An aspect of our energetic health resides in the 3rd chakra or solar plexus region of the body. It is a centre which is also referred to as our core, especially in terms of specific physical exercise. It is the part of the body from which everything stems on a physical level but this is also true energetically.
The 3rd chakra/solar plexus is strategically based to assist in the balance and stability of the lower chakras and higher chakras. An accurate visual would be an obelisk. An obelisk structure is constructed with sovereignty, independence. It stands alone. It is not dependent upon other structures for support.
The balance of the core allows for height and weight without toppling over. This is the analogy for our place of personal power within the energy system. When this area of the solar plexus/3rd chakra is out of balance one may suffer with stomach issues. You may notice some people cross their arms over their mid sections when arguing or if there is conflict nearby.
The solar plexus/3rd chakra is a very real receptacle to external energies. When receiving bad news or on the receiving end of rage it is very common to feel it like a ‘punch in the belly’. Maintaining the energetic health of the solar plexus/ 3rd chakra is essential for maintaining healthy personal boundaries.
Energetic cords can be a problem. These cords are like energetic umbilical cords which are attached to our 3rd chakras/solar plexus usually by key personalities in our lives. The cords are a way in which the desires and/or needs of another can be conveyed and cemented into the relationship as paramount. This can be for many different reasons. Sometimes there are family members who love us so much that they want us to by pass any mistakes which they themselves made. Other times it can be purely for power and control by others.
These cords if lodged into the solar plexus/3rd chakra can become direct channels for the belief systems of others and are directly plugged into you. Are you making decisions about your life based on your needs and desires or because he or she wants you to do it a certain way which allows for their needs and desires to be met. Relationships where power struggles are a part of daily life usually have many cords in operation. The question is always “whose information am I operating off of”? Ideally we want to be pretty much operating off of only our own information.
What works for others does not necessarily work for us, no matter how much good intent is involved or how much time has been invested in the relationship. One’s personal power is exactly that, personal.
How to rid the solar plexus/3rd chakra of cords is the question. At times this happens naturally such as when we fall out of a relationship and there is no contact. Because there is no longer any exchange of energy, the cords, just as an umbilical cord would do, dries up and falls away. Some cords are not so easily cut. This is where energy work becomes essential.
I give my clients the metaphor of driving the car of their life. Are they driving? Are they in the passenger seat and have they let someone else drive their life. Could they be in the back seat and allowing more than one to do the driving of their life. I have even seen clients whose personal power was so hijacked that they were hanging on the back of their cars by their fingertips. Again, this is where there are usually quite a few cords in place siphoning off the ability to set boundaries with others, thus preventing the application of their own personal power.
The cords can be removed but the goal is to keep clients from getting corded again. We cannot help that others attempt to cord into us but we can assist in the prevention of cords lodging in the solar plexus/3rd chakra. It is a bit like a dart being thrown. It is hits the cork of a dart board it will stick, if it hits a window it will fall to the floor. The texture and malleability of the chakra is what is re-structured. The chakra is re-formatted. There is a strong but translucent shield placed over the solar plexus/3rd chakra area to prevent the lodging of cords. They simply drop to the ground and do not make contact.
I give my clients the visual of an M&M candy or Venetian blown glass. The colour of the chakra remains rich and bright, it is just the texture from sticky to smooth which changes and with it a cord free centre for personal power. Clients are then able to focus on running their own energy through this very important facet of themselves. This is where it begins to become very exciting. A new level of confidence is one of the benefits I am often advised of. This is surely to do with the minimal amount of conflictive information being processed. If the source of our decision making is coming primarily from us, the information will be consistent. It will feel right. Comfortable in our own skin without too much struggle is the benefit of being cord free. When our thoughts or decisions are not consistent or referred to by medical doctors as having cognitive dissonance, it can be very de-stabilising.
I have recently had the good fortune of seeing many long term clients, some of up to 10 years and I can say with such enthusiasm that healing, balancing and maintenance of their solar plexus/3rd chakra health has been pivotal in being the consistent and designated driver in their vehicle of life. Their life decisions are based on their own information. They are cord free. Sovereignty and a sense of confidence in their decision making capabilities regarding the scenic routes presented become a natural way of life. Healthy personal power is certainly the primary navigation sitting in the driver’s seat of their life.
Michele Roberts 