The chakrasare concentrated points of energy, and they add a spiritual dimension to health.
Just as every structure in the physical body has a physiological purpose, each chakra has a spiritual one.
This helps my clients understand why they are suffering and what it all means.
Although the chakras are not physical structures, they can still be wounded and dysfunctional.
When a chakra is “wounded,” we live in the shadow frequency of that particular chakra.
The shadow of the solar plexus chakra is shame.
Shame typically stems from our teen years, when we build our identity.
Shame keeps us small.
Shame keeps us incomplete yet tells us we are not enough.
Shame drives our pursuit of perfection yet says we are not worthy.
Physical signs of the solar plexus chakra’s shadow.
Somewhere in your unconscious, shame is alive and it’s obstructing your unlimited potential.
These are the parts of you that others love mostthe roots of your worthiness.
The gift of the solar plexus chakra is self-acceptance.
To heal the wound of shame, we must move from judgment to worthiness.
Self-acceptance is about identifying all the things we judge ourselves harshly for and welcoming them back in.
Acceptance says, “All of you is welcome hereespecially your vulnerabilities.”
The more you accept yourself, the more worthy you become.
To receive love, you must be worthy of love.
To create financial wealth or professional success, you must be worthy of it.
To have a loving partnership, you must be worthy of it.
Here are three exercises to help you get started:
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Always start with awareness.
Create a “fix it” list for yourself.
List all the things about yourself you are trying to fix, change, or improve upon.
Then review the list and note all the things on the list you judge yourself harshly for.
Reframe and discover your gifts.
Using the list above, identify how each thing on that list has served you.
Have these qualities protected you?
Are they connected to parts of yourself that you like?
Can you find a gift in each one of the things on the list?
Note the dialogue that prevents you from doing it, and do it anyway.
Do it with the intention of failing.
Let yourself fail and discover how liberating it is to live imperfectly.
