Healing with the Chakras: Root

As you begin your healing journey through the chakras I highly suggest you start with the Root Chakra and work your way up through to the Crown.

Spend as much time as you need exploring and balancing each chakra before moving to the next. This might be minutes or it might be days. You might want to do a balancing meditation weekly or monthly. There are no right or wrong ways to work the chakras here. Follow your intuition and connect with them as often as you feel necessary.

Remember that healing is a journey. It takes dedication and patience to work through healing your chakras and if you've decided to incorporate shadow work with your chakra work it can really take you on a wild but necessary ride.

Give yourself grace, self compassion and be willing to learn and grow through this journey.

The first Chakra we are going to cover will be the Root Chakra. Below you will find many different correspondences followed by symptoms of an out of balance Root Chakra and ways to balance. Use some of the activities from Part 1 of this series Healing with the Chakras to guide you along your healing journey. There are no right or wrong ways to explore these incredible energy centers so be curious and have fun with it.

If you feel you need extra guidance please reach out to me or explore other blogs and teachings on the Chakras. There are countless books and teachers out there explaining how to do the work, so a quick internet search is bound to give you a lot of different styles and choices to explore.

Chakra - Root, the most instinctual chakra, it is your survival center. The fight, flight, or freeze response, primitive, rooting, grounding

Sanskrit Name - Muladhara, meaning Root, Base, Foundation Location - Tail Bone/Perineum Element - Earth Characteristics- Security, Grounding, Basic Needs, Support, Courage, Vitality, Reality, Stability, Sexuality

Associated Body Parts - Lower, Spine, Chi/Life Force, Legs, Feet, Bones, Large Intestine, Bladder,Colon, Tailbone, Hips

Physical Symptoms - Body Dysmorphia, Leg, Knee, Foot problems, Sciatica, Prostate Issues, Digestive Disorders, IBS, Bladder and Colon Issues, Eating Disorders Foods to Eat to Balance - Protein, Cherries, Blood Orange, Red Apples, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Beets, Radishes, Red Pepper, Red Onion, Chili Peppers, Red Cabbage Minerals - Vitamin B, Iron, Zinc Essential Oils- Benzoin, Black Pepper, Clove, Juniper Berry, Spruce, Vanilla, Ylang Ylang, Spikenard, Sandalwood, Ginger, Patchouli Crystals - Fire Opal, Garnet, Red Tigers Eye, Ruby, Zircon, Red Jasper, Obsidian, Red Carnelian, Bloodstone

Animals- Elephant, Ox, Bull, Snake

Affirmations- I Have / I Am, I am grounded, I am worthy of love and respect, I am supported by the earth, I am safe and secure, I am allowed to take up space

Yoga- Hatha

Mantra- Lam/Ra Out of Balance- Anxiety, Fear, Nightmares, Eating Disorder, Bladder / Colon Issues, Negativity, Paranoia, Insecurity, Greed, Depression, Money Issues, Dissociation, Physical Symptoms

Balanced - Grounded, Safe, Secure and Stable, Calmness, Increased self-expression, Increased self-sufficiency, Healthy emotions, How to Open and Balance - Connect with Nature, Gardening, Hiking, Cooking, Creativity, Meditation, Carrying around crystals associated to the root chakra, Yoga, Diet - Red Foods, Explore Core Wounds/Mother Wounds, Wear the Colour Red, Journaling and Shadow Work

Up next: Sacral Chakra

as above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul

-K