Why Introverts Need to Pay Attention to their Chakra System
I became a Certified Crystal Practitioner in 2022. Part of this program involved studying the chakra system, and I fell in love with it! Understanding how our energy works both within and outside our body is the foundation for our vitality.
While there are undoubtedly common characteristics of the chakra system across all living things, everybody's system is unique. And what's amazing is that our bodies communicate the status of our chakras with us daily. By understanding the signs that indicate imbalances in your energy flow, you can take action to align and heal it.
This is particularly important for introverts because our extrovert-biased society has conditioned us to reject our introverted nature to feel worthy of love, acceptance, success, and abundance.
Today, I want to paint a high-level picture of your chakra system, how societal conditioning factors into imbalances in your energetic body, and why this is imperative for introverts to understand and manage.
Let's begin by talking about the chakra system!
What is the Chakra System?
Chakras are energetic "hot spots" within your body. They also exist outside your body, but let's focus on the primary ones that reside within you since these impact you the most.
You may not be aware, but you have an energetic body that extends beyond the physical body.
Anytime you've sensed someone in your personal space, you've engaged with your energetic body. If you've ever felt a vibe from someone you just met (either good or bad), your energetic body has picked up on their energetic body.
Your energetic body is always sensing energy around you and sending information to your brain to interpret for navigating daily life. As the energy flows through your body, it travels through seven major energetic centers - the chakras. Each of these major chakras is located from the base of the spinal column up to the top of the head. These energy centers influence our bodies' physical, emotional, glandular, and nervous systems.
When they're open and working efficiently, you'll experience joy, and success will flow to you easily. You'll feel confident in who you are, be able to express yourself, and feel safe in your body and the world around you.
When your chakras are imbalanced or blocked, you'll experience difficulties in life. You may feel stuck in a rut, lack self-confidence, and have anxiety or fears regularly. You may not trust yourself or others. You may feel creatively blocked.
Everyday stresses, limited thoughts and beliefs, past traumas, lifestyle choices, etc., lead to imbalances. These can manifest in physical discomfort, pain, injury, or disease if left untreated.
How your Thoughts Impact the Health of Your Chakras…
When your chakras are aligned, balanced, and flowing openly, you'll be guided to your purpose and will make choices that allow you to experience more joy in life.
When your chakras are out of alignment, you play small. You doubt yourself. You stay stuck in situations that don't align with your purpose. As a result, you feel unfulfilled, frustrated, and possibly even helpless to change things.
Your thoughts and belief system will result from the health of your chakra system AND influence the health of your chakra system.
For example, lacking self-confidence is a symptom of an imbalanced solar plexus chakra. If others have told you you're not good enough, your belief system will think it is true, limiting the energy flowing through your solar plexus chakra.
By strengthening your confidence, your thoughts change. When your thoughts change to reflect a stronger sense of confidence, the health of your solar plexus chakra improves.
As you start to live a more aligned life, that, in turn, reinforces the health of your chakras and energetic system.
Why Chakra AND Thought Work are KEY for Introverts…
This connection between your thoughts (and your belief system) and the health of your chakra system is KEY for introverts!
Our society is very extrovert-biased. Meaning extrovert characteristics are celebrated and rewarded. The design and organization of social environments meet the needs of extroverts, not introverts. And societal messaging around what's acceptable and unacceptable send the message that exhibiting extroverted qualities is how you get ahead in life.
There's a collective misunderstanding of what introversion means (even amongst introverts!), which means many introverts feel they're at a disadvantage as an introvert. So they spend their lives learning how to "blend in" by pretending to be something they're not...an extrovert. And these misguided beliefs negatively impact your chakra system.
From a chakra system perspective, this societal conditioning negatively impacts the health of the chakras in the following way:
Root chakra (safety and security): Introverts do not feel safe being their quiet self. They feel judged and fear rejection from their family, friends, coworkers, etc.
Sacral chakra (sense of self, emotions, identity): Because introverts reject their very nature, they're disconnected from their true identity and may lack a deep understanding of self.
Solar plexus (confidence, motivation, inner fire): When introverts feel they have to be someone they're not, they lack confidence in themselves. And when challenged to be more extroverted, their self-esteem continues to diminish.
Heart (love, compassion, self-acceptance): If you don't feel safe doing things in a way that aligns with your introverted nature and routinely try to fake it as an extrovert, then your ability to accept and love yourself is compromised. You'll likely lack compassion for your very nature and judge yourself harshly and unfairly.
Throat (communication, expression): Many introverts struggle with expressing themselves and speaking up - especially in groups.
3rd Eye (intuition and inner connection): While introverts tend to be more open to their intuition and have a stronger inner connection, if the prior five chakras are blocked or imbalanced, those will carry through and may inhibit your ability to fully connect with and experience the depth of your intuition.
Crown (Connection to higher source): Being connected to a higher source allows you to feel confident in the direction you're headed and make more discerning decisions. If you doubt who you are, reject your innate nature, and try to be someone you're not, you're cutting off your connection to your highest source.
When introverts unravel the societal conditioning that makes them believe they are at a disadvantage or need to learn to be more extroverted to be successful, loved, or worthy, they can open to fully loving and embracing who they are as they are. That means they can express themselves more confidently, feel safe creating an environment supporting their needs, and feel a deeper sense of self-worth.
If you'd like to learn the current status of each chakra and begin to work more deeply with your chakra system, I invite you to book a Chakra Alignment Session with me! As an Advanced Crystal Master and a hardcore (but proud!) introvert myself, I can help you begin to bring your chakras into alignment to begin the journey of repairing your relationship with yourself!