Solar Plexus Chakra Healing: Reclaim Your Confidence, Energy & Personal Power
Have you ever gone through a period where you simply don’t feel like yourself?
Perhaps your confidence has dipped, you’re questioning every decision you make, motivation feels difficult to find, or you’ve started allowing other people’s opinions to influence you more than they normally would.
From a chakra-healing perspective, these experiences are sometimes associated with an imbalanced Solar Plexus Chakra.
The Solar Plexus Chakra is traditionally connected with our sense of personal power, confidence, self-worth, motivation and direction. When we work with this chakra, the intention isn’t to become louder or more dominant. It is about reconnecting with the quiet inner certainty that says:
I know who I am. I trust myself. I am capable.
Let’s explore the Solar Plexus Chakra, what imbalance may feel like, and some gentle ways to support it through fragrance, colour, crystals and Reiki.
☀️ What is the Solar Plexus Chakra?
The Solar Plexus Chakra, known in Sanskrit as Manipura, is the third of the seven main chakras.
It is traditionally associated with the area around the upper abdomen and stomach and is represented by the colour yellow and the element of fire.
Think of it as your inner sun — the energetic centre associated with confidence, willpower, purpose and the courage to move forward.
When we feel connected to this energy, we may find it easier to make decisions, establish healthy boundaries and pursue the things that matter to us.
💛 What Can an Unbalanced Solar Plexus Chakra Feel Like?
Chakra work is a spiritual and complementary wellbeing practice rather than a medical diagnosis, but within chakra traditions an imbalance in the Solar Plexus may be associated with emotional experiences such as:
- Low confidence or self-esteem
- Constantly second-guessing yourself
- Difficulty making decisions
- Lack of motivation or direction
- Feeling powerless or stuck
- Fear of failure or criticism
- Comparing yourself with others
- People-pleasing and difficulty saying no
- Feeling that you need other people’s approval
- Perfectionism or placing excessive pressure on yourself
Interestingly, imbalance doesn’t always present as a lack of power. Sometimes it can appear as an excessive need for control, competitiveness or dominance.
The aim of chakra work is therefore not simply to create more Solar Plexus energy, but to encourage a feeling of balance — confident without controlling, motivated without burning ourselves out, and strong while remaining compassionate.
🌿 Using Fragrance to Support the Solar Plexus Chakra
Scent can become a beautiful part of an intentional wellbeing ritual.
Because the Solar Plexus is traditionally associated with fire, vitality and movement, fragrances that feel bright, warming and energising can complement this type of chakra work.
At Authentic Living in Alignment, our Solar Plexus Chakra fragrance combines:
Lemongrass • Ginger • Rosemary
🍋 Lemongrass brings a wonderfully bright, fresh aroma that can help create an uplifting atmosphere.
🔥 Ginger introduces warmth and energy, making it particularly suited to rituals centred around courage, motivation and forward movement.
🌿 Rosemary offers a fresh herbal aroma traditionally associated with clarity and focus.
Try using your Solar Plexus fragrance while journalling, meditating or simply taking ten quiet minutes for yourself.
As the fragrance fills your space, consider asking:
Where am I giving my power away?
What would I do if I trusted myself completely?
What is one small action I can take today?
The fragrance itself doesn’t need to “fix” anything. Instead, it can become a sensory anchor for your intention — reminding you of the energy you are choosing to cultivate.
💛 Bring More Yellow Into Your World
Each chakra is traditionally associated with a colour, and for the Solar Plexus Chakra that colour is yellow.
Think sunshine, warmth, optimism and energy.
Colour can be incorporated into your everyday life very simply. You might wear something yellow, place yellow flowers in your home, use a yellow candle during meditation, choose yellow crystals or even spend a little time outside enjoying the warmth and brightness of natural sunlight.
During meditation, you can also visualise a warm golden-yellow light glowing gently around your Solar Plexus.
With each breath, imagine that light becoming brighter and warmer.
As you breathe out, imagine releasing self-doubt, fear and the need for external approval.
🔮 Crystals for the Solar Plexus Chakra
Yellow and golden crystals are commonly chosen when working with Solar Plexus energy.
Some beautiful options include:
Citrine — traditionally associated with confidence, positivity, abundance and personal power.
Tiger’s Eye — often used symbolically for courage, grounding, determination and confident decision-making.
Yellow Jasper — associated within crystal traditions with confidence, stability and perseverance.
Pyrite — commonly connected with strength, motivation and abundance.
Yellow Calcite — often chosen for uplifting energy, optimism and self-belief.
Choose whichever crystal you feel naturally drawn towards.
You could carry it with you, place it beside your candle, hold it during meditation or keep it somewhere visible as a reminder of your intention.
Crystals don’t have to be complicated. Sometimes simply seeing or holding your chosen stone can remind you:
Stand in your power today.
🙌 Reiki & the Solar Plexus Chakra
Reiki can also be incorporated into Solar Plexus chakra work.
During a Reiki session, a practitioner may spend time around the Solar Plexus area with the intention of encouraging relaxation, energetic balance and a greater sense of connection with yourself.
If you practise Reiki yourself, you might gently place your hands around the upper abdominal area while breathing slowly and focusing on warmth and yellow light.
You could repeat an affirmation such as:
I trust myself.
I am worthy.
I confidently make decisions that are right for me.
I release the need for other people’s approval.
I am capable of creating change in my life.
☀️ A Simple Solar Plexus Chakra Ritual
You don’t need an elaborate spiritual practice to begin working with your Solar Plexus Chakra.
Create a little quiet space where you won’t be disturbed.
Light your Solar Plexus Chakra candle or use your chosen fragrance and place a piece of Citrine, Tiger’s Eye or another yellow crystal nearby.
Sit comfortably and close your eyes.
Place your hands gently over your Solar Plexus and take several slow breaths.
Visualise a small golden-yellow light within you.
With every inhale, imagine it becoming brighter.
With every exhale, release something you no longer need — perhaps fear, self-doubt, comparison or the belief that you need permission from somebody else to follow your own path.
Then ask yourself:
What do I need to believe about myself today?
Allow whatever comes up to simply be there.
Finish your practice with the affirmation:
“I trust myself, I honour my worth, and I have the courage to create a life that feels aligned with who I truly am.”
🌿 Finding Your Way Back to Your Power
Solar Plexus healing isn’t about becoming fearless.
It is about remembering that fear and confidence can exist at the same time — and you can still choose to move forward.
Through small rituals involving fragrance, colour, crystals, Reiki and intention, we can create moments that encourage us to reconnect with ourselves.
Light the candle.
Hold the crystal.
Take the breath.
Wear the yellow.
And remember that you don’t need permission to take up space in your own life.
Your inner light is already there. Sometimes you simply need to give yourself the space to notice it again.
Chakra healing, Reiki, crystals and aromatherapy are complementary spiritual and wellbeing practices and are not substitutes for professional medical or mental-health advice, diagnosis or treatment.