Nine affirmations for chakra healing — grounding, opening and letting energy move, one centre and one sentence at a time.

Whether you treat the chakras as literal energy centres or as a very old map of where feelings live in a body, the practice is the same: notice where you are tight, and put attention and breath there.
These ten affirmations are for that. They are about flow and grounding rather than any single centre, so you can pair them with whichever part of the body you are working with today.
Work upwards and slowly. Grounding lines at the base — feet, legs, the sense of being rooted — then breath and heart, then the throat and the lines about openness. One centre per session is plenty.
Put a hand where you are working and breathe there while you say the line. The affirmation does more when it has a physical location, and the whole tradition is built on attention to specific parts of the body.

1. “I open my mind and my body to new healing energies.”

2. “Positive healing energy flows easily through me.”

3. “I allow healing energy to flow freely through my heart.”

4. “My body feels peaceful energy flowing in and around me regularly.”

5. “I am centered in my heart and grounded in connection to the Universe.”

6. “I close my eyes and tune into my grounding energy.”

7. “I am connected to the flow of life.”

8. “I am open to the flow of Divine energy in my life.”

9. “I allow the flow of positive, happy energy to move through me.”
One centre at a time, with a hand on that part of the body and the breath directed there. Saying all seven in one sitting spreads the attention too thin to do much.
The root, in almost every tradition. Grounding first is the standard order, and the lines about being rooted and centred are the ones to start with.
No. The practice works as focused attention on the body and the breath, which is useful regardless of the framework you attach to it.
Morning or before sleep, in a quiet place where you can sit still for a few minutes. Consistency matters much more than duration.