Dietary Guidelines for Nourishing Your Energy Centers When you think about your chakra system you probably aren't considering the types of foods that you consume.

Because our chakras are energy vortexes and invisible to most of us one might well imagine that chakras would thrive on energy, prayer, or other such spiritual stuff... you know, those things that we can't see with the human eye.

However, the chakras cannot sustain our human body without our help. It is important to feed and nourish the flesh in order to help support and fuel our chakras. Whenever one or more of your chakras is misaligned you might do well to look and see if you are not eating or possibly overeating the foods that fuel that particular chakra.

Chakra Foods Check out the foods under each of the seven primary chakras below to help you determine how your current diet might be deficient or over-indulgent. We can do our part in helping bring balance to our chakras by eating a balanced diet.

Feeding Your Root Chakra Grounding Root vegetables: carrots, potatoes, parsnips, radishes, beets, onions, garlic, etc. Protein-rich foods: eggs, meats, beans, tofu, soy products, peanut butter Spices: horseradish, hot paprika, chives, cayenne, pepper

Feeding Your Sacral Center Nourishing the Sexual/Creativity Center Sweet fruits: melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, etc. Honey Nuts: almonds, walnuts, etc. Spices: cinnamon, vanilla, carob, sweet paprika, sesame seeds, caraway seeds

Feeding Your Solar Plexus Chakra Boosting Self-Esteem and Encouraging Self-Love Granola and Grains: pastas, breads, cereal, rices, flax seed, sunflower seeds, etc. Dairy: milk, cheeses, yogurt Spices: ginger, mints (peppermint, spearmint, etc.), melissa, chamomile, turmeric, cumin, fennel

Feeding Your Heart Chakra Healing Emotional Hurts Leafy vegetables: spinach, kale, dandelion greens, etc. Air vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, squash, etc. Liquids: green teas Spices: basil, sage, thyme, cilantro, parsley

Feeding Your Throat Chakra Speaking One's Truth Liquids in general: water, fruit juices, herbal teas Tart or tangy fruits: lemons, limes, grapefruit, kiwi Other tree growing fruits: apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, etc. Spices: salt, lemon grass

Feeding Your Brow Chakra Awakening Third Eye Senses Dark bluish colored fruits: blueberries, red grapes, black berries, raspberries, etc. Liquids: red wines and grape juice Spices: lavender, poppy seed, mugwort

Feeding Your Crown Chakra Opening and Clearing the Spiritual Communication Center Air: fasting / detoxing Incense and Smudging Herbs: sage, copal, myrrh, frankincense, and juniper Incense and smudging herbs are not to be eaten but are ritually inhaled through the nostrils or can be smoked through a ceremony pipe for purification purposes.