Discover what the Sacral Chakra is associated with, learn to identify if it could be out of balance, and integrate tips and tricks in your self-care routine to work on that centre.
A chakra is an energy centre in the body, associated with different principles. You can use your knowledge of the chakra system for your self-awareness and self-development. These centres can be correlated to specific types of life experiences, lived emotions, and life patterns. You can use different tools, such as gemstone talismans or essential oils, to work on energy centres that you want to support or bring more awareness to in your life.
See also: How to Use Chakras for Self-Development
Table of Contents
- 1 Sacral Chakra Associations: Desires & Life Force
- 2 Sacral Chakra Themes
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- 4 Why you would want to work on your Sacral Chakra
- 5 Signs your Sacral Chakra is out of balance
- 6 How to Balance your Sacral Chakra
- 7 Sacral Chakra Talismans
- 8 Sacral Chakra Gemstones
- 9 Sacral Chakra Gemstone Bracelets
- 10 Sacral Chakra Essential Oils
Sacral Chakra Associations: Desires & Life Force
The Sacral Chakra, located below your belly button, is traditionally called the Svadhishana centre and has to do with the idea of ‘home’. The Sacral Chakra deals with lessons related to the use and exchange of our energy with the world (through work or sexuality, for example), as well as lessons related to desire.
The Sacral Chakra is associated with the flow of your life force, your will and desires. This inner fire has an appetite for life, creativity and enjoyment and is associated with the physical use of our energy. It is an energy of initiative, which responds to the callings of needs and desires. Food, rest, exercise and pleasure are goals it sets out for. It seeks balance, well-being and comfort. Taking care of yourself, having a sense of energetic balance, is one of the first ways in which your will and desires can take form – and it creates a healthy relationship to your life force and an appreciation for existence. A healthy vital force is attuned to worthiness, joy, and feeling comfortable in your body.
Sacral Chakra Themes
- Inner fire
- Well-being
- Pleasure
- Creativity
- Abundance
- Merit & Worthiness
- Vitality
- Health
Why you would want to work on your Sacral Chakra
You could be interested in working on your Sacral Chakra to support empowered transformations in your life and welcome abundance and blessings in all their forms. The Sacral Chakra has to do with your engagement with the world, and you may want to support it if you are engaging in new activities that require action and creativity. This chakra supports the concept of merit and worthiness. You are worthy and deserving of abundance in all its forms. You are worthy and deserving of enjoying life and the pleasures of existence. This chakra works on the notion that your well-being is connected to the well-being of the whole, and that your active, healthy participation in the world makes it a better place. Engaging your energy with the world brings forth abundance in all its forms.
Emotions associated with an unbalanced Sacral Chakra are guilt and unworthiness.
Signs your Sacral Chakra is out of balance
Here are examples showcasing how your Sacral Chakra could be out of balance. It may be over-active or under-active, which leads to different expressions of energy in your life.
Your Sacral Chakra could be over-active if your energy is pushed to the extremes and you do not control the appetites of your boundless desires. If your involvement with the world is ‘gluttonous’, you will not be able to healthily honour the needs and limits of your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. You will feel your energy going up and down in an unstable way. You may find yourself abusing yourself, pushing yourself too far, and draining your vital energy. Sometimes, this abuse is seen as a form of ‘self-care’ but it is actually self-sabotage. For example, working out too hard and harming your physical body, or partying too hard and depleting your energy to the point of making you sick.
Alternatively, your Sacral Chakra could be under-active. The idea of ‘not feeling good enough’ is a good sign of an under-active chakra. Signs of it could take the form of demotivation, disinterest or lack of inspiration. If you feel bottled up energy and disengaged, this is a good sign to work on your Sacral Chakra. Other signs include bitterness, frustration, negativity, being resentful of others, feeling guilt, and making others suffer. You may be irritated or jealous of others having a good time. A good first step to move out of that pattern is to focus on healthy self-care, and reconnect with your energy and your worthiness of being happy.
How to Balance your Sacral Chakra
Balancing this energy centre involves integrating self-care practices in your daily life. This will give you positive boosts of enjoyment of life, which is ideal to rejuvenate your connection to your life force, and engage in life in fruitful, beneficial ways.
Self-care practices can take many forms:
- Beauty rituals. Pamper yourself in an enjoyable way, whether it’s an at-home spa experience, a new haircut or manicure.
- Joyfully connect to your body, through dancing or other playful activities
- Treat yourself to new experiences, such as visiting a new place, trying a new restaurant, enjoying something new
- Gift yourself something that connects you to the sense of abundance. This can be as simple as picking a bouquet of wildflowers or a new candle to place by your bathtub.
- Use essential oils to stimulate your senses and anchor in your intentions
See also: About Aromatherapy
Sacral Chakra Talismans
Different gemstones are associated with this energy centre, and are attributed different properties that relate to its principles. Sacral Chakra gemstones are associated with ideas of energetic involvement, vitality, entrepreneurship, inner fire and more.
You may keep your gemstones in specific places of your choice. Some enjoy keeping them in their room, displayed in a pretty bowl. Others like keeping specific gems in their workplace, such as on their desk, to be reminded of their associations. You can also create a little ritual altar for yourself, in a space where you can focus on meditative practices and prayer.
See also: What is a Talisman?
Sacral Chakra Gemstones
Here is a list of gemstones that can be used as talismans to connect you to the energies and concepts of the Sacral Chakra. Click on their names to learn more about their individual properties. Another fun trick is to browse the pocket stone category, look at the images, and see what you are intuitively drawn to.
Sacral Chakra Gemstone Bracelets
A gemstone bracelet is a great way to keep in mind your specific intentions. The gemstone bracelet works just like a talisman, meaning it connects you with precise energies and concepts you want to align yourself with in your life. It can be seen just like a good luck charm, which keeps specific concepts of energy, action, engagement and abundance on your mind.
- Carnelian – Energy, Action & Courage
- Garnet – Passion & Commitment
- Chrysanthemum Stone – Inspiration & Wealth
- Mookaite – Protection & Karma
- Tiger Eye – Luck & Success
- Picture Jasper – Integration & Initiative
- Picasso Jasper – Strength & Self-Discipline
- Red Agate – Inner Fire
- Red Brecciated Jasper – Proactive & Creative Actions
Sacral Chakra Essential Oils
Essential oils are amazing tools for energy work, as they have a very quick effect on the body. Your sense of smell is directly connected to the brain, and can trigger a physical reaction in as little as 20 seconds. Depending on the essential oils used, the reaction can be soothing, relaxing, grounding, energizing, uplifting or focus-enhancing.
If you are interested in learning more about how essential oils work on the body, you can download my free introduction to essential oils MP3 course here. In it, I delve into what essential oils are, how and why they are so effective on the body. After understanding this, you will be better placed to delve into how essential oils work on the emotional system and can be used for energy work.
Essential oils can support anchoring in specific intentions. You can integrate the use of specific oils or specific blends in your self-care practice. For example, you may use them symbiotically with practices such as meditation, breath work, yoga or stretching. As you soothe your mind and body into a relaxed state, you will link specific scents to the experience, and will be able to use the oils as an energetic “pick me up” throughout the day, whenever you need it. This is a fun and playful way of connecting with the intentions and mindset you are anchoring into your lived experience.
The following blends were specifically designed with themes of the Sacral Chakra in mind. Click on their respective links to learn more about the properties of the gemstones and essential oils they contain.
