Sacredness

Sacredness

What does sacred mean?

There is great healing power in the sacral chakra. At an emotional level, the second chakra helps us with abundance, well-being, pleasure, beauty, sensuality and sexuality. This feminine energy is sacred.  How can you feel into its sweet, juicy presence?

The Sacral chakra is located in the lower abdomen about 2 inches below the navel. In Eastern philosophy this center is called the Swadistana chakra also known as the Hara and it plays an essential part in belly dance, temple dance, hula and any form of sacred movement and flow.

At an emotional level, the second chakra helps us with abundance, well-being, pleasure, beauty, sensuality and sexuality. This feminine energy is sacred. 

In Western society, we tend to abuse or neglect this chakra. We abuse our sacred energy source through co-dependent relationships, sex and addictions and we neglect it by numbing out, shutting down emotionally, staying in our minds, disconnecting from our bodies and not moving our hips.

When we dance, swim, move and feel with the intention of loving ourselves, the quicker our energy opens up and begins to flow. When we are more accepting and caring of ourselves, we replace negative patterns with more positive, nourishing patterns, then our energy can shift to a lighter, freer level expressed in a sense of freedom, joy and ease.

We can feel our sacral chakra is blocked when we are in a fun and happy situation and suddenly our guard goes up because we are feeling fearful, blocked or critical.

When we’re moving this part of our body which is the center of joy, we can choose to move in joy. Play in joy. Love in joy. Connect in joy. Instead of punishing and judging ourselves, we can let our intent be love, warmth, gentleness and caring for our wounded, unhealed parts.

If you are willing to take a deeper look into yourself and your sacral chakra, great self-healing can occur.

Do you enjoy receiving?

Do you feel worthy of receiving the good things in life?

Do you feel worthy of joy, pleasure and happiness?

Are you willing to sacrifice yourself to please other people?

Are you open to developing your own creativity and express your personal freedom and joy?

Connecting to your heart, connecting to your joy and committing to meeting your needs is the way to connecting to your sacred self. Making yourself a priority. Viewing yourself as beautiful, delicate soul and celebrating that.

In many ancient societies, bathing, anointing women and adorning were a part of creating sacredness in everyday life.