How to Activate Chakras in the Human Body

Guru Sanju

A Discourse on Chakra Balancing and Kundalini Awakening

Chakra activation is essential for anyone seeking balance in life and alignment in their energetic system. Whether you are going through a spiritual awakening or the intense process of Kundalini awakening, the first step is to understand the role of the chakras and how they influence your physical, emotional, and spiritual experiences.

The Seven Chakras: A Brief Introduction

There are seven primary chakras in your subtle energy body. These energy vortexes spin both clockwise and anti-clockwise, located along your spinal column—from the tailbone to the crown of your head. Each chakra governs a specific domain of your life, and their alignment is crucial for your overall well-being and spiritual progress.

1. Root Chakra (Muladhara)

To activate your root chakra, you must feel secure and grounded. Security here does not mean a fixed salary or job, but rather the absence of stress regarding basic needs—food, clothing, and shelter.

It is not necessary to own property; even a rented room or temporary space can support your root chakra if it provides a sense of stability. The key is to eliminate constant worries about survival. When you live with the inner confidence that your basic needs will always be met, the root chakra naturally balances itself.

Choose work or a profession that aligns with your energy. If your career path does not resonate with who you are energetically, insecurity and fear will linger—blocking this foundational chakra.

2. Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)

To activate the sacral chakra, immerse yourself in life through feeling and creativity. Avoid living mechanically or driven solely by logic. Instead, engage with life emotionally—through relationships, artistic expression, and genuine enjoyment.

Form connections based on energy and intuitive resonance, not based on mental calculations or social labels. The more you participate in life through music, dance, art, and joyful presence, the more your sacral chakra opens.

If you find yourself numb, disconnected, or unable to enjoy life, it is a sign this chakra is blocked.

3. Solar Plexus (Manipura)

The solar plexus is the power center of your chakra system. If you divide your body horizontally, it sits exactly at your center. It represents personal strength, confidence, and intellectual investment in your own growth.

Root chakra is instinctive, but solar plexus is the foundation of true personal power. A balanced solar plexus expresses as ambition, confidence, and the will to lead your life with purpose.

To activate this chakra:

  • Continuously invest in yourself by learning new skills.
  • Become a creator, an entrepreneur, or someone who contributes powerfully to life.
  • Take ownership of your evolution.

Without balancing this chakra, even if your Kundalini rises, it will fall back again to complete the work here. Until your root, sacral, and solar plexus chakras are fully balanced, you cannot complete your Kundalini journey or reach lasting enlightenment.

4. Heart Chakra (Anahata)

The heart chakra marks the transition from lower to higher consciousness. To open this chakra:

  • Love unconditionally.
  • Connect deeply with animals, trees, nature, and humans—not out of obligation, but from your core.

Visit orphanages, old age homes, or NGOs—not to “help” but to be present and give love freely. This is not about becoming a nice person but about authentic, powerful heart-based living.

Once the heart chakra opens, it allows your energy to move upward and supports external actions done with grace and power. This chakra brings peace and prepares the path for higher spiritual activation.

5. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)

Your throat chakra activates when you speak your truth.

When you suppress your voice or hide your real feelings, this chakra becomes blocked. But when you begin to speak openly—especially when the truth is bitter—it releases energy powerfully.

Live by the mantra: “Freedom of expression gives expression of freedom.”

Say what you feel. Let the consequences come. If everyone leaves, let them go. You must remain true to yourself. The moment you suppress truth, you suppress your energy.

When your throat chakra is open, you are ready to work on your third eye.

6. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)

Contrary to mystical beliefs, third eye activation is not about sudden supernatural visions. It is about living by your inner voice.

To activate the third eye:

  • Follow your feelings.
  • Live by your instincts.
  • Trust your inner GPS.

When you deny this inner voice, the third eye gets blocked. Mental clutter, overthinking, and psychological confusion follow. But when you follow your intuitive desires—even if they are simple, like eating chocolate, going on a mountain trek, or singing freely—you start clearing the third eye path.

Live spontaneously. That is the path to a functioning third eye.

7. Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)

This is the most difficult chakra to activate. It involves the complete dissolution of ego—the identity that clings to roles like boss, sister, mother, husband, or public figure.

At the crown, Kundalini meets the ego. And unless you surrender, suffering continues. Ego resists, but Kundalini wins in the end. The journey becomes painful only when you hold on to this false self.

If your Kundalini has reached the crown chakra and you feel stuck, it is no longer a journey for casual seekers. Enlightenment is not a goal for the ego. It is the death of ego. If you try to do this alone, you will struggle.

To truly pass through this chakra, guidance from a Guru is essential. One who has walked the path and knows how to break the ego without delay.

I am here for those who are ready to walk the true path—those who want freedom, who invest in their growth, who take action to live life as creators. I do not support the victim mindset or spiritual escapism.

8. The Eighth Chakra: Beyond Enlightenment

Rarely discussed, the eighth chakra is the realm beyond personal enlightenment. It is for those who are already awakened but still unsure how to merge with the universal consciousness.

This stage requires surrender—not only of ego but of even the identity of an enlightened one. If you are at this point and unsure how to proceed, I am available through online consulting to guide you into universal consciousness.

Final Words

Chakra balancing is not just a spiritual concept. It is the most practical work you can do to transform your health, your mind, your relationships, and your life.

If you feel stuck in any area of life, detect which chakra is imbalanced. Don’t ignore the signs. Healing your chakras is the fastest way to reclaim your power and freedom.

If you want specific guidance, I can read your energy and diagnose which chakras are blocked, and guide you in taking the right actions to open them—step by step.

Live well. Heal deeply. And rise fully.

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Guru Sanju

Guru Sanju is Founder of Inner GPS Gurus. She is Kundalini, Energy, and Health Guru. She is a rare Clairvoyant and Siddha Guru who leads your energies after a complete clairvoyant reading of your energies. She enjoys dissolving your problems and transforming you through action-based Energy Work. Get Solutions to your Life Problems (Career, Wealth, Productivity, Relationship, Spirituality, Kundalini, and Health).

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