Manipura Third Chakra
Solar Plexus Chakra
At a Glance
Main Meaning: I DO Element: Fire Colour: Yellow/Gold Planets: Sun and Mars Incense/Oils: Saffron, musk and sandalwood Herb: Cinnamon and ginger Physical Location: Between the naval and the bottom of the sternum In Harmony: Feeling of wholeness, inner calm and peace. Inner tolerance and acceptance of others. A balance of spiritual and material worlds. Out of Harmony: No trust in natural flow. Need to dominate. Emphasis on the material. Great need for material worth. Endocrine Gland: Islets of Langerhans (group of cells in the pancreas) Nerve Plexus: Solar Plexus Inner Aspect: Opinion and personal power Physical Action: Digestion Mental Action: Power Emotional Action Expansiveness Spiritual Action: Growth Crystals for Activation: Topaz and Yellow Tourmaline Crystals for Balancing: Citrine Crystals for Calming: Emerald and Sapphire
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The Functions of Manipura
The Manipura is known by under many other names, including manipuraka. It is the third of the higher Chakras on the Chakra Chart. This Chakra deals with everything related to perceptions of who you are. This is also the area that sources all matters of ego and willpower. The word Manipura means ‘place of gems’ or ‘shining like a pearl’ and has been described as 10 red petals with a downward- pointing triangle, representing the element of Fire at the centre. The meanings of the ten petals are: spiritual ignorance, thirst, jealousy, treachery, shame, fear, disgust, delusion, foolishness and sadness. All these are aspects to overcome at this chakra level before proceeding to work on purifying the Heart Chakra. The Manipura represents our third dimensional consciousness, and it is also ultimately the gateway to our fourth dimensional consciousness on the Astral Plane.
Your connections with Manipura can often be determined by what you experience on a physical level. This connection focuses on self- esteem, your will power, self-discipline as well as warmth in your personality. This can allow you to transform inertia into action and motion. It allows you to meet challenges and move forward in your life. This Chakra also controls metabolism and digestion.
Connections with the power within ourselves will keep this Chakra healthy and balanced in all aspects of your physical and spiritual life. By allowing yourself to acknowledge the conscious thoughts, feelings, actions, words and behaviours we use our will-power to consciously control our reactions, allowing you to always come from a place of kindness and love. You can choose to achieve your life purpose or you can live out your karma or past experience.
Associated Health Issues
When this chakra is you are confident and empowered with a healthy self-esteem, free from ego. It allows us to have respect for ourselves as well as others, ensuring you have a strong sense of responsibility and life in general. This in turn enables you to feel more in control of your life and do not feel victimised or controlled by others, living consciously and becoming more outgoing and cheerful.
Since the Manipura is more about ego and will-power, this Chakra is strongly aligned with the stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder and spleen. When this Chakra is out of balance, you may experience problems with these organs, including digestion. Stress and trauma dramatically affects this Chakra. If you can remove yourself from the stress and find better ways of dealing with the situation, this will provide long term benefits to your physical and spiritual body.
When excessive energy is running through this Chakra, you may feel more judgemental of others, more domineering in your actions and perfectionist in everything that you do. You‘ll be uptight and overly intellectual and often a workaholic, focusing on the logical aspects, instead of coming from a place of understanding and love.
When this Chakra is blocked you may lack confidence, display low self-esteem, lack direction and conviction, as well as be very indecisive and confused about where you wish to be in your life. You may also worry constantly about what others may think about you or your actions.
By gradually opening up to the possibility of our greater life of Spirit, we may begin to balance Manipura and it is only then that you may enter fully into the Heart Chakra.
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Once we open the Manipura it also allows you to use the fire within and the power to take charge of your actions and reactions to situations and people. This in turn allows you to fully understand your power and the ability to react with compassion and love to every circumstance. Thus empowering you to choose love, light and healing. You have the power to choose.
Cleansing/Balancing Manipura
Ensuring you are connecting fully to your fire and power you will feel confidence with a strong direction in your life.
Here are some simple exercises for Cleansing/Balancing Manipura.
Use whichever method appeals most to you.
1. Wear the colour yellow or gemstones that reflect this colour (such as citrine or yellow tigers eye); 2. Meditate on a regular basis using deep breathing methods or the Bhastrika breath; 3. Meditate on an issue to bring clarity and understanding, helping you to consciously choose a result that will be in your highest good and with the power of love and light; 4. Focus on your thoughts and behaviours throughout the day. Once you notice negative thoughts or behaviours manifesting, allow yourself to throw these negativities into a bin and light it with fire before reacting with more positive thoughts and behaviours; 5. Take up yoga or tai-chi to assist you with achieving a calm state of mind, to allow yourself to respond better in stressful situations; 6. Ground yourself regularly (imagine roots growing out from your feet into the earth; or imagine energy passing from the soles of your feet to the earth, feeling strong and stable); 7. Use ginger in your cooking to aid digestion, or add other spices that aid digestion into your diet, such as turmeric, cumin and fennel; 8. Drink tea to aid digestion as well, such as ginger tea, peppermint tea or chamomile tea; and 9. You can clear your Manipura by tapping it 3 times.
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Affirmation
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