Chakra 2 — Sacral

·        Primary Focus — Pleasure & Self-Gratification

·        Sacred truth of the Relationship chakra — Honor One Another

·        Petals — Six energy vortices energy vortices

·        Element — Water

·        Sanskrit Name & Meaning — Svadhisthana, (sweetness, or her special abode)

·        Purpose — Movement and connection

·        Color — Orange

·        Location — Sacral Plexus (lower abdomen to navel area)

·        Identity — Physical

·        Archetype — Lover

·        Demon — Guilt

·        Developmental Stage — 6 to 24 months

·        Developmental Tasks — locomotion and exploration with senses

·        Basic Rights — To feel and have pleasure

·        Function — Sensuality/Sexuality

Note — This chakra controls the creation of the physical form; it governs sexual energy and all of its desires.

Primary Strengths — The ability and stamina to survive financially and physically on one’s own and to defend and protect oneself; the ‘fight or flight’ instinct; the ability to take risks; the resilience to recover from loss whether of family members, partners, property, occupation, or finances; the power to rebel and reestablish a life; and personal and professional decision-making ability and talent.

Primary Fears — Fear of loss of control, or being controlled by another through the dominating power of events or conditions such as addiction, rape, betrayal, impotence, financial loss, abandonment by our primary partner or professional colleagues. Loss of function and degeneration of the physical body is another fear.

Lesson — Feelings. The right to feel. Connected to our sensing abilities and issues related to feelings. Intimacy issues and the ability to be social.

Balanced Characteristics — Graceful movement, emotional intelligence, ability to experience pleasure, nurturance of self and others, ability to change, and healthy boundaries.

Organs, Glands and/or Body Systems —

§        Reproductive organs

§        Large intestine

§        Lower vertebrae

§        Pelvis

§        Appendix

§        Bladder

§        Hip area

Mental, Emotional Issues —

This chakra resonates to our need for relationships with other people and our need to control to some extent the dynamics of our physical environment. All the attachments by which we maintain control over our external lives, such as authority, other people, or money, are linked through this chakra to our energy field and physical body. The illnesses that originate in this energy center are activated by the fear of losing control. Prostate or ovarian cancer, chronic pain in the lower back and hips, and arthritis are a few of the more common health problems. Problems at menopause, such as hot flashes and depression, are second chakra energy dysfunctions, Fibroids result from second chakra creative energy that was not birthed and from life energy that is directed into dead end jobs or relationships.

§        Blame and guilt

§        Money and sex

§        Power and control

§        Creativity

§        Ethics and honor in relationships

Physical dysfunctions —

§        Chronic lower back pain

§        Sciatica

§        Ob/gyn problems

§        Pelvic/low back pain

§        Sexual potency

§        Urinary problems

Healing Strategies —

Movement therapy, emotional release or containment as appropriate, inner child work, boundary work, or 12-step programs for addictions. Hot aromatic baths, water aerobics, massage. Embracing sensation (such as different food tastes, touching different textures, and smelling different scents).

Sacral Chakra Foods —

Sweet fruits - melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, etc.

Honey

Nuts - almonds, walnuts, etc.

Spices - cinnamon, vanilla, carob, sweet paprika, sesame seeds, caraway seeds

Tone — D above Middle C

Essential Oils — Sandalwood, Clary Sage, Fennel, Cardamom, Elemi, Benzoin