About the Root Chakra

The root chakra deals in survival and is blocked by fear.

• Element: Earth

• Influences:

  • Physicality and physical identity aspects of ourselves

  • Basic needs for survival (food, sleep, shelter, self-preservation, etc.)

  • Security, safety: Physical (body) or metaphorical (financial security, home)

  • The support and foundation for living our lives

• When the root chakra is balanced, you have a feeling of safety and security, strength and vitality

• When your root chakra is blocked or overactive:

  • Fear is your main motivating factor

  • You may have feelings of greed or insecurity

  • Issues of food intake prevail

• What helps unblock or calm the root chakra:

  • Connecting intimately with the earth (gardening or going outside)

  • Physical activity

  • Focus on self-reliance

  • Go from a psychology of scarcity to personal abundance (if you’re not financially abundant, perhaps you are in other ways like with time, relationships, or space)

• Yoga poses for the root chakra: siddhasana, sukhasana, virasana

Download The Root Chakra Journal Prompts To Uncover Your Fears.