Unblock the sacral chakra
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The sacral chakra is the second chakra from the bottom, located approximately 5 cm below the navel, in the lower abdomen region.
The sacral chakra is responsible for a healthy flow of your emotions and deals with your ability to relate to yourself and others.
It is the center of your creativity and emotional intelligence, but the main aspect of the second chakra is sexuality.
Sexual energy is one of the most powerful energies in your body.
With a balanced sacral chakra, you can allow yourself to enjoy the pleasure of sex as an integrated aspect of life, and see intimacy as a form of communication.
Let's look at some of the best ways to achieve this balance and unblock your sacral chakra.
How to Heal Your Sacral Chakra?
To cultivate a balanced and healthy sacral chakra, you must awaken all your feelings to the beauty of life with a sense of deep satisfaction.
When the energy from your second chakra flows freely through your pelvis, you will be able to maintain a positive self-image and always feel good about yourself.
So what are the most important elements of second chakra healing?
The path to sacral chakra healing involves a discovery of how pleasure is experienced in your life – this is important for the well-being of your body and mind.
Unfortunately, modern society has conditioned many of us to be wary of pleasure and taught us to repress our natural bodily impulses.
Unblocking your sacral chakra also involves movements and exercises aimed at stimulating the energy flowing through this area.
Repressed emotions and feelings are very often trapped in your body.
Exercise is one of the best ways to release them and let them go.
Let's take a look at my favorite methods for releasing these emotions and opening your sacral chakra:
1. Take care of yourself
Simple self-healing activities, like taking a warm bath with your favorite music, eating your favorite food, or getting a massage, are a great place to start in your second chakra healing process.
Comfort is a basic need of your body, mind and soul.
NOW :
Be creative and think of something you really enjoy doing, and seek out that pleasurable experience mindfully and without any feelings of guilt.
Get over your judgments, slow down the process and live this experience to the fullest. At the end of this experience, ask yourself a few questions:
- Where in your body have you felt the most pleasure?
- What did you feel ?
- Can you describe all the sensations and feelings?
2. Creative and fun activities
Creative and playful activities promote healthy social and emotional development. Without them, life becomes monotonous, and they are very often neglected as they grow up.
Consider getting a spiral notebook or journal and start writing down your feelings and thoughts for at least 5 minutes each day.
Journaling is a great way to clear your mind and release all your thoughts, emotions and feelings - you will feel lighter.
Another great way to heal your sacral chakra through fun activities is to try something new that involves physical movement:
- Go dancing this weekend or sign up for a dance class.
- Try your local gym, yoga studio, or crossfit class.
- Take a hike or bike ride in nature.
Be spontaneous and use your imagination to find fun activities that you have always wanted to do, but have put off for a long time.
3. Sacral Chakra Meditation
One of my favorite sacral chakra meditation techniques is water meditation. This meditation is very similar to any other traditional meditation practice. The only difference is that you will be adding an element of water into your practice.
Here's how to do it:
- Before you begin your water meditation practice, pour yourself a large glass of water.
- Sit in a lotus pose with your spine straight, relax your body and take a few deep breaths.
- Start drinking your water slowly.
- Focus on the feeling of the water flowing throughout your body and feel its coolness.
- As you sink into this meditation, move your attention to your sacral chakra and imagine an orange, translucent light in this area.
- Visualize it expanding and filling your entire pool with an orange glow.
- Be aware of the balance it brings to your life and take the time you need to integrate this beautiful energy.
- When you are ready, gently allow your sacral chakra to close and open your eyes.
You can end your water meditation with this affirmation:
“I flow into the natural harmony of the universe and allow myself to accept all the good things it has to offer.”
4. Sacral Chakra Affirmations
Here are some of the most powerful sacral chakra affirmations that you can use during your meditation to help restore balance to this energy center:
- I am passionate about my life.
- I am a sensual and creative being.
- I am in touch with my feelings and emotions.
- The universe is full of sweetness and beauty.
- I receive pleasure and abundance with each of my breaths.
- I give myself full permission to enjoy all the pleasures of life.
- I give myself full permission to fully enjoy my sexuality.
- Rest and play are an integral part of my life.
- I am happy. I am spontaneous. I am creative.
- I trust my intuition and let it guide me.
- As I love and respect myself, healing happens naturally.
5. Yoga Poses for the Sacral Chakra
Balancing the sacral chakra through yoga exercises involves strengthening and softening the hips and all the muscles surrounding the pelvis. Here are some of the best yoga poses for the second chakra:
- Chair Pose (Utkatasana)
- Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana)
- Garland Pose (Malasana)
- Child's Pose (Balasana)
- Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana)
- Half Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)
- Locust Pose (Salabhasana)
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6. Sacral Chakra Stones and Crystals
Like all other chakras, Svadhisthana can be balanced with specific stones and crystals.
What crystals and stones are good for the sacral chakra?
Some of the best gemstones that will help you heal the sacral chakra are orange carnelian, golden topaz, golden tiger's eye, and golden citrine.
You can use any of these powerful stones and crystals for the sacral chakra by holding them in your hands, wearing them as jewelry, or simply having them in your home.
Amber
Typical colors: yellow, orange, red-brown, and sometimes green, blue or black.
Helps with: self-confidence, decision-making, emotional balance, patience, concentration, clarity, stress and anxiety relief.
Amber is an organic stone, which was created from dried tree resin millions of years ago. Amber has a strong connection to the sun and earth and often carries ancient organisms and plant matter within it.
Amber will strengthen your motivation and drive in a balanced way and boost your confidence, optimism and well-being. Amber is a health gemstone and a powerful natural purifier, which can help you heal all body ailments associated with the solar plexus chakra.
Golden Topaz
Typical colors: brown, yellow or gray in their natural state (untreated).
Helps with: willpower, self-confidence, courage, creativity, manifestation of desires, digestion, good fortune and luck.
It is a traditional stone for courage and healing, and can bring healing to your solar plexus chakra by boosting your self-confidence. It will allow you to manage your fear, anxiety and anger. On a physical level, it is supposed to improve your digestion and metabolism.
Eye of tiger
Typical colors: golden, brown and red-brown.
Helps: concentrate, make decisions, get lucky, protect yourself, overcome fear and anxiety, motivation, digestion, vitality.
Tiger's Eye is a great gemstone for increasing your personal power, strength and vitality. This beautiful gemstone holds the warm, optimistic energy of the sun, and it can help you be more positive. Physically, it can help slow down your metabolism and improve your digestion.
Citrine
Typical colors: from yellow and orange to earthy brown.
Helps with: self-confidence, clarity, happiness and optimism, creativity, self-expression, manifestation of desires, wealth and prosperity.
It is a crystal of success and happiness, which will help you live your life with more enthusiasm. It is believed to bring more confidence, clarity and meaning to your life.
Citrine can also help you be more flexible in life, follow your intuition, and let go of the past that no longer serves you. Citrine can be used for both your solar plexus and sacral chakra.
Pyrite
Typical colors: coppery yellow, brown-black.
Helps with: strength of mind, will, determination, anchoring, protection, persuasion, communication.
Pyrite is sometimes called "fool's gold" because its color somewhat resembles that of a gold nugget.
Pyrite will help you strengthen your persuasion and communication skills. In difficult times, pyrite will bring you energy and vitality. It will also improve your understanding, memory, learning skills and awareness.
7. Heal the Sacral Chakra with Tantra
Contrary to many contemporary beliefs, tantra is not just about sex. Tantra is the sacred dance of reuniting duality, and it is most importantly about the spiritual connection between you and your partner.
The passage of energy between the couple engaged in an intimate relationship can have powerful healing properties and allow you to restore balance to your sacral chakra.
Since the sacral chakra is the center of your sexuality, through the intensity of sexual arousal, all the chakras in your body will vibrate with greater intensity.
If you haven't yet heard of Tantra, I encourage you to look into this ancient practice - the entire chakra system comes from Tantric philosophy.
Tantra will help you understand yourself and achieve a higher state of consciousness.
8. Diet to unblock the sacral chakra
A healthy sacral chakra vibrates at a frequency similar to the color orange, so eating orange-colored foods like oranges, carrots, mangoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, apricots, and cantaloupe will help restore balance in your second chakra.
The second group of foods that can help you work on your blocked sacral chakra are foods with a high water content – make sure your diet is rich in fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.
But there is something even more important for a healthy balance of the 2nd chakra:
The types of foods we eat are not as important to your sacral chakra as your emotional relationship with food. Get creative when preparing your meals and aim for an enjoyable experience with a variety of flavors when eating your favorite foods.
Let me share some additional information I learned about food when working with my second chakra:
- Pay attention to all your senses during a meal.
- Unfortunately, due to our busy lifestyles, most people rush to eat. Try to eat your meals slowly and savor every bite.
- Involve your friends and family in the process of creating the meal.
- You may have heard this advice when you were younger: “Don’t play with your food!” Ignore this advice completely and do the exact opposite: play as much as you want with the food on your plate!
- Always be grateful for a meal.
- Take notes and observe your food cravings – they are all linked to your emotions, and they all have different meanings.
