Sahasrara

Sahasrara (Sanskrit: सहस्रार, Sahasrāra) is the crown chakra.
Color: White - Pure Light

Element: Consciousness itself.

Location: placed above the head crown.

Yantra Symbol: It is described with 1000 multi-colored petals which are arranged in 20 layers. 

Associations / Characteristics: This chakra symbolizes detachment from illusion, which is an essential element in obtaining supramental higher consciousness of the truth that one is all and all is one.
It is the most subtle chakra, relating to pure consciousness.  It is sometimes related to the pituitary gland. 

Unbalanced chakra: chronic exhaustion, sensitivity to light and sound. Psychologically and emotionally: lack of purpose, loss of identity, disbelief in any spiritual realities, trust, selflessness, apathy, devotion, inspiration, values, ethics, sense of fear, materialism.

Balanced chakra: Universal consciousness, open-mindedness, Intelligence, thoughtfulness, understanding and learning information more easily.
http://healthy-ojas.com/systems/chakra-sahasrara.html

Food that fuels this chakra: Foods that detox! Plants and fibers. food http://agrainaday.com/?tag=chakra

Deity: Shri Kalki.  With his eleven destructive powers, he is the final, most awesome incarnation of Shri Vishnu.  He rides the apocalypse.  He is the last judgment.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/2212602/Sahasrara-Chakra

Ajna

Ajna (Sanskrit: आज्ञा, Ājña, [aːɟɲʌ], meaning 'command') is the brow or third eye chakra.  It means "command."
Color: purple
Element:  light; spiritual vision, inner sound.
Location: in the brain, directly behind the eyebrow center.
Yantra symbol: A moon surrounded by 2 white petals.  Above the moon is a downward pointing triangle, within which is a moon white lingum.  Above the triangle is a smaller triangle, within which is the bija mantra Aum.


 Associations / Characteristics: Ajna represents wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization.  It is associated with gentility, subtlety, cooperation, tactfulness, diplomacy, patience, sincerity, harmony, artistic ability, intuition, empathy, support, love, humility, and peacefulness.  It deals, too, with clairvoyance, insight, and visualization. 

Unbalanced chakra: physical problems- headaches, nightmares, eyestrain, learning disabilities, panic, depression, blindness, deafness, seizures.  Psychological and Emotional problems with: judgment, concept of reality, confusion, fear of ruth, lack of concentration and discipline.

A Balanced chakra provides the ability to think reality into existence, to imagine, to be intuitive, and to concentrate and focus.

Food that fuels this chakra: Caffeine, chocolate, alcohol can overstimulate it.  Spices stimulate and protect it, including caraway, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, ginger, nutmeg, tumeric, and many others.  Purple foods the contain antioxidants: eggplant, purple kale, blueberries, figs, plums, purple grapes, raisins.

Deity: Ardhanarishvara, a hermaphrodite form of Shiva-Shakti, who symbolizes the primordial duality of subject and object. 

Vishudda

http://www.iloveulove.com/spirituality/hindu/chakravishudda.htm

Vishuddha (Sanskrit: विशुद्ध, Viśuddha) also known as Vishuddhi, is the throat chakra.  It means purity or pure.
Color: Sky blue
Element: Aether
Location: The throat
Yantra symbol: White, with 16 petals. Within the petals is a sky-blue downward pointing triangle, within which is a circular region which is white like the full moon.


 Associations / Characteristics: This chakra is known as the purification center.  It is associated with higher discrimination, creativity, and self-expression.  It is what the success and failure in one's life depends on.  It's associated with the sense of hearing, as well as the action of speaking.  Meditation on this chkra is said to bring occult powers, freedom from disease, destruction of dangers. It's related to the ears and the mouth, as well as the thyroid gland in the human endocrine system, in the neck, which produces hormones that are essential for growth and maturation. It deals with ego, solitude, thoughts, and ideas.

Closed chakra: We undergo decay and death. We feel guilty. 

Open chakra: Negative experiences are transformed into wisdom and learning.

Food that fuels this chakra: Foods that illustrate a connection between elements.  Sea vegetables illustrate a connection between earth and water, and are full of minerals including iodine, which plays an especially important role in regulating and keeping the thyroid gland healthy.  Other foods include juices, soups, and sauces.

Deity: Ambara, who is white, with 4 arms, and holds a noose and a goad. He makes gestures that dispel fear, and is seated upon a white elephant. Also said to have Shakti as its Deity, who is the bestower of higher knowledge, memory, will, intuition, and improvisation.

Anahata

Anahata (Sanskrit: अनाहत, Anāhata) is the heart chakra.  It means unhurt, unstruck, or unbeaten.
Color: Green
Element: air
Location: The central channel behind the spine at the heart region; the center of the chest.

Yantra symbol: A grey lotus flower with 12 vermilion petals. Inside of the flower lies an intersection of 2 triangles, known as a shaktona. This represents the union of the male and feminine forms. 

Associations / Characteristics: This chakra deals with the issues of love, passion, kindness, self-acceptance, forgiveness, relationships, and hope.  As it balances the three lower and the three upper chakras, it balances the physical and the spiritual parts of our being.  Thus, it processes and stores emotional experiences. It is associated with the sense of touch, the actions of the hands, and the ability to make decisions outside of the realm of the mind (following your heart).  It's associated with charity to others, and other forms of healing. It's associated with the skin and a disease-combatant in the body: the white blood cells. 

Unbalanced chakra: We feel grief, despair, jealousy, sadness, and loneliness above all other, more positive feelings.  We're unable to feel empathy or compassion for ourselves or others.  Our logic rules our behavior, instead of our grounding emotions and feelings.  We may, physically, seep into depression and have cardiovascular problems.
It could become overpowering, in which case we feel possessiveness, jealousy, and resentment. 
We have no room for love.

Balanced chakra: We give and receive love freely. We feel compassionate, and we feel a sense of wholeness.  We're willing to share and give of ourselves in hope and inspiration.  The connection to the air element comes into play: we spread and energize ourselves with air.  We can get swept up with love, and yet come back and be grounded.  We have good breath control, as air moves through us.

Foods that fuel this chakra: Vegetables! The leafy ones like broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts mirror the unfolding spirals of the heart chakra. Dark, leafy greens are great, as well as sprouts and raw foods. http://agrainaday.com/?p=2097#more-2097

Deity: Vayu, who is smoke colored, four armed, and holds a kusha. He rides an antelope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahata

Manipura

Manipura (Sanskrit: मणिपूर, Maṇipūra), is the naval or solar plexus chakra.  It means "city of Jewels" or "lustrous gem."  
Color: Yellow
Element: Fire
Location: Behind the naval or the solar plexus, at the spine.
Yantra symbol: A downward pointing red triangle, known as the fire region, within a bright yellow circle that has 10 dark-blue or black petals.





Associations / Characteristics:  A masculine chakra, Manipura deals with the heat, fire, and assertiveness in us.  It deals with identity and self-esteem; our inner-drive comes from this chakra.  With it, we can assume responsibility for our life and follow our instincts.  It deals with risk-taking. It's considered the center of dynamism, energy, willpower, and achievement.  It's also associated with digestion, the sense of sight, and the action of movement. 

An unbalanced chakra: We feel low self-esteem. We are sensitive to criticism, and have a poor self-image.  We feel uncertain about many things in life.  We put emphasis on power, perfectionism, hatred, and anger. We ignore our longing for rest, and we give ourselves a false sense of energy and overstimulate ourselves.   Physically, we may have digestive problems.

Balanced chakra: We feel energetic, confident, more cheerful, strong, and alive.  We are able to follow through with our actions; we have a willingness to persevere. 

Food that fuels this chakra: Whole grains, sunflower seeds, and yellow spices like cumin, chamomile, and mint.  Carbohydrates that are low in glycemic index.  Legumes, as they provide balanced protein and carbohydrates.  Corn, yellow pepper, yellow summer squash, and lemon. http://agrainaday.com/?p=2027#more-2027

Deity: Rudra, who is red or white, and who has three eyes. Usually portrayed with a silver beard, and smeared with white ashes.  He makes the gestures of dispelling fear. He is either seated upon a tiger skin, or upon a bull.

Svadhisthana

Swadhisthana or Svadhisthana (Sanskrit: स्वाधिष्ठान, Svādhiṣṭhāna) is the Sacral chakra.  It means "one's own abode" or the "dwelling place of the self." 
Color: Orange
Element: Water
Location: the tailbone, corresponding with the pubic bone in the front of the body.

Yantra Symbol: A six-petaled lotus, sometimes called a black lotus with 6 vermilion colored petals. Inside of the lotus is a white crescent moon, which is the water region.

Associations / Characteristics: A feminine chakra, it deals with openness.  It is the center of our emotion, creativity, sensuality, and procreation.  This chakra connects to the moon, the darkness, and femininity.  It cools things down.  It governs our self worth and how we relate to others.  It deals with the flow of emotions, sexuality, intimacy, and desire.  Physically, it deals with urination and tears, the water of our body. It's also associated with the sense of taste and the action of reproduction. 

Unbalanced chakra: Sexual problems: inability to feel physical or emotional pleasure, fear of intimacy.  Unbalanced work ethic.  It's difficult to find harmony with work and pleasure time.  Your emotions go out of whack: you get bogged down by male and female stereotypes, and maybe causes you to be sexually abusive.  People go overboard, emotionally, feeling emotional drama, or craving constant pleasure. 

Balanced chakra: We feel confident. We can open up and feel better--feel pleasure without guiltiness.  We have strong relations with others without crossing their boundaries.  We're able to express our emotions.  We can reproduce normally, and we can control our sexual temptations.

Foods that fuel this chakra: Drinking liquids and eating orange foods: carrots, oranges, squash, red lentils. Orange spices: cinnamon, tumeric, ginger.  Liquids are full of water, which is essential to the nourishment of the organs around this chakra.  http://agrainaday.com/?p=1984#more-1984

Deity: Vishnu.  He shines dark blue, wears a yellow dhoti, holds a conch, a mace, a wheel, and a lotus.  He wears the shriwatsa mark and the koustabha gem, and is seated on either a pink lotus or the divine eagle Garuda.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadhisthana

Muladhara

Muladhara (Sanskrit: मूलाधार, Mūlādhāra), meaning root place, is the first chakra. 

Color: red. 

Element: Earth

Location: The base of the spine, beneath the sacrum.

Yantra symbol: Square surrounded by four red petals

Characteristics:

Connected to the basic animal instincts of self-preservation: food, shelter, health, security.  

It is the foundation of our being. It is associated to the sense of smell, and thus the nose.  

Emotionally connected to feelings of belonging, desires to live, and the strive to own necessities.

Unbalanced / Blocked Root Chakra:

Feelings of isolation, abandonment and fear may take hold of emotional and psychological health. One might feel uncomfortable, a sense of being alone; material wealth becomes crucial through greed and self-esteem issues.  One may have excretion problems, since the chakra is linked to the anus.

Balanced Root Chakra: We feel safe; we feel a sense of belonging.  We connect well with others, because our ability to trust and accept them is strong.  We feel alive and peaceful.  Our actions of excretion and our sense of smell work constantly.

Food that fuels this chakra: Lots of root vegetables (especially red ones like beets!) and other red vegetables and fruits (apples, pomegranate).  Root vegetables grow deep in they Earth, and so they're full of the grounding energy. http://agrainaday.com/?p=1962

Deity: Indra, 4-armed, who holds a vajra and blue lotus in his hands and is mounted upon the white elephant Airawata who has seven trunks that denote the seven elements vital to physical functioning.