Over the weekend it has dawned on me that the sacral and solar plexus seem to be an indication as to whether someone is in the habit of parenting others. Its easy to see the parent energy in a blocked sacral but its not so easy to see that energy in an open solar plexus but it is there.
A blocked sacral will mother/smother others, It may begin with their children but can often seep into the way they are in all their relationships, be it friends, lovers or on a professional basis their co-workers and clients. It makes sense to put your child's needs above your own as they are growing, but it is unhealthy to to play the mother role with anyone else and in my view it can bring out the worst in those others. Here is where I have to confess to my own habit of mothering others. My dad called it lame duck syndrome and the description fits well LOL
An open solar plexus acts like a parent but in a different way, they will feel the need to take over or guide others in the way they should be or do and show little or no faith in the others ability to conduct their life or make their own mistakes and learn from them. They cant help but direct others or take over what ever it is that they are doing. How many times have we been in a situation where we are trying something new and the person who is showing us jumps in at the first mistake and takes over. I learnt this lesson when I was teaching my niece how to cook. The urge to just take over killed me, she was making cheese sauce and in a tizz, my solar plexus said "take the spoon and show her!" but I resisted the urge and sat on my hands while I told her "Its ok mate. If you make a mistake we have enough ingredients to start again" That little bit of faith and reassurance helped her get past the tizz and the dinner was delicious. Now she makes that dish better than me and has since taught me a few tricks.
What I have found is if we insist on parenting others we will keep them trapped in either immature attitude (sacral) or a lack of faith in their own ability to attempt something new (solar plexus) preferring to rely on or turn to us at the first sign of trouble. So next time you feel the need to ride to the rescue of a lame or in distress duck, hang five and trust that they have it in them to sort their own mess or make their own cheese sauce.
A blocked sacral will mother/smother others, It may begin with their children but can often seep into the way they are in all their relationships, be it friends, lovers or on a professional basis their co-workers and clients. It makes sense to put your child's needs above your own as they are growing, but it is unhealthy to to play the mother role with anyone else and in my view it can bring out the worst in those others. Here is where I have to confess to my own habit of mothering others. My dad called it lame duck syndrome and the description fits well LOL
An open solar plexus acts like a parent but in a different way, they will feel the need to take over or guide others in the way they should be or do and show little or no faith in the others ability to conduct their life or make their own mistakes and learn from them. They cant help but direct others or take over what ever it is that they are doing. How many times have we been in a situation where we are trying something new and the person who is showing us jumps in at the first mistake and takes over. I learnt this lesson when I was teaching my niece how to cook. The urge to just take over killed me, she was making cheese sauce and in a tizz, my solar plexus said "take the spoon and show her!" but I resisted the urge and sat on my hands while I told her "Its ok mate. If you make a mistake we have enough ingredients to start again" That little bit of faith and reassurance helped her get past the tizz and the dinner was delicious. Now she makes that dish better than me and has since taught me a few tricks.
What I have found is if we insist on parenting others we will keep them trapped in either immature attitude (sacral) or a lack of faith in their own ability to attempt something new (solar plexus) preferring to rely on or turn to us at the first sign of trouble. So next time you feel the need to ride to the rescue of a lame or in distress duck, hang five and trust that they have it in them to sort their own mess or make their own cheese sauce.