Gut Check

Manipura - The Power Chakra
by: Anodea Judith

Element: Fire
Color: Yellow
Verb: I can
Attributes: Power, will, energy, transformation

Earth, water, fire. With our bodies grounded and our emotions flowing, we now move on to power, energy and will.

This is our third chakra, a yellow lotus of ten petals, located at the solar plexus–the place where we get those butterfly feelings when we feel scared or powerless. Its element is fire–fire–that radiates and transforms matter into energy, giving light and warmth. This chakra represents our "get up and go," our action, our will, our vitality, and our sense of personal power. Its name, Manipura, means "lustrous gem." We can think of it as a glowing yellow Sun, radiating through the center of our body.

Power, then, is seen as an act of combination, of joining together parts to make a greater whole. When we embrace and combine all the parts within us–our bodies, our emotions, our visions, our knowledge–then we emerge whole and powerful.

Consider: Gut Feeling (Knowing).
Also, recall Juan Matus’ friend, don Genaro and the feats he performed using the Solar Plexus.......