Creativity that Flows from the Centre
Working with this watery chakra teaches you to ride the ebb and flow of your creativity. This juicy, orange chakra picks you up and carries you on a wave of pleasure and through your work you get to share that pleasure with others. The sacral chakra links your creativity to the umbilical cord of life, you learn about the attraction of opposites, and your ideas are fertilised and grow.
Sacral Chakra at-a-glance
Sanskrit name: Svadhisthana (one’s own abode, sweetness)
Physical location: the navel, the belly, lower abdomen, areas of the body associated with sexual pleasure and procreation.
Element: water
Colour: orange
Yantra: upward-pointing crescent moon.
Seed Mantra: Vam (pronounced vum)
Affirmations: I trust myself. My inner wisdom guides me.
Main creative concerns: Riding the ebb and flow of creativity. Seeking and giving pleasure through your work.
Balanced: Has a good sense of self, healthy boundaries, fulfilling relationships, open to giving and receiving pleasure, at ease with sexuality, creative, emotionally intelligent, able to ride the ebb and flow of life.
Excessive: Poor boundaries, no sense of self, dependency, addictive tendencies, sexually reckless, manic, irrational, ruled by emotions, uncentred, and self-destructive.
Deficient: In a rut, feels stuck, out of touch with emotions, hyper-rational, lack of intuition, lives in head, self-contained, sexually repressed, a drudge, cut off from pleasures of life.
Life Issues: Relationships, establishing healthy boundaries, seeking pleasure, finding enjoyment in life, sexuality, procreation, biorhythms, creativity.
Healing practices: Socialising, healthy sexual relationships, being nurtured and nurturing, rhythmic physical activities, such as flowing yoga sequences, walking, running, cycling, swimming, belly dancing, Tai Chi, being near water, touching and being touched, breath awareness, all creative activities.
Physical location: the navel, the belly, lower abdomen, areas of the body associated with sexual pleasure and procreation.
Element: water
Colour: orange
Yantra: upward-pointing crescent moon.
Seed Mantra: Vam (pronounced vum)
Affirmations: I trust myself. My inner wisdom guides me.
Main creative concerns: Riding the ebb and flow of creativity. Seeking and giving pleasure through your work.
Balanced: Has a good sense of self, healthy boundaries, fulfilling relationships, open to giving and receiving pleasure, at ease with sexuality, creative, emotionally intelligent, able to ride the ebb and flow of life.
Excessive: Poor boundaries, no sense of self, dependency, addictive tendencies, sexually reckless, manic, irrational, ruled by emotions, uncentred, and self-destructive.
Deficient: In a rut, feels stuck, out of touch with emotions, hyper-rational, lack of intuition, lives in head, self-contained, sexually repressed, a drudge, cut off from pleasures of life.
Life Issues: Relationships, establishing healthy boundaries, seeking pleasure, finding enjoyment in life, sexuality, procreation, biorhythms, creativity.
Healing practices: Socialising, healthy sexual relationships, being nurtured and nurturing, rhythmic physical activities, such as flowing yoga sequences, walking, running, cycling, swimming, belly dancing, Tai Chi, being near water, touching and being touched, breath awareness, all creative activities.
In the Chakras for Creativity book you will find a Sacral Chakra inspired yoga practice, meditation, walking meditation, writing meditation, and meditation questions.