Over the past few years, I’ve learnt how powerful the right scents can be for balancing your energy and supporting you day-to-day.
If you’ve ever felt drawn to work with chakras but didn’t know where to begin, this guide will help you understand which essential oils support each chakra – and how to bring them into your own self-care rituals with ease.
Understanding Your Chakras and Aromatherapy Connection
When we first began crafting our chakra-inspired products, we realised many people felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of essential oil options available.
Each of the seven main chakras responds differently to various scents, and matching the right oil to your needs becomes much easier once you understand the basic principles.
Your chakras are energy centres running from the base of your spine to the crown of your head. Each one governs different aspects of your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Essential oils work by stimulating your olfactory system, which connects directly to the limbic brain – the area responsible for emotions, memories, and spiritual experiences.
When you combine intention with the right aromatic support, you create powerful conditions for energy balancing and personal growth.
Root Chakra: Grounding Your Practice
Your Root Chakra, located at the base of your spine, governs feelings of safety, stability, and connection to the physical world.
When this energy centre feels blocked or unbalanced, you might experience anxiety, restlessness, or feeling disconnected from your body.
For Root Chakra work, we recommend earthy, grounding essential oils:
- Bergamot Essential Oil – Uplifting yet soothing, bergamot helps melt away tension and invites a sense of calm confidence. Its gentle citrus notes feel like a soft reset for both skin and spirit.
- Rosewood Essential Oil – Known for its delicate, comforting aroma, rosewood supports emotional balance and quiets anxious thoughts. It’s a beautiful ally when you need a moment of self-kindness.
- Patchouli Essential Oil – Deep, earthy patchouli encourages grounding and self-acceptance. It’s often used to release feelings of shame or doubt and reconnect you to a steadier sense of self.
In our Root Chakra soap, we blend these oils to create a daily ritual that supports your foundation energy. The key is consistency — using these scents regularly helps train your energy system to recognise and respond to their grounding qualities.
Sacral and Solar Plexus: Igniting Your Inner Fire
Moving up to your Sacral Chakra, just below your navel, we’re working with creativity, sensuality, and emotional flow.
- Red Mandarin Essential Oil – Bright and gently uplifting, red mandarin brings a sense of ease and playfulness. Its sweet citrus aroma helps soothe restlessness and encourages a light-hearted, joyful flow.
- Clary Sage Essential Oil – Deeply feminine and beautifully balancing, clary sage supports emotional harmony and softens tension. Often celebrated for its sensual qualities, it’s perfect for nurturing creativity and connection.
- Ylang Ylang Essential Oil – Rich and floral, ylang ylang inspires both calm and sensuality. It’s wonderful for easing anxiety, softening sadness, and inviting a deeper sense of emotional release.
Your Solar Plexus Chakra, located above your navel, governs personal power and confidence. Here, we turn to energising oils:
- Black Pepper Essential Oil – Warm and gently stimulating, black pepper encourages energy to flow and helps ease built‑up tension. It’s grounding yet quietly invigorating, perfect for times when you need gentle courage and focus.
- Lemongrass Essential Oil – Fresh and cleansing, lemongrass clears mental fog and uplifts tired spirits. Its bright aroma helps sweep away negativity and brings a sense of clarity and renewed energy.
- Frankincense Essential Oil – Sacred and deeply centering, frankincense invites stillness and focus. Traditionally used in meditation, it encourages spiritual connection and a sense of inner calm.
We’ve noticed that people often struggle with these middle chakras, especially in today’s demanding world. The right essential oil blend can provide exactly the support needed to reconnect with your personal power and creative flow.
Heart Chakra: Opening to Love and Compassion
The Heart Chakra sits in the centre of your chakra system, bridging the lower and upper energy centres. This is where we work with love, compassion, and emotional healing.
- Rosewood Essential Oil – Gentle and reassuring, rosewood eases anxiety and softens self‑doubt. Its calming aroma encourages self‑love and a deeper sense of emotional belonging.
- Rose Geranium Essential Oil – Balancing and uplifting, rose geranium restores harmony to the heart. It’s a joyful scent that nurtures hope, happiness, and compassion — perfect for heart‑centred healing.
- Neroli Essential Oil – Delicate yet powerful, neroli helps release hidden fears and emotional tension. It inspires a renewed love for life and invites a sense of peace and gentle optimism.
Heart chakra work requires patience and gentleness with yourself — something we keep in mind when creating our blends.
Throat Chakra: Finding Your Authentic Voice
Your Throat Chakra governs communication, truth, and authentic self-expression. When balanced, you speak your truth with clarity and kindness. When blocked, you might struggle with communication or feel like your voice doesn’t matter.
- Sweet Orange Essential Oil – Bright and joyful, sweet orange restores balance and gently lifts the spirit. Its sunny scent encourages confidence and helps bring lightness after periods of challenge or illness.
- Tea Tree Essential Oil – Clean and clarifying, tea tree supports both physical and emotional wellbeing. It’s a powerful ally for clearing away negativity, soothing anxious thoughts, and encouraging a fresh sense of perspective.
- Peppermint Essential Oil – Cool and invigorating, peppermint refreshes the mind and eases tension. Its uplifting aroma encourages clarity, focus, and a brighter outlook.
We’ve found that people often underestimate the importance of throat chakra work. In today’s connected (yet often superficial) world, authentic communication is vital for personal wellbeing and meaningful relationships.
Third Eye and Crown: Accessing Higher Wisdom
Your Third Eye Chakra, between your eyebrows, governs intuition, inner wisdom, and spiritual insight.
- Lavender Essential Oil – Soothing and versatile, lavender is beloved for its calming properties. It eases tension, softens anxiety, and creates a peaceful space for rest and reflection.
- Clary Sage Essential Oil – Balancing and gently uplifting, clary sage supports emotional harmony and feminine energy. It’s often chosen for its ability to quiet the mind and encourage inner clarity.
- Sandalwood Essential Oil – Warm and grounding, sandalwood fosters a sense of spiritual calm and deeper connection. Its soft, woody scent is traditionally used in meditation to quiet anxiety and invite stillness.
The Crown Chakra, at the top of your head, connects you to universal consciousness and spiritual understanding.
- Lavender Essential Oil – Gentle and calming, lavender encourages peace and spiritual openness. It’s a beautiful oil for easing stress and creating a sense of quiet balance.
- Rose Geranium Essential Oil – Harmonising and nurturing, rose geranium soothes emotional turbulence and restores inner calm. It’s a lovely companion for finding balance and releasing lingering fears.
- Neroli Essential Oil – Light and uplifting, neroli helps dissolve tension and encourages a deeper connection to joy. Its delicate floral aroma inspires serenity and a quiet sense of wonder.
Practical Application in Your Daily Routine
Creating your chakra balancing practice doesn’t require complicated rituals or expensive equipment.
Start simple: choose the chakra that feels most relevant to you right now, select 2–3 essential oils that resonate, and begin incorporating them into your daily routines. If you would like some more guidance, download our Chakra Health Checkup, which will gently guide you to the best place to begin.
Bath time is perfect for chakra work — adding a few handfuls of Chakra Bath Salts to bathwater creates an immersive aromatic experience. Shine Body & Bath products are specifically formulated to make this effortless — our chakra soaps, balms, and bath salts contain carefully balanced essential oil blends that support your energy work whilst nourishing your skin. Or you can diffuse your chosen aromatherpay blend in the bathroom – or any room! – too.
Morning routines benefit from energising oils (citrus blends for Solar Plexus work or peppermint for Throat support). Evening practices call for grounding Root Chakra oils, heart-opening blends or higher chakras that prepare you for restful sleep and happy dreaming!
Building Your Essential Oil Collection Mindfully
Rather than buying every oil at once, build your collection gradually. Start with versatile oils like lavender, frankincense, and sweet orange — they work across multiple chakras and are great all-rounders.
As your practice develops, you’ll naturally feel drawn to specific scents that support your evolving needs.
Quality matters: look for pure, therapeutic-grade oils from reputable suppliers. Synthetic fragrances won’t provide the same energetic support as genuine plant essences.
Store oils in dark glass bottles, away from heat and direct sunlight. Most essential oils maintain their properties for 2–3 years when properly stored.
Closing Thoughts
Working with essential oils doesn’t need to be complicated – start simple, trust your instincts, and notice how your energy shifts.
If you’d love a shortcut, our chakra soaps, bath salts, balms, and blends are already combined for you, using pure essential oils chosen to support each chakra’s unique energy. You can explore the full range here – and if you’re gifting them, don’t forget you can now add a matching chakra affirmation greetings card to any soap for just £1.50.
Which chakra are you most curious about balancing right now? I’d love to hear – come and chat in the comments or on Instagram.
