The Solar Plexus Chakra, Where Emotion Becomes Power

 

The Solar Plexus Chakra, Where Emotion Becomes Power

 

I. Standing at the Fire in the Center of Myself

When I talk about the Solar Plexus Chakra, I’m not talking about an abstract symbol or a pretty yellow mandala floating in the air. I’m talking about something I’ve lived, something that has knocked me to my knees, lifted me to my feet, and taught me that emotion is not a flaw in the system but the ignition point of personal power.

For me, the Solar Plexus is the place where my emotions stop being background noise and start becoming messages. It’s where fear becomes clarity, where anger becomes boundary, where joy becomes fuel, and where tears, those strange, holy little droplets, become a release valve for the pressure of being human.

And if you’re listening to my music, or you’re someone who studies consciousness, or you’re simply trying to understand why your emotions sometimes feel like a storm in your in the pit of your stomach… then you already know this center well, even if you’ve never named it.

The Solar Plexus is the fire in the center of the body.
But more importantly, it’s the fire in the center of the story.

 

II. Why This Chakra Hits So Deeply

The Solar Plexus sits right under the sternum, above the navel, but its influence radiates far beyond that. It’s the seat of:

• Identity
• Willpower
• Courage
• Self‑trust
• Emotional processing
• The ability to act on what we know

When this center is activated, whether through meditation, breath, music, or life itself, emotions rise quickly. Sometimes too quickly. And people often ask me:

“Why does this chakra make me cry?”
“Why does it bring up fear and joy at the same time?”
“Why does it feel like something is breaking open?”

The answer is simple and profound:

Because the Solar Plexus is where the body keeps the stories we haven’t finished telling.

Not the stories we tell others, the stories we tell ourselves.

 

III. The Physiology Behind the Fire

Let me shift into the psychological and physiological side for a moment, because this is where the overlap between spirituality and science becomes beautifully obvious.

1. The Solar Plexus is a real nerve hub.

Right behind that chakra point is the celiac plexus, a dense network of nerves that regulates:

• digestion
• adrenaline response
• heart rate
• emotional arousal
• gut sensations

This is why we say things like:

• “I had a gut feeling.”
• “My stomach dropped.”
• “I felt butterflies.”
• “I felt punched in the gut.”

These aren’t metaphors.
They’re descriptions of real physiological events.

2. Emotions begin in the body before they reach the mind.

Neuroscience shows that emotional signals fire in the body milliseconds before the brain interprets them.
The Solar Plexus is one of the first places those signals register.

So when you feel fear, joy, grief, or anger in that center, you’re not imagining it.
You’re feeling the body’s first language.

3. Tears are a release mechanism.

When the Solar Plexus activates strongly, the body often releases tears because:

• the vagus nerve is stimulated
• the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems collide
• emotional memory is being processed
• the body is shifting from tension to release

Tears are not weakness.
They are the body’s way of saying:

“Something important is happening. Let it move.”

 

IV. The Psychology of the Solar Plexus: Where Emotion Becomes Meaning

Psychologically, the Solar Plexus is the place where we confront the question:

“Who am I when no one is watching?”

This is why it governs:

• confidence
• self‑worth
• boundaries
• personal truth
• the ability to act
• the courage to change

 

When this chakra opens, it often brings:

Fear

Because stepping into your own power means stepping out of old patterns.

Anger

Because the body remembers every time you swallowed your truth.

Joy

Because reclaiming yourself is one of the most liberating experiences a human can have.

Compassion

Because once you understand your own struggle, you understand everyone else’s.

Faith

Because you begin to trust your inner signals more than external noise.

Tears

Because the body is releasing the emotional backlog you’ve carried for years.

The Solar Plexus is not gentle.
It is honest.

And honesty, when it finally arrives, often comes with tears.

 

V. How This Feels in Real Life

Let me speak plainly, the way I would to my Taos Winds listeners:

When the Solar Plexus opens, you may feel:

• a tightness in the chest
• a trembling in the stomach
• heat rising
• a sudden emotional wave
• a sense of “I can’t hold this anymore”
• or the opposite, “I finally can”

You might cry without knowing why.
You might laugh unexpectedly.
You might feel fear and relief at the same time.

This is not instability.
This is integration.

It’s the moment when the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious stop wrestling each other and start speaking the same language.

 

VI. The Overlap: Where All Three Audiences Meet

For my Spirit Winds / Taos Winds listeners:

You feel this chakra through sound, through vibration, resonance, and breath.
You know the Solar Plexus as a lived experience.

For the spiritual‑philosophical audience:

You understand this center as the fire of transformation, the alchemical point where ego becomes essence.

For the psychology‑and‑consciousness crowd:

You recognize this as the intersection of the autonomic nervous system, emotional memory, and identity formation.

And here’s the beautiful part:

All three perspectives describe the same thing.
They’re just using different languages.

 

VII. What I Want You to Remember

If you take nothing else from this, take this:

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Your emotions are not obstacles.

They are signals.
They are teachers.
They are power.

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The Solar Plexus is not asking you to be fearless.
It’s asking you to be present.

It’s asking you to feel what you feel without abandoning yourself.

It’s asking you to trust the fire inside you, not because it’s comfortable, but because it’s real.

And when the tears come, let them.
When the joy rises, breathe it in.
When the fear surfaces, listen to it.
When the anger burns, honor the boundary it’s pointing to.

This is how we reclaim ourselves.
This is how we become whole.
This is how we step into the center of our own story.

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