| The sacral chakra located at the lower abdomen | | | | be addicted to physical pleasures and let them rule |
| is the chakra responsible for creativity, | | | | your life instead of you ruling them. |
| procreation, intimacy, emotion and desire. | | | | ACHIEVING BALANCE |
| Symbolized by water, the sacral chakra is a | | | | When the sacral chakra is in balance, you are in |
| chakra that speaks of letting go, and of going | | | | the right FLOW of your life whether in your |
| with the flow. It allows us to experience the | | | | career or in your intimate relationships. You have |
| many emotions of life - of joy, of change, even | | | | no problem letting go because you TRUST who |
| of tears. When this chakra is blocked, we repress | | | | you are and you trust the God who loves you |
| what already is. We defy reality. We even reject | | | | and takes care of you wherever you may go. At |
| who we are. | | | | the same time, you don't feel like a lost leaf who |
| Following are the parts/ organs of the body ruled | | | | gets tossed about by the wind. You enjoy |
| by the sacral chakra: | | | | pleasure but you know that there is a deeper |
| 1. Hips and lower back | | | | meaning in your life other than allowing yourself to |
| 2. The reproductive organs | | | | serve those pleasures. |
| 3. Kidney | | | | There are different methods in balancing this |
| 4. Spleen | | | | chakra: |
| 5. Pancreas | | | | 1. By sound |
| 6. Bladder | | | | 2. By color |
| If not balanced properly, an imbalanced sacral | | | | 3. By element |
| chakra could result in the following diseases: | | | | 4. By visualization |
| 1. Infertility | | | | 5. By exercise |
| 2. Urinary tract infection | | | | 6. By taking off the mask |
| 3. Kidney and bladder problems | | | | I will try to describe the first five methods in |
| 4. Anorexia/ bulimia | | | | future articles and we're going to be focusing on |
| 5. Dysfunction of the reproductive organs such as | | | | the last one here. |
| the uterus and ovaries | | | | TAKING OFF THE MASK |
| Before said imbalance could result to a physical | | | | TAKING OFF YOUR MASK means knowing |
| ailment, we must be able to read some early | | | | yourself, knowing the true condition of your soul |
| warning signals alerting us of a problem in this | | | | and shedding off disguises, pretenses, social |
| chakra: | | | | conditioning and stereotypes that fail to tell you |
| Try to answer the following questions: | | | | who you really are and what will really make you |
| 1. Do you find it hard to adapt to changes | | | | happy. |
| happening in your life, e.g. a new job, letting go of | | | | Taking off your mask, do you feel guilty of |
| a person? | | | | engaging in the simple pleasures of life like eating |
| 2. Do you feel guilty whenever you indulge on | | | | delicious food, sleeping late, shopping or enjoying a |
| healthy pleasures pampering yourself? | | | | beautiful scenery? |
| 3. Do you feel uncomfortable with intimate | | | | You must have been obliged to take on a big |
| emotional relationships? | | | | responsibility at an early age. You must have seen |
| 4. Have you become addicted to food or other | | | | many people suffering and lacking so many things |
| pleasures that run your life and destroy your | | | | in life. But does it mean you must also suffer and |
| relationships? | | | | not love yourself anymore? |
| If you answered YES to any of these questions, | | | | If you suffer too and live a sad life, what will you |
| you may be suffering from an understimulated or | | | | share to others then? Isn't it better to be able to |
| an overly stimulated sacral chakra. | | | | share your joy? |
| UNDERSTIMULATED CHAKRA | | | | Taking off your mask, have you ever felt you |
| When the sacral chakra is understimulated, you | | | | had to repress your beauty and sensuality |
| feel repressed emotions within you. You have | | | | because some people told you that in order to |
| problems in letting go and in letting life BE. You | | | | appear good and respectable, you have to appear |
| may have problems in putting too much demand | | | | ugly, boring and without any charm at all? |
| on other people and yourself. You resist change. | | | | Deep inside you however, have you felt left out |
| You can't easily go with the flow and you may be | | | | and older than your real age? Haven't you had |
| stuck in a BORING job because you are afraid of | | | | that sense of longing that someone may notice |
| change. You are afraid where this change will take | | | | you and desire you and love you? |
| you. | | | | It isn't a sin to be beautiful. It isn't bad to be |
| OVERSTIMULATED CHAKRA | | | | desired. What's wrong is to hide that beauty of |
| When your sacral chakra is overstimulated, you | | | | yours or to believe that physical beauty is all that |
| can't seem to stay put in one place or in one | | | | really matters in life. Both extremes are wrong. |
| relationship. You have no direction but always yield | | | | What are you depriving yourself of these days? |
| to where circumstances take you. You may also | | | | |