6. My life is full of stress.
7. Security is the most important thing to me. Worries about survival and feeling desperate reflect feelings about the general insecurity surrounding physical existence, as does the feeling that life is stressful.
8. Physical existence is just something we have to suffer in order to reach a higher plane.
If you checked off two or more of the above statements, you probably have some degree of blockage around the First Chakra.
List how you are currently feeling. According to Selby, if you are feeling low self-esteem, constantly worry about money, never feel satisfied with your work or home life, feel out of touch with your body and sexuality, or prone to feeling depressed or have addictive behavior such as smoking or eating, have lower back pain, constipation and sciatica; your root chakra may be closed or out of balance. If you have a tendency toward isolation, materialism, or selfishness; your root chakra may be too open. If you are feeling confident, trust your instincts, feel healthy and happy with your body and your sexuality; your root chakra is most likely …show more content…
Selby indicates that chakras located in the center of the arches of your feet are linked with the root chakra.
Know what type of imbalance you have in your root chakra. Too much leads you to feel materialistic and greedy. Not enough makes you feel fearful and nervous.
2
Add things that are red in color, which is the color of the root chakra when yours in under-active. Balance an overactive root chakra with blue. Wear clothing with those colors to help bring back you balance until you feel in line again. 3
Eat foods of the needed color to help bring back your balance. Tomatoes or red peppers help with an under-balance and blueberries help an overstimulated root chakra.
4
Wear or carry with you gemstones of the color you need for balance. Red stones include garnet or rubies, while blue stones could be sapphire or aquamarine.
5
Invoke the goddess Venus to help balance you out. She is the Roman goddess of love, and she can be called upon by simply focusing calmly on her and your root chakra and asking for balance. Have with you her symbols, such as flowers, pinecones, berries, or be outside under the stars and by