The Crown Chakra
Introduction
The Crown Chakra, or Sahasrara, is the radiant gateway between your physical self and the vast, infinite source of wisdom that lives within and beyond you. Located at the crown of the head, this energy center is where intuition becomes knowing, silence becomes guidance, and your soul remembers its connection to all that is.
When your Crown Chakra is balanced, life feels spacious. You trust the timing of your path. You feel supported, guided, and aligned with something greater than the mind.
In this post, we’ll explore how to bring harmony to this powerful chakra so you can reconnect with your highest self and move through the world with clarity, grace, and luminous awareness.
What Is the Crown Chakra?
This post explores the Crown Chakra, what an imbalance looks like, and how to correct those imbalances. One way to balance the crown chakra is with meditation. This post is a prerequisite to the Crown Chakra Meditation. Read this first.
The Crown Chakra, also known as the “Sahasrara” as its Sanskrit name, means “thousandfold.” It is located at the top of the head. Due to its location, it governs the upper skull, cerebral cortex, the central nervous system, skin, and the pineal gland.
The Crown Chakra at a Glance
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Gland connection: pineal
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Color: violet, gold, or white
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Element: thought, cosmic energy
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Tarot: The World, The Star, The Tower, The Fool (also the base)
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Governs: spirituality and understanding
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Musical note: B
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Mantra: Aum
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Vowel sound: NG (not a vowel sound per se)
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Frequency: 963 Hz
Balanced, Too Open, or Blocked
This chakra is the “knowing” chakra.
As it is the top-most chakra, it is where your life force descends from the universe and gives life and consciousness to you and ignites all the other chakras. It is with this chakra that one can connect to universal consciousness – the realms beyond the physical reality in which our bodies exist.
In fact, this chakra is the one that allows us to reach beyond the physical plane and into other realms: spiritual realms, other universes, galaxies, and beyond… while still allowing us to be able to come back down to physical reality and ground ourselves.
Time and space have less relevance in favor of experiencing new dimensions.
It is at this level that we can transcend physical reality and enter superconsciousness and become one with the universal mind. The overthinking mind stills, and instead fills with peace and a blissful absence of thought.
When we reach this level of consciousness, we no longer have fearful thoughts, and instead live in full acceptance of what is. We can remain present, even when there might be chaos around us. We can commit to love and action to better the world around us.
We can experience life as the best version of ourselves: selfless, confident, unwavering. And understanding what is truly important.
We are open to life and its ups and downs.
When the Crown Chakra Is Balanced
When you encounter someone who has a balanced crown chakra, they exude an air of peacefulness, having an experience of being One with the world.
They’re inspiring and almost seem otherworldly. They are lucky in life. They exhibit a high level of spiritual growth, wisdom and are in touch with their highest selves. They exhibit a level of joy and acceptance, and have faith that things will work out.
When the Crown Chakra Is Too Open
A crown chakra that is too open manifests in someone with any, some or all of the following characteristics that concern emotional behavior:
Egotism, greed, and mental confusion.
They may experience perpetual frustration with life, and exhibit a lack of joy. They might experience mental confusion, and have feelings of loneliness. They may also be manic, deceptive, or display obsessional thinking.
When the Crown Chakra Is Blocked
A crown chakra that has reduced energy flow or is blocked manifests in someone with any, some or all of the following characteristics that concern emotional behavior:
They might have difficulties with physical, mental or emotional health.
They may feel a lack of meaning in their life, exhibit a lack of faith, or feel insignificant in this world. They may be prone to depression, negative or self-destructive feelings, predisposing them to bad moods.
Constantly feeling unlucky in life is another sign of a closed crown chakra. There might be a disconnect between what they believe and what they actually do or feel.
Physical Symptoms of Imbalance
If the crown chakra remains unbalanced long enough, physical symptoms can manifest. Some of these include
- sensitivity to light or sound
- trouble sleeping or chronic insomnia
- a tendency to develop headaches.
- difficulty focusing and concentrating
- mental illness
- dissociation of the body
- senility
- lack of energy
- excessive sleep
- feeling physically imbalanced
- dizziness
- poor coordination
- nervous system issues
- epilepsy
- Alzheimer’s or dementia
How to Balance the Crown Chakra
You don’t have to do everything listed to help balance this chakra. Try different activities, then pick the ones that are the most effective for you.
Aromatherapy
Some essential oils you can try are patchouli, clary sage, lavender, and blue yarrow. These can be used in a carrier oil (always test first!) or with a diffuser (but do not use this if you have pets in the home).
Crystal Healing
Carry a violet or clear color crystal with you or put directly on the chakra area as you meditate. These include amethyst, diamond, clear quartz, white jade, selenite, moonstone, ametrine, angel aura quartz, muscovite, Celestite, howlite, apophyllite, and Herkimer diamond.
Color Therapy
Stare at objects that are violet in color or meditate with them, such as with a purple mandala. Wear lots of purple garments to remind yourself that you are working to balance this chakra.
Exercises
To help further open this chakra, activities that involve nature are beneficial such as hiking, being out in the sunshine, or working outside.
Mindful activities can help, especially those that take place outdoors such as walking a labyrinth or visiting a medicine wheel. Spending time in silence is another way to help open the crown.
Still, exercises like Yoga Nidra, headstands, lotus postures, doing the corpse pose, or rabbit pose can help. You can also try an exercise like the 5 Tibetans.
Get Mindful
There is no better activity to open this chakra than meditation. Infinite varieties exist; choose what resonates with you and allows you to regularly do so.
Becoming aware of your thoughts, your actions, and your breathing helps you to clear your mind and engage with life more mindfully.
Practicing gratitude and activities that require a level of humility are really good, as are acts of selflessness.
Actively embracing a “live and let live” mindset such that you respect others’ truth or beliefs, even if you do not agree is another good thing to do.
Foods for the Crown Chakra
Instead of eating foods specifically for this chakra, the crown chakra calls for fasting and detoxification.
Conclusion
Now that you have watched this crown chakra balancing video, the crown chakra meditation video that goes with this will make more sense.
Of course, meditation is always a powerful way to work on opening this (or any) chakra.
You are ready to try that meditation.
Balancing the Crown Chakra is the gentle art of opening to wisdom that is already present within you. As you continue to support your crown through meditation, stillness, and mindful connection, you deepen your relationship with your higher self and the energy that flows through all things.
May this work guide you toward greater clarity, intuition, and spiritual trust. And may you always remember: you are made of stardust, you are connected and supported, and you are never truly alone. 💜
Final Thoughts
Working with the Third Eye Chakra is an invitation to deepen your relationship with your intuition, your imagination, and your inner wisdom. As you explore these practices, allow yourself to soften into what you feel, notice, and perceive. Healing the third eye doesn’t happen through force — it unfolds through presence, curiosity, and trust.
May this guide support you on your journey toward clarity, spiritual insight, and inner vision.
