Let’s explore how solar plexus chakra affirmations can play a powerful role in healing your relationship with your body and food.
It’s easy to feel like we don’t have any power or control in this world. There is so much going on that it can feel quite overwhelming. This feeling can directly feed into one’s relationship with their body and food. When you feel you can’t control aspects of your life, relationships, the world…it makes sense that one would want to control what they eat and how they look to feel some semblance of control.
This approach makes perfect sense in the context of one’s life, especially as a kiddo. So I want to begin this post by inviting you to acknowledge how resourceful that was. While resourceful initially, this coping mechanism quickly becomes maladaptive. I feel compelled to say this out the gate in this post because I know that in my experience, this acknowledgement helped to begin to soften the shame that I felt around my eating disorder. I find in my own experience and for so many of my clients that when one can soften the shame around the eating disorder, it becomes easier to talk about it and get the support that one needs to recover. If this is your first time hearing this, it might take some time to digest. Thankfully, our solar plexus governs digestion, so lets dive in!
Solar Plexus Chakra and Eating Disorders
You might be wondering how this connects with the solar plexus chakra? Our sense of power and confidence comes from our solar plexus chakra. Shame is the inhibiting force of this chakra. Having an excessive amount of shame is a clear indication that your solar plexus chakra needs some attention. Lacking in confidence, power and having poor self-esteem and low self-worth are all signs of an imbalance in the solar plexus chakra. You can learn more about the solar plexus chakra and shame around food one’s body in this blog post.
While eating disorders might feel as though they give you a sense of control and power, it is a false sense of control and power. The eating disorder is actually in control and helps maintain that control through shame and secrecy. The more shame, the less power one feels and the more one will lean into the eating disorder. Thus, the cycle continues. Now, this is an extremely oversimplified explanation. So many factors from genetics to environment play a role. With that said, this post is specifically about power, confidence and shame in context of the solar plexus chakra and will be the main focus of discussion. If you’re reading this and realizing that you would benefit from support, please head over to the alliance for eating disorders and they can help connect you with resources.
The eating disorder directly impacts and impedes the natural flow of energy in and out of the solar plexus chakra, creating and exacerbating imbalances. Healing this chakra can help to regulate and balance our sense of power, confidence, self-esteem, will, digestion, energy levels and our unique individuation. I hope this helps to understand how impactful and important the solar plexus chakra can be in one’s journey towards healing their relationship with their body and food.
Working with your power center
There are so many ways to work with our power center. You can learn all about this in my course Getting Unstuck. One way to work with the chakras is to use affirmations. Solar plexus affirmations can help to remove blockages and find a sense of balance. This can then help to cultivate and heal your sense of confidence, power and self-esteem. It can allow for true transformation to take place as this chakra governs transformation. One way solar plexus chakra affirmations can assist with transformation is within the mind.
Our mindset is so powerful. It might not feel or be accessible for everyone at this point in time to shift your mindset. Ultimately, we do have the power to shift and change our mindset (specifically through the seventh chakra). Our thoughts and beliefs often shape our mindset and how we perceive the world around us. WIth affirmations, we can begin to shift how we think and feel about ourselves. In time, they can transform false and limiting beliefs so we can begin to live in our truth. As we disconnect from the eating disorder, we can connect with our truest Self.
Solar Plexus Chakra Affirmations
Affirmations are not for everyone. However, I do invite you to consider using them in your journey and see if they are a beneficial tool for you right now. If not, tuck them away in your tool box as they might resonate at another time.
I stand in my power.
I release negative thoughts and feelings about myself.
My life has purpose.
I am enough just as I am.
I can do anything I can set my mind to.
Every day I will continue to move forward.
I release behaviors that undermine my power.
I celebrate my power.
My potential is limitless.
I transform shame to insight.
I am open to transformation.
How to work with affirmations
To utilize these affirmations, find a way to incorporate it into your daily life. Some people like to have it written in their mirror to remind themselves to say it. Some use it throughout the day, especially when thoughts arise that reinforce the current imbalances of your solar plexus chakra.
You can also use this youtube video of the above affirmations as part of your practice.
Please remember that these are just an offering. They may or may not resonate for you. Use that as information for moving forward. If they resonate, please use them! If not, let these be a spring board of inspiration to find ones that do resonate for you.
There are so many ways to work with each chakra and the chakra system as a whole, which I explore in my course Getting Unstuck. If you’re digging the affirmation approach, this course provides two pages of mantras and affirmations for each chakra within the chakra specific workbooks included.
Please check out my Chakras 101 course, if you’re wanting to learn more about the chakras. It is available for purchase now. This is a foundational course that can prepare you for Getting Unstuck when you feel ready for it and when its open for enrollment later this year.
Disclaimer: This post is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute individualized support or medical advice.
Blair is a registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, E-500 RYT and Reiki Master. She integrates spirituality with modern day science to help people heal and reclaim their relationship with their body and food.