summer Report post Posted July 22, 2004 Apologies if this has been discussed already -- my search didn't turn up anything. ( So, I'm wondering -- what oils, if any, do you think are useful for stimulating/opening the various chakras? I know that when I feel weak in a certain area, I tend to wear colors and use gemstones to focus my energy on that area. For example, if I feel that I'm having a difficult time expressing myself, I'll focus on the throat chakra by wearing a blue pendant, meditating on blue, and generally surrounding myself with blue images. I thought that using fragrances would be a marvellous way to do this too! What fragrances do you associate with each chakra? I haven't tried to articulate it before now, but my initial feelings (based mostly on the oils that I have) are: First Chakra (root chakra; grounding, acceptance) -- Burial; Zombi, Blood Rose Second Chakra (sacral chakra; creativity, sexuality) -- Carnal; Carnivale Third Chakra (navel center; commitment) -- Fourth Chakra (heart chakra; compassion) -- Venus! Fifth Chakra (throat chakra; truth, communication) -- Water of Notre Dame? Sixth Chakra (third eye chakra; intuition) -- Seventh Chakra (crown chakra; boundlessness, divinity) -- Eighth Chakra (aura) -- Pain; The Sun; Luna I've left some of them blank because I haven't been able to put my finger on exactly the right scent . . . I'm eager to hear your suggestions! Share this post Link to post
allamanda Report post Posted July 22, 2004 I'm glad to asked this Summer, I wanted to investigate further too. The book I am working from, Chakra Healing by Liz Simpson, gives the following: Crown - Lavender, Frankincense and Rosewood Third Eye - Hyacinth, Violet and Rose geranium Throat - Chamomile and Myrrh Heart - Rose, Bergamot and Melissa Solar Plexus - Vetivert, Ylang ylang and Bergamot Sacral - Jasmine, Rose and Sandalwood Root - Cedarwood, Myrrh and Patchouli. Now we can have fun matching the above to BPAL oils. I'd be interested if anyone has additional suggestions too? Share this post Link to post
fallow deer Report post Posted July 22, 2004 Ok, here's a little info from my chakra chart: Crown: frankincense, oilbanum, oakmoss, lotus Third eye: jasmine, vetiver, basil, patchouli, rosemary Throat: lavender, sandalwood, neroli, sage Heart: geranium, bergamot, rose, clary sage Solar plexus: chamolmile, lemon, thyme, ylang ylang Lower abdomen: sandalwood, petitgrain, ylang ylang Root: cedar, clove, cypress, marjoram, myrrh I don't think that the fact that allamanda's book lists different oils under different chakras is problematic. Oils used for chakra work should be selected intuitively before anything, in my opinion, so I use my chart as more of a guide. Share this post Link to post
summer Report post Posted July 22, 2004 That information is very helpful, thank you! I've been looking for precicely such a chart. So what BPAL oils do you feel correspond, based either on the essential oil ingredients or on pure "feel" or intuition? I ask because the oils you might want to use for healing are not necessarily ones you'd want to wear as your daily fragrance. Do any of the BPAL fragrances evoke a particular chakra's energy for you? Share this post Link to post
