Within you lies a map — a luminous architecture of energy, encoded with the wisdom of your soul.
This map is your chakra system — a sacred network of energy centres that guides the way you feel, connect, create, speak, love, and awaken.
The word chakra is Sanskrit for “wheel” or “disk.” In ancient wisdom traditions like yoga and Ayurveda, chakras are seen as spinning vortexes of life force energy (prana) that exist within and around your body.
When energy flows harmoniously through the chakras, you feel clear, connected, inspired, and whole. But when energy is blocked, stagnant, or overactive in any of these centers, you may experience emotional discomfort, physical symptoms, or spiritual disconnection.
Each chakra corresponds to a particular aspect of your human and soul experience — from grounding and safety to intuition, higher guidance, and divine embodiment.
For many, the chakras begin with seven: energy wheels running from the base of the spine to the crown of the head, each holding a specific vibration linked to the body, mind, and soul.
But as we awaken into our multidimensional nature, we begin to sense there is more.
There are higher chakras — energy centres beyond the physical body that connect us to our soul’s blueprint, our galactic lineage, and our divine Source. These chakras activate as we evolve spiritually, allowing us to embody higher frequencies of light and consciousness.
As your consciousness expands and your energy refines, you begin to sense the presence of higher chakras. These are not simply new ideas — they are ancient truths resurfacing in your energetic awareness.
They connect you with your soul lineage, your galactic essence, and the radiant truth of your divine origin and ultimately with Source consciousness itself.
The Expanded Chakra System: 13 Portals of Soul Alignment
Each chakra is more than a centre — it is a living temple, a doorway to the truth within and beyond you.
Here is the expanded chakra system I work with in my retreats, healings, and personal practice — a complete journey from Earth to Source.
As we continue to evolve I am certain more will be revealed to us.
Earth Star Chakra
Positioned just below your feet, this chakra grounds you deeply into the crystalline grid of Gaia. It connects you to your ancestors, your body, your soul’s choice to be here now.
This chakra is your soul’s grounding cord — your root beyond the root. It connects you to the Earth as a sacred being and allows you to fully embody your light in this incarnation.
Location: ~30 cm below your feet
Colour: Dark red or black
Element: Earth
Function: Anchors your energy into the crystalline grid of the Earth and ancestral wisdom
Affirmation:
I am deeply rooted in the Earth. I walk with the wisdom of my ancestors.
Journal Prompt:
What keeps me grounded and connected to the Earth? What ancestral gifts am I here to reclaim?
Root Chakra
Your foundation. The place of survival, structure, and belonging. When clear, it allows you to feel safe in the world, supported by life, and connected to your physical form.
Location: Base of the spine
Colour: Red
Element: Earth
Function: Safety, survival, stability, belonging
Affirmation:
I am safe. I belong. I am supported by life.
Journal Prompt:
Where in my life do I feel most secure? Where am I craving deeper stability?
Sacral Chakra
Your emotional womb space. The sacred seat of creativity, sensuality, and feeling. This chakra invites you to flow, to feel, to express, to receive — and to honour the divine feminine essence within.
Location: Lower abdomen
Colour: Orange
Element: Water
Function: Emotions, creativity, sensuality, womb wisdom
Affirmation:
I honour my emotions. I am a vessel of creativity and divine pleasure.
Journal Prompt:
Where am I holding back my creative or emotional expression — and how would it feel to let it flow?
Solar Plexus Chakra
Your radiant center of power and self-worth. This is where you reclaim your voice, your confidence, your direction. It allows you to stand tall in who you are and take aligned action from the fire of your inner truth.
Location: Upper abdomen
Colour: Yellow
Element: Fire
Function: Power, will, confidence, personal identity
Affirmation:
I claim my personal power with grace
Journal Prompt:
In what areas of my life am I giving my power away, and how can I reclaim it?
Heart Chakra
The bridge. The center of unconditional love, compassion, and forgiveness. When this chakra is open, love flows without condition, and grace becomes your natural state of being.
Location: Center of the chest
Colour: Green or pink
Element: Air
Function: Love, compassion, connection, forgiveness
Affirmation:
I am love. I give and receive with an open heart.
Journal Prompt:
Where am I ready to soften into love, for myself or another?
Throat Chakra
The voice of your soul. This center governs authentic expression and sacred truth. It invites you to speak, sing, create, and share from a place of deep inner knowing — to be fully seen and heard.
Location: Throat
Colour: Sky blue
Element: Sound
Function: Expression, communication, truth
Affirmation:
I speak my truth with clarity, confidence, and love.
Journal Prompt:
What truth within me is longing to be spoken — and what would shift if I shared it?
Third Eye Chakra
The vision beyond the visible. The Third Eye allows you to access intuition, inner guidance, and spiritual insight. It opens your perception beyond logic and into the realm of soul wisdom.
Location: Between the eyebrows
Colour: Indigo
Element: Light
Function: Intuition, insight, perception
Affirmation:
I trust my intuition and honour the guidance of my soul.
Journal Prompt:
How have I been guided recently, and did I trust it?
Crown Chakra
Your portal to divine communion. Here, you experience unity with Spirit, trust in the unseen, and alignment with your highest guidance. It is where you remember — you are not alone. You are held by the infinite.
Location: Top of the head
Colour: Violet or white
Element: Divine consciousness
Function: Connection to the Divine, spiritual awakening
Affirmation:
I am one with the divine light. I trust in the unfolding of my soul’s journey.
Journal Prompt:
When do I feel most connected to Spirit — and how can I nurture that connection?
The Higher Chakras: Beyond the Crown, Into the Light
As we expand, we awaken the chakras beyond the body — luminous points of light that open us to multidimensional truth.
These chakras awaken as your frequency rises and your soul steps more fully into remembrance.
Soul Star Chakra
Sitting just above the crown, this chakra is the seat of your higher self. It holds your soul contracts, karmic patterns, and divine purpose. It allows you to receive guidance from your soul and step into your next level of embodiment.
Location: Above the crown
Colour: White, gold, pink
Function: Higher self, karmic clearing, divine purpose
Affirmation:
I receive the wisdom of my higher self. I align with my soul’s mission.
Journal Prompt:
What is my soul asking me to embody in this chapter of life?
Universal Chakra
The frequency of unity consciousness. This chakra connects you with the collective field, the divine intelligence of the cosmos. It is here that separation dissolves, and you begin to walk as a thread in the web of life.
Location: Further above crown
Colour: Rainbow light, white/gold
Function: Unity consciousness, divine oneness
Affirmation:
I am a radiant thread in the web of life. I am connected to all.
Journal Prompt:
What helps me feel a sense of unity with others and the greater whole?
Galactic Chakra
The portal to your starseed lineage. This chakra awakens memories and codes from lifetimes among the stars. It allows you to embody your cosmic wisdom and receive support from interdimensional realms.
Location: Above the Universal Chakra
Colour: Silver, blue, iridescent tones
Function: Star lineage, interdimensional wisdom
Affirmation:
I awaken the starseed within. I remember my cosmic origins.
Journal Prompt:
What soul memories or visions have felt too big to explain — and what if they were real?
Stellar Gateway Chakra
This powerful chakra sits above the Galactic Chakra and serves as the threshold into pure divine light. It is your access point to Source energy, divine timing, and the master blueprint of your soul.
The Stellar Gateway is where you receive ascension codes, light transmissions, and the frequency of divine grace. When activated, it allows the divine to flow through you effortlessly. This is not a chakra we open — it opens us, when we are ready to embody our highest truth.
Location: Gateway beyond the Galactic
Colour: White-gold, crystalline light
Function: Divine blueprint, Source connection, ascension codes
Affirmation:
I am a vessel of divine light. I receive the highest wisdom with grace and reverence.
Journal Prompt:
What would it mean to truly surrender to divine guidance and allow Source to move through me?
Divine Gateway Chakra
The final point of integration. This is the merging of your being with infinite consciousness — a state of divine union. The place where you return to Source not in death, but in presence, while still in human form.
Location: Highest point in your field
Colour: Translucent white, golden light
Function: Divine union, Source embodiment
Affirmation:
I am divine light in human form. I embody infinite love and truth.
Journal Prompt:
What does divine union mean to me — and how am I being invited to live from that space?
The Journey of Embodied Light
During my most recent Illuminated Soul Retreat, I guided women through deep chakra activation processes.
And what I witnessed was beyond words: a profound softening, a remembering, a rising.
When your chakras are clear and harmonised, your body becomes a temple of alignment.
You no longer just move through life — you embody the sacred.
You allow your soul to lead.
Your Path Ahead
Whether you’re just beginning your chakra journey or are now awakening to the higher realms, know this:
Your energy is sacred.
Your soul is wise.
Your light is ready.
This is not about doing more.
It’s about softening into what’s already within you.
It’s about allowing your energy to flow, your light to expand, your soul to speak.
You are the temple.
You are the frequency.
You are the embodiment of divine light.
With love and radiance,
Kerryn x
Spiritual Alchemist | Women’s Self-Discovery Coach | Creator of Illuminated Soul Retreat