Creativity Information

Think Orange! Creativity and the Sacral Chakra


Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just flick a switch and turn on your creativity? Sadly, at times, tapping into your creativity can feel like trying to squeeze water from a stone. The good news is, there are ways of encouraging creativity and one of these ways is through balancing your sacral chakra.

Chakra is the Sanskrit word for moving wheel; the chakras are vortexes of energy present in the ethereal body and in corresponding locations of the physical body. There are seven major chakras and they function as pathways for energy to be taken in.

The sacral chakra, sometimes called the spleen or navel chakra, is located in the lower abdomen, approximately two inches below the navel. It governs sexuality, self-worth and creativity and is also associated with desire, pleasure, emotional balance and the abundance that you allow into your life for the fulfillment of your desires.

If this chakra is functioning well, you will experience enriched creativity, enhanced emotional gratification and courage, sexual vitality and positive self-esteem. If this chakra is blocked, however, both sexual and creative frustration occurs. You may have difficulties tapping into your creativity. Or you may have brilliantly creative ideas, but problems with manifesting your projects. A blockage can also manifest physically with lower back pain, sciatica, problems of the reproductive system, lowered libido and urinary problems.

Luckily, there are many tools to help balance the chakras. I've listed some of the correspondences for the sacral chakra together with guidelines on how to use these tools to balance this chakra and hence enhance your creativity.

COLOR: Orange
Surround yourself with orange. Wear it, eat it (preferably in the form of food) or paint your studio or workspace with it. If you meditate, visualize orange around the area of this chakra.

MUSIC: sensual flowing music with passionate rhythms (think Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing")
Dance, using your hips. Gyrate, baby, gyrate!

GEMSTONES: any orange stone - carnelian, orange jasper, fire opal, moonstone
You can wear these stones as jewelry or carry them in your pocket or purse.

ESSENTIAL OILS: sandalwood, jasmine, ylang ylang, clary sage, bergamot, orange blossom
Burn oils in an oil burner. Combine 10 drops or use singly in a bath. (This is particularly effective as water is the element governed by the sacral chakra.). Put some drops on a handkerchief and sniff it when you need inspiration. Make yourself a massage oil by adding a few drops of essential oil to almond oil.

Now you know what to do to get your creative juices flowing; go take a bath whilst eating a mango, come out and drape yourself in orange clothes and jewels and start swaying those hips to a cool groove.

Then, go create!

Louise Pool is a self-taught artist and workshop facilitator who is passionate about life, the universe and everything. Visit her website to see her art, read her musings and pick up a tip or two on creativity. http://www.samarkand-dezignz.com


MORE RESOURCES:

CNET News

Morocco fights terrorism with one ID card, "promotes" creativity ...
CNET News, CA - 21 hours ago
As to the artist card; it affords them a "more structured environment" in which to work and ensures "conditions necessary to promote creativity," according ...


Creativity and our life
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 10 hours ago
CREATIVITY, as held by many, can take two forms. One is invention, which has quite often been described as “one creating totally new things”. ...


Will new home stifle Joe Biden's creativity?
Pensacola News Journal, FL - 4 hours ago
But his creativity may be tempered at his new address on Observatory Circle. The 115-year-old white-painted brick Victorian that is the vice president's ...


Tough times encourage culinary creativity
Aviation International News, NJ - 17 hours ago
“Tough times don’t destroy creativity,” said co-owner Paula Kraft. “They demand that you rise to the occasion with even greater creativity.”


Stefanski adds touch of creativity
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Nov 30, 2008
By MARTIN FRANK • Gannett News Service • November 30, 2008 Already, it is clear that Stefanski breathed some much-needed life, ingenuity and creativity into ...


Students tap into creativity for CEC derby
phillyBurbs.com, PA - 22 hours ago
By JOAN HELLYER So five weeks ago, when Samantha's physics teacher at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School directed her class to make racing cars out of wooden ...


Creativity unleashed
This is Total Essex, UK - 21 hours ago
The Chelmsford venue will be holding its first ever street and graffiti art auction with works in various mediums from local artists. ...


St. Peter Teen Uses Bubble Wrap With Creativity
KEYC, MN - Nov 30, 2008
Most people will admit to being fascinated by bubble wrap.It can create hours of fun and one teen found a way to combine that fun with education. ...


Gift ideas: Encourage creativity with board games
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Nov 30, 2008
This holiday shopping season, the shelves at toy stores are brimming with games. Which games offer an experience that is fun, educational and special? ...


CTV.ca

Auto Industry TV Ads: No Creativity
Associated Content, CO - Nov 28, 2008
By Michael Thompson, published Nov 28, 2008 In their traditional Thanksgiving Day game, Detroit's winless pro football team fell behind the Tennessee Titans ...
Mitt Romney: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt Winston-Salem Journal
all 1,683 news articles

Creativity - Google News

home | site map
© 2006