Sacral Chakra

When we feel stuck, don't we often tend to isolate ourselves or seek to escape to a world of fantasy? This creates a cycle of feeling lonely and disconnected. The Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) teaches us about our need to connect with others and how to experience pleasure in our lives.

Read on to know everything about the second chakra energy in our body.

What is Sacral Chakra?

The sacral chakra is the second chakra that is associated with the emotional body, sensuality, and creativity.

Also called Svadhisthana, meaning one’s own abode, it is responsible for our creative expression. It’s the seat of our emotions. When it is open, we are more alert and less susceptible to fatigue.

It’s your creative life force energy that motivates you to enjoy the fruits of your labor, including enjoying pleasurable activities like sex and intimacy.  By working on the sacral chakra you tap into your creativity.

A person with a strong sacral chakra can survive financially and physically on his or her own and bond with others to form a harmonious relationship. A balanced 2nd chakra has the ability to take risks and have the resilience to recover when things go wrong.

The sacral chakra is located just a couple of inches below your navel. It is related to everything about you that is tied to creation. This means everything from your artistic output to sex drive, imagination, and potential for personal growth.

Let’s have a look at basics of the sacral chakra:

Location: Above the pubic bone at the lower abdomen, just below the navel area.

Controls: Creativity, pleasure, sense of abundance and sexual drive

Color: Orange

Element: Water

Seed Mantra: Vam

Signs Imbalance/ Blocked, Overactive, Underactive Sacral Chakra:

The Sacral Chakra when unbalanced or not aligned properly has the ability to make you feel emotionally and physically destabilized. Some of the most common sacral chakra problems and symptoms reported are as below:

• Boredom
• Feeling easily offended 
• Lack of creative inspiration
• Jealousy  
• Fear of change
• Guilt about the past
• Low self-esteem
• Addictive behaviors (such as the use of drugs or alcohol, excessive spending, overeating, gambling and conflicted sexual desires/sexual compulsion)

A troubled sacral chakra may also indicate the below list physical symptoms:

• Low energy 
• Bladder discomfort
• Reduced libido
• Increased allergic symptoms

Figuring out what has caused your sacral chakra to become blocked or have pushed it out of place may not always be easy or even possible. However, it is likely that anything to do with change, creativity, or sexuality.

Once you learn the skills to realign the sacral chakra it’ll be easier to notice life events that might block this chakra. Following the series of techniques further mentioned below might help you fix or stop a blockage before it even starts.

How to Open, Energize and Unblock Your Sacral Chakra

If you learn techniques for opening and energizing sacral chakra, you’ll be better at noticing and overcoming blocks to your creativity and vitality. 

You can boost your self-esteem, embrace change, discard guilts from the past, feel more capable of engaging with others and develop healthier ways of regulating your emotions. It’s likely you’ll also feel becoming more refined in your problem-solving skills. 

Let’s have a look at some of the powerful and significant approaches to realign the sacral chakra.

1. Do Meditation

Follow the steps below to practice your sacral chakra healing meditation:

1. Sit in a comfortable, quiet place without any distractions or disturbances.
2. While seated, keep your back straight and your limbs relaxed.
3. Take slow, deep breaths for ten times. 
4. Imagine a rotating orange circle in the location of your sacral chakra.
5. As you know water is the element of the sacral chakra, visualize the orange light spreading out in rippling waves, slowly enveloping your whole body.
6. Feel yourself warming up in response.
7. Do this for as long as you want (preferably for 5 minutes). Open your eyes when you are ready.

2.  Practice Yoga

Practicing yoga can complement your chakra healing very well. There are specific yoga poses that target sacral chakra (Svadhisthana). Try Dvipada Pitham (Bridge Pose), Malasana (Squat Pose), Dhanurasana (Bow Pose), Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose). These yoga poses are designed to help create a balanced flow of energy to this 2nd chakra and to activate sacral chakra healing.

4. Say Affirmations

You can design positive and powerful affirmations that speak to the sacral chakra. Say these affirmations whenever you feel your sacral chakra has encountered a blockage, or when you are concerned that your sacral chakra may already be misaligned.

• I am a creative person with unlimited potential.
• I honor the sacred body in which my soul resides.
• I am full of inspiration and the potential for creation.
• I am a strong creative person and I love what I create.
• I am ready for positive change and for deep personal growth.
• I know I can embrace change and make the best of my future.

3. Include Chakra Food In Your Diet

All of the chakras respond positively or negatively to what you eat, so you can potentially unblock your sacral chakra by simply making adjustments to your diet. Loot at the foods that are traditionally associated with this chakra. Since orange color represents sacral chakra, include fruits such as oranges, mangoes, papaya, and peaches in your diet.

Eating seeds might also work for your sacral chakra. Think of seeds of pumpkin, sunflower, poppy, and hemp.

People struggling with sacral chakra problems like low inspiration can include coconuts in their diet. This fruit is bursting with healthy oils and fats that promote cardiovascular health, it increases your energy levels and gets you into the right mood to be creative.

Another excellent option is to consume clear liquids to heal your sacral chakra. A tasty vegetable broth, soups, or fruit tea is what you need.