CHAKRA THREE (SOLAR PLEXUS)

Chakra three is located between your sternum and your navel, at your solar plexus and it is called the seat of your will. This is where your body handles combustion and metabolism. The elemental correspondence is fire. Fire transforms matter (chakra 1) and movement (chakra2) to action energy and power (new state) in chakra three. The color that vibrates here is a bright sunny yellow and the Sanskrit word means lustrous gem.

The job of this chakra is to develop your power to stand by your convictions and forge unique states of existence. It does this because of the how it acts on chakras 1 and 2 to raise their energies into new dimensions. This action causes changes within you. Much like wood (matter), when acted upon by movement/heat,  is transformed into a new substance, in this case ash.

 Here is where your inner critic lives and it will often times yell at you, making you either doubt your self or feel very confident. Here is your self worth, your self reliance. This is where your seat of personal power is developed. Your focus changes once again from just you and one other to become more open to the opinions and points of view of others. It is at this level you also begin examine different power concepts and you learn the difference between the “power to” and the “power over”.

If you are out of balance here you may be overly sensitive about perceived reactions of others, you may appear indifferent or cold, you may feel you need the opinions of others to support your ideas. You may be over critical of yourself; feel inadequate, have a feeling of self loathing or you may feel unworthy of love. Your inner self is attentive and believes everything both positive and negative, it has no filters so your body reacts instantly to all criticism, both good and bad. This is not good for you.

When you are in balance  in chakra three, you can accept the responsibilities that are truly yours, you are confident in your own actions and abilities, you can chose how you maintain your course of action and you do NOT need the approval of others. You have courage and strength to be truly who and what you are. You can act without overpowering others or allowing them to overpower you.

The goal here is to create a new understanding of the viewpoints of others, collect new information that will bring you dawning enlightenment and shifting paradigms. Here is where you learn the importance of balance. You become aware of the larger patterns of universal consciousness. You become aware of  the how the combining of your mind and action that are driven by your conscious aware choices create your will. You will be able to stop undesired actions and create new and better ones by making better choices.

TO RECAP:
located between your sternum and navel at your solar plexus ( T5-T9 Solar Plexus)
It is your solar power, your uniqueness,  your I AM, the seat of your will

PHYSICALITY:
Pancreas
controls your digestive system, your middle spine, assimilation and muscles.

ISSUES:
personal power (where do you allow it to be?) Your sense of your place in the world, your self confidence, your self esteem and your ability to stand by your convictions.

BLOCKED BY: shame and disappointment in your self

UNBLOCKED BY:  accepting your shortcomings and forgiving yourself

© Chessie Roberts 2012 all rights reserved
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential, self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution. You can find Chessie's programs and products at  www.evolutionfoselfforme.com http://croberts1.zeropointglobal.com and her music at www.archersmeadow.com

CHAKRA THREE, SOLAR PLEXUS/NAVEL

         CHAKRA THREE, SOLAR PLEXUS/NAVEL

This week brings us to Chakra three which is located between your sternum and navel. This is your solar plexus region, the seat of your will and this area deals with combustion and metabolism.

The elemental correspondence here is fire. The equation is matter (chakra 1) + movement (chakra2) + action, energy (chakra 3) = power (a new state.
The color that vibrates here is yellow and the Sanskrit word for this area means ‘lustrous gem’

Chakra three’s job is to develop your ability to stand by your own convictions and your ability to forge unique states of existence. When the qualities of chakra one combine with those of chakra two and are acted upon by the transforming qualities of chakra three your energies are raised into new dimensions which cause change within the thing (your body) itself. Very like wood (matter) is acted on by movement (heat) converts the matter to energy which creates the change into the new state of ash. In the chakra system the ‘ash’ is the raised energy that carries you to those new dimensions that I mentioned before.

Here is where your inner critic will sound off and will lower your self-confidence if you have any issues with your self-worth or self-reliance. This is the seat of your personal power and who or what is holding it; ideally, it should be you. This is also where your focus begins to change so that you are open to others’ points of view and opinions’. You develop a willingness to reexamine your concepts of power and begin to see the difference in ‘the power to’ and ‘the power over’.

When you are out of balance in this chakra you will be overly sensitive to the perceived reactions of others, you may appear indifferent or cold. You will find that you feel the need for the opinions of others to support your ideas and you will be over critical of yourself. You may feel inadequate and unworthy of love. You may even suffer from self-loathing.

Remember that your inner self is much like a child; it believes all things both negative and positive because it has no filters. With no filters your body will react instantaneously. (Much like when you are frightened by what you think is a bug or snake only to realize that it was only a fuzzy or the garden hose) therefore taking all criticism to heart is not a good idea.

When you are in balance in your third chakra you are able to accept the responsibilities (and only those) that are truly yours. You are confident in your own actions and abilities. You can choose and maintain your course of action without the approval of others. You have the courage and strength to be who you truly are and are able to act without overpowering others or allowing them to overpower you.

You will know for a fact that you are in balance when you can take responsibility for yourself without feeling the need to blame others or act and think like a victim.
The goals of the third chakra are to create new understanding of the viewpoints and opinions of others; your ability to collect new information that equals dawning enlightenment and shifting paradigms; to learn the importance of balance; becoming aware of larger, Universal patterns; your conscious combining of your mind and actions to drive your choices and create your will so that you recognize where you have undesired actions in your life and you can stop them and make better choices, ones more worthy of you and where you want your life to be.

RECAP OF CHAKRA THREE;
1) Between your sternum and navel
2) Is your solar power, your uniqueness, your “I AM”
3) Is the seat of your will
Physicality; Your digestive system, Middle spine, Muscles

Issues; Personal power; who is holding yours (should be you), Your sense of place in the world, Your self-confidence and self-esteem, Your ability to stand by your convictions

Blocked by; shame and disappointment in yourself

Unblocked by; accepting your shortcomings and forgiving yourself

Bright Blessings, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2010, all rights reserved