Have you ever skipped your magical practices because you just didn't have enough time? We were taught that in order to access higher consciousness we must work hard. Well, I believe that while this might have true previously, it's not true anymore. As our world speeds up in technology and information, the way we access magic is also speeding up. Instead of waiting weeks for your packages to arrive, now we have next-day shipping. This is similar to activating spiritual gifts and wisdom. You don't have to meditate in a cave up in the mountains for 33 years to unlock your magic. With magical knowledge being awakened and remembered now in the collective, you can heal, manifest, and shift energies instantly. Yes, it does still require some dedication and practice, but it is something any modern mystic can do, even if you have 3 kids and 5 cats.

Here are some myths we are busting right now around chakra magic:

• Accessing chakras requires long hours of meditation.
• You need to be a professional healer or psychic to work with chakras.
• Expensive crystals are needed to activate chakra energies.
• An Instagram-worthy altar needs to be created to connect to chakras.

While these practices are beautiful and I still do them at times because they feel good to me, they are not the only way to activate your chakra portals. Sometimes the most powerful magic happens in the small moments when you choose to be fully present and have a strong intention.

Your chakras are always communicating with you. They reflect how you feel physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I call them our energy organs. Like our physical organs, we have these chakra centers running our energetic field. When you feel grounded and secure, your root chakra is speaking. When inspiration lands, that big, channeled idea, that's the sacral chakra alive with creative energy. When you finally speak the truth you've been holding back, the throat chakra has found its power.

You don't have to wait until you feel "blocked" to work with your chakras. We don't wait until our car stops moving to get gas, right? We get gas before we hit the empty line. The best way to build a relationship with your chakras and keep their magic active is through small, consistent moments of intention. What I've discovered through my chakra practices is that, just like your mindset, your chakras are also programmed. Your chakras are set to an automatic setting. These settings determine what you manifest into your life, the opportunities you get, and how you respond to wins and challenges. Working with your chakras daily allows you to shift your energetic default settings from lack and scarcity to overflow and abundance.

Think of your chakras less as seven energy centers that need to be fixed and more like seven living portals that deserve your attention. The more we connect and work with our chakras, the deeper our understanding and relationship with the chakras will grow. And the stronger your relationship with your chakras, the more aware you will be of your default programming and be able to change it. The good news is that chakra magic doesn't have to be so complicated. Just by doing simple, intentional practices you can blend into your daily routine and habits you can create powerful mini rituals. Magic isn't measured by how long rituals last; it's measured by how fully you show up for it.

The seven rituals below all take five minutes or less, which is great for those who can't sit still for a 60-minute meditation, and are designed to help you reconnect with your chakras one at a time. Whether you practice one each day or return to the one that calls you the most, these small acts can become powerful reminders that your greatest resource of magic has been with you all along. Before each practice rate how you are feeling, with 0 being amazing and 10 overwhelmed. Then rate yourself after the practice to see if your energy shifted. Even if you shift from a 10 to a 9, that is a powerful shift. Keep working with the chakra until it goes to 0 or until what you wanted to strengthen feels like it is amplified. After the magical practices you might also want to journal because you might receive incredible downloads, solutions to problems, or your next million-dollar idea.

Root Chakra (Muladhara)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: anxiety, financial stress, feeling ungrounded, restlessness

Work with this chakra to amplify: stability, safety, deep trust in life, feeling "at home" in your body

Five-Minute Practice: Go out in the grass, dirt, mud, sand, or whatever earth you can get to and stand barefoot. Place your hands on your root chakra, which is located at the root of your spine, and breathe deeply. Visualize roots growing from your first chakra flowing down the legs and out through your feet. Imagine these roots flowing deep into the earth and wrapping around a beautiful earth crystal. As you breathe in, you can pull up the energies of the earth and the crystal through the roots into your body. As you are rooting in repeat, "I am supported."

Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: creative blocks, writing blocks, emotional numbness, low desire, guilt around pleasures

Work with this chakra to amplify: creativity, sensuality, emotional flow, inspiration

Five-Minute Practice: Place your hands on your lower belly, and sway or move gently. You can move your hips from side to side or in a circle. While you are flowing ask, "What wants to be created through me today?" You may also dance if that resonates with you.

Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: self-doubt, lack of motivation, people-pleasing, low confidence, feeling stuck in life

Work with this chakra to amplify: confidence, taking action, personal power, strong boundaries, inner fire, motivation

Five-Minute Practice: Sit tall with a straight spine and place your hands over your upper belly. Think of your inner sun or fire burning from within and imagine it growing bigger and brighter with each breath. When your inner sun is the biggest and brightest it can be, gently start tapping on the chakra with your hands and repeat, "I am powerful."

Heart Chakra (Anahata)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: grief, resentment, loneliness, guarding emotions, difficulty in forgiving, anger

Work with this chakra to amplify: compassion, manifestation of your desires, love, emotional openness, deep connections

Five-Minute Practice: Place a hand over your heart and breathe in and out from your heart center. Think about someone or something you deeply appreciate or love. Think about all the happy moments in your life and feel yourself smile. When you have locked in on a happy, fulfilled feeling, rub your heart and seal the feeling in saying, "I am loved."

Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: fear of speaking up, not speaking the truth, throat tightness, coughing, choking, dishonesty with self, silence when you have something to say

Work with this chakra to amplify: clear communications, magnetic messaging, authentic and confident expression, public speaking, truth-telling, sharing something hard that needs to be said

Five-Minute Practice: Chanting is your best remedy for the throat chakra. If you don't know any chants, you can simply chant "aum" or "ahhhh." Feel the resonance of sound coming up your chest, vibrating through your throat, and out your mouth powerfully. You can also speak affirmations to support you with your intentions and to seal the practice.

Third Eye (Ajna)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: confusion, overthinking, stressing over future events, loss of purpose, lack of intuition, disconnection from inner guidance

Work with this chakra to amplify: intuition, vision, purpose, clarity, insight, strong inner knowing

Five-Minute Practice: Take two fingers, you pointer finger and middle finger, and rub the middle of your forehead, where the third eye sits. You can gently create a circular motion with your fingers to activate the third eye. When you feel like the third eye has been awakened, gently tap your forehead and say, "My vision is clear." Tap until you feel like the affirmation has been locked in.

Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)
Signs the chakra is unbalanced: feeling disconnected, no spiritual beliefs, lack of fulfillment, spiritual doubt, mental heaviness, too many downloads coming in Work with this chakra to amplify: spiritual connection, trust in the universe, peace, expanded awareness, higher consciousness

Five-Minute Practice: Sit in stillness and imagine a beautiful, thousand-petaled lotus on top of your head opening its petals. Then see a golden beam of light shine down from the cosmos and into the lotus and feel this energy flow through your entire body. Feel the connection to universal oneness and the connection to all. To close out the practice say, "I am source."

Whether you do all seven in a day or one each day, these small rituals can be very powerful. You'll see your life shift, watch your manifestations appear even faster, and have everything just work out for you. Be consistent with your practices as the energy needs to be built up. Over time, these mini rituals will become the foundation for deeper healing work and more empowered manifestations. If you are ready to explore chakra work beyond mini rituals and discover how you can bring them into your magical practice, my book, Chakra Magic, offers rituals, spells, activations, and practical techniques to help you amplify your gifts and magic. Chakra work can be powerful and fun at the same time. I hope this inspires you to use the chakras to manifest a beautiful, abundant, and happy life.