Explore the Svadhisthana chakra, your powerful sacral chakra that resonates with passion, creativity & joy. It’s located in the lower abdomen. When this chakra is balanced and open, we experience a sense of joy and vitality and can create from a place of happiness.
However, when the sacral chakra is out of balance, we may experience emotional overwhelm. This imbalance may also manifest as creative or sexual energy blocks. Or even physical discomfort in certain areas of the body.
By understanding the power of Svadhisthana Chakra and using some simple techniques, we can reclaim our creative energy, vitality and joy. Let’s explore what drives this important chakra & learn some easy ways on how to balance it.
What Is Svadhisthana Chakra
The Svadhisthana Chakra is a term in Sanskrit that is often called the sacral center or the sacral chakra.
It is the second chakra.
Located above the root chakra and below the solar plexus chakra.
This chakra responds to how we feel throughout all the different waves in our life.
It’s also about how well we adapt to change or whether we fear change as it happens.
This sacral center, also known as the moon chakra. Because inside the 6 petal lotus symbol, the circle shape represents different phases of the moon.
The different cycles of the moon have an impact on us including the energy that surrounds us.
These phases reflect the transitions and changes that happen throughout our life, death, and birth. Everything is moving, and nothing stays the same.
The outer part of the 6 petal lotus represents different thoughts and emotions.
At conscious and unconscious levels.
Each of the six petals are associated with a negative state. Addressing and releasing negative states such as anger, pride, cruelty, jealousy, desire, and hatred, helps cleanse and restore balance to this chakra.
What Element Is The Sacral Chakra
Element of the sacral chakra is related to water.
Water is associated with the fluidity of emotions and feelings, instincts and desires. And even the subconscious mind.
You can work on accepting and embracing your emotions by visualizing them flowing freely like a river.
Try using the image of water and its fluidity to heal and let go of old feelings and patterns that no longer serve you.
Sacral Chakra Color Meaning
You can wear the color orange during meditation or visualization to help align the sacral chakra. Also using a sacral chakra crystal can further support this process.
In many spiritual traditions, orange symbolizes energy, vitality, and transformation.
Monks in some cultures wear orange as a sign of their dedication, truth and purity. It is also associated with renunciation and the pursuit of higher wisdom.
The sacral chakra’s color is associated with creativity, fluidity, emotions, compassion, and change.
How Does Sacral Chakra Get Blocked
What causes the sacral chakra to become blocked?
Our sacral chakra is driven by our various emotions and thoughts. Like guilt, fear of intimacy, fear of trusting others, and even a fear of being alone.
These emotions can block this energy center.
We may also feel creatively stuck or feel like our lives lack passion or pleasure. Sometimes even having difficulty trusting our own intuition.
On the other hand when we are in touch with our feelings, we allow them to flow freely, without the fear based emotions.
How To Balance & Strengthen Svadisthana Chakra
Balance is key when it comes to the Svadhisthana chakra. To balance and strengthen the Svadhisthana chakra, practicing moderation in all things is a good place to start. This means not overindulging, but also not depriving yourself.
Take time for yourself to reflect on your feelings, being really honest about what needs working on.
One of the ways on how to strengthen your sacral chakra is by having a regular holistic practice. Example: like yoga, meditation or breath work.
And remembering to balance the first chakra before moving on to the second to strengthen it.
As you continue to practice healing and balancing this energy center, you’ll begin to intuitively sense when your sacral chakra has strengthened. Working in harmony and alignment with mind, body and spirit.
Here are some simple methods to assist in balancing and strengthening this energy center:
Doing some sacral chakra yoga poses.
Meditation with chakra music and using healing crystals that resonate with the Svadhisthana chakra.
Reciting affirmations while using an orange chakra candles.
Using sacral chakra colors throughout the home or office. Or by wearing certain elements.
Examples: an orange chakra bracelet or placing some crystals throughout your environment or personal sanctuary.
Spending time out in nature, near water.
Taking a relaxing bath to release some stressful energy.
Eating foods that align with the Svadhisthana chakra.
Here are 15 sacral chakra affirmations :
You may want to change the affirmations to suit your own dialogue. Use your chakra gut feeling when creating emotional statements—speaking them gently with love and respect.
Crystals For Healing Sacral Chakra
The sacral chakra stone that’s used more often than other crystals is the carnelian.
It’s symbolic of the orange chakra and resonates with this energy center and its metaphysical meaning. Although there are many other chakra stones that have been used to help spiritually heal the sacral center.
Each stone has its own different properties and associations. Choose one that really resonates with you most during your meditation sessions.
You can even form a crystal grid. Or keep a thumb stone in your pocket or purse, carrying its energy with you throughout your day.
During meditation, yoga sessions, or even aromatherapy massage, some prefer to place the crystal on their solar plexus area. Also known as the belly button chakra or navel chakra.
Here’s the list of stones and crystals for healing the sacral chakra. These are also used for balancing and strengthening this energy center:
Peridot
Used to heal both the heart and sacral chakras
Aids in processing of emotions and enhances creativity
Supports manifestation, helping to unblock creativity or sexual energy
Used for emotional balance, when struggling with jealousy or anger
Ruby
Connecting to root and sacral chakras
Ideal for working from the first chakra up to the second
Represents fire, passion, desire, and motivation
Used for transformation, burns away old emotions, making way for new growth
and change and with aligns
Topaz
Used in healing, energizing, and maintaining one’s motivation
Supports alignment of the body’s energetic pathways
Encourages clear, loving self-expression and communication
Used to help release anger, jealousy, and resentment
Carnelian
- Opens and balances sacral chakra
- Aligns with emotions such as joy, passion, transformation, and change
- Used for its grounding energy, stabilizing thoughts and emotions
- Wearing carnelian stimulates creativity, promotes courage and positive life choices
Tigers eye
- Grounds and centers this chakra, during times of stress or change
Used for protection, guarding against negative energies
Also supports manifestation, commonly used in prosperity rituals
Jade
Grounding and healing stone, releasing negative emotions like guilt, fear, and resentment
Comes in various colors, green, white, and lavender
Also called “Dream Stone,” Used for relationships, love, maturity, and wealth
Brings harmony and prosperity to spaces, according to Feng Shui principles
Chrysoprase
Used for new beginnings, releasing past emotions, to move forward with confidence
Brings harmony and balance, healing heartache and resentment
Promotes Divine truth and understanding toward spiritual growth
Amber
Not crystal, it’s fossilized resin, valued for its mystical and transformative aspects
Associated with element of fire, so a powerful sacral chakra stone
Cleanses the energy field, turning negative energy into positive energy
Used in healing and transformation, radiating warmth and energy from the sun
Sacral Chakra Poses
Goddess pose ( Utkata Konasana)The Goddess pose can help the flow of prana to the reproductive organs, improving their function.
There are many poses that can help to balance this energy center, some of these poses also work for different chakras as well.
Here are a few of the sacral chakra postures, used for grounding and balancing.
Although for some of them, you might need to be rather flexible and for beginners it’s best sticking to some simple poses the body can handle.
Before trying any poses that seem straining, it would be a good idea to take some yoga classes with an experienced instructor.
This way, they can help you stay safe and get the most out of your poses
Frog pose (Mandukasana) This pose is great for the second chakra, helps with flexibility and fluidity, both associated with the water element.
Low Lung pose (Anjaneyasana) The low lung pose helps stimulate the second chakra; helps with enhancing creativity and emotional balance.
Legs up the wall pose (Viparita Karani) It’s more of an “inverted” pose, one in which the posture is simplified enough to make you feel revitalized with your body and mind.
Child pose (Balasana) The spiritual meaning of child pose is that it allows us to connect with our inner child. This pose symbolizes feeling safe within the womb. Accepting and surrendering to change and experience the outside world. Child pose can be a very grounding pose for some.
Sacral Chakra Healing Meditation Music
Sacral chakra healing meditation music is designed to help clear, balance, and ground the sacral center. They produce harmonic resonance, which helps realign our chakras.
When the Svadhisthana and healing music blend together effortlessly, we allow the healing vibrations to work their subtle energy,
Some of sacral center solfeggio frequency ranges are 288 Hz/ 417 hz/ 480 hz. The 417hz frequency resonates with this chakra for change and transition. Its symbolic meaning that things never stay the same. A powerful force of the universe and its evolutionary change.
These gentle sound waves are known metaphysically to help undo certain situations, past feelings and help to facilitate change. So we can move forward into the future.
Using a crystal grid, an orange chakra candle or by chanting a sacral chakra mantra, can all be part of a lovely sound bath experience.
You can even use your own instrument such as a singing bowl to help with daily balancing and chakra clearing. When our chakras are balanced, we feel confident, to move on and enjoy life.
Sacral Chakra Candle
Sacral chakra candles make the perfect setting when you combine essential oils or healing crystals into the mix.
It helps to create a unique ambiance in the room for your healing intentions.
Usually, chakra candles with crystals ontop of the candle make it more special. After all when the candle is finished, you get to keep the crystal to place anywhere in the home environment.
Setting the mood in your home with things like candles, essential oils, and crystals can help raise the energy in the room. This can be helpful if you want to feel the more positive energy in your space.
Always ensure plenty of ventilation when essential oils or candles are used, so any strong fragrances don’t overpower you.
If you’re looking to elevate your chakra practice, especially for the sacral chakra. Here are some of my favorite hand-picked products that I personally love to use and we’ve mentioned in this blog post.
Have a look and see if there’s something you’d like to add to your own sessions!
Final Take
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We hope you’ve got some extra tips and techniques from our article, by exploring what emotions drive the Swadhisthana chakra and how to balance this powerful sacral center connected to passion, creativity, and joy.
If you’re looking for more good vibes for health and wellness from a holistic approach, check out our other posts on chakras.
Alternatively here are the links for each individual chakra to make it easier for you!
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