ABDOMINAL OR SACRAL CHAKRA

• Location: Below Navel and above pubic bone, area near abdomen, genital and lower back
• Energy Centre for: Creativity and sexuality
• Tone: O
• Musical Note: D
• Color: Orange
• Sense: taste
• Sanskrit name:Swadhisthana
• Balancing color: Green

The abnorminal chakra relates to our emotions, desire, friendliness, sexuality,and procreation. This center provides energy for achieving balance in our lives and relationships. It is also the energy centre for creativity, changes in our lives and for propelling desire into actions. A balanced sacral chakra: friendly, have concerned for others, have grace, adapt easily, flexible, creative, resourceful, enjoy yourself A blocked sacral chakra: shy, timid, stiff, resentment, burdened with guilt, relationships problems, sexual dysfunction, self-negating, lack of creativity.

Healing The Abdominal Chakra

Our chakras respond directly to how we think or feel. Positive emotions allow good energy to flow freely and negative emotions close or weaken the chakras. Positive emotions transmit positive vibrations to the universe which in turn attract to us manifestations associating with those emotions. Feeling of harmony brings harmony. Our exterior world is first created in our mind. Balancing or healing the sacral chakra starts with having good emotions that supports the sacral chakra.

1) Healing Through Color

The resonating color for the sacral chakra is orange. Wear orange clothing or gemstone or look at the color orange. You can position orange ornaments or furnishing such as paintings, lamp shade, couch or orange curtains in your surroundings, making the color orange easily accessible. The alternative color is gold and amber.

Eat orange fruits and vegetables such as apricot, orange, grapefruit, cantelope, peaches, papayas or paw paw, persimmons, carrots, tomatoes, orange sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and squash

Visualize orange energy and the good emotions for the sacral chakra. Select a quiet environment , stand, sit or lie down in a comfortable relaxing position. Clear your mind of any other color or thoughts. Then imagine a clear beautiful orange energy flowing gently into the sacral chakra. Keep the orange energy swirling in a clock wise movement and expand it outward until it fills up the entire abdominal areas. I like to say my affirmations along with this visualization exercise. You can create affirmations that suit your requirements. Below are some examples.

2) Affirmations for the Abdominal Chakra

• I deserved goodness and joy in my life.
• I feel the negative emotions which causes me pain and discomfort, I lovingly release these negative emotions and accept the feeling of peace, love and joy.
• I release my need to control or hate others.
• I love myself the way I am.
• I am ethical and honorable in all my dealings.
• I feel radiant, alive and strong.
• I give love and receive love.
• I allow pleasure,love and sensuality into my life
• I trust the infinite intelligence to bless me with all that I need for growth and development
• I am willing to listen to others opinion

3)Gemstone For The Abdominal Chakra

Orange calcite, citrine, agate, amber.

You can wear the gemstone, put it in places visible or close to you. Alternatively, hold it in your hand during visualization or affirmations. Practitioners of crystal healing place respective gemstones directly on the chakra area.

4)Scent For The Abdominal Chakra

Ylang Ylang, Rosemary, Rose, Rose geranium, Orange, Sandalwood, Mask

5)Movement

Engage in activities that express your creativity such as dancing, writing, drawing or simply just laugh and have some fun.

6) Inspirations Quotes For The Sacral Chakra

Charles Kingsley: We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Deepak Chopra: Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Erwin W. Lutzer: I thank God for the way he made you, distinct, special and unique. You were not made from a common mold.

George MacDonald : Few delights can equal the mere presence of someone we utterly trust. Author Unknown: God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's ME.

Jack Welch: We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.

Martha Graham: There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.

Osho: Whatsoever experience comes to you, let it happen, and then go on dropping it. Go on cleaning your mind continuously; go on dying to the past so you remain in the present, ….. as if just born, just like a babe.

George Kneller: To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (121-180): If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Chelle Thompson, Editor of Inspiration Line: Each choice we make causes a ripple effect in our lives. When things happen to us, it is the reaction we choose that can create the difference between the sorrows of our past and the joy in our future.

Maurice Maeterlinck : An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

ROOT CHAKRA

Location: Base of the spine

Energy centre for: Survival

Tone: E

Musical Note: C

Color: red

Sense: smell

Sanskrit name: Muladhara

This is the first chakra and it is the center of our physical energy. It governs survival ability and connection to mother earth. When you want to manifest success in the physical world, such as health security, safety, stability, money business or material possessions, the energy comes from the root chakra. A balanced root chakra increases energy for life and provides inner strength to find one’s purpose in life.

A balance root chakra: feel healthy, grounded, strong, vital, determined, lots of physical energy, can manifest abundance, love to live.

A blocked root chakra: feel insecure, anxious, unworthy, lack of confidence, fearful

Healing the Root Chakra

Our chakras respond directly to how we think or feel. Positive emotions allow good energy to flow freely and negative emotions close or weaken the chakra. Positive emotions transmit positive vibrations to the universe which in turn attract to us manifestations associating with those emotions. What we feel inside manifests in our physical world. Thus balancing or healing the root chakra start with having good emotions that support this energy center.

1)Healing Through Color

The resonating color for the root chakra is red. You can wear red clothing or red gemstone. Look at things that are red that please you. I have two red lamp sheds which give a red glow when I turn on the lamp.

Eat red fruits and vegetables such as apple, cherries, cranberries, pomegranates, strawberries, red water melon, red dates, radishes, red tomatoes, beetroot, red capsicum, red pepper, red potatoes, rhubard

We can visualize red energy and the positive emotions that are good for the root chakra Select a quiet environment, you can stand, sit or lie down in a comfortable, relaxing position. Clear your mind of any other color and imagine clear beautiful red energy gently flowing into the root chakra. Keep the red energy flowing in a clock wise moment, expanding outwards until it fills up the entire root chakra areas. I like to say my affirmations during the visualization exercise. It creates positive feelings and empower me towards what I want to achieve in life or even just for the day. You can create affirmations that suits your situation. Below are some examples.

2)Affirmations for the Root Chakra: Survival Centre

I release my fear and anxiety and I am ready to accept peace and joy.

I am secure and grounded I accept and appreciate who I am I know who I am and make choices that is good for me.

I love my body and I love filling it with energy and power.

I am responsible for the quality of my life.

I attract what I need and I am blessed The earth and all its wonder nourish me everyday

I am thankful for all growth opportunities that come to me

I am grateful for the challenges that make me who I am

I love life

I am ageless and unlimited

3)Gemstone for the root chakra

In general all red stone like Garnet, Jasper, Ruby, Bloodstone, Hematite Smoky Quartz, Obsidian, and moonstone

You can wear the gemstone, put it in places visible or close to you. Alternatively, hold it in your hand during visualization or affirmations. Practitioners of crystal healing place respective gemstones directly on the chakra area. For me wearing the gemstone works best for me. By keeping it close physically, it serves to remind me of my affirmations for the day.

4)Scents for the root chakra

Cedar wood, lavender, myrrh, patchouli, cinnamon, sandalwood

5)Inspiration Quotes for the Root Chakra

Benjamin Franklin: Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Arabian Proverb: He, who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything.

Deepark Chopra: The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”

Martha Graham: Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather.

Mahatma Gandhi: As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world... as in being able to remake ourselves.

John Wesley: Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

Katherine Paterson: To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Mary Anne Radmacher: Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

Paramahansa Yogananda: The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Sydney Smiles: The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

Groucho Marx: Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I — not events — have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Colin Powell: The freedom to be your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.