Chakra Foods & Taste

Taste is related to the Hara Chakra

Balance and harmony are key to the overall growth any organism, of which food and related taste are considerably important.
The five elements of taste are :-

• Sweet
• Sour
• Bitter
• Salty
• Pungent 

A balanced diet with all the five elements is good, however under or over indulgence of any of these leads to imbalance. Every food one eats needs to have the nutritive value required. For every physical, emotional or mental , psychological treatment , the change in a diet literally does wonders. 

Below chart gives an insight into quality of food and psychological message regarding the same

Quality of Food	What could be the message or indication or balance required
Salty	Which are the areas where you need more openness and flow in your life
Crunchy	What is stressing you or overwhelming
Sweet	Do you need more joy and fun in your life
Spicy	Is our attitude towards life about living on the edge, want loads of intensity? Do you get bored too frequently?
Sour	Do you get emotionally and mentally scattered, do you need to draw attention towards yourself
Soft	Do you want to feel nurtured most of the times?

Fresh and balanced diet helps to nourish
All elements to be eaten in balance

Happy Balanced Eating

How to feed food to the Chakras

Many of our  food and eating habits are involved with issues of security, emotional issues, expression or self esteem. Infact there must be time when we might not listen to our instincts and tend to overeat or not be gratitude of what we receive. We forget the way how we interact with our food also tends to affect the way how we feed our chakras. eg: Unable or not wanting to have liquids or water is a clear sign of imbalanced Hara chakra.

The below table highlights ways to promote inorder to feed food to the chakras and make it an interesting experience each time and value the food we eat , the water we drink , air that we breathe and our bodies.

Chakra	How to promote and eat in- order to feed and balance the chakra
Mooldhara Chakra	·         Listen to your body- identify the food that makes u feel protected, grounded as opposed to ungrounded & heavy. ·         Avoid protecting oneself by eating unhealthy or undesirable food items, instead listen or see your physical health to identify items what to eat. Instead protect yourself by healthy eating and exercising habits. ·         Since root chakra is about relating and security – eating with close friends or family   or likeminded people help us bring in the thoughts of similar patterns and security. ·         Protein rich food, calcium, minerals, red & black colored food and fruit items.
Svadisthana Chakra	·         Creation of food with emotions, the way how one creates the food, picks up spices yourself  or the items yourself, experiment with food ·         Learning and engage in creating new & different food items. ·         Paying attention to food selected, created and way how it is eaten. The way how it is eaten- taking smaller and chewing the food, slow eating  , relishing the food ·         Engage in happy and playful eating ·         Beautify the place of eating- new crockery, mats, ambience, aroma, flowers on the table makes the whole experience beautiful. ·         Water, Liquids, Fat –Omega and Orange colored food and fruits.
Manipura chakra	·         Measure what you eat- idea is not the over eat or under eat ·         When fasting eat yellow colored fruits in order to balance the chakra ·         Know when to eat- one should be aware of what fuels one ego and empowers us and in turn gives energy to oneself. Idea is to identify ·         Eating of fibers etc. which involve more work for the digestive system ·         Schedule regular & timely eating habits. ·         Eating sugary and carb rich diet. One needs to be cautious of overeating and inturn blocking the Manipura chakra.
Anahata Chakra	·         Maintaining a kitchen garden – growing fruits and veggies with love and nurturance ·         Serve yourself and your loved ones with food with love and gratitude ·         Share a meal – invite friends, family over for a dinner and cook and serve with lots of love and eat with lots of joy. ·         Cook in a large community kitchen to serve others and poor people- Cooking Langar served in Sikh Gurudwaras is huge act of unconditional love and balancing the chakra ·         Serve your pets and other stray animals with dedication ·         Serve physically and mentally disabled people food with devotion and love. ·         Green Leafy veggies and fruits, food cooked and served with compassion.
Vissudhi Chakra	·         Chew your food well – take smaller bites , the first level of digestion happens in your mouth ·         Try and experiment with variety of food items- honor the food eaten of different taste or culture ·         Sing to the food while cooking, sing or pray before taking your meals, eat food when likeable music playing in the background. ·         Resonate with the food that you eat- the earth elements, the feel of it, and the expression of food. ·         Liquids, Juices, Air, water Plants, green and purple fruits.
Ajna Chakra	·         Eat Healthy fat and food, eat with intuition and clearly knowing what that food item will do to you. ·         Try and eat by 8pm or 2 hours before sleeping. The Jains in India usually don’t eat after sunset and eat right kind of food this helps to keep the third eye active. ·         Eating Organic  & fresh food and avoiding synthetic or preserved food ·         Detoxification of one’s diet ·         Purple colored food items
Sahashara Chakra	·         Fasting and praying ·         Going on a detoxification diet ·         Blessing one’s food.

 Happy Eating

Chakra Foods

Most of the people think that chakra alignment or better spirtual attainment is gained or achieved only by fasting, meditating and doing other spirtual activities/energy work.
It is interesting to note that the chakras or vortexes can be balanced or managed without our own help- own help of eating right and probable exercises. Whenever certain chakra misalignment or some times physical /emotional ailments can be due to under eating, over-eating or intake of wrong kind of food.

Lets have a look at the kind of food which can help us fuel our chakras and help in balancing, aligning and living a healthy and happier life.

Chakra	Color	What is activated	Food  to activate the chakra
Root Chakra- Protein	Red Or Black	Grounding, Protection security, stability, Being present	Protein/calcium/mineral/Vitamin A, C, B12 rich food - Carrots, groundnuts, turnips, radish, best is beet root, onions, garlic, ginger, any vegetable grown underground , tofu, beans, cabbage, Lentils, All Dals  especially sprouts and black beans, mushroom, shallots Eggs, Meat, Chicken, beef, pork, FISH, crabs, seafood, cod-liver oil Pomegranate, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, red grapes, cranberries, Watermelon Milk, Dairy Products, Juices of red colored fruits, chocolates. Organic Foods, Red Wine Pepper/kala namak, Paprika, cinnamon, sesame seeds, chillies, corn, red peppers, jeera, tulsi/basil, clove.
Hara Chakra- Water	Orange Rust	Creativity, Movement, Free Flowing	Water and Sweet/tangerine Items –All orange colored foods Carrots, coconut, pumpkins, apricots,  Salmon, flax seed oil, sunflower oil, Almonds, nuts, honey, walnuts, fiber nut, chestnut, omega -3 fats, saffron/kesar Mangoes, papaya, figs, kiwis, oranges, watermelons, best is Coconut , coconut butter, lemons, mosambhi, peaches Water, Juices of all kinds, tamarind, cucumber, Kakadi
Manipura Chakra- Carbs	Yellow	Ego, Self-Esteem, Personal Power, confidence	Spices, Pungent ,Carbs/Fat, starchy ,yellow colored foods All kind of grains- wheat, maize, flaxseed, sunflower seed, magaz (melon seeds), eggs, rice, bread, pastas, egg yolk, cheese, malai filled  milk, yogurt, POTATOES lemons, All vitamins, corn, yellow peppers, mangoes, papaya, melons, grapefruit, yellow colored pulses, bananas, pineapple. Ginger, mint, cumin, ajvain, jeera, turmeric/haldi. Junk food
Anahata Chakra- Green Leafs	Green Pink Magenta	Self Love, Giving emotional healing	Green Leafy veggies and fruits- Compassion Food/ rich in Vitamin B6/B12 Spinach, Saag, Leeks, Lady finger, gourd, bitter gourd, toyari, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower,  celery, peas, grains, beans, brussel sprouts, green pulses, green onions,  artichokes, green pepper, zucchini, amlas, aloe vera Gauvas, Pears, Avocado, Green Apple, Green Grapes, cucumber, green teas Thyme, cilantro, basil, cardamom, fenugreek.
Visuddhi Chakra- Air	Light blue, aquamarine	Self expression & self truth	Fresh Air & Fruits – Water, fresh fruit /veg juices, all kind of pure herbal teas Lemons, Lime, Tangerine tasting items, salt , rock salt, Interestingly Lamb, lemon grass, Fruits of all kind.
Ajna Chakra	Dark Blue Indigo	Third eye, Visions, Consciousness, psychic center	Blue & Purple foods & fruits- Minerals Blueberries, black grapes, red grapes, dried plums, raisins, sea plants, purple cabbage, olives, eggplant/brinjal, purple peppers,  soups, wines- white, smoothies, chocolate with rum etc. Not advisable- Marijuana, opium, poppy seeds Sages
Sahasrara Chakra	Purple White Whitish -pink	Union of shiv & shakti, Pure divine communication	Fasting / Smudging/ detoxification diets