39. Chakra Colors: A Practical Guide to Energy, Emotions and Business Flow with Kourtney Koenitzer
- Brittany Miller
- Jan 2, 2024
- 15 min read
Updated: Jan 11
Chakra colors are more than pretty hues used in meditation posters. They are a practical map for understanding how energy moves through your body, how emotions and physical sensations connect, and how your energetic wellbeing affects creativity, confidence and the everyday realities of running a business. In this guide you'll learn the meaning of each chakra, the traditional chakra colors, how physical and emotional issues can show up in the body, and simple, actionable ways to bring balance back — whether you’re healing, creating, or growing a business.
If we haven't met yet, I’m Brittany, an online marketing strategist for female entrepreneurs. I teach women how to make their entrepreneurial dreams a reality through smart, actionable marketing strategies that get them seen, loved, and paid. Whether you’re eager to DIY your way to success or hire professionals to help you along the way–my goal is to make sure you walk away with the clarity you need to see the results you desire and build a life you love.
Meet Kourtney
After working with a conscious parenting coach through the Jai Institute and working closely with energy healing to support her own journey,Kourtney developed a passion for supporting others on their journey and turned it into into Niyama Love, a St. Thomas based business, and the offerings available today.
In addition to being a mom and small business owner, she is a Reiki Master Practitioner & Teacher, an Ohana Generational Healing Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Manifestation Coach, and Meditation Guide, and she's joining me today to outline the different Chakra's and how they impact business owners.
Why chakra colors matter (and how to use them)
The idea of chakras comes from ancient energy systems; each chakra is an energetic center associated with a color, an element, and a set of physical and psychological themes. Chakra colors give you a quick shorthand: when you notice a recurring emotion, an area of discomfort in your body, or an energetic block in a project, knowing which chakra and which chakra colors are involved helps you pick a targeted next step.
Think of chakra colors as a language. When you see red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, or violet in your awareness, it’s an invitation to reflect on specific themes: grounding and safety, creativity and sensuality, personal power and confidence, love and boundaries, honest expression, intuition, and your connection to source. Using chakra colors as cues gives you a toolkit for self-checks, mini practices, and business decisions that align with how you actually feel and function.
Table of Contents
Solar Plexus Chakra — confidence, action and the color yellow
Heart Chakra — love, worthiness and the color green (or pink)
Third Eye Chakra — intuition, perception and the color indigo
Crown Chakra — connection, meaning and the colors violet or white
Beyond the seven: extra chakras, the pillar of light and the aura
Below you'll find a breakdown of the seven primary chakras, their traditional chakra colors, what symptoms and experiences commonly indicate imbalance, and practical ways to rebalance — from movement and breath to foods and simple rituals you can use between meetings. There’s also a section on extra chakras, the energetic field, and a final part devoted to entrepreneurs: common chakra blocks in business and how to work them through.
The 7 Chakra Colours Explained
Root Chakra — Foundation, Survival and the Color Red
The root chakra sits at the base of the spine. Its primary chakra color is red. This center is about grounding, safety, survival instincts and your relationship with the physical world. When your root is healthy you feel secure, stable and able to take practical steps. When it’s out of balance you’ll notice fear, insecurity, lower back pain, knee issues, or difficulty feeling at home in your body or in daily life.
How to work with the root chakra and its chakra color:
Grounding movement: walk barefoot, do standing yoga poses (mountain, warrior), or simple squats to connect to your legs and hips.
Breath and visualization: place both hands on your lower belly, breathe into the area, and imagine a warm red light rooting you to the earth.
Foods and earth connection: root vegetables (beets, sweet potatoes, carrots) and protein can support grounding. Spending time in nature helps as well.
Practical rituals: create a simple daily routine that stabilizes your schedule — consistent sleep, basic financial tracking, small achievable tasks to build momentum.
For business owners: if money anxiety or scarcity rules your decisions, start with the root chakra and the color red. Small, practical wins restore confidence and reduce the fight-or-flight response that makes decision-making harder.
Sacral Chakra — creativity, sensuality and the color orange
The sacral chakra is located in the lower abdomen and is associated with the chakra color orange. It governs emotion, creative energy, sexuality, pleasure, and flow. When it’s balanced, inspiration and healthy emotional expression come easily. When it’s blocked you might experience creative stagnation, emotional suppression, digestive discomfort, or low libido.
How to work with the sacral chakra and its chakra color:
Movement: hip-opening yoga poses (pigeon, butterfly), dancing, or any activity that moves your pelvis and lower belly.
Creative rituals: make something for the joy of it — paint, collage, cook, or play music without judgment.
Foods: orange-colored foods like sweet potatoes, carrots and certain spices can feel supportive (use these as symbolic choices alongside practical nutrition).
Water practices: because this chakra correlates with the water element, bathing rituals or time by water can be restorative.
For business owners: creative blocks and difficulty connecting with your signature style often trace back to the sacral chakra and the color orange. Schedule play into your calendar, not only to recharge but to uncover ideas that translate directly into offers and marketing.
Listen to our full converstion on the Go Get Great podcast.
Solar Plexus Chakra — confidence, action and the color yellow
The solar plexus chakra sits just above the belly and its chakra color is yellow. It’s the center of personal power, confidence, motivation and will. A well-balanced solar plexus supports clear action, boundary setting, digestion and resilience. When unbalanced you may feel shame, low confidence, digestive issues, or an inability to take decisive steps.
How to work with the solar plexus chakra and its chakra color:
Movement: core-strengthening exercises and breathwork that energizes the belly (like kapalabhati or intentional diaphragmatic breathing).
Confidence practices: set micro-goals and celebrate completion. Use positive, believable affirmations and say them out loud when comfortable.
Foods and warmth: yellow foods, ginger and warming spices can feel supportive; sunlight exposure and warming routines help ignite this center.
Boundaries: practice saying no in small situations so you can escalate to larger boundary-setting with ease.
For business owners: the yellow chakra color is your reminder to claim the energy to act. Pricing, launches, and putting your work out into the world all require a healthy solar plexus. If you freeze before posting or launching, check the solar plexus.
Heart Chakra — love, worthiness and the color green (or pink)
The heart chakra sits in the chest and is traditionally associated with the chakra color green, sometimes paired with pink for higher heart themes. It’s the bridge between the lower, more earth-bound chakras and the higher, more spiritual centers. Themes of self-love, compassion, grief, forgiveness and healthy relationships live here. Imbalance shows as chronic sadness, resentment, tight shoulders, or difficulty receiving love.
How to work with the heart chakra and its chakra color:
Movement: gentle chest-opening poses (cobra, bridge, supported fish), shoulder stretches, and activities that free the arms and upper back.
Compassion practices: loving-kindness meditations, journaling about gratitude and places you deserve care, and gentle self-talk grounded in reality.
Symbolic foods: green vegetables and heart-healthy foods can be part of a heart-supporting routine; the symbolic act of feeding your body feel-good foods matters.
Relationship rituals: small acts of giving and receiving modeled on consent and choice help rewire trust in this center.
For business owners: heart-centered work requires claiming worthiness. If you undercharge or avoid sales conversations because it feels “unloving,” the heart chakra and its chakra colors can guide you to a more balanced posture: pricing that sustains you and service that honors clients.
Throat Chakra — expression, truth and the color blue
The throat chakra lives in the neck and throat region and its chakra color is blue. It governs authentic communication, honest expression, and how you align voice with action. When balanced, you can speak your truth with care and clarity. When blocked you’ll notice jaw tension, fear of speaking, social anxiety, or difficulties making your message clear.
How to work with the throat chakra and its chakra color:
Vocal practices: humming, chanting, singing, or reading your written content aloud to build comfort and clarity.
Movement: neck stretches, shoulder opening, and gentle throat massages support circulation and release tension.
Journaling: free-writing sessions to identify what you actually want to say before you craft it for others.
Truth rituals: practice stating simple facts about your work aloud (I help X do Y) and increase complexity with practice.
For business owners: the throat chakra and the color blue are directly tied to your ability to communicate offers, write clear copy, create video, and sell without shame. If you feel blocked when writing your website bio or pitching a client, the throat center is a logical place to check.
Third Eye Chakra — intuition, perception and the color indigo
The third eye rests in the forehead and its chakra color is indigo. This center influences inner vision, intuitive knowing, clarity of perception and how you interpret the world. When it’s balanced you access insight, perspective shifts, and clear inner guidance. A blocked third eye can show as headaches, eye strain, stubbornly literal thinking, or a sense that you can’t trust your inner guidance.
How to work with the third eye and its chakra color:
Silence and stillness: meditation, breathwork and periods without screens to restore inner clarity.
Mindful practices: journaling prompts that ask for impressions, not answers, and dream work to explore symbolic messages.
Gentle eye care: reduce screen time, practice palming (covering your closed eyes with your palms to rest them) and move your gaze to the horizon outside.
Symbolic rituals: spend a few minutes each day visualizing an indigo light softening your thought patterns and opening perception.
For business owners: the indigo of the third eye helps you spot new product ideas, see the trajectory of a launch, or feel the next right move in your inbox. If you’re overanalyzing and can’t sense a direction, lean into third-eye practices that prioritize listening over figuring.
Crown Chakra — connection, meaning and the colors violet or white
The crown chakra sits at the top of the head and is associated with the chakra colors violet, purple, or a golden-white light. This center connects you to larger meaning, spiritual insight, and the sense that your life is part of something bigger. A balanced crown feels spacious and open; a blocked crown feels overly busy with thoughts, disconnection from purpose, or a frantic need to control outcomes.
How to work with the crown chakra and its chakra colors:
Meditative openness: simple breath awareness, guided visualizations of light moving through a lotus at the crown, and practices that focus on receiving rather than doing.
Rest for the mind: limit busywork, create transition rituals from work to rest, and set aside time to “not solve” anything.
Symbolic practices: wear or visualize violet or white light, and practice gratitude for insight, even when outcomes are unknown.
For business owners: crown-centered work is about aligning with vision and accepting that not every outcome is in your control. When you obsess about metrics or future results, the crown chakra reminds you to step back and reconnect with your broader intention.
Elements and the chakra colors: the energetic map
Each chakra has elemental correspondences that pair with chakra colors to deepen meaning:
Root — Earth (color: red): grounding, stability, material security.
Sacral — Water (color: orange): flow, emotions, creativity.
Solar plexus — Fire (color: yellow): action, heat, personal power.
Heart — Air or Heart (color: green/pink): compassion, connection, breath.
Throat — Ether/Air (color: blue): communication, vibration, sound.
Third eye — Light/Intuition (color: indigo): inner sight, subtle perception.
Crown — Spirit/Source (colors: violet/white/gold): connection to the whole.
Using the chakra colors alongside elements helps you design practices that feel aligned: water-based rituals for sacral, grounding earthing for root, breath and vocal practices for throat, and quieter meditations for crown.
Beyond the seven: extra chakras, the pillar of light and the aura
Kourtney notes that the seven main chakras are the most commonly taught, but there are actually supportive centers above and below the body. There’s the higher heart (thymus) between the heart and throat, often associated with unconditional love (soft pink). Above the crown is the soul-star or soul chakra, an etheric center that connects to higher-self guidance. Below the feet exist Earth-star chakras that anchor your energy into the planet.
All these centers are threaded together by your pillar of light: a vertical column of energetic flow that runs from the earth, through each chakra, into the sky. Around that pillar is your auric field — the electromagnetic, or "torus" field — that you sense when you feel someone's energy in a room. Paying attention to chakra colors can help you work with not just the centres in your body but the entire field in which you operate.
Kourtney has so much expertise to share that she's been a guest on Go Get Great many times, tune into these episodes as well.
How chakra colors connect to astrology and personal tendencies
Chakra colors and elemental themes naturally overlap with astrological signs and planetary energies, so Kourtney explained to me (I had no idea). For example, water signs often feel at home in the sacral chakra’s sphere of emotion and creativity; fire signs resonate with solar plexus themes of action and personal power; air signs align with throat and heart expressions. Planets like Mercury (communication) have natural connections to throat themes while the Sun’s activity resonates with solar plexus energies.
Use this intersection as a tool, not a rule: rather than force a direct mapping, look for patterns. If your chart favours an element, notice if you have recurring imbalances in the corresponding chakra colors. This is another way chakra colors can become practical diagnostics instead of abstract theory.
Common chakra blocks for entrepreneurs and what to do next
Running a business means you’ll bump into chakra-related blocks at predictable places. Here are the most common places entrepreneurs get stuck, how those blocks show up, and immediate practices to start unblocking:
Money scarcity and fear: Often rooted in the root and sacral chakras (red and orange). Practice grounding routines, financial micro-habits (track one small metric daily), and symbolic rituals of abundance (a simple coin ceremony or gratitude for earned income).
Creative stagnation: Sacral chakra (orange). Schedule play hours, create without expectation, practice hip and pelvic opening movement.
Confidence and launch paralysis: Solar plexus (yellow). Do micro-launches, use potent breathwork, and set micro-goals that build success muscle.
Difficulty selling or communicating value: Throat chakra (blue). Practice your pitch aloud, record short videos, and get comfortable with saying the simple facts about what you do.
Undercharging or people-pleasing: Heart (green/pink) and root (red). Journal about worthiness, etc. Create pricing rituals that honor both value and practicality.
Overthinking and stuck strategy: Third eye (indigo) and crown (violet/white). Schedule creative silence and intuition sessions; use dream journals and long walks to reconnect to insight.
Small, consistent practices typically produce more sustainable shifts than dramatic one-off rituals. Think in terms of micro-habits tied to chakra colors: five minutes of daily grounding (red), one creative play session per week (orange), a 3-minute confidence breath each morning (yellow), a daily generosity habit (green), 10 minutes of vocal practice (blue), nightly mind-clearing (indigo), and a weekly reflection on meaning (violet/white).
Practical daily routine using chakra colors (15–20 minutes)
Try this short routine to check and rebalance your energy in under 20 minutes. Repeat as often as you need:
Root (2 minutes): Stand barefoot, inhale for 4 counts, exhale for 6 counts, visualize red grounding roots.
Sacral (2 minutes): Move your hips or sway; imagine warm orange light in the lower belly.
Solar Plexus (2 minutes): Place hands on the belly, breathe into your power center and say a short affirmation aloud.
Heart (3 minutes): Place one hand over the heart, breathe into the chest, picture green or pink light. Offer one small act of kindness that day.
Throat (2 minutes): Hum or read a paragraph aloud; notice any jaw tension and breathe into it.
Third eye (3 minutes): Close your eyes and hold soft focus between the brows; visualize indigo light opening your inner vision.
Crown (2 minutes): Sit quietly with hands open, visualize a lotus of violet/white light opening at the top of the head.
This routine honours the chakra colors while remaining practical for busy days.
Tools you can use right now
Color journaling: use colored pens matching chakra colors to write answers to specific prompts (safety, pleasure, power, love, expression, intuition, meaning).
Movement + breath: short, focused movement for each chakra that corresponds to its color and element.
Vocal work: read your marketing copy aloud to build throat confidence and notice where language feels inauthentic.
Food as ritual: occasionally choose foods with corresponding chakra colors for symbolic realignment (red berries, orange squash, yellow turmeric, green salads, blue/sea vegetables, indigo berries, violet teas).
Energy scans: do a quick body scan each morning and note where tension lives — map it to chakra colors and pick one micro-practice.
How to tell you’re making progress
Kourtney mentions that indicators of progress are often subtle at first and build over time. Look for:
Physical ease: less tension in habitual areas (jaw softens, lower back eases, digestion improves).
Emotional steadiness: fewer sharp swings between panic and numbness.
Creative flow returning: ideas become easier to start and finish.
Clearer communication: you feel less dread before a call or post and recover more quickly after missteps.
Business signs: better client conversations, clearer offers, more consistent cashflow — often these change after internal shifts.
Myths and practical clarifications about chakra colors
A few quick clarifications to keep your practice grounded:
Chakra colors are tools, not dogma. Use them as diagnostic cues, not rigid rules.
Physical issues have multiple causes. Chakra work complements but does not replace medical care.
There are more than seven centers. The extras help you work with grounding and spiritual connection, so don’t be surprised if you encounter other points of energy like the higher heart or Earth star.
Change is cumulative. Regular small practices tend to be more effective than occasional dramatic rituals.
FAQs about Chakra Colours
How do I know which chakra color to work with when I don’t feel a physical symptom?
Start with the feeling. If you notice fear, anxiety, or scarcity thoughts, begin with the red root practices. If you feel creatively blocked or emotionally numb, work with orange sacral practices. If you’re hesitating to act, use yellow solar plexus practices. Body sensations often follow emotions; use how you feel as your first indicator and then tune into where tension shows up physically.
Can foods really affect chakra balance or are chakra colors just symbolic?
Both. Chakra colors are symbolic cues that help you design lifestyle practices. Eating whole foods that align with a chakra’s element (root veggies for grounding, hydrating foods for sacral balance) can support your physical system. At the same time, choosing these foods intentionally helps you form rituals that signal change to your nervous system. Use food as part of a broader practice, not as the only tool.
How quickly will I feel changes if I work with chakra colors daily?
Small daily practices can yield noticeable shifts in a few weeks, especially in mood, energy, and clarity. Physical changes may take longer and often require combined approaches (medical, nutritional, energetic). Consistency matters more than intensity: five minutes a day is better than two hours once a month.
Are chakra colors linked to my zodiac sign or birth chart?
There are correlations between elemental themes in astrology and chakra colors (water signs often resonate with sacral themes, fire signs with solar plexus), but it’s not a strict one-to-one mapping. Your whole birth chart, life history, and current circumstances shape which chakras dominate or need attention. Use astrology as another lens alongside chakra colors, not as a replacement.
What if I don’t feel comfortable speaking affirmations out loud for throat chakra work?
Start gently. Try humming, singing in the shower, or reading aloud to yourself while doing another private activity. You can also write affirmations and practice internal repetition until speaking aloud feels safer. Micro-steps build comfort and retrain the nervous system without forcing exposure all at once.
Can chakra work replace therapy or medical care?
No. Chakra practices are complementary tools. They’re helpful for self-awareness, stress management and energetic balance, but they don’t replace medical advice, therapy, or professional treatment when needed. Consider chakra work as part of a holistic approach that includes professional healthcare when appropriate.
Final notes: using chakra colors with confidence
Chakra colors provide a practical, approachable framework for self-care and business alignment. Use them as a daily map: notice a sensation or recurring difficulty, check which chakra color corresponds, and pick one micro-practice to try. Over time the small, color-coded choices you make will compound into more confident action, clearer communication, better creativity and healthier boundaries — in life and in business.
Start small, be curious, and let the chakra colors guide you rather than dictate what’s right. Your energy is personal; these colors are a tool to help you see it more clearly and make choices that support growth and wellbeing.
For more information about Chakra's and how to support yours make sure you follow Kourtney on Instagram, she did a fantastic Chakra series that's worth checking out. She also recommended an Oracle Deck that can help you get in tune with your energy, the Oracle of the 7 Energies Deck.
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00:00 Intro
2:05 What is a chakra
3:05 Types of chakras and their effects
36:00 Elements of the chakras
38:30 Zodiac signs related to your chakras
44:00 More chakras
49:00 Working through chakras blocks
55:45 Card pull
1:00:15 Wrap up
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