Surfing Your Solar Plexus: Embracing the Tide of Emotion
In Human Design, about half of us have a defined solar plexus and half of us do not. Our solar plexus houses our emotions and as you may have experienced in life, our emotions can have a dramatic effect on our decisions, perspectives and manifestations. So how do we effectively navigate our life based on our undefined or defined solar plexus? And when we are aware, where do we balance the experience of allowing emotions and not become ruled by emotions?
For Those with a Defined Solar Plexus
For those who have a defined solar plexus there is a built-in emotional compass that experiences natural waves - highs, lows and everything in between. Instead of reacting immediately when you feel a surge of emotion, take a pause and allow the wave to play out. This means giving yourself time to move from an intense state to a calmer, more centered point where you can clearly understand what you truly feel and need.
Here’s a simple way to think about it:
Ride the Wave: Recognize that your emotions come in cycles. When you notice a strong emotional reaction, try to avoid making snap decisions. Instead, allow the wave to crest and subside.
Wait for Clarity: As the intensity decreases, you'll find that you have a clearer perspective on the situation. Decisions made at this calmer point are more likely to be aligned with your authentic self.
Reflect: Use that time to reflect on what your feelings are telling you—whether it's excitement, caution, or something else. This reflection is your guide to making decisions that resonate with who you are.
For Those with an Undefined Solar Plexus
For those of us with an undefined solar plexus, emotions work a bit like a mirror rather than an internal weather system. Instead of having their own consistent emotional wave, they often absorb and reflect the emotions of those around them. This means:
Emotional Absorption: They might feel intense emotions that originate from external influences—such as the moods of friends, colleagues, or family members—even if those feelings aren’t inherently theirs.
Fluid Experience: Without a fixed emotional blueprint, their feelings can change rapidly depending on the environment or the people they interact with.
Need for Boundaries: It becomes important for them to develop strategies to distinguish between their own emotions and those they pick up from others. Practices like mindfulness, journaling, or simply taking a pause can help them find clarity.
Empathic Sensitivity: While this can lead to a rich, empathetic understanding of others, it also means they must learn to protect their own emotional well-being.
Emotions as Essential Guides
We all experience emotions and the knowledge of where these emotional experiences are coming from (our own consistent energy, or the energy of others) is helpful. But we also need to consider that all emotions have a purpose in our ability to connect with ourselves and experience emotional freedom.
What do I mean by this?
If you have read my earlier blog post “The Frequency of Authenticity,” I shared about the different vibrational frequencies that emotions bring. Feelings like love and peace have a higher vibrational quality than feelings like sadness or anger. You may have also heard others talk about “staying” in a higher vibration in order to manifest a reality that is abundant. After all, if energy creates matter, and we consistently find ourselves living out a higher vibrational frequency than we will create (manifest) a higher vibrational life, right?
Well, I’d like to challenge this thinking just a little bit.. .
There have definitely been so many times in my own spiritual growth journey where I have found myself to be in a lower vibrational frequency and I would attempt to “regulate” my emotions. Some of these strategies would include beautiful practices of meditation where I would attempt to clear my mind of the thoughts that were connected to a lower vibrational quality. Or, I might go for a walk and listen to an activation or some uplifting music. Another strategy might be to do some tapping or breathwork in order to pull myself out of my thoughts. Great strategies, right?
Yes, these tools are amazing ways to get out of your head and get to a regulated state in your body. And . . . if we aren’t careful they also can be their own tool for bypassing emotions that need to be felt so that we can experience the healing we need.
A Personal Insight: Letting Anger Be
Recently I recognized that I was feeling the emotion of anger. Like many women, I’m sure, I have long learned that this lower vibrational frequency emotion is something I need to “overcome.” In the past, I would have almost shamed myself for this emotion or I would have found myself choosing the emotion of sadness to “self-correct” this emotion. In the more recent past, I found myself recognizing this emotion, giving it credence but then all too quickly I would focus on a much higher vibration of love and peace to tamper its presence. But the other day, I let the floodgates of this emotion of anger have its say. I gave myself a space to explore this emotion in a safe environment and I let the tantrum rage. It was only when this anger was allowed its voice and had its say that I then didn’t even have to try to bring in a higher vibrational frequency. It just happened. Once my anger had its place to safely express itself, the overriding peace that followed it was luxurious.
I didn’t have to teach this emotion how to behave . . . I just allowed it. And it became my teacher.
A Call to Embrace and Reflect
Emotions are guides. Whether they come from a consistent energy within our solar plexus or they are an absorption of the energy around us being reflected . . . they are calling for us to recognize and allow. The clarity that follows this experience offers a brand new view of our current circumstance, situation or decision to be made. It brings us into the body to feel what is being held in bondage there and then it allows the body the space to breathe again with new energy.
So, next time you are feeling a lower vibrational energy emotion, take time to consider:
Is this coming from my own emotional wave or am I reflecting the emotional wave of others around me?
How can I give this emotion the time, space and energy it needs to be seen?
Can I feel this emotion begin to surrender to a higher vibration once it has been allowed?
By truly feeling and understanding our emotions, we open ourselves to authentic healing and transformation - a journey that leads to greater emotional freedom and a more vibrant life.
