Welcome to week 2 of our chakra exploration!
This week we focus on Svadhishthana (aka) The Sacral Chakra.
Sometimes this gets sensationalized as our sexual chakra. While that is true, there is so much more going on in this energy center! The sacral chakra is linked to our emotions. I love that this is also linked to the element of water, because in therapy we often visualize our emotions ebbing and flowing like water. This helps remind us that emotions are not static…they are always changing.
The second chakra is also the chakra of change. The root and the sacral chakra are close to each other, which might explain why how we feel about our emotions is so closely linked with our sense of safety. We are meant to feel all our emotions because they are linked to our survival needs. We fear getting stuck in a negative emotion forever, yet it is in the water-like nature of our emotions to change. Unfortunately, we also fear change.
Explore your second chakra this week and allow yourself to feel, to create, to flow and to embrace what comes next!
The right of the sacral chakra is TO FEEL. The work is to release guilt.
When this chakra is BLOCKED:
- We fear intimacy
- no creativity
- feel isolated
- difficulty with change or experiencing joy
- emotionally shut off
When this chakra is OVERACTIVE:
- Over-emotional
- manipulative
- thoughtless pleasure seeking
- excessive guilt, shame and emotional instability
And when it is JUST RIGHT, a BALANCED sacral chakra looks:
- creative
- passionate
- optimistic
- open to new things
This week try being around water and noticing the movement. Challenge yourself to create something. Repeat to yourself:
I am creative
I am balanced
I am in charge
I am exactly where I need to be
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