The Chakra Food Groups

The following list of foods and corresponding chakras are based on some research, ancient healing traditions, and my ever-active imagination. I hope to inspire you to enjoy plant-based foods that will help you raise your consciousness about your energetic body. Even if you just notice the color of your food and then think about the corresponding chakra color, you’re still shifting your awareness to your chakras.

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Root Chakra (Muladhara) - Presence

FOODS: Root Vegetables & Protein needed to fuel muscles and organs (e.g. Beets, red quinoa, red lentils, tofu, etc)

The energy of this chakra is Being Grounded and Being Present. These Root/Red recipes support new beginnings, our survival instincts, and our connections to the earth. Activities associated with the first chakra include walking, gardening, paying bills, and yoga. These recipes are designed to help ground you with hearty, earthy, colorful vegetables, and plenty of protein. Your Root Chakras will help you feel connected to the earth and will power up your sense of security and belonging.

  • COLOR: Ruby Red

  • INSTINCT: Survive and Thrive

  • ELEMENT: Earth

  • SENSE: Smell

  • LOCATION: Base of the spine, legs, hips, and feet, connecting to the earth

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Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) - CREATIVITY

FOODS: Soups, Sauces, and Smoothies, which include orange-colored foods (sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, etc.) and foods that grow close to the ground, such as beans, legumes, and root vegetables.T

The energy of this chakra is Creativity. When we connect to our emotional and creative flow, our powers of manifestation and change are heightened. This chakra helps you with self acceptance and finding balance in your life. These Sacral/Orange recipes are meant to spark your creativity, turn on your imagination, and help you embrace your emotions, no matter how overwhelmed you may feel at times. When you become the flow in your life, instead of going with the flow, you consciously decided to be a part of your life’s current and aren’t just getting swept up by it. These recipes also support protein and other nutritional building blocks.

  • COLOR: Orange

  • HUMAN INSTINCT: Feel, Create, and Procreate

  • ELEMENT: Water

  • SENSE: Taste

  • LOCATION: Lower abdomen about two inches below the navel, between the hip/pelvic bones, womb/genitals, bladder, and lower digestion.

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Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) - EMPOWERMENT

FOODS: Grains, Beans, and Vegetables such as yellow lentils, quinoa, couscous, cauliflower, sunflower seeds/butter, golden beets, parsnips, golden carrots, and garbanzo beans, etc. These recipes are hearty.

The energy of this chakra is Empowerment, which comes from the ‘gut’ and moves us toward action. The third chakra is located around the abdomen where core strength helps us move our limps, digest our food, and keeps our spines erect. Doing some movement daily and working toward our goals often helps us feel empowered. So will eating some of these dishes!

  • COLOR: Yellow

  • INSTINCT: Manifest change in your life

  • ELEMENT: Fire

  • SENSE: Sight

  • LOCATION: Center core of the body, near the sternum and stomach region.

Heart Chakra (Anahata) - LOVE

FOODS: Green Vegetables (kale, lettuce, green beans, cucumber, celery, etc.) and avocado. These foods detoxify your body and bring healing on a cellular level.

The energy of this chakra is Love and Compassion, which comes from the chest and upper torso. This chakra is the mid-point between the upper and lower chakras, the hub of our bodies with our heart pumping blood throughout. It’s the balancing, emotional center of the human experience. When our hearts are open to yourselves and to others, we can use our bodies to energize and balance the upper and lower chakras from our heart centers.

  • COLOR: Green/Pink

  • INSTINCT: Feel, share, and become Love and Compassion

  • ELEMENT: Air

  • SENSE: Touch

  • LOCATION: Heart, chest, arms, and hands.

Throat Chakra (Vissudha) - EXPRESSION

FOODS: This is where the sweet stuff comes in since these throat chakra foods are comprised of fruits such as blueberries, blackberries, dates, etc. Colorful fruits like apples and oranges can serve ‘double duty’ and help to open both the lower chakras (of the same color), while their sweetness also opens up this higher chakra.

The energy of this chakra is Self Expression, which comes from the throat and can manifest in any form of expression like singing, dancing, painting, and even comedy. This chakra is the beginning of the upper chakras. When this chakra is blocked, you may find yourself feeling shy, self-conscious, or anxious.

  • COLOR: Turquoise/Aqua

  • INSTINCT: Communication - Express yourself and also, listen closely

  • ELEMENT: Air/Ether (Energetic realm)

  • SENSE: Hearing

  • LOCATION: Throat, neck, mouth, and ears

Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) - INTUITION & IMAGINATION

FOODS: Higher up on the ‘sweetness’ ladder are foods like chocolate, cookies, ice cream, muffins, nut butters, and all the ‘goodies’ you want to order at a coffee shop.

The energy of this chakra is Intuition and Imagination, which comes from the area between the eyes in the forehead known as the third eye. This Chakra fuels inner wisdom, personal truth, creative ideas, and visualization, which helps with manifestation. When this chakra is blocked, you’ll often become plagued with dark thoughts and bad dreams.

  • COLOR: Deep Blue/Indigo

  • INSTINCT: To understand, to imagine, to foresee, and to intuit

  • ELEMENT: Sight

  • SENSE: Extra-sensory perception (intuition)

  • LOCATION: Forehead, between the eyes, the brain

Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) - CONNECTION

FOODS: These ‘foods’ are lighter and include mostly of teas and tinctures, anything that can turn into a mist.

The energy of this chakra is Knowingness and Connecting to a high power, which is located at the top of the head and serves as an opening between divine energy and the physical and energetic body. This Chakra also fuels connection to others on a soul level, hope, faith, and divinely-inspired wisdom. When this chakra is blocked, we will often feel loneliness or isolation. Opening this chakra helps us feel connected to ourselves, each other, and to a higher power.

  • COLOR: Purple/Violet/White/Gold

  • INSTINCT: To live authentically and connect to a higher power

  • ELEMENT: Spirit/Consciousness

  • SENSE: Spirit/Soul

  • LOCATION: The top of the head