Manipura

Manipura is made up of two words: mani, meaning 'jewel' and pura meaning 'city'. It is depicted as a ten petalled lotus and is located at the solar plexus, directly opposite the navel side of the spinal column. On the physical plane, the third chakra rules metabolism, the process whereby we turn food (matter) into energy and action. It represents dynamic will, energy and action. Its awakening creates a new permanent basis for kundalini, and conveys a spiritual perspective and a new orientation, untroubled by the disturbances associated with the lower chakras.