sits just above the crown of your head and represents your connection to higher consciousness, spirituality, and universal wisdom.

What the Crown Chakra Represents

The Crown Chakra is the seat of pure awareness — the place where we experience unity, purpose, and a sense of something greater than ourselves. When it’s balanced, you may feel:

• Deep connection to life and others
  
  
• Inner peace and trust in the bigger picture
  
  
• Clarity and openness to wisdom
  
  
• Spiritual growth and a sense of being guided
  
  

An imbalanced or blocked Crown Chakra can feel like:

• Disconnection or loneliness
  
  
• Confusion or lack of purpose
  
  
• Cynicism or resistance to spirituality
  
  
• Overthinking or feeling cut off from your intuition
  
  

Colour & Energy

The Crown Chakra is associated with violet or white light.  Colours that symbolise higher consciousness, clarity, and divine connection. Its element is thought or pure consciousness rather than a tangible physical element, which is why it feels expansive and ethereal.

Signs Your Crown Chakra May Need Clearing

• You feel stuck in your head, looping in worry or doubt
  
  
• You feel spiritually disconnected or uninspired
  
  
• You struggle to trust the flow of life
  
  
• You’re cynical about purpose or greater meaning
  
  

How to Clear & Balance the Crown Chakra

1. Meditation & Breathwork
   Quieting the mind allows you to feel beyond your thoughts. Focus on the top of your head and imagine violet or white light expanding outwards.
2. Connection with Nature
   Spending time under an open sky or lying on the grass can help you feel part of something larger.
3. Mindful Stillness
   Practice silence, even a few minutes each day, to tune in to subtle guidance and intuitive knowing.
4. Affirmations
   Repeat gentle phrases like:

“I am connected to the wisdom of the universe.”
“I trust in the flow of life.”

5. Crystals & Aromatherapy
   Amethyst, clear quartz, or selenite can be used during meditation. Essential oils such as frankincense or lotus may support stillness and clarity.
6. Journaling Big Questions
   Reflect on what gives your life meaning and where you feel most connected, such as writing can open space for insight.

A Balanced Crown Chakra

When your Crown Chakra is open and balanced, life feels aligned, purposeful, and expansive. You trust your intuition, feel guided by a bigger picture, and move through life with grace and ease. You don’t lose touch with the physical world, but feel deeply grounded and connected to something greater.