Navel Flame Visualization for Weight Loss Support

Emotional heaviness often influences eating habits, creating cycles of stress-driven eating. A visualization practice focused at your solar plexus supports emotional ease, mindful eating, and weight management.

How the Navel Flame Supports Mindful Eating

Focused visualization at your solar plexus can influence both emotional and physical states associated with eating habits.

Functional imagery techniques show promise in supporting mindful eating by shifting emotional patterns related to food (Solbrig et al., 2019). The solar plexus, or navel center, is traditionally associated with emotional balance, digestive comfort, and personal empowerment, making it an ideal focal point for this visualization.

Research on healing meditation imagery supports its use for weight management goals, reinforcing the practice’s potential (Sampaio, Magnavita, & Ladeia, 2019).

Step-by-Step Practice

Follow these daily steps for about ten to fifteen minutes.

1. Sit comfortably with your spine gently upright and rest your hands on your thighs.
2. Focus gently on the area just above your navel, breathing slowly and naturally.
3. Visualize or create awareness of a small, steady flame hovering softly above your navel area.
4. Activate the flame and allow it to gently expand until it comfortably surrounds your entire body.
5. Visualize or create awareness of the flame first releasing the emotional weight that you carry such as past trauma, limiting beliefs, and self-judgments.
6. Visualize or find awareness of the flame dissolving the excess weight from your body.
7. Visualize or become aware of the end result you’re aiming for with your physical body.
8. Maintain this expanded imagery until the practice feels complete.
9. Finish by placing your feet firmly on the floor and identifying two neutral items nearby.
10. Close by softly stating: “I release what I no longer need.”

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Accessible Adaptations for Aphantasia

Options for those who find visual imagery of the flame difficult:

• Tactile: Place a comfortably warm object on your solar plexus.
• Kinesthetic: Gently trace slow circles around your navel with your fingertips in sync with your breath.
• Auditory: Softly repeat the mantra “warm light” on each exhale.

Incorporating the Practice Into Your Routine

• Morning: Start your day with this visualization to reinforce mindful eating intentions.
• Afternoon Reset: A brief two-minute practice during mid-day reduces stress-driven impulses.
• Evening: Use the practice before bedtime to release emotional tension accumulated throughout the day.

For further emotional support, see also Functional Freeze Reset with Perfect Fifth Drone.

Mechanism Behind Heat Imagery

Visualizing warmth, as shown in research, can enhance interoceptive awareness, positively influencing emotional and physiological states connected to weight regulation (Kozhevnikov et al., 2013).

Disclaimer

This practice is educational and complements professional medical or nutritional guidance. If emotional or weight-related challenges persist, please consult qualified health professionals.

References

Kozhevnikov, M., Elliott, J., Shephard, J., & Gramann, K. (2013). Neurocognitive and somatic components of temperature increases during g-tummo meditation. PLOS ONE, 8(3), e58244. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058244

Sampaio, C., Magnavita, G., & Ladeia, A. M. (2019). Effect of healing meditation on weight loss and waist circumference of overweight and obese women: Randomized blinded clinical trial. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 25(9), 930–937. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2019.0092

Solbrig, L., Whalley, B., Kavanagh, D. J., May, J., Parkin, T., & Andrade, J. (2019). Functional imagery training versus motivational interviewing for weight loss: A randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Obesity, 43(4), 883–894. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0122-1