The Solar Plexus Chakra is your power center – the core of your being. Located just below your breastbone, the Solar Plexus Chakra is the home of your personality, identity, ego and where your personal power originates. This Chakra is all about your awareness of who you are. Self-love, self-acceptance and acknowledgment of your worth are the foundations of this Chakra.
The Solar Plexus Chakra is also where being confident, responsible and reliable take center stage. It is the epicenter of your self-esteem, your willpower and self-discipline, as well as the basis of your personality. The energy of this Chakra allows you to transform inaction into movement. It allows you to meet challenges and move forward in your life. A strong Solar Plexus Chakra reflects your ability to move forward with confidence and power. It is the ability to make conscious choices and to act on them.
The message of the Solar Plexus Chakra is simple: You have the power to choose your experience.
The Solar Plexus Chakra color is yellow, a primary color composed from a single ray of light. Yellow is the color of sunshine and the energy of yellow is vibrant, optimistic and full of energy. It is the color of youth, new beginnings, birth and re-birth. At the same time, yellow is wise and knowledgeable. As you unfold the petals of the Solar Plexus Chakra, you find a fire that burns within you, that gives you power and energy to stand for yourself and to assert yourself. The color yellow reminds you to trust in yourself and gives you inner worth. That is the healing brilliance of yellow.
People with strong yellow energy stand tall and radiate power. Those with weak yellow energy appear collapsed in the middle and they can be slouched over. Yellow energy is willful, autonomous, and self-defining. It is the building block of personal development and power. Yellow represents the developmental stage when you learn how to communicate. Yellow is an expansive color. The gift of yellow is that you radiate bright energy to others letting them know you are strong and confident at the core of your being. Playfulness, confidence and healthy self-esteem are hallmarks of yellow. Notice when you wear the color yellow if you have more energy, stand taller and feel happy.
How Solar Plexus Chakra energy influences you
The spiritual aspect of yellow energy is instinctual knowing and growing into spirit. It is all about self-esteem — your fundamental power. Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. It is your thoughts and feelings about who you are. Healthy self-esteem means that you have basic trust in yourself. You have a sense of self that does not fall apart when you are faced with challenges or things do not go your way. When you have a healthy self-esteem, you know it’s ok to make mistakes and that you can learn from them. The level of your self-esteem determines how you interact with others: your spouse, significant other, children, friends, coworkers, authority figures and strangers. When you have high self-esteem, you choose healthy relationships, and they are genuine and authentic relationships. You treat others with respect, non-judgment and fairness. The developmental task of the Solar Plexus Chakra is autonomy and the development of the self. However, on the spiritual level, you must always remember who you truly are and not get lost in ego identification.
Balanced Solar Plexus Energy
If your Solar Plexus Chakra is balanced, you will be confident, self-assured and you understand the power you possess. Since this Chakra is the center of your self-esteem and self-discipline, it is from where your power springs forth. The energy of this Chakra allows you to ride the incoming tides and navigate any waves of change with confidence and strength. With a balanced Solar Plexus Chakra, you will use your personal power by harnessing that energy to consciously create joy and adventure in your life. A strong Solar Plexus Chakra reflects the ability to make conscious choices in how you deal with life’s doldrums.
Blocked Solar Plexus Chakra
If your Solar Plexus Chakra is closed you feel like a victim in the world, powerless to the circumstances around you, and you may look for happiness in people and possessions. You will tend to give your power away to others as you feel this is necessary to make others happy. You may be passive and inactive — allowing life to pass you by and do nothing. An overactive Solar Plexus Chakra causes you to overreact to life circumstances, with excessive emotional outbursts and being overwhelmed by even the smallest things.
The Solar Plexus Chakra is one of the most commonly blocked Chakras and can be the root of a number of ailments. Since it plays such a fundamental role in self-confidence, an imbalance in the Solar Plexus Chakra can cause many emotional problems. Besides low self-esteem, depression or anxiety, you may also have difficulty setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, lack self-control and be codependent. A balanced Solar Plexus Chakra is also important for your physical health. As it governs the digestive system, especially the gastrointestinal system, the abdomen and pelvis areas, its main function is to help transform food into energy to fuel your body. Since it also governs metabolism and is commonly associated with the pancreas, a blockage can radiate out to other systems as well. Physical symptoms of a blocked Solar Plexus Chakra include poor digestion, ulcers, inability to maintain a healthy weight and organ failure.
Restoring Flow
Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra is a simple process, but it may take some practice. Most people have built up a blockage over many years, so Chakra balancing will take time. Since the Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with the sun, simply getting outside on a sunny day will maximize your healing practice. Going outside for a walk or doing a little sunbathing will help open your Solar Plexus Chakra. Clearing the blockage in your Solar Plexus Chakra and allowing energy to flow freely through it will help return you to health. It is best to try to do daily healing work because falling back into old patterns can allow the blockage to form again.
Depending on the severity of the blockage, you may need to incorporate Chakra healing meditation, yoga, or other forms of energy healing, from reiki to acupuncture and sound therapy — such as Chakra bowls or tuning forks. Aromatherapy is another useful tool for Chakra balancing. To heal the Solar Plexus Chakra, citrus-based essential oils, especially lemon, along with chamomile and ginger, will assist in balancing the energy or increase movement and energy flow.
The use of Chakra crystals and healing stones for Chakra cleansing is also common. The vibrational frequencies of crystals can help restore balance when there is a deficiency or excess of energy leading to a blocked or overactive Solar Plexus Chakra. Like the Chakras, each stone has its own frequency. Although it is common practice to choose stones of the same color as their corresponding Chakra, it isn’t always necessary as long the stone has the same vibrational frequency as its associated Chakra. Some yellow stones and other options for healing the Solar Plexus Chakra are citrine, amber and pyrite.
When exploring ways you can restore balance to your Chakra system, consider adding healing foods to your diet. Just as each Chakra has its own vibrational frequency, color and function, there are also foods that help bolster individual Chakra function. When concentrating on the Solar Plexus Chakra, consider adding naturally yellow-colored foods, such as lemons, banana, squash, corn and cheese. Cumin and curry also have Solar Plexus Chakra healing properties when incorporated in your cooking.
Many people don’t think about optimizing their energy or emotions using tea, but it’s also an easy and inexpensive way to create balance in your Chakras. To increase your life force energy and to become internally motivated, cinnamon tea can help you activate the Solar Plexus Chakra. Cinnamon is a warming herb that helps build your inner fire and boost digestion. It is an anti-inflammatory and a strong antioxidant. It helps control blood sugar and is a good source of fiber and calcium. Alternatively, you can make a strong tea and add it to your bathwater and soak in it while reading or meditating.
