Secrets to Staying Motivated in Plain English: Unlocking your third chakra power!
“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
– Tiffany Shelton, M.A. is a psychotherapist and consciousness expert. Her passion to elevate consciousness goes beyond the message of self-care or wellness, but instead consciously adds to these movements by demanding awakening and insight. Learn more about Tiffany Shelton by clicking here.
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Your goals may be clear, your plan may be solid, but if you can’t stay motivated you will watch your dreams go up in smoke. Living a go-getter lifestyle requires putting in work when your competitors won’t. It requires self-discipline and growth. It requires a sustainable hustle. None of this is possible without staying motivated, staying determined. The third chakra is the powerhouse of self-determination and motivation. Balancing our third chakra can helps us stoke the fire within to fuel our dreams, instead of seeing them go up in smoke.
The third chakra is called Manipura, or The Solar Plexus Chakra. This energy force is housed in our core and consists of the abdomen, digestive system, lower and middle back. Each chakra is represented by a color, and the third chakra’s color is yellow.
WHAT SETS YOU ON FIRE?
This chakra’s symbolic element is fire, symbolizes the combustion of action that occurs when our intended self (who we are meant to be) is combined with our physical self (who we are thus far). This fire metaphor also illustrates our process of finding ourselves and individuality. Fire is a combination of air (represented by the manifesting and etheral chakras above the solar plexus chakra) and charged energy (represented by the kinetic and tangible chakras below the solar plexus chakra). Through this combination of air and energy, a new element of fire is birthed which represents the birth of self.
RIGHT IN THE GUT!
This wheelhouse of energy focuses on our innate duty to find our purpose, and act on it. Hence, things like will-power, confidence, and motivation are all byproducts of having a balanced third chakra. Located right in our gut, this chakra is directly connected to our digestive systems which is a key indicator of overexertion of will power (i.e. ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome). On the other hand anxiety or anger related to under exertion of power and action can also lead to stress on your gut (i.e. diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome) due to fear of not fulfilling your purpose. The gut is also a source of intuition. This is important because it highlights our ability to know ourselves and our truth at a primal level. Again this chakra focuses on the combination of tangible energy and divine intuition to call us to act in ways that serve our true self.
LIVE IN YOUR TRUTH
The Solar Plexus Chakra allows us to examine our relationship to power, strength, drive, and confidence. Balancing this chakra will help you harness your ability to combine your intentions with your management of primal drives (i.e. anger, guilt, or fear) to produce willpower, increased self-esteem, and the beautiful ability to live in your truth no matter what the situation. Elevating ourselves towards positive transformation requires ego strength to be yourself no matter what the circumstance.
Each wheel can either live in balance or imbalance, and this is reflected by our behaviors, thoughts, emotions, and traumas related to each chakra’s wheelhouse. Take a look at how our lives are affected when the Solar Plexus Chakra’s energy is in balance (meaning the energy going into the wheel is balanced by what is coming out) versus when it is imbalanced.
TIPS FOR BALANCING THE THIRD CHAKRA
Meditation:
- Try guided meditations focused on manifestation and will power.
- Set an intention for your meditation to expand your ability to honor your true self with action.
- Read my Guide to Manifestation here, for tips on aligning your intentions with your destiny.
Yoga Poses:
- Marichi Twist (Learn this Pose here)
- Revolved Head to Knee Pose (Learn this Pose here)
- Rotated Separate Leg Forward Bend (Learn this Pose here)
Psychotherapy:
- Work with your therapist on building healthy ego strength
- Processing trauma to the Solar Plexus chakra such as issues of shame, authoritarian upbringing, or physical abuse that limited your autonomy
- Furthermore working with a therapist on co-dependency issues can help balance this chakra as well
– Tiffany Shelton, M.A. is a psychotherapist and consciousness expert. Her passion to elevate consciousness goes beyond the message of self-care or wellness, but instead consciously adds to these movements by demanding awakening and insight. Learn more about Tiffany Shelton by clicking here.
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References:
Judith, A. (2004). Eastern body, Western mind: psychology and the chakra system as a path to the self. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts.
