Sanskrit name:  Svadisthana
Meaning:  one’s own abode, sweetness
Element:  water
Color:  orange
Associated body parts:  sexual organs, reproductive glands, kidneys, bladder, prostate
Glandular connection:  ovaries, testes

Goals:  allowing pleasure
Societal association:  partnership
Sacramental association:  communion
Development stage & life lesson:  7 to 14 years old, challenging motivations based on social conditioning
Main issue:  emotional balance, sexuality

Characteristics proper functioning:  positive , relaxed attitude to sexual functions, patience, creativity, responsible relationships
Characteristics mal functioning:  rigid emotions, frigidity, guilt, no boundaries, irresponsible relationships, Problems with reproductive organs or kidneys
Emotional dysfunction:  unbalanced sex drive, emotional instability, feelings of isolation
Physical dysfunction:  impotence, frigidity, bladder & prostate problems, lower back pain

Sense:  taste
Associated animal:  fish-tailed alligator
Ruling planet:  Venus, Pluto
Alchemical planetary connection:  Jupiter
Astrological sign:  Cancer, Scorpio

Essential oils:  rose, sandalwood, jasmine, ylang-ylang, vanilla, cardamom
Crystals:  carnelian, amber, citrine, ruby, golden topaz
Elemental diet, relating foods:  leaf veggies, fruits grown from earth, juicing, and fish, seafood, lobster (all that is from water)
Exercise:  perineum breathing, pelvic rock

Sounds that stimulate this center:  rain, water falls, ocean waves, rain sticks, ocean drum
Bija mantra, seed sound:  VAM
Vowel sound:  Ouu (as in: “you”)
Tone of creation: Ra
Musical note:  D

Deities:  Vishnu
Archetype from Carl Jung:  martyr (blocked), addict (too open), sovereign (functional)
Affirmation:  “I feel my emotions and my pain. I reawaken my passion. I surrender to this moment”

In Kundalini Yoga, the Sikh Model, there are Ten Bodies

(The ten bodies are layers of the auric field which connects to 10 major chakras instead of 7)

The Second Body (Negative Mind)

The Second Body is the Negative Mind, which calculates risk, and is protective. It gives form to the Soul Body by keeping it contained and provides us with patience to listen to our inner guidance. It gives us a longing to belong, which allows us to connect deeply within.

Represents:  Guru Angad Dev Ji
Virtue:  obedience
Weakness:  restricted, cannot calculate danger
Strength:  contained, calculates danger

Weakness:  a weak Negative Mind means a person is unable to calculate the danger in situations, which may lead to getting into destructive relationships to fulfil the longing to belong, because of a lack of centeredness.

Strength:  a strong Negative Mind allows the calculation of danger in any situation, which provides the platform to become disciplined and develop conscious relationships of integrity.