Foods that Fuel Your Chakras

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Dietary Guidelines for Nourishing Your Energy Centers

When you think about your chakra system you probably aren't considering the types of foods that you consume. Because our chakras are energy vortexes and invisible to most of us one might well imagine that chakras would thrive on energy, prayer, or other such spiritual stuff... you know, those things that we can't see with the human eye. However, the chakras cannot sustain our human body without our help. It is important to feed and nourish the flesh in order to help support and fuel our chakras. Whenever one or more of your chakras is misaligned you might do well to look and see if you are not eating or possibly overeating the foods that fuel that particular chakra.

Chakra Foods

Check out the foods under each of the seven primary chakras below to help you determine how your current diet might be deficient or over-indulgent. We can do our part in helping bring balance to our chakras by eating a balanced diet.

Feeding Your Root Chakra
Grounding
•Root vegetables: carrots, potatoes, parsnips, radishes, beets, onions, garlic, etc.
•Protein-rich foods: eggs, meats, beans, tofu, soy products, peanut butter
•Spices: horseradish, hot paprika, chives, cayenne, pepper

Feeding Your Sacral Center
Nourishing the Sexual/Creativity Center
•Sweet fruits: melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, etc.
•Honey
•Nuts: almonds, walnuts, etc.
•Spices: cinnamon, vanilla, carob, sweet paprika, sesame seeds, caraway seeds

Feeding Your Solar Plexus Chakra
Boosting Self-Esteem and Encouraging Self-Love
•Granola and Grains: pastas, breads, cereal, rices, flax seed, sunflower seeds, etc.
•Dairy: milk, cheeses, yogurt
•Spices: ginger, mints (peppermint, spearmint, etc.), melissa, chamomile, turmeric, cumin, fennel

Feeding Your Heart Chakra
Healing Emotional Hurts
•Leafy vegetables: spinach, kale, dandelion greens, etc.
•Air vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, squash, etc.
•Liquids: green teas
•Spices: basil, sage, thyme, cilantro, parsley

Feeding Your Throat Chakra
Speaking One's Truth
•Liquids in general: water, fruit juices, herbal teas
•Tart or tangy fruits: lemons, limes, grapefruit, kiwi
•Other tree growing fruits: apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, etc.
•Spices: salt, lemon grass

Feeding Your Brow Chakra
Awakening Third Eye Senses
•Dark bluish colored fruits: blueberries, red grapes, black berries, raspberries, etc.
•Liquids: red wines and grape juice
•Spices: lavender, poppy seed, mugwort

Feeding Your Crown Chakra
Opening and Clearing the Spiritual Communication Center
•Air: fasting / detoxing
•Incense and Smudging Herbs: sage, copal, myrrh, frankincense, and juniper
Incense and smudging herbs are not to be eaten but are ritually inhaled through the nostrils or can be smoked through a ceremony pipe for purification purposes.

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