Spiritual Healing For The Soul

Have you ever felt drained, disconnected, or like something deep within you just isn’t right? Even if everything looks fine on the surface? That feeling isn’t just emotional or mental… It’s often spiritual.

Spiritual sickness doesn’t always show up like a cold or a headache. It’s subtle. It’s in the way you feel stuck, lost, or out of alignment with your true self. However, the good news is that healing is possible. And it begins from within.

✨ What Does It Mean to Be Spiritually Sick?

Spiritual illness can look different for everyone, but here are some signs to gently reflect on:

• Feeling disconnected from your purpose or identity

• Struggling with low energy or chronic fatigue

• Constant anxiety, fear, or hopelessness

• Difficulty trusting yourself or others

• A sense of inner emptiness, no matter what you achieve

• Repeating the same negative patterns, even when you try to change

  
  

If any of this sounds familiar, it may be your soul asking for attention. Not punishment, but healing.

🌈 Understanding the Chakras - Your Soul's Energy Map

In spiritual practices, our inner energy is guided by seven chakras, like energy centres that run from the base of your spine to the top of your head. When one is out of balance, it can affect your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Think of them as a ladder: if the first step is broken, you can’t climb the rest properly.

Let’s explore each chakra and how to start healing from the root up.

❤️1. Root Chakra (Muladhara) - 'I am'

Location: Base of spine | Colour: Red

Represents safety, stability, and grounding.

Imbalance signs: Anxiety, fear, insecurity, restlessness, depression, financial worries.

Healing practices:

• Spend time in nature (barefoot if possible).

• Eat root vegetables and red-coloured foods.

• Focus on stability in your home or routines.

• Practice grounding affirmations: "I am safe." "I am supported.” "I am worth it."

  
  

🧡 2. Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) 'I feel'

Location: Lower abdomen | Colour: Orange

Represents creativity, sensuality, and emotional flow.

Imbalance signs: Creative blocks, guilt, emotional numbness, relationship issues.

Healing practices:

• Try expressive arts: paint, dance, and journal freely.

• Embrace pleasure without guilt.

• Water-based meditation (baths, oceans, rivers).

• Affirm: "I feel abundance all around me." "I feel confident and strong within myself"

  
  

💛 3. Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) 'I do'

Location: Stomach area | Colour: Yellow

Represents confidence, personal power, and willpower.

Imbalance signs: Low self-esteem, control issues, indecisiveness, and anger.

Healing practices:

• Daily sunlight exposure.

• Take action, even small steps, towards your goals.

• Core-strengthening exercises (like yoga).

• Affirm: "I do things that fulfil my soul and bring me joy." "I do everything in my power to achieve my goals and aspirations"

  
  

💚 4. Heart Chakra (Anahata) 'I love'

Location: Centre of chest | Colour: Green

Represents love, compassion, and forgiveness.

Imbalance signs: Loneliness, jealousy, bitterness, difficulty trusting or forgiving.

Healing practices:

• Practice forgiveness, especially toward yourself.

• Open your heart with gratitude journaling.

• Connect with loved ones, animals, or your own inner child.

• Affirm: "I give and receive love freely." "I love myself unconditionally"

  
  

💙 5. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) ' I speak'

Location: Throat | Colour: Blue

Represents communication, expression, and truth.

Imbalance signs: Fear of speaking up, lying, sore throat, feeling misunderstood.

Healing practices:

• Sing, chant, or speak affirmations out loud.

• Journal your truth without judgment.

• Wear or visualise the colour blue.

• Affirm: “I express my truth with clarity and love.” "I speak freely without the fear of judgment"

  
  

💜 6. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) 'I see'

Location: Between the eyebrows | Colour: Indigo

Represents intuition, insight, and inner wisdom.

Imbalance signs: Lack of direction, overthinking, nightmares, disconnection from intuition.

Healing practices:

• Meditation or mindfulness.

• Limit screen time to reduce mind clutter.

• Practice visualisation (create a vision board or imagine your ideal day).

• Affirm: "I see beauty all around me." "I see things with clarity and understanding."

  
  

🤍 7. Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) 'I know'

Location: Top of the head | Colour: Violet or White

Represents spiritual connection and divine purpose.

Imbalance signs: Feeling spiritually disconnected, apathy, existential dread.

Healing practices:

• Practice silence or prayer.

• Read spiritual or philosophical texts.

• Connect with something greater, whether nature, art, or the universe itself.

• Affirm: "I know I am connected to a higher wisdom." "I know the universe is looking out for me"

  
  

🌞 Simple Daily Tasks for Spiritual Healing

• Start your day with a 5-minute grounding practice (breathing, feet on the floor).

• Say one affirmation for each chakra / write them down if you don't feel comfortable saying them out loud yet - eventually, try and say them to yourself with purpose, in front of a mirror. Follow this template - I am, I feel, I do, I love, I speak, I see, I know.

• Drink more water to stay energetically clear.

• Create a mini altar or sacred space with items that inspire you.

• Light incense or use essential oils like lavender, frankincense, or sandalwood.

• Do one thing that brings you joy every day, even if it's tiny.

  
  

🎨 How This Connects to My Art

Each artwork I create at OKP Art is infused with intention. Whether it's a piece inspired by the feminine heart chakra or an abstract design that brings grounding energy, my goal is to create more than just visuals; I want to create healing. Art can act as a mirror to our soul, revealing where we need to give ourselves more love.

Spiritual healing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about returning to yourself. One layer, one breath, one stroke at a time.

Have you started your spiritual healing journey?

Let me know which chakra resonates with you right now, and which piece of art from my collection speaks to your soul.

With love and light,

OKP Art

Ola ✨