Your solar plexus is your third chakra and is located between your ribcage and navel. The sound associated with it is “MA”

Ties to the Third Chakra

Your solar plexus is tied to digestion, nervous system and the immune system. The organs it affects is the gallbladder, pancreas, duodenum, liver, and small intestine. This chakra is put under a lot of pressure these days because of our diets. In order for the digestive system to work properly, we must eat a well balanced diet. Because the physical and emotional bodies are tied, one affects the other. When we continue to eat poorly, we’re affecting the energetic level of the solar plexus as well.

Personal Power

Your sense of self originates in the solar plexus. Your confidence, the way you perceive yourself and others depends on the health of the solar plexus. For example, if you feel inferior or superior to others, the third chakra isn’t balanced. If you were constantly around authoritative figures who made you feel dumb, clumsy, or worthless, then your relationship with the world will reflect this. Your level of personal power isn’t as strong as it could be. If you always listen to other when making decisions in your life, your solar plexus becomes blocked and you lose your personal power.

Wisdom

The solar plexus is often called the “Wisdom Body” because here is where intuitive intelligence is stored. I read in a book that when Japanese kids are asked where thinking comes from, they point to their bellies. The Western world points to their heads. That “gut feeling’ comes from your solar plexus. When this chakra is in balance, you’ll be more aware of nudges received from your gut. And when your gut talks, and you listen, life is good.

Emotional Imbalance

When the solar plexus is balanced, you experience happiness and appreciate it in the simplest forms. The sun is a symbol of the solar plexus. A good meditation is to visualize the healing and loving light of the sun. Imagine yourself surrounded in a warm caccoon of this energy. Sit there for as long as you wish.

Have you noticed that when you’re in an uncomfortable situation, you cross your arms? You’re subconsciously protecting your solar plexus. When you feel confident, you walk with your arms to your sides with your solar plexus exposed. If you find yourself crossing your arms, ask yourself why you feel uncomfortable.

Activities to bring the chakra into balance

Yoga Pose: Lord of Fishes

Kneel down on a blanket and rest on your heels. Slide your buttocks to the right of your feet and rest on the ground. Then lift your left leg and cross it over your right knee to the other side. Shuffle around until you’re comfortable.

Then twist your body by bringing your left arm behind you resting it on the ground. Your right arm will rest on the outside knee of your left leg. Hold your arm up at a 90 degree angle. Keep your back as straight as possible to promote a good twist.

When you feel ready to release, breathe in, then exhale as you unwind. First bring your left arm around then follow the movement with your head and rest of body. Repeat the steps on the other side.

Besides Reiki healing to bring balance to the chakras, here are the stones and colors to use:

Crystal Healing

Look for yellow stones like amber, citrine. Place the stone over the solar plexus while you lie on your back and imagine the energy from the stone entering and balancing your body.

Essential Oils

Amber is the scent that brings the solar plexus into balance. Wear it whenever you feel you need to bring this chakra into balance. I even rub a little bit of the oil around the rim of a yellow candle during meditation since yellow is the color of this chakra.

Use these methods to bring balance to the third chakra!