10 Down-to-Earth Ways to Clear Your Solar Plexus Chakra and Unlock Your Sacred Power

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Do you lack confidence in yourself? Experience problems with digestion or have allergies? Do you have trouble speaking up in a group? Is it difficult for you to get what you want, or to make things happen? Do you feel like others push you around? Do you wish you could step up to a leadership role? Are you ambivalent about power? Are you exhausted from always trying too hard?

If any of this sounds like you, it might help to learn some ways to clear and balance your solar plexus chakra. Also known as the navel chakra, it is the third of the seven chakras. Called Manipura in Sankrit, it governs our self-esteem and personal power.

Clearing, balancing, and opening your third chakra can help you develop a healthy sense of self-worth, stand up for yourself better, grow as a leader, become more effective, successfully set and reach goals, and create the life that your soul longs for.

You don't have to be a trained energy healer to heal your 3rd chakra. Read on to learn 10 down-to-earth, satisfying ways that you can give your solar plexus chakra a "tune-up." But first:

What Are the Chakras?

There are seven primary chakras, located along the center line of the upper body, from the bottom of the spine to the top of the head. Each chakra is associated with different glands, organs, body areas, and elements of our life, personality, and spiritual development.

The chakras are critical to our physical health, the quality of our life, and our ability to develop spiritually.

The Healthy Chakra

It's very common to have one or more chakras that is blocked or out of balance to some degree. This can cause disruptions in a person’s body, mind, spirit, and life. These disruptions can range from a sense of unwellness and unease, to more serious problems--actual dis-ease in one's body or dysfunction in one's life. (To learn more about chakra blockages, go here.)

What is the Solar Plexus Chakra?

Is Your Third Chakra Healthy?

They have a healthy relationship to power--neither dominating others nor letting themselves be dominated--and use it well, often rising to leadership positions. All of this tends to contribute to an even, sustainable level of physical energy.

People with a healthy navel chakra will usually have sound digestive, immune, and muscular systems. They tend to be free of major allergies, hypertension, diabetes, or adrenal gland disorders.

Here you can find a test to give you an idea how open or closed each of your chakras is, and how they balance relative to each other.

10 Ways to Clear and Balance Your Solar Plexus Chakra

1. Spend time in the sunlight. (Do protect yourself from sunburn, of course!)
2. Participate in a vigorous sport or activity. Trust yourself and play to win!
3. Clean out a messy closet or do another task that you've been putting off. Make sure that you choose something that you can finish.
4. Make a special effort to dress and groom yourself well. Remember to hold your head high!
5. Roar. (Yes, like a lion!)
6. Set a goal. Break it down into distinct, doable steps. Make a timeline for finishing each step. Take a first step to set the process in motion. Follow through with your timeline so that you reach your goal on time. Then celebrate how powerful and effective you are! Rinse and repeat.
7. Assert yourself. Make sure your voice is heard and your needs are taken into account. If this is hard for you, start small. For example, YOU decide what restaurant you'll go to or what movie you'll see. This may feel uncomfortable to you, but with practice it'll get easier.
8. Use the scents of rosemary or lavender. Both are easy plants to grow in many climates, and this is a wonderful way to incorporate these scents into your life. Alternatively, you could use essential oils of rosemary or lavender. They're both widely available, and easy to use--just don't put rosemary essential oil directly on the skin. (You can learn how to work with essential oils here.
   
9. Wear or decorate a room in a shade of yellow that is pleasing and energizing to you. Use the color with a sense of purpose, feeling it energizing your 3rd chakra.
10. Repeat an affirmation such as:
    • I am worthy.
    • I effectively manifest the deep desires of my soul.
    • I am capable.
    • I am powerful.
    • I set and reach my goals.
    • My needs are important.
    • If conflict is necessary, I can take it on!
    • I know who I am and where I'm going.
    • I can solve any problem that comes up.
    • I am a natural leader.
    • I love and respect myself.
    • I am worthy of the best in life.
    • I stand up for myself and what I believe in.
    • I am a strong advocate for myself and my needs.

Intention Matters!

Just make your purpose clear, perform the activity mindfully, and as you're doing it, occasionally take a moment to silently affirm that your actions are creating your intention. Using any of the activities above in conjunction with an affirmation is especially effective.

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More About Healing the Chakras

More Information About Chakras

For more specific information about individual chakras, go to the Chakra Chart page.

Learn More About The Individual Chakras and How to Clear Them

Learn how to clear and balance your root chakra (1st) and gain an unshakeable sense of security.

Learn how to clear and balance your sacral chakra (2nd) and open to joy.

Learn specific ways to clear and balance your heart chakra (4th) and open to the love that is all around you.

Learn specific ways to clear and balance your 5th chakra (throat), helping you to live and speak your truth.

Learn to cultivate your Third Eye chakra (sixth), helping you develop your capacities for clarity, intuition, and spiritual insight.

Learn to cultivate your crown chakra (seventh), helping you develop your capacities for spiritual growth.

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