Color: Yellow
Element: Fire
Developmental Age: 12-18 years old
Spiritual Strength: Will, Identity, Commitment
Developmental Crisis: Identity versus Confusion
The above mentioned correspondences come from Susan J. Wright's book, The Chakras in Shamanic Practice; Eight Stages of Healing and Transformation. I have been delayed in creating a post for this chakra focus, not for lack of attempting, but for an abundance of confusion! This chakra covers such a wide ranging area of characteristics, as well as organs in the body. This chakra is usually generalized as the "stomach chakra", however upon careful inspection it actually covers, the liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, pancreas, diaphragm, kidneys, and adrenals. Wow! For each one of these organs, there is an emotional parallel or corresponding set of emotional principles. For each of these organs/emotions there is also a dualism, yin and yang, or contradicting element. I will not go into to each as I have experienced them, but I will place a chart I have created based on Donna Eden's book Energy Medicine, that will better illustrate my point.
With so much going on in this Chakra, hopefully you can now understand why this particular chakra focus has been such a daunting task to complete. Some personal issues that have jumped out for me surrounding control, being suspicious verus trusting, and truly breathing deep from the diaphragm. I can recall not so long ago being terrified of breathing too deeply and not understanding exactly where or when that fear had developed. Knowing now that the diaphragm can also be associated with the processing of greif or loss, it makes sense to me. There are certainly some events from my past that involve me not appropriately "grieving" over a loss. Grieving does not always mean literal death, but can certainly mean a loss of love or closely held beliefs that are no longer true and can quite literally take your breath away. We do not often take the time to process our feelings, in the last few years I feel time has been moving very quickly and I have been moving just as fast, neglecting to take time to sit and check-in with myself after emotionally traumatic events. I am beginning to believe that if I cry from a personal-emotional hurt, a flood gate will open and may never close. I was once a very emotional sensitive person and everything made me cry, (I'm also a Cancer, the zodiac's biggest cry-baby), somewhere along the lines I was simply all cried out and a very large, thick wall went up and tears were not allowed. Self-protective anger resonates with me in this case, I needed to protect myself from emotional hurts, and while doing so, I closed myself from a lot of people.
I cannot reiterate enough on how encompassing this chakra is. It explains so much on so many, many levels of my character to date. I can see how it has developed from the Root Chakra up, and from the Solar Plexus up to my crown. This "Power" chakra deserves it's name, it is quite powerful, and one I did not intentionally neglect, but assumed was "powerfully" charged because I thought I had a healthy sense of self. Our ego lies here, and so does our confusions, so it is no wonder so many of us walk this earth with varying degrees of a false sense of self.
This is a sad revelation, but one I needed to face, and this is one reason for my doing these chakra focuses, I needed to look deeper at these aspects of self. It is my hope that my own personal exploration and sharing will inspire you to look inside yourself as well.
I can now finally move on to the Heart Chakra, it is my intention to rekindle the more compassionate, loving, and vulnerable side of myself.
Peace & Blessings to you all.
Element: Fire
Developmental Age: 12-18 years old
Spiritual Strength: Will, Identity, Commitment
Developmental Crisis: Identity versus Confusion
The above mentioned correspondences come from Susan J. Wright's book, The Chakras in Shamanic Practice; Eight Stages of Healing and Transformation. I have been delayed in creating a post for this chakra focus, not for lack of attempting, but for an abundance of confusion! This chakra covers such a wide ranging area of characteristics, as well as organs in the body. This chakra is usually generalized as the "stomach chakra", however upon careful inspection it actually covers, the liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, pancreas, diaphragm, kidneys, and adrenals. Wow! For each one of these organs, there is an emotional parallel or corresponding set of emotional principles. For each of these organs/emotions there is also a dualism, yin and yang, or contradicting element. I will not go into to each as I have experienced them, but I will place a chart I have created based on Donna Eden's book Energy Medicine, that will better illustrate my point.
With so much going on in this Chakra, hopefully you can now understand why this particular chakra focus has been such a daunting task to complete. Some personal issues that have jumped out for me surrounding control, being suspicious verus trusting, and truly breathing deep from the diaphragm. I can recall not so long ago being terrified of breathing too deeply and not understanding exactly where or when that fear had developed. Knowing now that the diaphragm can also be associated with the processing of greif or loss, it makes sense to me. There are certainly some events from my past that involve me not appropriately "grieving" over a loss. Grieving does not always mean literal death, but can certainly mean a loss of love or closely held beliefs that are no longer true and can quite literally take your breath away. We do not often take the time to process our feelings, in the last few years I feel time has been moving very quickly and I have been moving just as fast, neglecting to take time to sit and check-in with myself after emotionally traumatic events. I am beginning to believe that if I cry from a personal-emotional hurt, a flood gate will open and may never close. I was once a very emotional sensitive person and everything made me cry, (I'm also a Cancer, the zodiac's biggest cry-baby), somewhere along the lines I was simply all cried out and a very large, thick wall went up and tears were not allowed. Self-protective anger resonates with me in this case, I needed to protect myself from emotional hurts, and while doing so, I closed myself from a lot of people.
I cannot reiterate enough on how encompassing this chakra is. It explains so much on so many, many levels of my character to date. I can see how it has developed from the Root Chakra up, and from the Solar Plexus up to my crown. This "Power" chakra deserves it's name, it is quite powerful, and one I did not intentionally neglect, but assumed was "powerfully" charged because I thought I had a healthy sense of self. Our ego lies here, and so does our confusions, so it is no wonder so many of us walk this earth with varying degrees of a false sense of self.
This is a sad revelation, but one I needed to face, and this is one reason for my doing these chakra focuses, I needed to look deeper at these aspects of self. It is my hope that my own personal exploration and sharing will inspire you to look inside yourself as well.
I can now finally move on to the Heart Chakra, it is my intention to rekindle the more compassionate, loving, and vulnerable side of myself.
Peace & Blessings to you all.
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