THIRD CHAKRA
MANIPURA
The 3rd Chakra stays for “Motivation & Action”
Color: Yellow
Element: Fire
Number of Petals: 10
Location: Between 5th, 6th, 7th thoracic vertebra
Action organ: Rectum
Sense organ: Eyes
Seed Mantra: RAM
Key Word: I thrive
Central Function:
Manipura is translated as 'Shining City' or 'Radiant City Center'. This chakra is a flame that is kept alive through the challenges of our lives. This fiery power burns with purpose and strengthens our will in order to remain continually motivated. Like fire this energy has to be controlled and directed, otherwise it risks being burnt. Manipura chakra oversees the digestion and energy production of the body. It is the center of psychic intuition enabling a vague sense of knowing referred to sometimes as listening to the gut.
A person with a balanced Manipura Chakra possesses accountability, reliability, honesty, prudence, luminosity, respect for traditions, industriousness, technical ability, heightened energy, and a spirit to speak up for yourself and for others.
This chakra is connected to the digestive system which is linked to the gastric fire designating the digestive processes and energy production by the body. Its focal point is the pancreas, which produces the digestive enzymes. Manipura chakra is connected to the solar plexus and the diaphragm a dome-shaped muscle tendon which divides the chest from the abdomen.
2. Digestive/ metabolic issues
3. Constipation
4. Stomach pains
6. Mental blocks
7. Nervousness/ impatience
8. Aggressiveness
10. Inferiority complex
11. Megalomania
12. Exaggerated Perfectionism
How to Balance: through breathing exercises, a chakra related asana sequence, humming the chakra's seed mantra, essential oils.
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2. Reduce salts/ sweets
3. Reduce Coffee/ stimulants
5. Relax the exhalation
6. Increase awareness
8. Uddiyana bandha
9. Nauli
Chakra research and 40 years of studies by
Ines Johanna Stephan
