Balancing Your Solar Plexus Chakra with Essential Oil

The solar plexus chakra is the power center. It is associated with the color yellow. Golden yellow like the sun and it is just as powerful. It is power. It is energy. It is where we develop our inner power. Our very own personal power that carries us through adverse times and difficult decisions. It enables us to make a solid decision about something, anything. It enables us to let fear go and allow our inner power to shine through like the sun.

One's own personal power is very important. We tend to feel weakened by the routine of daily life - paying bills, unfulfilling jobs, no sense of purpose, and feeling out of control. I know for a long time I grappled with my own personal power. And intuitively, I would receive messages telling me to 'take back my power.' But how could I take something back if I never had it in the first place?

The truth is I always had inner power or personal power. It was always in me. Likewise, it is within all of you. We feel as though there is no power to be had because we feel the power is in the money, the finances, the career, and the material possessions. Yet, this is far from the truth. True personal power is a sense of knowing. It is a sense of being one's own self without apology and without resistance. It is acceptance of self. It is love of self. And as we all know when we feel these things for ourselves then we can feel them 'honestly' and 'totally' for others.

A well-balanced solar plexus chakra helps us to stand strong in our own personal power. It helps us to walk throughout each day knowing that we have the power to positively effect our own lives as well as others. True power isn't controlling others or fighting for control of self. True power is surrendering to your own personal power (Higher Self) or your Higher Power (i.e., God/Spirit/Divine) without feeling you have to be in the driver's seat all the time.

There's nothing wrong with taking control of the wheel from time to time, but when we specifically look to a higher source, whether it is within or without, we have to let go and allow that higher source to come to our aid. A well-balanced solar plexus chakra provides us with that ability.

To keep it balanced on a regular basis, try the following aromatherapy visualization. Simply close your eyes and get a good image of your solar plexus chakra in your mind's eye. It is circle filled with golden yellow light. It is spinning in a clockwise motion at a steady pace. It is bright. It is cleansed. Hold this image in your mind and put a drop of peppermint oil in the palm of your hand. Rub your hands together and hold them about 2-3 inches from your face. Inhale the fragrance of the peppermint oil into your whole being while holding the image of your solar plexus chakra in your mind.

You will know your solar plexus chakra is balanced when you feel a sense of inner strength. You are confident and your self-esteem is balanced. You will be comfortable with your own personal power and stand strong in it. You will be focused and able to make decisions.

Blessings to you on your path!