Chakra Healing for Beginners: Explained

Most people hear Chakra Healing for the first time and quietly assume it's not for them. Too spiritual, too abstract, too far away from everyday life. That assumption is understandable, but it doesn't hold up. At its core, this is about balance, energy and connection. Three things that have everything to do with how you feel on an ordinary day.

Chakras are energy centres in the body. They influence emotional, mental and spiritual experience in ways most people never connect to a source. A balanced system makes life more manageable, confidence feels more natural, relationships carry less unnecessary friction and inner peace becomes something real rather than theoretical. Blockages do the opposite. They create a stuckness that's hard to describe but very easy to recognise once you know what you're feeling.

Scott Stonebridge, one of the best psychic mediums the UK has spent years making this accessible for people with no prior background. His approach to intuitive guidance and spiritual practice offers beginners something rare, a starting point that's grounded rather than overwhelming.

This guide walks through the basics of chakra healing, how to begin and why the practice tends to shift things in ways people don't expect.

What are Chakras?

The word "chakra" comes from Sanskrit, meaning "wheel" and there are seven main ones most people focus on. Think of it as a body energy highway. When everything's moving, you feel it. When something's blocked, you feel that too, usually before you can even name it. Chakra healing is just about clearing whatever's backed up so things can move again. Simple as that. Here's the breakdown.

• Root Chakra: Located at the base of your spine, it's all about feeling safe and grounded. Colour: Red. When balanced, you feel secure, stable and connected to the earth. Blocked? You might deal with fear, financial worries or feel unrooted, like you're always on edge. Healing tip: Walk barefoot on grass, eat root veggies or visualise red light at your base while repeating "I am safe."

• Sacral Chakra: Just below your navel, this one's about creativity, pleasure and emotions. Colour: Orange. Balanced means joyful flow in relationships and creative pursuits. Imbalanced? Emotional roller coasters, low libido, or creative blocks. Try hip-opening stretches or dancing freely to get things moving.

• Solar Plexus Chakra: In your upper abdomen, it's your personal power centre. Color: Yellow. When open, you feel confident and motivated. Blocked? Low self-esteem, digestive issues or feeling powerless. Affirmations like "I am strong and capable," along with core-strengthening exercises, help here.

• Heart Chakra: Right in the centre of your chest, governing love, compassion and connection. Color: Green (or pink). Balanced brings unconditional love, for yourself and others. Blocked? Heartache, jealousy or isolation. Practice gratitude journaling or heart-opening yoga poses, such as camel poses.

• Throat Chakra: At your throat, it's about communication and truth. Color: Blue. Open means speaking your truth clearly. Blocked? Sore throats, trouble expressing yourself or feeling unheard. Sing, hum or write unsent letters to release.

• Third Eye Chakra: Between your eyebrows, this is intuition and insight. Color: Indigo. Balanced sharpens clarity and inner knowing. Blocked? Headaches, confusion or disconnection from intuition. Meditation focusing on this spot or using indigo visualisation works wonders.

• Crown Chakra: At the top of your head, connecting you to the divine or higher consciousness. Color: Violet or white. Balanced feels like unity and peace. Blocked? Spiritual disconnection or overthinking. Quiet meditation or spending time in nature helps open it.

Signs Your Chakras Might Need Attention

Here’s the thing: chakra imbalance doesn’t show up as something dramatic or mystical. It often appears in subtle ways:

• Feeling stuck or unmotivated for no clear reason
• Repeating the same relationship patterns
• Struggling to express yourself honestly
• Overthinking everything or doubting intuition
• Feeling emotionally drained around certain people

This is why spiritual tools often work best together. For example, this blog explains how tarot, crystals and angel guidance support each other in energy work: Reading Tarot, Crystals & Angels How They Work Together

Simple Ways to Start Healing Your Chakras

You don't need a dedicated meditation room or an expensive retreat to begin. Here are practical, accessible approaches to get started:

Meditation and Visualisation

• Start simple: sit somewhere comfortable, close your eyes and move your attention slowly through each chakra, beginning at the root.
• Picture a ball of light in that chakra's colour, spinning, brightening and expanding with every breath you take
• You don't need an hour-long session to feel a difference, even five minutes a day, done regularly, starts to shift things over time.

Crystals

• Different crystals carry different energies and each chakra has its own set that resonates with it.
• Red jasper and black tourmaline support the root; carnelian works with the sacral; citrine for the solar plexus; rose quartz for the heart; lapis lazuli for the throat; amethyst for the third eye; and clear quartz for the crown.
• Hold one during meditation or simply rest it on the relevant area of your body and let it do its thing.

Sound and Frequency

• Sound bowls and binaural beats are genuinely powerful for moving stuck energy and you don't need any training to use them.
• Putting on a specific frequency through headphones and just lying still with it can create a surprisingly real shift in how you feel.
• Start with whatever draws you in and go from there.

Breathwork

• Slow, intentional breathing is one of the most underestimated tools at your disposal.
• It directly activates the nervous system, helps energy move more freely through the body and costs absolutely nothing.
• Pair your breathwork with a clear intention and it becomes a simple exercise rather than a genuinely potent practice.

Shadow Work

• This one doesn't get talked about enough in chakra healing circles and it should
• Shadow work is the practice of honestly facing the parts of yourself you've been pushing away, the patterns, the wounds and the beliefs you'd rather not look at
• When you're willing to go there, blocked chakras often begin to release on their own, without forcing anything.
• If you are a beginner, the shadow work starter guide for sensitive people is a really grounded place to start.

Chakra Healing and Psychic Guidance

Many people exploring chakra healing also turn to spiritual guidance for clarity. That’s where intuitive support becomes powerful.

• For some, an online psychic reading is exactly what they need, something immediate, direct and personal that meets them right where they are in that moment.
• Others find that psychic readings via email suit their personality better; there's no pressure to absorb everything at once and you can come back to the guidance days later when something in your life suddenly makes it click.
• Email psychic readings have quietly become one of the more popular options out there and it's not hard to understand why. Being able to sit with a message in your own time, without feeling rushed to react or respond, tends to make the reflection go a lot deeper
• When something more tailored feels right, a 1-2-1 Reading With Scott offers a focused, personal session that looks specifically at how your energy, your intuition and your life path are showing up together right now and what that might mean for where you're heading.

Conclusion

There’s no “right way” to do chakra healing. Some people connect through meditation. Others through journaling, readings or spiritual rituals. What matters is what helps you feel clearer, calmer and more connected to yourself.

That’s the real purpose behind creating this “Chakra Healing for Beginners: Explained” guide: not to make things complicated, but to show that energy awareness is something anyone can explore gently, at their own pace.

FAQs

Q1. What are chakras?

Ans: They're energy centres in your subtle body, seven main ones along the spine that influence physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Q2. Do we need prior spiritual experience to start chakra healing?  

Ans: No, chakra healing is for everyone. Beginners can start with simple practices like meditation and affirmations.

Q3. Can psychic readings help identify chakra blocks?

Ans: Yes. Many people find that intuitive guidance highlights emotional patterns or energy imbalances they hadn’t noticed themselves.

Q4. Can chakra healing help with anxiety and stress?

Ans: Many people find that regular chakra work, particularly practices focused on the root, solar plexus and heart chakras, has a genuinely calming and grounding effect.

Q5. Can chakra work help with manifestation or attraction?

Ans: Definitely, clear energy supports rituals like the Attraction Ritual, making intentions flow more easily.