Under-or over-sexed? Balance your chakras!

From Tiger Woods to Charlie Sheen, we hear over and over again about sex addiction. At the same time, a married woman was recently surveyed and reported a majority lack of sexual activity. While there are many causes for sexual dysfunction, if you have excess or lack of sex, you may want to consider balancing your chakras.

The first, or root chakra, is related to safety and sexual function in men; The penis is governed by the root chakra, which deals with basic instincts. This chakra is located at the base of the spine and its color is red. Its main function is to keep us grounded and alive and is associated with physical sensation.

In women, their genitals are in the sacral area, and the second or Sacral Chakra governs their love, passion, sexuality, and creativity. This chakra is located in the pelvic area below the navel. Its color is orange and its main function is related to procreation and giving and receiving pleasure and sexual emotion.

If your energy is stuck in the Sacral Chakra, your sex and love life will also stagnate. The accumulated stress in the body, whether emotional or physical, raises barriers to the natural flow of our vital energy. Therefore, too much stress can equate to a lack of love or even the possibility of having it.

With yoga to balance the sacral chakra, you can practice the cobbler pose to stimulate the flow of life energy throughout the pelvic area. Swimming, dancing, meditation, and anything else that encourages pleasure will also stimulate the Sacral Chakra, which is associated with the water element, and the ebb and flow of bodily fluids, such as tides.

If you are a sex addict, your energy may be spinning out of control in the Root or Sacral Chakra, wreaking havoc in your life. The lack of balance in these two chakras can be due to a need for care and nutrition that is never enough. Sometimes we learn to resort to unusual ways to get what we need. The sex addict seeks attention in an unhealthy, distorted, and possibly destructive way, just like Charlie Sheen.

We all need love, care and support, but first we must find it within ourselves with a healthy and balanced Root Chakra. After we develop a sense of ourselves, we can move on to the Sacral Chakra to find our place within a healthy relationship.