The Fountain of Youth - Healing the Root Chakra

Your root chakra is the 1^st energy center in your body and it is located at the base of your spine.  When the root chakra is blocked you will immediately notice the difference in how you feel because it is directly tied to the emotions that are stored up in your body.  When we hold things in and keep our emotions bottled up, our body keeps record of everything and eventually our body begins to scream at us until we sit down with ourselves and listen so that we can properly heal and shed light onto anything that could be blocking our energy flow.

The root chakra is the colour red and for a few good reasons.  "Seeing red" in your life, being angry, holding onto grudges, feeling frustrated, feeling insecure, attacking your body, or being scared or worried about your current financial situation will surely make anyone feel angry and at war with their ultimate highest self.  Not to mention you will experience body pains such as tightness in your hips, legs, and low back pain in particular.  This chakra must be open and clear if you want to look and feel your absolute best.

The process of clearing and removing any negative energy and emotions bottled up inside can be a lengthy process, but to the one who can look deeply within themselves, heal and make the necessary changes or modifications to their life, the rewards will be worth it.

When your root chakra is balanced you will have more energy

Your body will feel great and you will be more youthful

You will be happy

You will have confidence

You will feel safe, secure, and supported

You will have an amazing relationship with yourself and others

You will have a solid financial situation

You will feel empowered to make decisions that support your vision

You will have peace

You will have a total sense of overall well-being

You will understand that you are not your body and will do things that support you instead of hurt you.

You will feel more love, joy and overall contentment about your life

You will sleep better

You will be connected to a source greater than yourself

You will feel at home and be stable in your life

So where does it all begin?  How does a blockage occur and what can we do to clear that energy center so you are feeling your best?

For many a blockage of this energy portal happens early in life.  It can be a result of a near death experience or a traumatic event that inflicted fear at an early age.  Things such as abandonment, rejection from a parent, physical or sexual abuse, or neglect.  Disconnection from love usually causes a person to unconsciously go into a state of fear, depression, anxiety, low self-worth, addiction, comparison, jealousy, blame, shame, sexual dysfunction, or guilt.  Then as a result the entire operating system goes out of whack and depression and constipation or gut issues can also occur.

While eating healthy and exercise works wonders and can give you energy and make you look amazing what’s more important on a spiritual journey is that you feel amazing and that is going to require you to go much deeper.  This will require meditation, solitude and alone time.  It will require you to sit with yourself and shine light onto how you are feeling and allowing yourself to express your truth openly and honestly. 

Today I will give you some tips, but with that being said always listen to your own intuition and guidance system first and foremost.

Sacredness and Privacy

When you are healing it’s not a time to share your business with the world.  It is however a time for you to connect with a higher power, God, Source, the Universe and start the process of loving and reparenting yourself in the areas you need more nurturing.  It is a time for you to take some time for yourself and truly tend to your own needs and wants.  Use this as a time of fasting from anything or anyone that isn't positive, and removing or eliminating things, foods, people, habits, social media, routines and rituals.  In a sense you must shake things up a little in order for your life to change.

Take Care of Your Home

The home that your soul lives is your body.  The root chakra is your foundation and at the most basic level you must ensure this foundation is secure and stable.  Food, water, warmth, cleanliness, rest, security, and safety all need to be solid at this basic level.  Ensure you and your family are healthy and have had dentists and eye appointments.  Spend some time filling your fridge with healthy food, cleaning or replacing towels, pillows, bedsheets, and toiletries.  Organize and declutter the kitchen and bathrooms.  Get rid of anything you don't use or that no longer brings you joy.  Organize your closet, update your wardrobe, update your kids wardrobes, replace old socks, shoes, and underwear, replace or invest in high quality skincare products and makeup.  Light a new candle and hand soaps, buy some houseplants, replace door mats, decorate for an upcoming holiday, clean out your car, declutter the garage, buy a new door wreath, or update and freshen up your surroundings.  You can't be too busy to take care of the basics.  Out with the old, in with the new!  Spend and hours cleaning and purging your home environment, and then rest.  You will feel so calm, and incredible! 

A Strong Personality

Someone who has a root chakra blockage may find themselves the strong one, the perfectionist, high achiever, driven and has a hard time stopping, taking rest, and slowing down.  This is because from a very young age they’ve learned that in order to feel safe they must keep their guard up and take care of themselves.  This could also be from a deep rooted fear that if they stop something bad will happen or that the next ball will drop, so in a sense they have spent most of their lives running out of fear.  Letting this guard down and letting love, gentleness, nourishment, and grace in is the only way to be truly set free.  This requires you to unplug from the world around you and truly start to take care of your own needs first.  It requires you to trust and believe that you are supported and safe and that all of your needs are met.  It requires a knowing that you don't need to fix everything, save everyone or even be the strong one.  You can surrender and simply rest and relax until your body feels safe.  It also requires you to come from a wholesome loving space of knowing that no matter what you do, how you look, where you’ve been, or what has happened your identity is not tied to exteriors or life events.  Your identity is found in an energy of love and your identity rests with God and the one who created you.

Measuring Your Own Success

So often society will lead us to believe that we are successful when we look a certain way, act a certain way, get that job, office title, buy that big home or get that fancy new vehicle.  While all of those things are great, it does not mean they are any indication of real success.  It simply means you look successful but do you feel successful?  That’s the difference.  There's a big difference between looking rich to impress others verses being rich in your spirit.  High achievers tend to push, strive, and earn but when you dig a little deeper they’ve sacrificed too much and their ego was generally running the show.  Their health, marriage, relationships are all disconnected simply because they were prioritizing money over what is most important and aren't valuing the things that truly matter in life which leads to a very poor life in general.  Money cannot be the number one goal in life.  Love and a return home to your true self is.  Once you’ve entered that kingdom under heaven you will then be able to attract and manifest whatever it is you want.  You must learn how to get out of your head and back into your heart.  You must learn how to feel safe and supported so that you can receive what it is you truly want.  When we are feeling safe and secure in our bodies we feel at home and we are then able to flow freely with life knowing that we are whole and complete and one with our true self.

Repairing Relationships

Roots run deep and if you have a wounded relationship with your own mother, father, member of your immediate family or even an extended family member that could impact how you feel tremendously.  Not all family members are loving and supportive and that be very disheartening, but you must learn how to make peace with everyone in your heart and focus solely on your own life.  You must learn to protect your energy and be mindful of who you are giving your attention too.  There is never an easy route to repairing fractured relationships but you must find it within your heart to let go of grudges, sadness, grief, disappointment, anger, and frustration and find forgiveness in your heart if you want to truly live your happiest and healthiest life.  Whether you remain in contact or go no contact or have lost a parent you can still make peace with them in your heart and soul.  You can begin to understand you chose the parents you have because they would be your greatest spiritual teachers and teach you something about yourself.  Whether you like it or not you came into this world because of them, and they gave you the greatest gift of all.  The gift of life itself.   It’s up to you to make your life a phenomenal one and no one can stop you from achieving that unless of course you allow it to happen by holding onto things of the past or things that no longer serve you.  You must make peace in your heart, release, let go, and move forward joyful so you can rebuild the life you truly deserve.  One way you can work on releasing any pain is visualize the person you are trying to forgive as a little child.  Hold them in your heart knowing that at one point in time they were an innocent little child who likely got hurt along the way.  Say a pray, speak any hurt out, and the bless and release them.  If you have a picture of them you can speak directly to that picture, and then let that picture go.  Don't feel bad for throwing the picture away after you have said your peace.  You essentially are making peace with your past so that you can move forward and be free.

Meditation and Yoga

There is no right way to meditate but what essentially you do is you breathe and stay present and connected.  This is it.  It’s a practice and your only job is to quiet the mind so you can connect with God or your highest self (same thing).  It is in this present moment where things will surface and keep resurfacing until you look at them and see everything.  I recommend meditation every day for the rest of your life because once you’ve cleared the blockages and connect with your true self it truly is heaven on earth.  Yin yoga is also an incredible practice because you may find that your body is sore and requires something gentler, restorative, and nourishing.  Always listen to an honour your body for it will always know what is right and best for you.  This is not a time for pushing, forcing or trying to make something happen.  This is a time of surrender, trust, resting, recharging, relaxing, allowing, and aligning.  Yin yoga is the absolute best way to release built up tension and toxicity from your body as it requires you to sit in silence, breath, and hold various poses for longer periods of time.  Go to a yoga studio or do yoga from home.  When healing and doing this deep inner work I highly suggest quiet alone time as when you are releasing stuck emotions you may find yourself having outbursts of tears, anger, and the process is not pretty.  You would not want an audience around when you are truly in a space of divine love, healing and restoration.  This is a sacred process of discovering who you truly are.

Inner Abundance

For many who have a blockage they are solely focused on the material world and they never have enough.  They are always turning to others for validation and approval and they are longing to be seen.  Healing this root transitions one from outer abundance and a life of constant striving to a space of inner abundance and arriving.

A Healthy Relationship with Money

You come from an abundant source that never runs out.  That means you must embody the energy of abundance, overflow, and plenty and continue to be a responsible steward with all of your finances.  Spend some time updating your bookkeeping and ensuring you are managing your finances like a responsible adult.  Pay all of your bills on time, keep records for tax purposes, clean out your purse and wallet, do your taxes on time, and continue to save and invest your money wisely.  Look at spending money as a beautiful way to share your abundance with others.  Money comes in, money goes out, but it is a constant state of flow and abundance.  In the present moment you have more than enough and all of your needs are met, so remain present, and continue to focus your energy on create more wealth.  What you focus on will expand so ensure you are focusing your energy in the right direction.  This might also be a good idea to buy a new wallet or purse too!  Treat yourself to something you love and that you feel good using or wearing.  

Water, Sleep and Good Nutrition

During this process of cleansing negative energy you might find that you are lacking energy and this is okay.  When we move from a state of fight and flight to a state of safety and security, our bodies will need rest.  Allow yourself this time without feeling guilty.  Honour your need for resting and recovering.  it is important to drink lots of water to ensure your body and bones especially are well hydrated.  Allow yourself to sleep in and use prayer and meditation to stay grounded and reconnected to a space of peace. 

Self-Care Over Work

Taking excellent care of yourself and putting your own needs first is essential when you rise in the morning. Focus on who you are, on where you are, and how you want to show up.  Take care of yourself, do what makes you happy, and put your own needs first.  Rise earlier if need be especially if you have small children at home.  Use this time to do things that you love to do and that are fun.  Whatever that may be.  Go to the spa, up your skincare game or put on makeup, organize and update your home, read a book, create something new, watch your favourite movie or tv show, order in takeout, go for a long walk or drive, start cooking, try something new.  Whatever it is, do the things that you love to do and that make you happy and be unapologetic about it!  This is your life and your only job is to create a life that you absolutely love and that feels good to you!

Prayer and Praise

Taking some time out of your day to pray and give thanks is essential.  Everything you see in your life right now is a reflection of your thoughts, choices, current state of mind, actions and beliefs.  You are the ultimate creator of your life so be sure to give thanks for everything.  Just look around.  Everything you see likely started as a thought in your own wild imagination and it arrived.  Give thanks for what you have created and choose to consciously think better thoughts and focus your mind more powerfully on what you intend to create going forward. 

Affirmations

Pay very close attention to the thoughts you are thinking and what you are speaking to life after the words I AM.  Use powerful I Am Affirmations to rewire your subconscious mind and unlearn unhealthy thought patterns that might be unconscious to you.

Spread Love and Joy

Be very intentional about your energy and what you are putting out there.  Are you sharing love and joy, or are you spreading fear and hate?  You will always reap what you sew, so always ensure that you are putting out what you want to receive back.  Be kind, be positive, stay home if you're just not "feeling it", be honest with how you are feeling, and be a beacon of light in this world.  It's easy to allow boredom and distraction to get the best of us, so if you are bored, serve and give to others.  Do something nice for someone else, buy a gift, put something out there into the world without expecting anything in return, be generous towards others and make a difference.  Take the time you need to fill yourself up first, and then share the overflow with the people you love the most.

Trust and Believe

The final process of healing this root chakra is trust.  It’s learning to trust yourself and to be self-reliant and self-confident. It’s being your own best friend and truly loving yourself.  Take some time each day to sit with yourself, turn inward and see how you can serve the energy of your own soul.  See how you can nourish, provide, and give yourself the best life experiences.  For extra help be sure to explore the following:

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