The true essence of all beings is ”Light”.

Our meditation classes are about self realisation. Here we provide the tools, support and a structure of how to unveil our true and inner essence. 

If you are sitting in this space and are taking in what is shared here, you have made a choice to find your true essence, to remove blocks, fears and old wounds that have held you back from fulfilling your soul purpose. If you feel dysfunctional in either the physical, mental or emotional aspects of your life, there are guaranteed blocks that hinder your personal growth and any form of healing.

Over the past weeks we have explored the basics – the 7 main energy centres, each one relating to different aspects of our being.  If you were truly honest with yourself, you would have noted areas that you see as blocked or dysfunctional.

Self realization is to align with soul purpose – to stand in ones true essence – ultimately the essence of the Light. 

You soul has its own team of  soul coaches – Spiritual Guides and Angels – whom are very aware of the soul contract you created prior to incarnation. Kindred Souls play a big part of your Divine plan and have been chosen by you, at the time of that contract and are strategically placed in your life for that reason. 

If you have chosen to “Stand in the Light” – to truly find your life purpose, to align vertically with your soul purpose, you are asking to know the truth, know who you are as a soul and discover the details of the plan that you made for your life prior to incarnation.  

This means that it is time to work on the healing process, to clear obstacles that would prevent you from fulfilling your soul purpose.  To clear the obstacles, you need to recognise them through meditating and seeking the guidance.

Trust your intuition, we all have it, the sixth sense comes with all your other senses, no different to hearing, smelling, tasting and seeing.  It is likely, as an evolved soul you may have a series of past lives and each would have been brought back within your cellular blueprint that may need to be resolved.  Also, there is the unconscious childhood or ancestral patterns which may be causing the blocks. 

If you are struggling to see the obstacles, there is help, whether within our own group or where you feel most comfortable.  A “channelled reading” may be required for you to hear clear messages directly from your Guides.  “Multi dimensional healing” is another way, it allows you to understand the issues, see the connection and therefore remove the blocks.  “Reconnection”  is also about re aligning you with your soul path.

When you know the truths, take responsibility for actions, choices and create new habits. Accept the lessons in this life time. Surrender to the truth, let go of the resistance, and when you do, your own frequency, your personal vibration rises and you will find clarity and completeness in who you are.  Know yourself as whole, resourceful, creative and successful. 

Align your inner spiritual life with your outer life, so you become of service to others. You will achieve personal and professional goals quickly when you connect with the wisdom of your Soul.

You will be in the “True essence of the Light”

In this remarkable passage from The Gospel of Thomas, Jesus informs us that our true dignity is in our essence: Light.

Jesus said: “If anyone asks, ‘Where do you come from?’ tell them, “We come from the light, from the place where light comes into being of its own accord.”

If they ask, “Are you that light?” tell them, “We are its children.”

The true essence of all beings is Light: total aware consciousness, unlimited creative energy, full engagement in the unfolding of the maturity and beauty of each one of us.

The Crown Chakra

The Crown Chakra is your connection with Divine Spirit and the gateway in which life force enters your chakra system.   When developed, this chakra is no larger or more radiant than the other six major energy centres.  However, when fully awakened, it is the “mystical centre” and the most magnificent of all the chakras. 

The Crown chakra is your energetic link to expressions of reality that lie beyond the dimensions of everyday existence.  As it opens, you become more aware of your multi-dimensional nature.  The more balanced your crown chakra is, the stronger your connection to Divine consciousness.

Symbol: Thousand Petal Lotus  

Location: Crown or top of head

Element: Cosmic Energy

Associated Colour: Violet, Gold and White (Most effective when used together)

Key Lesson:  Learning to connect with “all that is”.

Food: Vegetarian diet is best when working with this chakra or fasting.

Consciousness:  As the Root Chakra is our connection to Mother Earth, the Crown Chakra is our relationship with our Father Sky. It also represents our connection with our biological father, which becomes the model for our relationship with authority and ultimately with Source.

Crystals:

Amethyst – Awakens spirituality and wisdom; for extra potency anoint with 1-2 drops of lavender oil; place the stone near the chakra.

Pink Calcite – Acts as a spiritual amplifier; signifies hope.

Citrine – Cheers like a golden ray of hope, anoint with 1 – 2 drops of sandalwood oil to tune into your higher self and attract abundance.

Incense:        

Sandalwood – Lifts you to a higher state of consciousness.

Cedar – Brings clarity of mind and lifts the spirits; infuse with 1 drop of sage oil to link the crown and root chakras.

Frankincense resin – Enhances your ability to connect with divinity; has protective properties.  Place on charcoal to burn.

Myrrh resin – Deepens prayer and meditation; helps you towards more profound spiritual connections.  Place on charcoal to burn. 

Characteristics:

Excessive: (too open – spinning to fast) Psychotic or manic depressive, confused, sexual expression frustrated, sense of unrealized power.

Deficient:  Blocked: (sluggish – not spinning) Constantly exhausted, can’t make decisions, no sense of “belonging”.

Balanced: Magnetic personality, achieves “miracles “ in life, transcendent and at peace with self.

Physical Dysfunctions:  Sensitivity to pollution, chronic exhaustion, epilepsy, Alzheimers, Paralysis, genetic disorders, lupus, multiple sclerosis, sensitivity to light and sound.

Emotional Dysfunctions: Lack of inspiration, confusion, alienation from the Divine, depression, migraine headaches, constant frustrations, psychoses, manic depressive unable to process energy.

Archetypes: 

The Egocentric – A common expression is “I made my own luck”. Total focus on the material world and the illusion of their control over it. Egocentrics have no awareness of, nor relationship with, the Divine.  These personalities regard themselves as wholly responsible for all the benefits they accrue in life.  Their psychological well being largely depends on material success since Egocentrics identify themselves solely in terms of what they do, not who they are.  They have no time for anything that can’t be explained logically.  So, self determination and tight control over their own lives make Egocentrics value materialism, only to find, when this is no longer meaningful, that they lack the inner resources to get more from life.

The Guru – accept how little they know and trust that their connection to their Higher Self will always provide the right answer or pathway.  These individuals radiate an inner calm that comes from a total acceptance of who – not what – they truly are.  These are not human beings trying to be Spiritual, but spiritual beings learning vital emotional lessons through temporarily wearing the cloak of humanity.  This archetype in many aspects, hold the key to living successfully on this earth, in the acceptance of personal limitations and the awareness that all things are possible. 

The Third Eye

The third eye allows you to tap into the limitless knowledge which you can access directly in order to answer the questions for which you tend to look to others. Be the mentors, gurus, therapists, astrologers or psychics.

It is closely associated with the pineal gland, and is evident in many children where it is clear that their pineal gland functions properly, flowing freely with creativity and psychic abilities. There are many children who can see auras or lights around people and many who can see and communicate with deceased relatives, spirit guides and angels. It is also evident, through lack of use,  the pineal gland begins to calcify due to lack of energy no longer being directly there, reason being that generally society has been literally closed  to intuition and psychic abilities. Today these attitudes have changed.

 The perceptions of the third eye are not limited by time or space. The Third Eye sees energy patterns, and it is not limited by distance.

Symbol:  Two petal lotus, wings either side of a circle, within which is a downward pointed triangle.  The petals are like our two eyes each side of the Third Eye.  The two sides of the brain working in harmony; or wings transcending physical limitations; and the worlds of reality. Often with the “OM” symbol in middle.

Colour:  Indigo                   

Location:  Known to be between the normal eyes above the bridge of your nose.  In actual fact the third eye is an area that goes from the tip of your nose to the top of your forehead and deep inside your brain in alignment with your pineal gland.  It has many components, including an area near the back of your sinuses that responds to emotional energy.

Life Lesson:   Emotional Intelligence.

Associated Body Parts:   Eyes, base of skull.

Element:  Light/Telepathic energy.

Physical Dysfunctions:  Headaches, poor vision, neurological disturbances, glaucoma.

Emotional Dysfunctions:  Nightmares, learning difficulties and hallucinations.

Crystals:  Amethyst, Purple Apatite, Azurite, Calcite, Sapphire, Fluorite, Lapis Lazuli

Incense/Oil:  Hyacinth, Violet, Rose geranium.

Main Issue:  Wisdom, intuition.

Sense:  6TH sense.  Extra sensory perception.

Chakra Characteristics:
Excessive or too open… highly logical, dogmatic, authoritarian, arrogant.
Blocked (sluggish or not spinning at all)  undisciplined, fears success, tendency toward schizophrenia, sets sights too low.
Balanced:  Charismatic, highly intuitive not attached to material things, may experience unusual phenomena.

 Archetypes:
Dysfunctional:  Rationalist
This person has left brain dominance, very hard on others and themselves in which they can’t accept failing.  They can only take a scientific view on everything.
Functional – Psychic
It is not just people working on a psychic professional level, its everyone that trusts that the answers to life’s challenges lie within themselves.

QUESTIONS: How much silence is there in your life for the whispers of intuition to be heard?  Spend more time in silence, focus on something beautiful and be still and silent.

When did you last act on intuition?  Go with any compelling thoughts – without rationalizing. Be alert to coincidences and experience that may contain messages. 
Do you truly see what is around you?  Exercise your physical perception by being alert to details such as shapes and colours. 
Do you look outside yourself for answers?  List personal queries such as why a certain person has come into your life.  Note insights in the forms of images, colours, works or phrases. 

The Throat Chakra

Symbol: 16 lotus petals containing Sanskrit vowels thought to represent Spirit. Within the lotus is a triangle symbolising speech and full moon. 

Colour: Blue.

Location: Centrally at base of neck.                

Life lesson:  Power of choice/personal expression.

Associated body parts:  Throat, ears, nose, teeth, mouth or neck.  

Physical dysfunctions: Sore throat, neck ache, thyroid problems, hearing problems, tinnitus or tonsillitis. 

Emotional dysfunctions: Perfectionism, inability to express emotions and blocked creativity.

Crystals: Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Aquamarine, Agate, Celestite, Sodalite, Sapphire.

Foods: Fruit

Element: Ether – the cross over between the physical and Spirit world. Metaphorically it represents a person’s relationship with their space and the movie that is playing around them. 

Incense/oil: Chamomile, Myrrh.

Associated animal:  Elephant, Bull

Developing the throat chakra means choosing words that bring value to communication. From conversing with people at work, home or everyday activities like shopping to banking and so on, every conversation you ever have either adds or depletes the energy at this point in your body. 

Communication is a relationship involving two parties. It involves listening as much as speaking.  An earache could be energy from the Throat Chakra insisting you speak up and listen to a response. It is also blocked when you hold back from saying what you want or you choose not to listen. It doesn’t always manifest in the form of a physical irritation. You may have a dream of being strangled or suddenly a desire to wear turtlenecks or scarfs – by covering the front of your neck is a manifesting concern over the blocked energy in your Throat Chakra.

The expression of self is a communication about what one wants and what one feels. Receiving is just as important as the universe provides all your needs with no effort. Abundance, therefore is associated with this chakra, receiving and accepting abundance from the universe. Try the following to balance chakra:

Sing: Create a relationship of trust between what you want to say and what you actually deliver when communicating.

Sing your favorite songs, as this will begin to relax your Throat Chakra. Confidently releasing your voice in the shower is a rehearsal of your ability to be heard.

Creating: Communicate through creating an expression of you. A quilt that is made by a family member and passed down to the next generation is a way that a family communicates its values over time. How you create isn’t important, but providing it is an expression of you and it is still communicating to an audience.  It may be how you express yourself in clothing, gardening or baking. 

Rehearsing: Acting out what you want to say assists you in actually saying it.  Confrontations are an undesired interaction, however, learning to assert yourself and speak your mind and truth is what matters to your Throat Chakra.  Say exactly what you want to say even if what you say is rejected and belittled, the continual strengthening of your Throat Chakra benefits from following through with the delivery of your rehearsed statements.

CHARACTERISTICS:

Excessive: Over talkative . . . Self righteous or arrogant. Not a good listener.

Deficient: Holding back from self expression, unreliable and holds inconsistent views. 

Balanced: Good communicator, excellent listener, finds it easy to mediate and artistically inspired.

ARCHETYPES: The archetypal patterns can be seen in someone who has trouble expressing truthfully, holds down chin when communicating or constantly clear their throat? It is all because they are choked by the truths they are having to swallow.

Negative Archetype – Masked Self

Can’t open and honestly express feelings.  Always agreeing or saying yes when they really want to disagree and say no.  Sufferers of sore throats, glandular fever, stiff neck and thyroid problems are all indicators. Often these people clown around and  joke putting on the mask of comedy in an attempt to hide true feelings.

Positive Archetype – Communicators

Have no fear of telling the truth and walk the talk!  These people have pleasant speaking voices which are easy to listen to. They make great teachers, personal development trainers and great therapists. Communicators recognize their right to express their hurt or anger, but do so in such a way this it doesn’t diminish the other person. Communicators know that if others don’t “hear” what they have to say this merely demonstrates that the recipient is not yet at a stage when they can take on board what is being said.

AFFIRMATIONS:

I AM STARTING TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS WORTHY OF BEING LISTENED TO.

I LISTEN TO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF OTHERS.

I DELIGHT IN MY SELF EXPRESSION AND IN MY CREATIVE PURSUITS.

MY THOUGHTS AND SPEECH ARE CONSIDERED BEFORE I UTTER THEM.

I ALWAYS SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

When your communication is honest and inquisitive, your throat Chakra pulsates with positive energy and charisma that leads to deep and passionate relationships with friends, colleagues, family and inevitably with your soul mate. The Throat Chakra insists on your personal integrity to thrive. Treat it well.

Heart Chakra

Symbol: Lotus of 12 petals containing two intersecting circles making up a 6 pointed star demonstrating the perfect balance between spirit descending towards matter and the upward pointing matter rising towards Spirit.

Key lesson: Learning to feel love and to balance the love of others and the love of self.  Mastering the Heart Chakra helps us to enhance our emotional development and recognize that potency of that powerful energy we call “love”.

This central chakra is the passage through which we move from the lower to the higher centres, shifting us from the realm of basic needs into the realm of blessings.  Our challenge is to pass the tests of unconditional love, compassion and forgiveness with which we are challenged daily, in order to move on to the higher centres.

The heart is centre of your emotional power, where love and compassion are both given and received. As our emotional sensor, it tells us whether we feel love or wounded. Problems with this chakra arise when there is a limited experience of love, either receiving or giving love.  Eg.  Doing something when your heart isn’t in it; feeling unworthy of being loved; withholding love or affection from others or a lack of loving feeling towards certain people or even life in general. 

We tend to think of the heart as only concerned with “soft” irrational feelings. We prefer to put greater emphasis on “head” activity, yet when allowed, the heart can be a far more accurate barometer of deeper needs. Listening to the heart in matters of love is vital to maintaining healthy, mutually respectful relationships. As we make our journey towards the Higher Self our relationships painfully expose us to how little we love ourselves. When we strip away the thin veneer that covers the lack of self-intimacy and fill it energetically with joy, peace and self acceptance, we start to build the solid foundation upon which unconditional love flourishes.

Those that dismiss or shun intimacy demonstrate their fear of looking inward. They neglect the opportunities that relationships offer for self knowledge – acknowledging and loving our dark side as well as the parts we admire.  This is the basis of unconditional love.

Element: Air…. If you feel stifled or suffocated by life, it may be time for a “change of air”. Freeing up your energy at your heart chakra is like taking a breath of fresh air. It allows you to experience life with fewer mental limitations. A person’s relationship with air reflects their relations with love.

Colour:  Pink (external love), Green (self love).

Emotional Dysfunctions:  Co-dependency, fears concerning loneliness, commitment and /or betrayal.

Physical Dysfunctions: Shallow or difficult breathing, high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.

Conscious Dysfunctions: Perception of love, relationships with people close to the heart. 

Associated Body Parts:  Heart and circulatory, chest, lungs, shoulders, arms, ribs, breasts, diaphragm and thymus gland. 

Sense:  Touch… When we hug, we can feel what each other feel within. Sensitivity about being touched indicates heart chakra insensitivity. 

Foods: Vegetables.

Incense/Oils: Rose, Bergamot, Melissa.

Crystals: Watermelon Tourmaline, Rose Quartz, Emerald, Green Calcite, Jade, Azurite, Aventurine, Malachite and Moonstone.

Associated Animal:  Gazelle/Antelope

Chakra Characteristics:

Excessive: (Too fast)  Possessive, loves conditionally, withholds emotionally, overly dramatic.

Deficient: (Blocked or sluggish) Fears rejection, loves too much, feels unworthy to receive love, self pity.

Balanced: Compassionate, loves unconditionally, nurturing, desires spiritual experience in love making.

Archetypes: 

 “Performer” – Some people mask personal wounds by playing at being  “in love”; a very different experience to truly loving someone. A common example of this personality is the co-dependent, who looks outside for the love they crave, kidding themselves that their wounds can be healed by finding someone else to draw strength from. It doesn’t have to be a “sexual” relationship, it can be just another source of emotional release sometimes materialistic.  

We can also love too much . . . So often we profess to love another person but we wrap the love up in a cloak of jealousy, possessiveness and emotional instability. We may misinterpret the strong feelings engendered by these dysfunctional attitudes for “love”, where in fact this is really about externalizing something that needs to come from within, in order to avoid facing up to long held fears concerning heart and betrayal. 

However,  true “lovers” have the capacity to love themselves unconditionally. 
They don’t need other people to buoy them up, they freely open their hearts and share self acceptance with others.  These generous free spirited individuals offer themselves wholeheartedly to others because they know that the core of their being is secure. Being in touch with emotions, they take a lighter approach to relationships, in the certain knowledge of forgiveness and compassion which their dysfunctional counterparts look for others to provide, is available to them internally at any time.

Lovers are magnetic, radiant individuals who truly  “own” themselves. They are easily recognizable because it is impossible not to be affected by their positive energy.

  

Ask yourself:

·       Do you respond to others through the mind and intellect rather than the Heart?  If so, begin to tune into the hearts messages, focus on what you truly feel without judging. The heart has the answers.

·       How much do you feel connected with others? Smile more . . . amazing how many connect with you through smiling back at you. 

·       Are you hard on yourself for failing? Balance is required . . . with yourself as well as others.

·       Do you put on your “good face”? Learn to detach from your feelings.  When you heart is full of pain, acknowledge that it represents another lesson.  Accept the lesson and move forward.

·       Are you compassionate or do you judge others? Know that no one can hurt you . . . it's how you react to what they do to you . . . that is the cause of your pain.

·       Do you feel lonely or neglected in your relationships? Do you project the true love outwardly for others and inwardly for self? Be true and integral with your inner essence and project it outwardly with others.   

AFFIRMATIONS:

 I SEND LOVE TO EVERYONE I KNOW, ALL HEARTS ARE OPEN TO RECEIVE MY LOVE.

I ACCEPT THAT PAIN IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

I LOVE MYSELF FOR WHO I AM AND THE POTENTIAL WITHIN ME.

ALL PAST HURT – I RELEASE INTO THE HANDS OF LOVE.

THE LOVE I FEEL FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS IS UNCONDITIONAL.

LOVE WILL SET ME FREE, OTHERS LOVE THE BEST THEY CAN.  IF SOMEONE DOESN’T LOVE ME ENOUGH, THEY MAY BE LIMITED IN THIER EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND DESERVE MY COMPASSION. 

The Solar Plexus Chakra

Location: Between navel and base of sternum. (Breast Plate)
The key lesson: Personal identity – power and self will. To simply BE!
Element: Fire and the sun.            
Associated sense: Sight... power to see the light in truth.
Colour: Yellow
Associated animal: Ram


The third chakra completes the physical trilogy of the human energy system.  Like chakras one and two, it primarily relates to a “physical” form of power.  The first chakra resonates to tribal power, and the second chakra resonates to power between the self and others, the third chakra relates to our personal power as in self control and self freedom.


Working with this chakra helps to bridge differences to accomplish wholeness.  This can be achieved on a personal level, so that we don’t succumb to our head ruling hearts or our left logical side of the brain overwhelming our creative intuitive right side. 

The solar plexus chakra represents our identity, or how we see and feel about ourselves.  It is the house of self-esteem, inner power and sense of responsibility. Problems with this chakra arise from:

• Fear of our own identity or losing our identity,  
• The need to excessively control others or ourselves, the inability to take responsibility for ourselves or others,
• Prone to criticism and judgment,
• Poor decision making, 
• Fear of failure,
• Feeling invisible or overlooked by others.

By strengthening and stimulating the Solar Plexus Chakra you will reach a state in which you can drop the fears of rejection, criticism, and stand tall and create your own unique identity.

You will find self acceptance, self respect and to have the ability to take risks in the knowledge that you can handle any situation with which are you are faced.  This is true inner personal power.

Chakra characteristics:


Excessive (too open or spinning to fast): Angry, controlling, workaholic, judgemental, dictator, projecting superiority, overpowering, forceful, intrusive, quarrelsome, threatening, pushy, intense goal oriented, viciously competitive, ruthless, consistently active, chaotic, burnt out, exhausted, disconnected and lack of tolerance.

Deficient (blocked or spinning sluggishly or not at all): Overly concerned with what others think, fearful of being alone, insecurities, needing constant reassurance.  Weak intentions, fragile determination, negative internal dialogues, lack of confidence, inferiority complex, loss of self worth, shrinking courage, feeling inner void, weak inner strength, negative self image, disconnected from gut, loneliness, energy vampire, insecure and phobic.


Balanced: Respects self and others, owns personal power, spontaneous and uninhibited. Successful in every aspect of business and material world, has vitality and full of self confidence.
 
Physical symptoms of solar plexus chakra imbalance: Ulcers, diabetes, anorexia, bulimia, indigestion, insomnia, panic attacks, confusion, fatigue, stress and allergies.

Emotional Dysfunctions: Need to control, over sensitive to criticism, low self esteem.

Archetypes: 
The Solar Plexus (third chakra) is more internally focused on our relationship with ourselves.  The ways in which we demonstrate our self esteem and personal power is played out in the archetypes associated with this chakra – “The Drudge” and “The Spiritual Warrior”


A drudge mentally depends on others for recognition and approval investing in everyone else’s qualities and power that they wished they owned themselves. Drudges hand over their power as they are dependant on others.

When we reject or suppress our psychic sensitivity this can lead to blockages in this area, resulting in excess weight around the middle, digestive problems and stomach ulcers.

The power of the spiritual warrior lies in inner strength, tempered by a belief that guidance comes from a Devine force.  This strength becomes refined through facing and overcoming external challenges. By meeting constant rejection or conflict, the Spiritual Warriors are forced to look inside themselves to make sense of those sets of circumstances and give them meaning. It is a truly powerful archetype when a spiritual philosophy of growth and development through facing life’s obstacles is combined with acting with integrity, no matter how unpopular to others those actions may be.


Foods: Complex carbohydrates (starches)
Incense/oils: Vetivert, Rose Bergamot, Ylang Ylang, Cinnamon and Carnation.
Crystals:  Yellow Citrine, Topaz, Aventurine Quartz and Sunstone.

Ask yourself:  
Am I ruled by doubt and fear?  How can I transform this into positive energy?
Am I the kind of person who has trouble making decisions?  When I finally decide on a course of action, do I lack the energy to carry it though?
Do I feel a need to be right in every discussion?
Am I emotionally needy?  Do I always have to be the centre of attention?
Do I lack will power?  Do I compensate by being a “control freak”?
Do I allow other people’s opinions to control my life?  How can I stop this without becoming emotionally rigid or overly aggressive?

AFFIRMATiON:  I TREAT MYSELF WITH HONOUR AND RESPECT NOW! 

The Sacral Chakra

Six orange petals with a crescent moon. 

Location:  Lower abdomen, between navel and genitals.                  

The key lesson:  Learn to relate to others and self.

Element: Water – a person’s relationship with the element of water is a reflection of their relationship with the parts of their consciousness associated with this chakra. There is a connection between the planet and your body; both are made up of a significant amount of water.

Take a moment to reflect on these questions and be honest with yourself.  

How much are you prepared to embrace change?

What sacrifices do you make to suit others?

Do you respect your male and female sides?

Is it better to give than receive?

Do you believe that for your desires to be met, you first have to make a sacrifice?

The Sacral Chakra houses your creative and sexual energies – your ability to nurture and give birth to the seeds of life. It is considered to be the “relationship chakra” because it represents our ability to relate to ourselves and other people. It relates to sexuality, creativity, emotions, anger, fear and instinct, perceptions concerning food or sex, feelings, women's power, female identity.

The challenge of the sacral chakra is to interact consciously with others and allow the creative flow of life to guide and shape continual change in our lives.  

Physically, the sacral chakra affects the sexual organs being the ovaries and testes. It also affects the bladder, circulatory system, prostate and womb. This chakra influences fertility, reproduction, and sexual energy in general.

Emotionally, the sacral chakra affects our stability and willingness to feel emotion.  

Psychologically, its goal is to allow pleasure and creative expression and enthusiasm.

Spiritually, your ‘being’ flourishes with sensitivity and intuition. Allowing one to go with the flow of life with a strong sense of self.   

Sacral Chakra Stones: Emotional stability, creative expression and experiencing pleasure in life, all relate to this chakra, which are enhanced by these Crystals.

Citrine – encourages the openness needed to tackle emotional stagnancy in relationships. It also helps to support and develop emotional maturity.

Carnelian – helps stimulate initiative and dispel passivity. It is particularly useful for promoting the physical energy needed to take action in emotionally challenging circumstances. Carnelian is also said to help dissipate sorrow from the emotional self.

Golden Topaz – Actively stimulates the first three chakras. It helps promote inner peace and lightness of spirit, in turn helping you take a new perspective on problems.  It is also thought of as a “battery” that helps energize those physically, mentally or emotionally under the weather.

Moonstone – It helps enhance your feminine side. Benefits include a calming of the emotions so that you can take a more objective view of a situation, and balance oversensitivity.  It is also said to arouse a greater feeling of tenderness and compassion towards yourself.

Rutilated Quartz – Invaluable on any of the chakras.  Helps connect one to the inner self through meditation and spiritual healing.

Foods that Fuel Your Sacral Chakras

·       Sweet fruits: melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, etc.

·       Honey

·       Nuts: almonds, walnuts, etc.

·       Spices: cinnamon, vanilla, carob, sweet paprika, sesame seeds, caraway seeds

Incense/oils: Jasmine, Rose and Sandalwood.

Balanced Energy: Shows concern for others, friendly, creative, intuitive, good humored, balanced, desire for pleasure, vitality, sexual satisfaction, discrimination and prosperity. 

Excessive Overactive Energy: Explosive, aggressive, manipulative, self-serving . Selfish, arrogant, lustful, overly proud or conceited, highly strung emotionally, constant power seeking.

Deficient Under active Energy : Shy, timid, hides emotions, overly sensitive, emotionally hurt, guilt feelings.  Mistrustful of others, introverted, unable to show emotions, worrying about what others think, anti-social.

Archetypal  Characteristics: The Sacral Chakra further develops the theme of the Root Chakra of personal responsibility and self expression. Its archetypes are the “Sovereign” and the “Martyr” which are attitudes towards abundance and how much we believe that we deserve to enjoy life. These two associates represent the polarities of pleasure and fulfillment, against suffering and sacrifice.

The negative Archetypal characteristic is the Martyr. They are less likely than Victims to blame external influences for what they perceive as a life of suffering but share a similar belief that they don’t deserve anything better. Martyrs involve being entrenched in a pit of self pity with no motivation to shift the negative attitudes contributing to the situation. 

Martyrs lives are steeped in a sense of lack, which underpins a justification for not changing beliefs and behaviours because there is just not enough good fortune in the world to go around – and they have drawn the short straw. So,  they whine and complain, but never take any action. Theirs is a passive acceptance of life rather than the active desire to change and develop. Without a proper regard for personal needs and desires, mothers very often develop into Martyrs.

The positive Archetypal characteristic is the Sovereign – those who allow good things of life to be part of their everyday experiences. They are magnetic personalities whom everyone enjoys being with.   These individuals do not necessarily live charmed lives, it’s simply that when confronted with a challenging situation they see the positives and negatives.    

They know that Winter always turns to Spring. Their more developed inner world gives them permission to rejoice in their own achievements. Nurturing their own desires is a high priority for the Sovereigns of this world. To them life is bountiful and they, as much as anyone else, deserve a share in the beauty and rewards that surround them, including sexual fulfillment. Sex to them is something to be celebrated and enjoyed. They are always on the look-out for the benefits rather than disadvantages.

Affirmation:

I am moving towards a time when I am totally happy and fulfilled, life offers me everything I need for that journey.

I am prepared to honor my body and feel good about my sexuality.

I have the right to express my desires to myself and others.

Life is unfolding as it should.