The second chakra located just below the navel. It is associated with creativity, sexuality, and emotional balance.
Signs of an imbalanced sacral chakra
feeling overly sensitive
prone to feeling guilty
loneliness
lacking in creative energy
fearing change
having low self-confidence
trust issues
anxiety and/or depression
feeling numb and/or detached from others.
Signs of an overactive sacral chakra
proneness to manipulating others
developing addictive behaviors: food addiction, sugar addiction, sex addiction, alcohol or drug addiction, workaholism, screen addiction
How to Open your SACRal chakra
Express gratitude to your body. Practice self compassion like hugging yourself.
Dance
The hips hold unprocessed emotion and the womb responds to rhythm. Movement is communication with the body.
Connect to water
Helps clear stagnant emotions, promotes creativity, and enhances sensory pleasure encouraging a flow state, and allowing us to release rigid control and embrace change.
Chant the mantra "VAm"
Stimulates the flow of creative, emotional, and sexual energy.
Pronounced as "VUM".
How to balance SACRal chakra
Eat more healthful “orange” foods such as oranges, peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots, mangoes, coconut, pumpkin, squash, papaya, and spices such as cinnamon and turmeric.