There are seven main chakras in our bodies, and they go from the top of our head to the bottom of our feet. The chakras are the energy center of our bodies.
The first three chakras are from the bottom of the spine and they have to do with the first chakra and the root chakra which is also called the Muladhara.
The word Muladhara is a Sanskrit word that means root chakra. This is the beginning of the chakra system and is where the energy comes and where your life force and your energy sit. The spine is found at the bottom of the root chakra and it goes up to the head or the crown chakra. The organs are part of this.
The root chakra is something that comes to people after they are born, and it allows people to know that they are born to belong on the earth, and it gives them the ability to think and to use their intuition.
The root chakra is the most influential chakra of them all and this is where you get the idea of staying and fighting or running or the fight or flight syndrome. This is also the place where you learn to survive, and you learn to use the instincts of an animal to survive.
The way that we survive, and our sense of smell and taste are part of the root chakra. This is located in the mouth and the nose but when you are a baby, you learn right away to root for food with your mother. As you get older, you will begin to be able to find food and survive and know that the world is inside of you.
When you think of Erik Erickson and the way that he talked about development, you know that you need certain things to even survive such as shelter, food, water, etc. The world is a place where you begin to either trust other and yourself or you begin to mistrust others. Trust is one of the needs that need to be met to help you to feel secure.
If you have an unbalanced root chakra, chances are that you do not feel safe and that you have no security in your life.
The root chakra is the place where you feel secure and where your basic needs and emotional need are met. They are connected to the point where you know that you have to have these things in order to really survive and be happy.
The root chakra is part of your physical body and it includes things such as:
- Bones
- Muscles
- Skeletal system
- Arteries
- Kidneys
- Adrenal Glands
- Colon
- Blood
- Oxygen
- Tissues
The root chakra allows you to use your energy to do things to make your body healthy such as to sleep and make babies. When you are motivated to have a good life, you will work on who you are, and you will see that your self-esteem and your individual choices help you to find your belonging.
The root chakra has energies that can help you feel that you fit in on the earth. The energies help you to have a life journey and when the chakra is blocked, it can cause you to feel that you are not worthy, that you are insecure and that you are not able to fit in anywhere.
The root chakra has to be balanced and if it isn’t, you will not have the energy that you need. You might find that you are angry or sad or that you have chronic low feelings and low self-esteem. This can block your mental abilities and make you feel that you are worthless.
When your root chakra is strong, you have love, compassion, excitement and you want to share your life with others.
If you have past trauma in your life, you have to learn to find a way to heal. There are things you can work on such as Reiki, tai chi, chi, meditation, yoga and more to get rid of negative thoughts and feelings. This can help you to have courage to live and to get rid of anything that is blocking you.
When you need to survive in your life, you will see that you have a conscious ability to help you to be responsible and help you to work through hard things in your life.
Even when there are things such as natural disasters or events that might threaten your livelihood, and when karma comes from your past life that is ready to be paid back, you will see that your energy center or your root chakra can help you with this.
The root chakra is associated with the red color and it helps you to survive and helps you to focus on your life. Planting a seed mantra can help you to reach your spiritual enlightenment and help you to get rid of blockages that keep your energy from reaching your whole being.
Healing can come to you and you can get rid of things in your life that are holding you back. You can be healed of past pain and experiences that were traumatic for you.
No matter how long you have had problems in your life, by ignoring them, you become ignorant and you do not get the healing that you need. When you learn to work on yourself and make sure that your chakra system is strong, you will see that you can develop and work through lessons that are hard.
Root Chakra
All of your chakras are important to your body and when one is unbalanced, it can cause your other chakras not to work as well. This can cause you to miss out on growth and change that you need.
Growth and Security
You will not be able to grow if you do not have security in your life. Here are some things that you need to know:
- Muladhara is the root chakra and a Sanskrit word.
- The root chakra is found at the first three vertebrae of the spine.
- It has to do with the color red.
- This is formed when you are developing in the womb until the age of 1 year old.
- If you have fear and eating problems, the root chakra can be blocked.
- Helps with the adrenal gland, bladder, large intestine, arteries, heart, legs, teeth, feet and colon.
- You can see blockage if you have depression, trust issues, lack of energy.
- Works with the earth element.
- Use the mantra: LAM to make the chakra stronger.
Balancing the Root Chakra
There are some things that you can use to balance the root chakra such as using physical exercise, eating things that are red such as strawberries and cherries and using stones such as black tourmaline, red jasper, garnet, bloodstone and more.
Here are some other ways you can balance your root chakra:
- Yoga such as the Asana pose, Knee to chest pose, lotus flexion, mountain pose, corpse pose, Warrior pose, squatting pose.
- Take a sound bath.
- Use sound frequency.
- Vibrational sounds.
- Meditating
- Using interpersonal and psychodynamic modalities
- Reiki healing
- Essential oils such as clover, ginger, myrrh, rosewood and more.
Another thing that you can do to balance your root chakra is to say positive mantras such as:
- I am worthy.
- My life is centered.
- I have values and I believe in the truth.
- I have no fear.
- I trust who I am and what I can do.
- I love who I am.
- I have all the possibilities in life that I can get.
- I have whatever I need.
- I work with myself to be better and I work out and eat healthy foods.
- My body is a place where I always feel that I am home.