Discover Chakras - Part 4
Manipura
The Third Chakra
Manipura color is yellow and it is located a few inches above the navel in the solar plexus area. This chakra is concerned with your digestive system, muscles, pancreas and adrenals. It is the seat of your emotional life. Feelings of personal power, laughter, joy and anger are associated with this center. Your sensitivity, ambition and ability to achieve are stored here. Blockage may manifest as anger, frustration, lack of direction or a sense of victimization.
The Solar Plexus Chakra
Located in the upper abdomen two inches above the navel, the solar plexus chakra or Manipura is the third of your seven chakras. The Sanskrit name translates to “shining gem,” a fitting name for this chakra. This chakra is the core of your personality and identity. When balanced, this chakra allows your authentic self to shine brightly.
The energy of the solar plexus chakra starts from above the navel and extends to the sternum. This forms your deepest connections with willpower, self-discipline, and self-esteem. The solar plexus chakra embodies your unlimited potential to transform thought or inertia into action.
The solar plexus chakra is the source of your personal power and confidence. This enables you to discover who you truly are and let your authenticity flourish. The chakra gives you the ability to overcome fear, master your thoughts, and make conscious choices.
The solar plexus chakra helps grow your confidence and vitality. This empowers you to follow your true path and create the life you want. When balanced, the solar plexus chakra allows you to seize your personal power, develop your authentic self, and take responsibility for your life.
This chakra has to do with your ability to be confident and in control of your life. It represents emotional topics such as self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem and is yellow in color. When energy moves into your Solar Plexus Chakra, it reveals that you are a go-getter.
Key Characteristics Of The Solar Plexus Chakra
Identity — As the core of your personality and identity, this chakra allows you to bloom into your authentic self and discover who you truly are.
Personal Power — The solar plexus chakra is the source of your personal power. This empowers you to take control of your thoughts, emotions, and actions.
Willpower — Working with your personal power, your solar plexus chakra gives you the willpower and self-discipline to get things done.
Confidence — The solar plexus chakra is responsible for your self-esteem and how you view yourself. It also gives you the confidence to make decisions and feel self-assured.
Intention & Action — This chakra gives you the power to transform your thought into action.
Solar Plexus
Chakra Imbalance
The chakra system distributes the flow of prana or energy throughout your subtle body. Stress, illness, emotional upset, or conflict all can cause blockages or imbalance in your chakra system. All of the seven chakras are interconnected; when one chakra experiences a blockage or imbalance, it affects all the others. This disruption of energy can cause your mind, body, and spirit to suffer.
When the solar plexus chakra is imbalanced, it can bring a lack of control in your life as well as a loss of identity. If you are working towards becoming a leader, improving your self-esteem, or trying to discover your authentic self, it is important that you open and balance your solar plexus chakra.
You can suffer from low self-esteem, have difficulty making decisions, and may have anger or control issues. It is not just feeling badly about yourself, but also may lead you to outwardly express apathy, procrastination, or that you’re able to be taken advantage of easily. Likewise, you’ll also possibly have a stomach ache of some kind, digestive issues or gas.
Underactive Solar Plexus Chakra
When a chakra is underactive, it means that the chakra is experiencing a blockage or is not distributing the flow of energy. When your solar plexus chakra is underactive, it can affect your overall well being.
When your solar plexus chakra is underactive, you may be experiencing a sense of lack of control and purpose in life. When the solar plexus chakra becomes blocked, it often leads to emotional problems, ranging from feeling powerless to self-doubting.
Signs Of An Underactive Solar Plexus Chakra
Lack of Confidence
Low Self-Esteem
Indecisive
Helplessness
Lack of Purpose
Overactive Solar Plexus Chakra
When a chakra is overactive, it means that the chakra is distributing too much energy. It is working in overdrive and bringing imbalance to the chakra. When your solar plexus chakra is overactive, it affects your overall well being.
Too much of anything is never good for you. When your solar plexus chakra is overactive, you may be experiencing issues such as desiring control over others and judging too harshly. When the solar plexus chakra is overwhelmed with energy, it can overstimulate your system. You may feel especially critical and stubborn.
Signs Of An Overactive
Solar Plexus Chakra
Desire for Control
Overly Critical
Excessive Stubbornness
Anger and Aggression
Judgmental
How To Balance The Solar Plexus Chakra
Chakra balancing is the process of restoring the harmonious and balanced flow of prana or energy throughout the body. Your chakras are in constant fluctuation. Practicing chakra balancing and aligning is a regular and sometimes daily activity to explore. But how do you balance your solar plexus chakra?
There are many different ways to restore balance to your chakras. What works for you might not work for another. Make sure you find a way that works for you. Listen to your body and find the way that makes you comfortable.
New Experiences
The solar plexus chakra is responsible for helping you discover your authentic self and find your true purpose in life. Getting outside of your comfort zone and experiencing new hobbies, cultures, and ideas can help open and bring balance to your third chakra.
Get Outside
The solar plexus chakra is highly influenced by the element of fire. Getting outside on sunny days can help open and restore balance to your third chakra. Taking a walk, meditating, or simply sunbathing can allow your solar plexus energy to flow.
Physical Activity
Physical activity can be stimulating for your solar plexus chakra; yoga can particularly be helpful in bringing balance to your solar plexus chakra. Yoga positions that focus on core strength are ideal for the solar plexus chakra. Below are yoga positions and movements that will help connect you to the energy of the solar plexus chakra.
Full Boat Pose | Paripurna Navasana
Firefly Pose | Tittibhasana
Bharadvaja’s Twist | Bharadvajasana I
Sun Salutations | Surya Namaskar
Bow Pose | Dhanurasana
Mediation
Meditation plays an important role in restoring balance to your chakras. Chakra meditation techniques are similar to traditional meditation techniques but focus on a specific area of the body. Below is a simple meditation technique to help aid in balancing your solar plexus chakra.
Sit with your shoulders back and spine straight. Relax your muscles as you close your eyes and breathe deeply. Inhale through your nose and exhale through the mouth.
Focus your attention on the location of your solar plexus chakra: your abdomen, a few inches above the navel.
Since the solar plexus chakra is tied to the color of yellow, imagine a yellow glow above your navel, slowly expanding to the bottom of your rib cage and making the whole area warm and relaxed. Rest in this sensation for 3-5 minutes.
When you are ready, slowly open your eyes. You may follow with positive affirmations.
Affirmations
Affirmations are a positive way to heal negative programming that can be embedded in your subtle body. When balancing your solar plexus chakra, practice saying these phrases to yourself:
I love and accept my house
I am authentic
I feel my own powers
I am free to choose in any situation
I direct my own life
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy can be a powerful and simple tool for opening and balancing your sacral chakra. Use essential oils with balancing aromas that promote feelings of confidence, courage, and motivation. Our Solar Plexus Chakra Blend is designed to aid in balancing and opening your solar plexus chakra. Apply our Solar Plexus Chakra Blend to your abdomen, two inches above the navel.
Crystal Healing
Each chakra is influenced by unique stones and their energetic properties. The solar plexus chakra is highly influenced by tiger’s eye. When balancing your solar plexus chakra, meditate with tiger’s eye or carry the stone with you to let the energetic properties help restore balance to the chakra. The Solar Plexus Chakra Blend has a tiger’s eye roller ball to aid in balancing your solar plexus chakra.
Solar Plexus Chakra Essential Oil Blend
Help seize your personal power and improve your self-confidence with Solar Plexus Chakra Blend. This blend combines the therapeutic benefits of essential oils with the energetic properties of the chakras complementary gemstone, tiger’s eye.
Cedarwood — Promotes willpower and ambition
Grapefruit — Brings feelings of optimism and spontaneity
Sweet Marjoram — Promotes courage, confidence, and personal integrity
Black Pepper — Helps strengthen your personal power
Ginger Root — Encourages personal drive, motivation, and initiative
Tiger’s Eye Roller Ball
Tiger’s eye is known as the stone of power and protection. The energetic properties of tiger’s eye encourage you to go outside your comfort zone and free yourself from self-doubt. The grounding and cleansing effects of tiger’s eye will help restore balance to your solar plexus chakra.
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How To Use The Solar Plexus Blend
The Solar Plexus Chakra Blend was expertly crafted to open and restore balance to your solar plexus chakra. You may use this blend to help aid in your solar plexus chakra realignment. Simply apply the Solar Plexus Chakra Blend to your abdomen, two inches above the navel.
