Sacral Chakra
The Sacral Chakra is associated with the color orange or red-orange. Visualize the Sunkist orange or the orange red of an evening sunset when focusing on spinning the sacral chakra. This chakra often offers us the opportunity to lessen our "control issues" and find a balance in our lives, teaching us to recognize that acceptance and rejection are not the only options in our relationships. The process of making changes in our life stream through our personal choices is a product of sacral chakra energy. A well-functioning sacral chakra helps one to maintain a healthy yin-yang existence.
Associations,
- Color - orange (Gemstone – garnet, moonstone, orange toumaline)
- Physical Location - lower abdomen to the navel
- Purposes - emotional connection
- Spiritual Lesson - creativity, manifestation. honoring relationships, learning to "let go"
- Physical Dysfunctions- low back pain, sciatica, ob/gyn problems, pelvic pain, libido, urinary problems
- Mental and Emotional Issues - blame, guilt, money, sex, power, control, creativity, morality
- Information Stored Inside Sacral Chakra – control issues, controls your passions, your sexual needs, the abundance that you allow into your life for fulfillment of your desires
- Area of Body Governed- sexual organs, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine
Solar Plexus Chakra
The Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with the color yellow. This is the area which defines our "self-esteem". The personality that develops during puberty is housed in this chakra....otherwise known as the "EGO". Anyone experiencing dysfunction of the third chakra is having difficulty obtaining or maintaining his/her own "personal power". This intuitive chakra is where we get our "gut instincts" that signal us to do or not to do something. Strong self-esteem is a required for developing intuitive skills.
Associations
- Color - yellow (Gemstone – jasper, golden topaz)
- Physical Location - solar plexus
- Purposes - mental understanding of emotional life
- Spiritual Lesson - acceptance of your place in the life stream (self-love)
- Physical Dysfunctions- stomach ulcers, intestinal tumors, diabetes, pancreatitis, indigestion, anorexia/bulimia, hepatitis, cirrhosis, adrenal imbalances, arthritis, colon diseases
- Mental and Emotional Issues - self esteem, fear of rejection, oversensitivity to criticism, self-image fears, fears of our secrets being found out, indecisiveness
- Information Stored Inside Solar plexus - personal power, personality, consciousness of self within the universe (sense of belonging), knowing
- Area of Body Governed- upper abdomen, umbilicus to rib cage, liver, gallbladder, middle spine, spleen, kidney, adrenals, small intestines, stomach