The sacral chakra is where our creative ideas are born. Joy, passion, pleasure, and creativity live here. It is the center of our creative life force. A manifestation portal where our ideas are planted and come to life. As seeds grow in the darkness of the soil, so do our creations. For them to come alive, we must feed them with our creative energy, and tend to them in all of their stages.
Getting in touch with this energy requires us to open ourselves up to the creative essence flowing within us — our desires, passion, pleasure, and joy. It requires us to be both the vessel and the guide for these energies to be expressed through us in whichever way they desire to be expressed. This can look like movement, dance, connection, play, or any other form of artistic expression. The element associated with this chakra is water. And like water, our creative energy wants to move freely. It does not want to be restricted or blocked. And neither do our emotions, which are also housed in this center.
Our emotions can serve as a doorway for our creative self-expression. They are interwoven. Being in touch with our emotions and our body’s inner landscape allows us to not only connect more deeply with our creativity, wants and desires, but also with the external world and others. A quote that comes to mind is ‘people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.’ The same holds true with life. Can you hold the depth of the moment in your body without closing off to it? Can you breathe in the fullness of the moment?
Connecting deeply with ourselves gives us the capacity to connect with and experience life in all of its fullness and depth. To fully experience and hold all of life’s pleasures. To meet life with an open heart and body, and allow life to move through us. Unrestricted. Free-flowing. And the same goes for connecting with others. When we’ve connected with ourselves on an intimate/deep level, the deeper we can connect with others, and experience intimacy in all of its forms — emotional, mental, and physical. This is why it’s so important to give attention to and nourish our root chakra because when we feel safe and secure in our body and the world, we can experience life more richly, deeply, and with pleasure.
Today’s practice: Give yourself permission to relax into life’s simple pleasures. The next time you’re enjoying a cup of coffee, a meal, a walk, or a connection with a loved one, can you drop into that moment a little deeper? Can you slow it down in your mind and breathe in the fullness of the moment (the warmth, the taste, the joy, or sensations of the environment) into your body? Soften into the moment and allow the emotion to expand into your body.
Sanskrit Name: Svadhisthana
Location: Below navel
Element: Water
Color: Orange
Wear the color orange, eat orange foods, work with orange crystals to strengthen this energy center
Affirmation: I am creative
Mantra: VAM
Practice chanting this. The vibration of this sound is said to activate and cleanse this energy center
Sound: ‘oo’ as in you
Practice chanting this sound and focus on the vibration of the sound in your body
Frequency: 417 hz
Facilitates positive change/transformation and creativity. Meditate or listen to this frequency (can be found on Spotify or YouTube)
Aromatherapy: Clary sage, rose, neroli or sweet orange, cinnamon.