This is the third article in a series of blog posts exploring the 7 chakras, and the role they play in your overall sense of wellness. This week I will be discussing how the health of your Solar Plexus Chakra affects and influences your health and well-being.
The chakras are energy centres situated in specific areas of the body. Each chakra plays a particular role in your overall health and well-being. Find out more about what the 7 chakras are and why they matter here and here.
If you missed my first two posts, all about your Root and Sacral Chakras, you can find them here and here. You might also like to watch my oracle card reading videos for these chakras, with healing messages from Spirit here and here.
Where is your Solar Plexus Chakra located?
Your Solar Plexus Chakra is located mid-body, above your naval and between your low ribs. It extends to mid-back, and through organs such as your liver and gallbladder, spleen, intestines, and stomach.
Why is your Solar Plexus Chakra important?
When your Solar Plexus Chakra is healthy and balanced, it will be a cheery bright yellow colour. The health of your Solar Plexus Chakra can have a significant impact on your overall health and well-being.
It is the chakra for the development and expression of your individuality, your purpose, sense of empowerment. Consider it the centre of your will. Your sense of self, or your self-identification, can relate to mental health and how balanced you feel within yourself.
A client’s Solar Plexus can often tell me a great deal about how satisfied or content they feel, especially in terms of their work or career choices. I may see this chakra as ‘unhappy’ or in need of attention if my client feels overwhelmed with career choices or pathways. Or if they’re struggling to discover their purpose and how to fulfill their purpose in this lifetime.
Making choices based more on expectations or obligations, rather than being driven by purpose or a ‘calling’ can have a detrimental effect on your Solar Plexus. Living the human life with all of its financial and logistical concerns, without any respect at all for what your soul is craving, may make sense, but it won’t make your Solar Plexus Chakra healthy! And, it will likely block the flow of energy from the lower chakras and lower body up to your heart centre and upper chakras.
How can you tell if your Solar Plexus Chakra is healthy or not?
The simplest way to know if your Solar Plexus is balanced and healthy is to check in with it in your mind’s eye.
I described how to do this for your Root Chakra here – the process is the same for each of the 7 chakras.
There are also signs and symptoms that can help you to know if your Solar Plexus Chakra is thriving or not:
| Healthy & balanced | In need of attention |
| Feel empowered, courageous Not afraid to ‘take up space’ Driven by purpose and joy Feel centred and balanced Confident and sure of oneself Feel satisfied and content, esp. with work | Hesitant to be seen in entirety Look to others for the ‘right’ answers Feel lost or discouraged, esp career-wise Afraid of failing or succeeding Driven by obligations and expectations Perfectionist/very hard on yourself |
What can you do to keep your Solar Plexus Chakra healthy and balanced?
Keeping your Solar Plexus healthy and balanced is pretty simple – embrace your individuality. Yeh, OK, I know – that is nowhere near as simple as it sounds! We don’t exactly live in a world where individuality is celebrated or encouraged…
Your Solar Plexus Chakra will thrive when you are making decisions in a way that feels right for you. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the best way to make choices, when there are bills to pay and groceries to buy.
A healthy Solar Plexus Chakra is not a lost cause though! The trick is to embrace opportunities to follow your own path or purpose. For example, dropping a day at work (if you can afford to) to give yourself time to pursue your passions. Or perhaps you could volunteer a few hours a week, and fulfill your purpose in a way that brings you joy.
Being driven by your life’s purpose doesn’t always have to have a monetary/financial element to it. Sometimes, turning your purposeful work into a job that has to pay the bills can have the opposite effect. Going from passion project or stress-relieving hobby to profit-making business can potentially harm the Solar Plexus.
Find a balance between pursuing from a place of purpose and joy, and doing what you need to do to pay the bills. This is the best way for most of us to keep our Solar Plexus Chakra balanced. It doesn’t have to be a case of all or nothing!
Wheel of Life exercise
This simple, quick Wheel of Life exercise can help you to discover which areas of your life need attention. And where the optimal balance point is for you in terms of ‘want to’ and ‘need to’. It can also help you to discover areas of your life where you can fulfill your purpose and express your individuality more. These are all super important considerations for a healthy, balanced Solar Plexus.
Print it out and give it a go – you might be surprised by what you find!
If you have concerns about your sacral chakra/physical health, it might be a good idea to book in for an Intuitive Medicine consultation or check in with your trusted health practitioner.
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I will also be releasing a Solar Plexus Chakra Oracle card reading on my YouTube channel this week. This video will include messages from Spirit intended for the improved well-being of the collective. Be sure to subscribe to my channel @MedicalIntuitiveMel to be notified when the video is published.
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