Yes its very important to do all of that in checking your chakras. I have made a separate post about all of that about a year ago! It tells about how to see if your chakras are open, closed, overactive, balanced or not. Along with how to Unblock/Balance your chakras, and much more! This post was just supposed to be about what type of crystals you can use for the different chakras!
The link down below is to the post I was talking about @christina4