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Healing Our Inner Flame
Polly Jo Labbé (March, 2018) Many of us go through periods of exhaustion, disillusionment, and overwhelm. We create these phases by burning ourselves out, literally. With prolonged stress, anxiety, frustration, or overwhelm, we begin to use up the Fire energy that lies within our Solar Plexus Chakra, often referred to as the Third Chakra. Just as we would with a fire in a fireplace, we need to stoke our Fire energy, add logs or kindling to create a steadier and more even burn. We instinctively know how to do this when we see a fire going out in front of us, but how do we reignite the fire that resides in our Third Chakra?
exercise, or time in nature. To stop energy leakage, try avoiding activities or people that leave you feeling drained or exhausted just being around them. Any time our energy boundaries collapse or weaken, we may become cranky, tired, or resentful, which impacts the Third Chakra even further.
The easiest way to do this may seem completely obvious but is extremely difficult for most people to do: reduce your stress. Stress reduction comes in many forms, all worth exploring to protect your Third Chakra. Why does the Third Chakra need protection? Well, the Third Chakra contains our sense of Self. Our self-esteem, our self-worth, and our self-confidence all gather their energy in this location. When our Fire begins to dwindle, we can experience moments of doubt or fear, which can turn into depression if carried over an extended period of time. Reducing our stress now is beginning to seem like an idea worth exploring!
Excess resentment and frustration are stored in our belly surrounding the Third Chakra, which can cause even more stress on our bodies and mental health. If we feel resentful about work (or anything else), the Air energy compresses along with the Fire energy creating conditions for our Fire to burn out of control. This leads to anger becoming accelerated, sometimes leading us to push back at others energetically. This is what happens when we feel bullied by others, or they feel bullied by us. It is simply our Third Chakra in overdrive, which can even lead to anxiety or panic when things seem out of control. This is also when our boundaries have weakened, but this time because of too much energy in the Third Chakra.
Stress reduction has two components: avoiding stress-inducing situations and administering generous amounts of self-care. Avoiding stressful situations may be difficult, but we often create unnecessary stress that can be controlled. This is what I refer to as creating stronger boundaries: with yourself, with others, and most importantly with your time and energy. Begin with your time: plan out your day, week, and month. Set designated times for work, play, family, activities, exercise, and sleep. Make sure that work does not leak into time designated for another purpose! Boundaries on your energy include taking time to recharge through activities like meditation, yoga,
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With the Third Chakra out of balance, we decipher whether we have too little or too much energy and build our self-care accordingly. Remember that the key is to get back in communication with your body, what it is feeling or needing physically, emotionally, psychologically. Or spiritually. No matter how our Fire energy burns, we create more time for ourselves, through a self-care practice. To calm the energy, we want to focus on activities that encourage us to breathe deeply. This can be meditation, yoga, stretching, going for a walk, gardening, journaling, painting… and the list goes on. Also engage in activities that allow others to take
