Welcome to In the Flow with Laurie Albert,
A brief,
Positivity-inspiring chat and meditation designed to uplift and motivate us to live our best lives.
Let's get in the flow.
You know when you hear so much about trusting your intuition or trusting your gut instinct,
Right?
Isn't it interesting that for some people it's easier to do than others,
You know?
And why do we talk about our gut instinct in relation to the solar plexus chakra,
Right?
Today I want to break that down,
Okay?
I want to talk about that so that we can all really understand it better,
Right?
The solar plexus is such a powerful chakra.
I mean,
Obviously they all are.
In some way or another,
They're all powerful,
Right?
But to me it's special because it's where our intuition rests,
Right?
It's where our personal power is.
When we feel weak or we feel powerless or fearfully,
Fearful emotionally,
That is based in the solar plexus.
This is why it's so powerful,
Right?
However,
When we feel self-confident and our self-esteem is great and it's really healthy and we trust ourselves,
That is a healthy solar plexus,
Right?
So when we feel confident in our lives about where we are and we feel good and we make decisive decisions,
Right?
That is our solar plexus being healthy.
So how does this relate to your gut instinct yet again,
Right?
Well,
This is your gut instinct.
This is your intuition.
A telltale sign,
I will say,
When we have a healthy solar plexus is when we make these decisions and we are confident in that choice.
When you are trusting yourself,
You're trusting your gut instinct and your intuition.
So now to me,
The gut instinct,
Now this is kind of interesting,
Right?
So to me,
The gut instinct is kind of physical,
Okay?
So when we hear the word gut instinct,
Obviously,
You know,
That's kind of physical.
That's a physical feeling that we have about one thing or another.
Our intuition then is completely,
Well,
I shouldn't say,
Well,
It's obviously related to our relationship with spirit.
We feel that nudge physically and spiritually.
I hope that makes sense.
So here would then be the biggest question of the day is how do we sort of lasso that power and keep it here close so that we can always feel it.
That power of trusting in ourselves physically and spiritually.
So paying attention to our chakras as a whole and keeping them healthy is important.
But I also think that we need to concentrate on each one of the chakras individually too.
So I don't want to say that,
You know,
You should only focus on the solar plexus,
Right?
That's not what I'm saying.
But what I love about the chakras is that each one of them sort of gives off signals as to when they're healthy and when they're not healthy,
When they're in balance or when they're not,
When they're in alignment or not.
In considering the solar plexus,
As I've said,
If you are like indecisive or not exactly feeling determined about anything,
Or if you're lacking in self confidence or self esteem,
This could mean that your solar plexus is unbalanced.
So how do we keep the solar plexus in balance?
Okay,
I want to tell you a couple things about the solar plexus.
First of all,
The element related to the solar plexus is fire.
And isn't that interesting?
Because when you think of fire and you think of determination,
It's kind of like sort of all together,
Right?
So the solar plexus is also called the Manipura.
So if you ever hear it in terms of that,
That's also another term for the solar plexus.
So to keep this chakra in balance.
You know what I'm going to say?
Meditation,
Obviously is perfect,
But also there are some other things that you can do to sort of in,
You know,
To just keep it in balance and just keep it on your forefront in your brain,
Right?
So intentional breathing.
Intentional breathing,
Like breathing into the count of four and out to the count of four.
Fantastic,
Right?
And this one you're going to laugh at.
Wear yellow.
The color associated with the solar plexus is yellow,
Right?
So wearing yellow,
Get out in the sun.
You know,
The crystals that you can use that you can hold on to when you're meditating for the solar plexus like citrine or amber.
Okay,
And then,
Of course,
There are affirmations.
So here's the thing.
What you do is you kind of determine,
Oh my gosh,
I'm feeling pretty indecisive and my confidence level isn't that great today.
So what you do is you find some personal power affirmations for yourself.
Okay,
So what we're going to do now is we are going to meditate on this,
Of course,
Of course.
So I want you to follow along because this could be really powerful for you.
I hope it is because as it was being channeled to me today,
I was like,
Oh my God.
I mean,
I was feeling,
I'm just going to say it,
I was feeling that fire rising up in me.
Oh,
Felt so awesome.
So I love when spirit channels through me.
It's just it feels so right,
You know?
So let's close our eyes.
Get yourself comfy.
So let's now.
Let's take a deep breath in.
Very slow and intentional.
And breathe out.
Perfect.
Let's do that one more time.
Very slowly breathe in.
Feeling that breath go deep down into your gut.
And breathe out.
Placing our attention on our solar plexus.
Just above the belly button.
Let's imagine a beautiful little ball of yellow light at our solar plexus.
Imagine it sparkling.
And beginning to spin yellow.
Can feel the energy of the fire within.
Feel that fire flowing through freely through your being and your soul.
And now repeat after me in your mind.
The following.
I am.
I am the light.
I am the fire that is rising within.
I am peace.
I am strong.
I am powerful.
I am confident.
I am determined.
I am success.
I am joy.
I am strength.
I am.
Thank you spirit.
Namaste.
