According to Eastern medicine, chakras are energy centers in the human body and play an important role in physical, mental and emotional health. There are seven major chakras. The chakra system is believed to connect the nerves, hormones and emotions.
For example, the third chakra (believed to be present around the navel area ) is considered the energy center relating to worry or emotional issues. Even if one is unfamiliar with chakras, expressions of referring to a "knot in the stomach" or "a gut feeling" are common ways of expressing what is energetically felt in the body.
Which Chakras Correspond to Women's Health and Gynecological Issues?
One's overall health depends on chakras working without blockages. Chakras are believed to be interconnected. However the lower chakras — the first, second and third — play a pivotal role in women's health.
Dr. Christiane Northrup is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has over 25 years of clinical and medical teaching experience. In her book, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Dr.Northrup explains the lower three chakras and their role in women's bodies with a focus on gynecological and reproductive health.
First Chakra Characteristics
The first chakra is closest to the earth. It is affected by how safe and secure one feels in the world. It also corresponds to issues of fear, trust, dependence and social belonging. Body areas that correlate to the first chakra are the spine, hip joints, rectum, blood and immune system.
Deep rooted first chakra issues usually originate in childhood because, in the early years, children develop their first impression of whether the world is a safe place to be or not. Feelings of loneliness or being uncared for by others usually define issues in the first chakra. Rectal tumors, cancers, fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases are some physical effects of malfunctioning of the first chakra.
How does Second Chakra Relate to the Body?
Second chakra is concerned with issues of motivation and drive to go after what is wanted. Another aspect of the second chakra is with relationships, boundaries, being able to give and receive love, and a balance of being independent and able to receive help from others.
The pelvic and reproductive organs (like the ovaries, uterus, cervix), bladder and appendix correlate with the second chakra. The health of this chakra is affected by whether there is a healthy dose of trust in relationships or if the controlling factors are guilt, power, money, blame. When the second chakra does not function optimally, it's believed that some issues such as fibroid tumors, endometriosis, diseases of the ovaries, appendicitis, pelvic disorders, urinary problems may occur. The second chakra being the creative center is also concerned with fertility and reproductive issues.
Third Chakra Associations in Woman's Body
Third Chakra is associated with self-esteem, self-respect, responsibility. Questions that are posed to determine third chakra health are, "Is a person prone to threatening or intimidating others? Is one aggressive or defensive, how does one balance competitiveness, gains and losses?" Gall bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, small bowels are the physical counterparts that the third chakra controls. Diseases like ulcers, diabetes, adrenal malfunction, irritable bowels are concerned with third chakra malfunction.
According to Dr. Northrup, unresolved emotional conflicts may be the cause of the lower chakras being blocked, which in turn, may eventually result in a physical disease. Even though the chakras have specific organs associated with them, the first three chakras work together to ensure health or exhibit a symptom. Dealing with the emotional causes along with physical symptoms may be a more effective way to deal with diseases.
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Women's Body, Women's Wisdom - Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing, Christiane Northrup, M.D.
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