Svadhisthana: The Sacral Chakra

The Sacral Chakra/Svadhisthana (sweetness)

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Element: Water

Color: Orange

Identity: Emotional

Archetype: Sovereign/Martyr

Developmental age: 6 months to 2 years

Right: To feel and have pleasure

The Sacral chakra is the chakra of emotional fluidity and sensual movement. It's here that we process our sensations into emotions. While the first chakra provides support and foundation, the second chakra creates the flow of energy through the rest of our chakras. Movement promotes the flow of energy by releasing tension and stagnant emotions within our bodies. 

We can invoke this movement of prana through our experience of pleasure. Pleasure motivates us to feel on a sensory level. Our desire to embrace pleasure is a natural, humanistic urge. Western society often equates success with the suppression of pleasure for a larger cause, such as our career and wealth. 

Because the second chakra embodies duality, shadow work is a big aspect of healing this chakra. Part of this process includes accessing the shadow self and integrating it with our wholeness. When we repress our shadow selves, we deny the truth of our being. Our repressed selves will demand to be heard and can manifest in unhealthy behaviors, sabotaging our happiness. Instead of rejecting our shadows, we can approach these aspects of ourselves with compassionate and healing energy rather than criticism. 

We live in a culture where sexuality is regarded as shameful. Shame and guilt are the ultimate demons of this chakra. When we feel guilt, we deny our human desire to feel pleasure, thus blocking off the necessary flow of our emotions and sensations. Guilt only contributes to the rejection of our shadow selves as we feel unworthy of pleasurable experiences. However, pleasure is one of the gifts of being human and we are entitled to healthy and joyful desirable experiences. 

Mantra: VAM

Affirmations:

Pleasure is my divine right. 

My feelings bring me information.

I embrace my sacred sexuality.

My life is abundant with beauty and sweetness.

I move through life with grace and fluidity. 

My emotions flow through me like water.