Reclaim Your Power, Confidence & Self-Worth
- Marta Grzelak
- Oct 10
- 5 min read
Updated: Oct 11
🌿 Introduction: The Energy of Healing & Wholeness
We are more than our thoughts and emotions; we are energy. Every experience, every memory, and every unspoken truth leaves an imprint in the body. Over time, these energetic imprints shape how we feel, think, and relate to the world.
The chakra system is an ancient map of seven main energy centers and it offers a profound lens to understand where we hold tension, trauma, or disconnection. When a chakra is blocked or imbalanced, it manifests as emotional patterns, relational struggles, or even physical symptoms.
Through awareness and gentle healing, we can bring these energy centers back into alignment, reconnecting to our authentic power, purpose, and inner peace.
Each blog in this series will guide you through one chakra at a time, helping you understand what it governs, how imbalance shows up, and how to restore harmony through self-awareness, embodiment, and emotional healing. If you'd like to start at the beginning, go here: https://www.martajustyna.com/post/does-your-home-life-wallet-need-extra-care-if-so-let-s-focus-on-the-root
Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra
Keywords: solar plexus chakra healing, personal power, confidence, self-worth, empowerment, chakra healing, trauma recovery, boundaries, self-trust
The Energy of the Solar Plexus Chakra
The Solar Plexus Chakra, or Manipura in Sanskrit, is the third energy center, located in your upper abdomen, between the navel and the diaphragm. Its element is fire, representing personal power, self-worth, identity, and confidence.
If the Root Chakra gives you stability, and the Sacral Chakra awakens flow, then the Solar Plexus is where you step into action, purpose, and leadership. It’s the seat of your willpower, the spark that fuels your goals, boundaries, and sense of autonomy.
When this chakra is open and balanced, you move through life with confidence, clarity, and inner strength, not from ego, but from deep self-trust.
Signs of a Blocked or Imbalanced Solar Plexus Chakra
This chakra becomes blocked when your sense of power or identity has been diminished, controlled, or invalidated, often through trauma, criticism, or conditional love.
You may have learned it wasn’t safe to assert yourself, or that your worth depended on performance and approval.
Common signs of imbalance include:
Low self-esteem or self-doubt
Overthinking, perfectionism, or fear of failure
Difficulty setting or holding boundaries
People-pleasing or seeking validation
Feeling powerless, indecisive, or disconnected from purpose
Anger or control issues when power feels threatened
A blocked Solar Plexus can feel like living life on dim mode, never fully trusting yourself to shine.
The Psychological and Energetic Roots
In trauma terms, the Solar Plexus is where your fight response lives: your ability to take action, assert boundaries, and say no. When that part of you was suppressed (for safety, belonging, or peace), you learned to disconnect from your personal fire.
This can create internal conflict: you know you’re capable, but self-doubt or fear keeps dimming your light.
Healing the Solar Plexus means reclaiming your right to take up space, to use your voice, to lead without guilt or apology.
How to Heal the Solar Plexus Chakra
Healing this energy center is both an emotional and spiritual homecoming — it’s about learning to trust your inner authority again.
1. Reconnect With Your Inner Fire
Visualize a bright yellow flame in your solar plexus. Each inhale strengthens it; each exhale releases fear or doubt. Move your body with intention, core-strengthening exercises, breath-work, and sun salutations awaken this chakra’s vitality.
Affirm: “I trust myself. I stand in my power with grace and confidence.”
2. Reprogram Self-Worth
Many of us learned that worth = achievement or service. To heal this chakra, begin to separate who you are from what you do.
Journal prompts:
When did I first start doubting my own power?
What am I afraid might happen if I fully stand in my truth?
Where do I still seek permission to be myself?
Affirm: “I am enough, simply because I exist.”
3. Practice Healthy Assertion
Healing this chakra doesn’t mean domination; it means embodied boundaries. Practice saying no with kindness, stating your needs clearly, and holding firm even when it’s uncomfortable.
Each moment you self-advocate, your Solar Plexus strengthens.
4. Release Guilt & People-Pleasing
The need to be liked is a survival pattern. You don’t owe peace to anyone at the expense of your own. It’s safe to disappoint others in order to honour yourself.
Affirm: “It’s safe for me to be seen and heard, even when others disagree.”
5. Reclaim Agency Over Your Life
Start making small, empowered decisions, from what you wear to how you spend your day. Each act of choice tells your body: “I trust myself to lead my life.”
Create rituals that celebrate self-trust:
Morning sun-gazing or breath-work
Declaring a daily intention
Lighting a candle and naming something you’re proud of
Confidence grows when you see yourself follow through, not perfectly, but authentically.
Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra Through Relationships
In relationships, this chakra governs personal autonomy and power balance. When wounded, you may either collapse into others (losing yourself) or dominate to stay safe.
Healing means learning balanced power. connecting from equality, not control.
Practice:
Speaking from “I feel” instead of blaming
Listening without absorbing others’ energy
Allowing others to have their truth, while standing firm in yours
Affirm: “I can stay connected without losing myself.”
The Gift of a Balanced Solar Plexus Chakra
When your Solar Plexus is healed, you radiate authentic confidence — not arrogance, but inner strength. You know who you are, what you value, and what you deserve.
You no longer chase validation or shrink to stay small. You lead your life from purpose and alignment so your fire burns steady, not frantic.
From this place, empowerment feels peaceful. You trust your intuition, your timing, and your choices. 💛
A Guide to Heal From Root to Tip
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Through mind-body reprogramming, energy work, and somatic healing, you’ll learn how to feel safe expressing yourself, trusting your instincts, and leading your life with clarity and confidence.
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Love & Light,
Marta Justyna
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