Sacral Chakra Blocked? Symptoms, Causes, and How to Heal

The Sacral Chakra, also known as Svadhisthana, is the center of creativity, pleasure, emotional flow, and relationships. Located just below the navel, this energy hub connects us to joy, intimacy, and the ability to fully express ourselves.

When the sacral chakra is in balance, life feels vibrant, sensual, and creative. But when it’s blocked or overactive, we may experience emotional instability, creative blocks, or struggles in relationships.

At a glance:

Gland connection: ovaries, testes (gonads)
Color: orange
Element: Water
Tarot: The Empress – the mother & creativity; The High Priestess who is mysterious, intuitive and creative & symbolizes sensitivity and creation
Governs: Sexuality, Emotions, Desires
Musical note: D
Mantra: Vam
Vowel sound: OO (as in “due”)
Frequency: 417 Hz 
     

A Sacral Chakra that is balanced, too open, or blocked

This chakra is the “feeling” chakra. Situations and issues that concern desire, enjoyment, emotions, sexuality, sensuality, intimacy, social life, and partnerships embody this chakra. Balancing the sacral chakra, along with the root chakra and solar plexus are key to helping balance and open the upper chakras.

As mentioned before, the sacral chakra represents emotions, and its element is water. That is, emotions are fluid – fluid like water. A person’s life force is also reflected in this chakra, with their ability to feel and sense their life experience, reacting and expressing emotions as events occur. When emotional expression is suppressed – many cultures often discourage emotional expression – a blockage of this chakra can result.

This chakra deals with a person’s level of sensitivity, creation of new life, sexual desire, having passionate feelings towards another, developing a pastime, as well as being a center of creativity. 

It’s important to bring this chakra into balance because this is where personal transformation and change happens that then can help create new opportunities and experiences in your life. Learning how to process your emotions effectively is a sign of a sacral chakra coming into balance.

A Balanced Sacral Chakra

When you encounter someone who has a balanced sacral chakra, they are expressive, creative, attuned, and trusting. They are able to connect more with their sexuality, as well as feel and understand their emotions. They embrace creativity. They are up for trying new things and are resilient when things go awry. These are the people who are “comfortable in their own skin.” Even as they are open to new experiences, they are also grounded in their energy.

An Overactive Sacral Chakra

A sacral chakra that is too open manifests in someone with any, some or all of the following characteristics that concern emotional behavior: proneness to manipulating others, developing addictive behaviors – it can be anything in excess such as food addiction, sugar addiction, sex addiction, alcohol or drug addiction, workaholism, screen addiction; inability to control emotions, they often exhibit signs of codependency, having low emotional intelligence, emotional irritability or even having explosive emotions.

A Blocked Sacral Chakra

A sacral chakra that has reduced energy flow or is blocked manifests in someone with any, some or all of the following characteristics that concern emotional behavior:   feeling overly sensitive, prone to feeling guilty, loneliness, lacking in creative energy, fearing change, having low self-confidence, trust issues, anxiety and/or depression, feeling numb, and/or detached from others.

If the sacral chakra remains unbalanced long enough, physical symptoms can manifest. Some of these include bladder issues, prostate problems, appendicitis, impotence, lower back pain, infertility, urinary problems, low libido, PMS, menstrual cramps, kidney disease, hip issues, lower digestive tract issues, and other health concerns in the lower abdominal region.

How to balance this chakra:

You don’t have to do everything listed to help balance a chakra. Try different activities, then pick the ones that are the most effective for you.

Aromatherapy:

Use of aromatherapy:  sandalwood or orange essential oil can be used in a carrier oil (always test first!) or with a diffuser (but do not use this you have pets in the house)

Crystal Healing:

Carry an orange-in-color crystal with you or put directly on the chakra area as you meditate. These include carnelian, orange citrine, aventurine, fire opal.

Color therapy:

Use color therapy: stare at objects that are orange in color or meditate with them, such as with a orange-colored mandala; wear orange

Exercises:

To help further open this chakra, it’s important to engage in leisure activities, perform lower back exercises and/or stretches, swimming, taking a bath or using a hot tub, having intercourse with a trusted partner, dancing that moves the waist, such as merengue, salsa or belly dancing.

Other ways to open this chakra include activities that lend themselves to emotional catharsis, such as jumping, screaming, laughing, crying, running – essentially any activity that helps you release pent-up emotions.

Get creative:

Getting creative is another great way to open this chakra. These activities include painting, drawing, photography, making music, quilting, making jewelry, writing stories, designing a room in the house, or anything else that gets the creative juices flowing.

Sacral chakra eating:

Additionally, it’s important to eat more healthful “orange” foods such as oranges, peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots, mangoes, coconut, pumpkin, squash, papaya, and spices such as cinnamon and turmeric.

Guided Meditation

Now that you have read this post about the sacral chakra, I invite you to try the accompanying guided meditation that goes with it.

Meditation is always a powerful way to work on opening this (or any) chakra.