Solar plexus Chakra Healing | How Trauma Silences Your Personal Power

Summary

Jackie Faber describes the solar plexus chakra as a framework for understanding personal agency, boundaries, choice, and the ability to take up space. She connects trauma and a lack of felt safety with patterns such as people-pleasing, overworking, controlling, avoiding visibility, doubting oneself, and tying personal worth to achievement or approval. These are presented as learned survival strategies—not personal failings.

In her approach, healing is not about forcing confidence or becoming aggressive. It means gradually helping the body feel safe enough to make choices, express needs, set boundaries, and exist without proving its worth.

Practices and takeaways

• Notice survival patterns: Pay attention to shame-driven achievement, taking responsibility for everything, shrinking from attention, avoiding conflict, or struggling to say no.
• Try a grounding and boundary exercise:
  1. Notice the chair beneath you, the air in front of you, and the space behind you.
  2. Imagine a comfortable, soft boundary around yourself.
  3. Breathe slowly and, as you exhale, say: “This space is mine.”
  4. Choose a boundary size that feels comfortable; it does not need to be rigid or aggressive.
  5. If it feels right, set an intention: “Only what is supportive, respectful, and aligned with me is allowed in my space.”
  6. Notice any response in your body—or the absence of one—without forcing a particular feeling.
• Practice regularly: Faber suggests that repeating the exercise can help build a sense of safety around choice, boundaries, and personal agency.
• Use a gentle approach: The goal is to reclaim space and self-trust gradually, rather than fixing, performing, or striving for confidence.

Presenters and sources

• Jackie Faber — presenter.
• Referenced resource: A solar plexus chakra meditation, which Faber says is linked in the video description.