PRONOUNCED: savad-hist-ha-na . . chak-ra. . . audible pronounciation below
COLOR: Orange
LOCATED: The abdomen below the navel
SIGNIFIES: Water element, the emotional layer
BIJA (SEED) MANTRA: Vum . . . pronounced (Vam) . . audible chant below
MUDRA (HAND GESTURE, SYMBOL, LOCK): Bhairava / Bhairavi Mudra, relative to the creative force within, also known as the feminine energy or Sakti
MUDRA FORMATION: Open both palms and extend fingers straight keeping them together. Place the little finger side of the left hand up against your lower abdomen. Place the back of your right hand on top of your left hand. Both thumbs should be extended out and away from the hands. Then bring the mounds of the thumbs to meet forming a triangle with the thumbs.
ASANA (YOGA POSE): Butterfly Pose aka Forgiveness Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana), Bridge Pose (Sarvangasana), Sphinx (Salamba Bhujangasana), Supine Spinal Twist (Jathara Parivrtti)
PURPOSE: Procreation, creativity, ideas, sexuality, assimilation of food, physical strength and vitality, The yin/yang of giving and receiving, letting go of emotions, desire that plague the mind and body, pleasurable experiences, love making, changing circumstances. This chakra also represents our state of health, family, tolerance levels, harmony, and ability to surrender to ourselves.
ORGANS: Sciatica, Ob/Gyn conditions, pelvic pain, sexual drive, urinary difficulties, ovaries, testicles, prostate, genitals, spleen, womb and bladder. Emotional connection with sex organs, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine
RELATES TO: Sexual difficulties or over-indulgence in sex, feeling of lack of purpose, jealousy, envy, blame, feelings of possessing someone or something, money, guilt, sexual power, controlling behaviors and patterns, emotion (anger, fear, joy).