Balanced energy at your root grounds you, creating a sense of safety and stability.
Your Energy Centers
Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning disc or wheel. It is believed to have originated in India and is first referenced in ancient Vedic texts linked to both yoga and Ayurveda. Your Chakras are spinning wheels of energy, and the Chakra system is the energy system of your body, responsible for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. They can be found in your spiritual body, sharing space and aligning with your physical body.
Balanced energy centers ensure that you are running at peak possible performance. Imbalances can manifest in your physical and emotional body in predictable ways.
Correspondence and Function
Each energy center corresponds with an element that relates to its function. The energy center at your root is Muladhara in Sanskrit, corresponds with the element of earth and relates to survival including your sense of safety, security, and stability.
A balanced energy center at your base literally determines how rooted you feel.
Glandular Alignment
Your 7 main energy centers exist in your spiritual body and are aligned with the endocrine centers in your physical body.
The energy center at your root aligns with your adrenal glands. These glands sit on top of your kidneys and produce hormones that influence heart rate, blood sugar, blood pressure, and the way that your body manages stress.
Physical Areas Influenced
The energy center at your root governs your physical structure. The health of your skeletal system, bones and teeth, relate to the balance found here. It influences your body from the lower pelvis downward, including organs that sit in your pelvic bowl, muscles, and bones. The area of your spine and the nerves that interact with your root include sacral, coccygeal, and your lumbar nerves L1 through L5
Your base or root is located in the energetic space near your perineum. The energy here extends downward and outward like a cone and creates a base that connects you to, and allows energy to flow from, the Earth
It is important to note that energy centers are not clearly defined areas and their energy and influence blends with other energy centers, both large and small.
Energy centers effect and are effected by physical function. Your root governs your structure as well as your elimination.
Signs of Balance
A person with a balanced energy center at their root would exhibit a healthy weight, have good elimination, strong teeth and bones, and a stable gait.
A balanced energetic base supports a strong physical and emotional base.
Signs of Imbalance:
Physical signs of an energetic imbalance at your base include:
- bone breaks in the hips and lower limbs
- bowel issues
- degenerative arthritis
- sciatica
- varicose veins
- weak tooth structure
Emotional signs of an energetic throat imbalance include:
- anxiety
- control issues
- excessive or unreasonable fears
- hoarding
- obsession
Bringing Balance
Your energy system is influenced by exposure to the world around you from other living beings to a variety of other things including your food, drink, and even your thoughts. This exposure has a direct effect on how each individual Chakra functions. Because it is a system, the function of each energy center has an impact on the whole system.
Information about tools for bringing and maintaining balance is not medical advice, nor should it be used in place of seeing a medical professional if and when you experience issues. Holistic tools should be considered a complement to any allopathic treatment that you may need.
Also, not everyone reacts in the same way to natural ingredients and allergies are common. Do not use anything that you have reacted to in the past, or if you suspect a sensitivity exists. Contact a medical professional with personal safety questions.
There are many tools that can support your balanced energy system. In this post we will look at the following:
- color
- gemstones, crystals, and minerals
- scent
- fuel or food
- herbs
Color
Color is controversial regarding balancing energy centers. I have personally found that it influences my mood and balance. There is also a great deal of information available on the psychology of color. Even if it is just a placebo effect, the purpose of this information is not to diagnose or prescribe. If using color to bring balance speaks to you, do it. If not, maybe another tool will resonate.
As your root relates to the element of earth, earth tones support and balance this energy centers. The richer the tone, the more beneficial the color. Think about the colors of good soil in which to plant seeds. Blacks, browns, and clay reds bring the kind of energy that your base needs.
Wear deep earth tones or place them in your line of sight. Use accents in these tones in your home.
Gemstone, Crystals, and Minerals
Gemstones, crystals, and minerals support balanced energy centers through a process called entrainment. Both energy centers and crystals vibrate at specific frequencies. If you have an unbalanced energy center, bring a stone that vibrates at a frequency near or equal to it near your energy center. The vibration of the stone will entrain the energy of the Chakra, returning it to balance.
Smoky quartz resonates with earth-based energies. It supports the legs, hips, pelvis and internal organs of the lower body. It brings stability as it roots us to the Earth.
Hold or wear Smoky Quartz as desired or use it in and elixir.
Scent
Scent can trigger memories, mentally transport you through time and space, and bring balance to your energy centers.
The grounding fragrance of cedar balances your base. Cedar is used for purification and protection corresponding to eliminating what no longer serves you and inviting safety and security.
Fuel or Food
Each energy center responds to a specific fuel. This ranges from fasting to indulging in what we consider comfort food.
Your root is supported by proteins. Proteins support your body through enzyme and hormone production, immune support, and building and repairing tissues in your skin, muscles, bones, and organs. Consider the types of proteins that you ingest including how they are produced and delivered to you.
Herbs
Herbs are popular not only as complementary wellness practice but in allopathic medicine as well. They are flexible in usage and many herbs have a wide range of benefits.
The energy center at your root benefits from the roots of supportive herbs. One of these is dandelion root which stimulates bile and supports liver function, encouraging detoxification.
Summary
The energy center at your base, or root, relates to survival.
A balanced energy center at your base supports healthy teeth and bones, good elimination, and healthy emotions.
Imbalances in the root can manifest as elimination issues, bone or joint degeneration, or anxiety.
The energy center at your base can respond positively to a variety of balancing tools. Explore your options and work with the tools that feel most supportive, and you are comfortable using.