Crown Chakra

The Crown Chakra, or sahasrāra chakra in Sanskrit, is known as “the bridge to the cosmos.” It is the most spiritual in nature of all seven chakras. 

Location • Above the crown of your head 

Color • The crown chakra is most commonly represented with the color white, although it can also be depicted as deep purple. The auric color of crown chakra energy can also be seen as gold, white, or clear light. 

The Crown Chakra acts as the centre of spirit, enlightenment, wisdom, universal consciousness, and connection to higher guidance. It is the most spiritual in nature of all seven chakras. The crown chakra is the seventh chakra. It gives us access to higher states of consciousness as we open to what is beyond our personal preoccupations and visions. The function of the Crown chakra is driven by consciousness and gets us in touch with the universal. 

Because of its location, the crown chakra is closely associated with the brain and the whole nervous system. 

Note that energetically, the seventh chakra has a connection with the first chakra, as they both are at the extremities of the chakra system. 

As we are immersed in the energy of the crown chakra, we feel a state of blissful union with all that is, of spiritual ecstasy. This chakra allows access to the upmost clarity and enlightened wisdom. 

Some describe this chakra as the gateway to the cosmic self or the divine self, to universal consciousness. It’s linked to the infinite, the universal. 

Benefits of a strong Crown Chakra: 

• Consciousness 
• Awareness of higher consciousness, wisdom, of what is sacred 
• Connection with the formless, the limitless 
• Realization, liberation from limiting patterns 
• Communion with higher states of consciousness, with 
• Ecstasy, bliss 
• Presence 

The results of an unbalanced Crown Chakra: How to balance your Crown Chakra using crystals: 

• Being disconnected to spirit, constant cynicism regarding what is sacred 
• On the opposite side, an overactive crown chakra could manifest as a disconnection with the body 
• Living in your head, being disconnected from your body and earthly matters 
• Obsessive attachment to spiritual matters 
• Closed-mindedness 

The most powerful way to heal the Crown chakra is through meditation. This is because of the ties between the crown chakra and spirituality. Regular meditation practice of all sorts is beneficial

How to balance your Crown Chakra using crystals: 

Place one of the crystals that aid in balancing your Crown Chakra on the very top of your head during meditation or wear one of the associated crystals for the Crown Chakra on your body and go about your day.  

• Clear Quartz 
• Selenite 
• Apophyllite 
• Amethyst