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What are the Chakras and Chakra Imbalance
When we speak about a chakra imbalance, we often reduce the issue to being “blocked” or “overactive.” It goes far beyond the state of a single chakra. Chakra alignment speaks to how the entire chakra system functions together. It is when all chakras form a coherent, aligned, and resonant field that supports you.
There are 7 main chakras that run along the spine and they are like spinning disks of energy. Each one has its own colour and corresponds to certain organs, glands, nerves and areas of our body. Chakras act as a bridge between the physical and energetic body and they reflect emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.
Chakras as a System & Chakra Alignment
Chakras are not isolated. They’re part of an energy system and each one influences and responds to the others. True alignment doesn’t mean all chakras function identically. Chakra alignment means they vibrate in harmony, like coordinated musicians in a band, each playing a unique role in the same song.
Chakra alignment here refers to coherence across the system. Each chakra resonating with both the central axis, in harmony with the other chakras and the broader intention of the soul’s path. Coherence amongst chakras is their harmonious function, forming a unified whole that trully supports you.
When even one chakra is out of sync it means functioning at a different frequency, orientation, or level of development. This then can create energetic tension, distortion, or fragmentation across your physical, emotional, and spiritual fields.
Causes of Chakra Imbalance
Here are some of the most common energetic and psycho-spiritual causes of chakra misalignment:
1. Emotional, Physical & Spiritual Trauma
Traumas whether emotional (e.g., rejection, abandonment), physical (e.g., illness, abuse), or spiritual (e.g., betrayal by a teacher, loss of faith) can deeply affect chakra health. Each chakra stores specific emotional and energetic information. For instance, childhood neglect can severely weaken the base chakra, while emotional betrayal may scar the heart chakra. If left unprocessed, these traumas disrupt the natural energy flow and create defense mechanisms that limit healing and growth.
2. Conflicting Internal Programs & Limiting Beliefs
Your chakras often reflect the deeper programs or beliefs you carry. For example, your heart chakra may crave intimacy while your solar plexus chakra runs a trauma-based program of radical independence (“I can’t trust anyone” or “I must do everything myself”). These opposing messages cause incoherence and tension in your energy system.
Similarly, limiting beliefs such as “I’m not safe,” “I don’t deserve love,” or “I can’t express myself” can suppress the natural flow of energy through specific chakras, often keeping them closed, weak, or distorted.
3. Past-Life Trauma, Ancestral Karma & Soul Fragmentation
Some chakras may still hold energy blocks, like unresolved memories, vows, or traumas from other lifetimes or ancestral wounds carried through the energetic lineage. In my readings, I often discover these energy blocks influence current chakra expression. For example in this Soul Fragmentation reading the client carried a throat chakra wound from a past life where speaking out led to punishment. This karmic imprint still hindered her ability to express her truth today.
4. Energetic Entanglement
Highly empathic people often unconsciously merge their energies with others, particularly close partners, family members, or even clients. This entanglement causes some chakras to adapt to someone else’s frequency while others stay anchored in your own, creating energetic confusion.
Additionally, cords can form between your chakras and other people’s fields. While some cords are mutual and healthy, parasitic cords – often created through manipulation, dependency, or unresolved emotional ties – can drain the energy from a chakra continuously. A parasitic cord to the heart chakra, for instance, may leave you feeling constantly emotionally exhausted or disconnected from your own feelings
5. Uneven Development
An overemphasis on certain life areas or spiritual pursuits can lead to uneven chakra development. For example, a person deeply focused on spiritual growth may have an overactive third eye or crown chakra but underdeveloped root and sacral chakras, resulting in disconnection from the body, finances, or relationships.
Likewise, someone obsessively focused on accumulating money (root chakra) or craving power and control (solar plexus chakra) may experience imbalances in the heart chakra (lack of compassion), throat (inauthenticity), or third eye (lack of clarity and intuition), due to energy being overly concentrated in the lower centers.
6. Environmental Disharmony
Living or working in a space filled with conflict, emotional suppression, or electromagnetic pollution (EMFs) can lead to chakra imbalance, in response to energetic overwhelm from the environment.
Role of the Central Channel: The Sushumna Nadi
While it’s easy to view chakras as separate points, true alignment happens through the central channel. In yogic tradition it is known as the sushumna nadi. This channel acts like the energetic spine, allowing prana (life-force) to flow vertically through the system.
Even when individual chakras are operating cleanly, imbalance can stem from a distortion in the central channel itself. Imagine it like a bent spine distorting the posture of each vertebra. If the central axis is blocked, damaged, or energetically collapsed, the chakras may appear open yet still function out of sync with each other.
The Ida and Pingala Nadis
Two other subtle channels – ida and pingala – coil around the central axis. Ida governs the feminine, emotional and intuitive current, while pingala represents the masculine, logical and active force. When one dominates, you may experience system-wide imbalance even if chakras test as clear and open:
- Too much ida = emotional flooding, poor grounding.
- Too much pingala = control, rigidity, over-intellectualization.
(I’ll explore the nadis in depth in an upcoming blog post.)
Chakra Imbalance & Environment Interaction
Chakras represent your inner world but they’re also in constant interaction with the external world, including:
- Location (e.g., sacred sites, industrial zones)
- People (emotional suppression, criticism, love)
- Technology (WiFi, EMF, screens)
- Cultural narratives (values, customs, consumerism)
When the environment you live or work is quite out of sync with your authentic vibration, certain chakras may overcompensate, retreat, or distort. Which more likely lead to chakra imbalance not from within but from defense. For example:
- Sacral chakra might shut down around people who shame emotional expression.
- Solar Plexus Chakra may become hypervigilant in competitive or aggressive environments.
- Throat chakra may distort if you live in a family that punishes honesty.
What are the Symptoms of Chakra Imbalance
You may be experiencing chakra imbalance if you notice:
- Feeling fragmented or split or scattered
- Intuition and insights feel erratic or unreliable
- One area of life flows, while others feel blocked
- Confusion about identity, purpose, or boundaries
- Physical symptoms that don’t match your emotional or spiritual state
- Strong intuitive pull that clashes with your daily behavior
If you suspect you have some chakra imbalances or energy blocks then please get in touch to discuss how I can help you.
Healing & Realigning Chakra Imbalance
Healing chakra imbalances is not about “fixing” broken parts. It’s about restoring coherence. By coherence I mean that each part of you is vibrating in harmony with the whole.
Some suggestions how to begin:
1. Energetic Synchronization – Sound Baths, Breathwork, Meditation
Use sound baths, singing bowls, breathwork, or meditation to bring chakras into harmony. Intention of the practise is key for all of them to work and bring a change within you.
2. Akashic Records Reading
In an Akashic Records reading I help clients trace energy blocks back to its root. Several energy blocks can be purely ancestral or they might be stemming from a past life or it might be from this life-time. I offer several readings which are designed to get to the root of the issue, so please get in touch if you wish to talk about this more. You can find more details below.
3. Aura Cleansing
Sometimes, your energy field holds on to imprints that your body and mind have already outgrown. These stagnant energies can disturb your chakra flow. In my remote aura cleansing sessions, I gently clear energy blocks, energetic debris, psychic residue, and emotional clutter that may be disrupting your energy flow. Clients often report feeling lighter, calmer, and more connected to their inner alignment after a session.
4. Ground Integration
Healing must anchor into your body and your choices. Journal. Eat grounding foods. Create daily/weekly/quarterly rituals. Meditate to discover your soul’s truth. Practice conscious decision-making aligned with your soul’s truth.
5. Energetic Boundary Hygiene
If you’re empathic or energetically open, maintain clear boundaries. Practice:
- Daily aura shielding – read more about energy shielding
- Cord-cutting meditation and visualization
- Grounding in nature
- Set boundaries and say “no” without guilt
Chakra Imbalance | Final Thoughts
Chakra imbalance is not a flaw. It simply reveals where parts of you are not yet in dialogue with your current truth. When we stop pathologizing and start listening, we unlock deeper integration, presence, and purpose. Whether you’re new to energy healing or have years of spiritual practice, understanding your chakras as a system can open the door to deeper coherence within yourself and with the world around you.
If you’re feeling fragmented, unclear, or energetically blocked, I offer remote Akashic Records readings and a chakra blockages reading to help you reconnect with your true energetic rhythm. These readings can bring clarity and open the way to integration and healing.
Akashic Records reading to help with Chakra Imbalance
- Past Life reading — Heal deep soul wounds & patterns
- Ancestral Trauma & Karma reading — Release inherited burdens & karmic weight
- Chakra Blockages reading — Clear deep energy blocks that are affecting you now
- Soul Fragmentation reading — Recover lost parts from deep trauma
- Relationships reading — Unblock love, family & true connection
- Aura Cleansing — Cleanse any heavy energy and energy blocks
Read more about Chakras and Akashic Records reading
The Complete Guide to Energy Blocks: Impact on Wellness
Heal Ancestral Trauma Reading: Clear Chakra Blockages Now
What to expect to discover in a Chakra Blockages Reading
Daily Aura Cleanse: Simple Practices to Keep Your Energy Field Clear and Protected
How often should you have an Energetic Treatment
Psychic Intrusion: How to Protect Yourself | Guide for Empaths & Seekers