How Opening Your Root Chakra will Help You in Life

“I am smart, and I work hard, and why can't I figure it out?”

Have you ever thought that?

Maybe you have found yourself laying awake at night, your thoughts turning and churning with anxiety, to the point that your stomach gets queasy.

With what’s happening in the world, many people feel a lack of security and trust, both within themselves and others. This lack of security can come in the form of money, community, relationships, or even connections.



If you’re ready to begin receiving more and finally get to the place where you want to be in the areas I mentioned above, then it’s time to go deep and look at opening the Root Chakra.

The root chakra is located at the base of the spine, where physically, that area includes the anus, the pyramid, and the male and female reproductive organs, where it represents both the inner and the outer organs.

First of all, the root chakra is energetically and emotionally connected to our childhood. The roots of where we come from, our genetics. It also has to do with how we feel safe or secure in the world. 

One of the ways we feel safe or secure in the world is in relationship to our earthly possessions that includes money, our home, and our local environment. And it has to do with the work that we do in the world and how we create wealth for ourselves that’s our livelihood. 

The root chakra is also connected to all things, from feeling safe in the world to feeling very abundant. It’s when we have access to the feeling of oneness and connection, having no room to feel lonely or separated.

Physically it would show up in things like tight hips, sciatica pain, knee problems, and hip issues.

Any digestive or urinary tract issues, especially on the outer area of the body, is a key indicator that the root chakra is closed off.

Emotionally, it shows up when we feel a lot of fear around not having enough money or losing it. It can even be if you’re feeling unsafe in your community or in your household.

Struggling to forgive someone can cut you off from the root chakra as well.

If you thought your personality is just the “over giving” type, then consider if it’s a disconnect from your root chakra as I have observed that when people over give, they cannot receive, despite how hard they may feel that they are working.

Know the feeling? Then let’s open your root chakra with some movement to receive more in life and business! 

The root chakra needs to stay open and balanced, and in order to do that, we need to clear any energy blocks. Then we need to work on forgiveness or any sort of limiting mindset, safety, or fears we’ve been experiencing. 

The first thing you can do is to slow down and get back into the body. You can do this by breathing deeper.

Getting the breath all the way down to the genitals and feeling the whole body, including the legs and feet, everything in the low body relaxing. Allow the hips to open more.

Once we feel our bodies, include movement like hopping, jumping and pulsing. The feet need to leave the ground and then land on the ground more often during these times of fear. 

When we are feeling unsafe in the world, it's a cue that we feel unsafe in ourselves. The number one way to recognize that we are, indeed, safe in the mind is to know that you're safe physically and jumping up and down on the ground will help you realize that you're safe and secure.

Other movements include simple hip openers, building strength in the legs, walking barefoot on the ground, and feeling a connection between the body and the earth more often during the day to day life.

When we begin to connect with our root chakra, we will reduce the amount of overthinking. When you think less, it means a more balanced root chakra. 

Here are three ways to silence the chatter in your mind:

You will bring your energy and mind down to your bottom, genitals, or anus. 

Number one, the awareness comes deeper down into the body.

Number two, go that area deeper with intention.

Number three, spend enough time breathing and bringing your awareness to that area until the thinking stops.

You'll feel a difference. It will be a visceral experience of relaxation and peace and surrender.

When the root chakra becomes more open, the heart, the mind, can be more open. 

Other people will see a sense of groundedness, more calm, peace, and more presence within you. 

Creativity can flow easier when the root chakra is open. And when creativity flows, one can receive more, like more opportunities coming people's way. 

It’s easier to connect with other people, and build relationships that are deeper and stronger.

In regards to money, when the root chakra opens more and more, and allows for earth energy to move, it’ll come through the 3D world as money, opportunities, connections and relationships. 

There's also more pleasure in life to somebody and they generally look happier. There’s less pain and more pleasure, like everything they do, they just look like they enjoy. 

When somebody trusts the process of life and feels safe in that, other people will feel safe around them and trust with them.

When you’re able to forgive, your relationships and existing relationships will actually start to shift and the types of people that start to show up in their lives will start to change. They have less fear based people and more grounded creative people in their life.

Do you see yourself having a disconnect with your root chakra? Then I want to invite you to learn more about a practice that has helped me stay grounded, safe, and secure while leading clients to their greatness as well.

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