Root Chakra 101

 

Let's start with the root chakra.

Our root chakra is our center for survival and stability.  If we don't feel grounded, centered, and secure with our basic needs none of the higher chakras can be happy and we really can't be then either, so this one is super important.  It is quite literally the base, think of it as a solid foundation on which to build up.

Location: base of spine

Color: red

Physical: bones, teeth, adrenals, fight or flight response, spine 

Balanced: safe and secure, calm strength, reassuring, in tune with abundance 

Unbalanced: fear, anxiousness, materialistic, lethargic, restless, spacey, chaotic, ineffective, greedy

Yours not quite on track? Here's some suggestions...

Yoga: Check this post .. but think grounding poses... child's pose, lotus, warrior 1, tree...

Oil: think woodsy and grounding... cedar wood, cypress, patchouli 

Stones: think red.... jasper, garnet, 

Nutrition: eating clean and nourishing food... again, think red...  peppers, apples, cherries, strawberries, etc, and also think proteins for strength...meats and beans.

Affirmations: I am safe, I am grounded, I am rooted, I am centered, I have enough, I am enough