Continuing with the theme of nourishing the chakras that I started last week, I thought we’d delve into the world of second chakra healing and opening. Svadhisthana (sanskrit) means “dwelling place of the self”. This chakra is located a couple of inches below the naval, and it is the center of creativity, procreation, emotion, and sensuality. Svadhisthana vibrates at a slightly higher frequency than muladhara, similar to the color orange. Where muladhara is focused on meeting one’s physical needs, svadhisthana begins the work of relating to others — specifically one other individual (first your mother, typically, during your first year of life).
The tasks of balancing this chakra include allowing for emotional and sensual movement, opening up to pleasure, and learning to “go with the flow”. So when your second chakra is unbalanced you might feel a tendancy to control, avoid, or ignore your feelings. You might experience emotional rollercoasters and overly emotional reactions to things out of proportion to the stimulus. This being a feminine chakra (where muladhara is a masculine one), it promotes wisdom and acceptance. When it is balanced you feel even and open in relating to others, and you are able to express yourself freely and with passion — painting, dancing, writing, singing!
How did you begin exploring macrobiotics? If you made me guess, I’d say you started in one of these ways:
I started eating in a macrobiotic way in the summer of 2008. That first month I jumped in with both feet, switching from a standard meat and potatoes food culture to macrobiotics. Wow. I felt panic, upheaval, and discovery throughout my body. There were intense longings for all of the food that I had “given up” — hamburgers, BBQ, feeling like I could order anything off a menu at a restaurant — and there was the withdrawal from coffee happening alongside such a drastic shift in my way of eating. But there were also 
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