Theme: I Can
Acknowledging our inner skills and strengths
Chapter 2: Power & Your Back
When our solar plexus chakra is severely out of balance it presents in one of two ways, that both essentially mean the same thing. 1. We feel a deep seeded need to dominate and control our surroundings and other people, a desire for more prestige and constant praise, and we work tirelessly to keep up the best appearances, but nothing is ever truly enough. Or 2. We manifest self-hatred and tell self-deprecating jokes to the point that everyone around us feels uncomfortable. We give away all power to others to shirk any responsibility, but are left with no sense of self. We don’t respect ourselves and can’t imagine anyone else ever could either. Both are just opposite gut responses to feelings of inadequacy. Balance is a funny thing. We want it. We know we need it. But it’s ridiculously hard to achieve that perfect middle where we’re not teetering into court-ordered-anger-management territory or severe depression. And it takes focus.
Power
For most of us our real life goal isn’t to be the King of the effing Planet or the Bestest Whipping Boy martyr that ever was. We just want to feel whole. We want to feel content in who we are, know who we are and what we stand for, and cultivate our own internal self-worth in healthy ways. We want power and control over our own person, in its entirety, at all times. And that’s a big task. Next up are some questions to consider to help you feel a little more centered. Don’t think too hard on all of them, just let whatever comes to mind float around and marinate a bit while you do your stretches.
What is a hard task or a battle you remember going through that made your inner warrior feel satisfied? What’s one behavior that makes you feel proud of who you are? What good inner qualities do you hope others see in you? What is it exactly that you want to stand for? There are thousands of big-ticket items like climate change and humanitarian efforts that get overwhelming fast, and it’s impossible to give adequate attention to all of them all the time, but personality-wise, how could you use your own powers in your world for good? What could you do to have just a little more control over just your own life for a day? What’s one thing you could change when you consider that every individual around you (coworkers, relatives, kids) also crave the same self-autonomy that you do?
Below are links to some nice back stretchies. While you work out today remember: “You is smart. You is kind. You is important.” And there is more power within you than you know.
*quote from Aibileen Clark in The Help
Jet Tries 