The First or Root Chakra is found at the base of the spine, the
point you are sitting on right now as you read this post! Its name, Muladhara,
means "root," and the paths of energy in this chakra extend downward
like a root through the legs and feet to contact the solid earth below.
Its color is a deep red, and its symbol is a lotus of four
petals within which is a downward-pointing triangle, symbolizing the root
energy.
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The Muladhara or Root Chakra is the foundation for the whole
chakra system. Its function is to respond to any issues concerning survival:
eating, sleeping, exercising, recovering from illness, making a living, or
simply feeling safe and secure. If our survival needs are properly taken care
of, then we can safely focus on other levels, such as learning, creativity, or
relationships. If there is some damage to the chakra, then we find ourselves
repeatedly coping with threats to our survival, which keeps us from
accomplishing other things. These threats might be changing jobs, having to
move, recurrent health problems, weight problems, or a general feeling of fear
for one’s safety.
When the chakra is closed, we lack stability. When it is too
open, we are frozen solid. The ideal state would be to have stability and
flexibility in balance.
The element associated with the Root Chakra is earth. Earth
is solid, earth is heavy, earth is below us, and earth supplies us with our
survival needs: food, clothing and shelter.
Eating is a very basic Root Chakra survival activity.
Without food, we do not survive very long. Eating disorders often indicate a
Root Chakra imbalance. Eating is a grounding activity—it helps to bring us
down, helps us to feel settled, calm, secure. Excess weight can be an attempt
to ground out high stress, to protect the body, or to replace proper grounding
techniques. Eating too little or being chronically underweight can be an
attempt to avoid grounding and physicality because it seems too frightening or
confining.
Red, black and brown healing crystal gemstones are popular
for the Root Chakra. Visit our Root Chakra center to shop our selection of
healing crystal jewelry and accessories designed to help heal and open your
Root Chakra.
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