How to Balance Your Chakras with Herbal Tea

4. The Heart Chakra – Anahata

The color associated is green and it is located right over the heart.
Heart Chakra is focused on expressing love, compassion, forgiveness.
Mantra: I love

When the heart chakra is balanced, you are able to feel love for yourself and for others.
Imbalances: fast heart rate, palpitations, heartburn and interpersonal relationship issues, jealousy, codependency, or being closed down, withdrawn, excessive isolation, being recluse, antisocial, holding grudges, not being to forgive.

5. The Throat Chakra – Vishuddha

This chakra has the color blue associated and it is located at the base of the throat.
It is responsible for our self-expression, speech and communication.
Mantra: I speak

Balancing the Throat chakra will make you feel like you can speak clearly with love, kindness and truth.
Imbalances: talking with a louder voice and interrupting others, throat pain, frequent infections, cavities, mouth ulcers, thyroid, laryngitis, codependency, difficulties thinking before speaking

6. The 3rd Eye Chakra – Ajna

The color of the 3rd eye chakra is indigo and it is located between your eyebrows.
3rd eye chakra is responsible for our ability to focus and see the big picture, our intuition.
Mantra: I see

Balancing the third eye chakra will make you feel like you are open to an intuitive sensibility and inner perception.
Imbalances: disconnected from spiritual experiences, lack of clarity, lack of imagination, weakness in the ears or eyes, headaches, sinus problems

7. The Crown Chakra – Sahasrara

The Crown chakra has associated the color violet and it is located at the top of your head.
This is the highest chakra and it represents our ability to be fully connected spiritually.
Mantra: I understand

Balancing the Crown chakra will make you feel a deeper level of consciousness, awareness, connection to Source Energy, wisdom and enlightenment.
Imbalances: feeling disconnected spiritually and out of touch with your divinity, lack of direction or purpose, nervous system disorders, migraines.

Balance Your Chakras with Herbal Tea

Strongly connected to chakras are various herbs, which can easily influence, improve and balance them. Here are some examples of teas which correspond to each chakra:

1. The Root Chakra : dandelion root, sage, ginger, elderflower
2. The Sacral Chakra : Calendula, hibiscus
3. The Solar Plexus Chakra : rosemary, fennel, cinnamon
4. The Heart Chakra : hawthorn berry, rose petals, jasmine
5. The Throat Chakra : red clover, lemon balm, eucalyptus
6. The 3rd Eye Chakra : mint, lemon, jasmine
7. The Crown Chakra : lavender, lotus root

Chakra Healing with Tea – Weekly plan

There are 7 days in a week, so we can plan to take care of one chakra every day of the week, to keep them balanced.

1. Monday – The Root Chakra

Ginger tea Grate or finely chop one teaspoon of fresh ginger root. Pour hot water on it and enjoy! I will have a strong ginger taste.

2. Tuesday – The Sacral Chakra

Calendula tea Use one teaspoon of dried Calendula flowers in a tea strainer, pour hot water, cover the mug and let it steep for 15 minutes.

3. Wednesday – The Solar Plexus Chakra

Rosemary tea You can make this tea with fresh or dried rosemary. Use one teaspoon of finely chopped rosemary and let it steep covered for 5-10 minutes, depending on how you like the taste.

4. Thursday – The Heart Chakra

Jasmine tea You can prepare either a jasmine green tea, and then you follow the green tea steeping instructions, or jasmine buds and leave them to steep for 4-5 minutes. If you prefer black tea, you can also find jasmine golden buds black tea as an alternative.

5. Friday – The Throat Chakra

Red Clover tea Use one tablespoon of dried red clover and let it steep for 10-15 minutes. You can let it steep for longer but the water will cool down.

6. Saturday – The 3rd Eye Chakra

Mint tea For this tea you can also use fresh or dried mint leaves, since they are both full of benefits and flavour. Let them steep for 10 minutes and enjoy a refreshing cup of tea!

You can also try my Chocolate Refresh Tea Recipe which combines both mint and jasmine

7. Sunday – The Crown Chakra

Lavender tea Use one teaspoon of dried lavender and let it steep covered for about 5 minutes. You can check how you like the taste and adjust the steeping time.