Third Chakra Blues

a companion piece to Third Chakra Therapy

[Cross-posting from my sister channel, The Wayward Flute]

The third chakra (out of seven energy centers along the spine) suggests the will to power. Purveyor of desire, drama, story. Advocate of agency, and freedom.

Yet, the empowered individual is only one part in the social matrix, a dynamic playground, an institutional minefield.

Initiative invokes the …