How to Ground and Get Rooted: Balancing the Root Chakra
Sanskrit Name: Muladhara
Root chakra Overview:
The Root chakra serves as the foundational energy center of the human body.
It embodies our connection to the physical world and our sense of survival.
The root chakra is associated with the fundamental aspects of life—our basic needs, stability, security, and our innate instincts for survival.
Color: Red
Location: Located at the base of the spine
Significance and Associations
The root chakra governs various physical aspects of our body, including the suprarenal glands, legs, feet, kidneys, bladder, and spine. It acts as the energetic anchor, grounding us to the Earth and providing stability in our everyday lives. When this chakra is in balance, we feel secure, grounded, and connected to our environment.
When the Root Chakra is Balanced
Feeling stable, sure, centered and consistent
Feeling a sense of confidence
Easily trusting others, your path and situations
Feeling safe, secure and grounded
Can face adversity and change with grace and ease
Imbalance and Symptoms
Overactive Root Chakra:
An overactive root chakra can manifest as excessive aggression, impulsiveness, or recklessness.
One may feel overly driven by survival instincts, leading to an unbalanced fight-or-flight response.
One may have feelings of paranoia and nervousness
Dominant behavior and the need to take over situations (unable to go with the flow)
Hoarding and material fixation is a possibility
Addiction to adrenaline-producing activities (risk taking behaviors/adrenaline junky)
Overeating and craving of unhealthy foods
Underactive Root Chakra:
Conversely, an underactive root chakra may cause fatigue or a lack of vitality
Most will feel a sense of insecurity
Fear of change and difficulty navigating adversity and challenges with grace
Individuals with an underactive root chakra may struggle with feeling ungrounded and may result in flightiness, light-headedness, dizziness, feeling scattered
Physical symptoms may include issues with keeping your balance, running into objects, falling, stumbling or injuries in the lower body.
Pain, weakness, illness, dis-ease or infections in the lower body may also occur (coccyx, hips, glutes, thighs, knees, ankles and feet)
Balancing Techniques
There are several effective methods to balance the root chakra and restore its optimal function: