Each energy centre interacts with different parts of the mind, body and spirit. Taking time to learn about the chakras’ functions, students enter into the sacred space of relationship between the different layers of human being.
Understanding the Chakra System
The chakra system offers the mind and body a tool with which to communicate.
Swadhisthana is the Sanskrit word for ‘sacred home of the self’. The sacral chakra is the second main energy centre along the spine. The first chakra teaches grounding and belonging so that it is possible to rise, standing firmly, into the second chakra. It brings awareness of our emotions, creativity and our sexuality. Without a healthy second chakra, one can feel dull, controlled, uninspired or display signs of being manipulative and controlling.
Fundamentals of the Sacral Chakra
- Name: sacral chakra
- Element: water
- Sanskrit name: swadhisthana
- Colour: orange
- Archetype: victim
- Position in the body: over the lower pelvic region. (Directly over the ovaries in women and the testes in men.)
- Associated endocrine gland: gonads, leydig cells
- Physiological form and functions: genitourinary system including bladder, prostrate, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, genitals, colon, intestines and procreation
- Emotional or spiritual functions: sexuality, financial issues, creativity, codes of honor and ethics, relationships with life partners, family members, our business associates
- Linked to: new ideas, sex and money, energy of self protection, personal belongings, growing up out of the roots of tribal identity into the ability to be one’s self, survival, determination, problem resolving, addictions
- Affirmations: I allow abundance and prosperity into my life.
- Asanas: cobbler’s pose, all asanas that open and soften the hips
- Gifts connected to the sacral chakra: gifts of survival, financial and creative support
- Level of relationship: one-on-one relationships
- Identification of weak sacral chakra: can be triggered by sexual abuse, incest, rape and may manifest as chronic pelvic pain, or bladder problems. Control or power over others, money problems can be in lower back pain and sexual potency problems. Urinary tract, bladder infections to bladder tumours, aborting dreams, inability to manifest goals.
- Negative thinking traits: fear of financial failure, or embarrassment, or fear of change
- Questions to help chakra consciousness:
- ‘Do you feel unsure of yourself and your financial position?’
- ‘Do you feel obsessed with material possessions and unable to exist without them?’
- 'Do you have difficulty expressing your sexual needs?'
For more details about the research materials used in these articles, please read Chakra Basics Recommended Reading List.
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