On Monday I gave examples of how you may be feeling and what health issues may be a concern for you if you have a first chakra imbalance.
Today — let’s launch right into some of the solutions.
Your old theme was “needing to control circumstances to feel safe.”
Your new theme? Focusing on feeling connected at all times.
It goes like this: “I am connected, therefore I AM SAFE.
I am lovingly held by not only the people and relationships in my life but also more deeply by the earth as it supports our growth and holds us, and ultimately by God as we are forever connected spiritually and can never be disconnected.”
1. Your new mantra: “I am a soul and therefore I am safe.”
Seek out the Divine.
Remember, Chakra 1 peeps find comfort through connection. Working hard to deepen connections to the spiritual world, you can help open up your base chakra and stop relying so much on controlling circumstances to feel safe.
Just by existing and being aware of existing, you know are never disconnected from source energy or the Divine.
Finding comfort in religion, prayer, mediation, and seeing the interconnection of your soul with the Divine can help you loosen your grip on the tangible people and items around you and help you find a deeper comfort that is lacking when you get anxious about surface circumstances.
- find a religious or spiritual support group
- pray
- meditate
- affirmations: this video is perhaps the tiniest bit cheesy, but it is full of 1st chakra lovin’ affirmations. So if you need a little 3 minute something to whisk you away to a place of feeling lighter and more comforted… give it a try (and the music is so awesome!):
2. The best way for base chakra peeps to find support for their physical symptoms? Mother Earth.
Grounding will take the inflammation away from your autoimmune and allergic hyper-responses, soothe joint inflammation, calm fears and boost your mood, along with a host of other medically documented things like speed metabolism, stabilize blood sugar, decrease insomnia, lower cortisol, and more!
I know that being outside isn’t always fun for 1st chakra peeps… you can not quite control nature or insects or weather or trees the way you can control indoor conditions, and on top of it you are likely to have seasonal allergies.
But your disconnection to the earth is part of why you ultimately are not feeling safe and part of why your body is over-reacting physically.
It has built up way too many free radicals, too much inflammation, and too much cortisol and other stress hormones pumping through your veins.
Don’t want to spend a long time outside? You don’t have to. Literally TEN MINUTES will soothe you from head-to-toe, and is enough to get you feeling connected (always the goal with 1st chakra peeps) and safe.
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3. Mix spirituality and grounding to the earth by one of the most ancient holistic practices of all time: Yoga
Yep, you first chakra peeps are the ones MOST likely to benefit from developing a yoga practice.
Even doing a few dozen Kegels counts towards stimulating your base chakra, increasing energy flow and balancing the first chakra. Seriously! I’m not kidding!
But want to take it up a notch? Try these three simple yoga poses you can do right now (yes even in the office) or outside while you are grounding this evening.
My fav of those three is the Warrior 1 pose, demonstrated in this simple 1 minute video (I recommend holding a few minutes longer then she does in the video, but this will give you guidance on how to get in and out of the pose!)
Are there a million other ways to support and balance your base chakra? You bet. And if you have a fav to share with my readers, you know I’d absolutely LOVE for you to leave me a comment below.
But until I connect with you personally, see your gorgeous soul energy shining bright and hear your story… I can’t customize my recommendations for your situation, your life, and your path. Ready to have some more personalized help in releasing your health challenges and unleashing health? Connect with me here.
xoxo, Laura
PS — bonus idea: READ!
This book is a fabulous resource for stopping fear from dictating how you act and react to various triggers and I highly recommend this for anyone suffering from fear. The original cover of this book was solid bright RED, which I thought was perfect for these 1st chakra peeps as the first chakra is red. But they changed the cover, however the words are as powerful as ever.
Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway by Susan J. Jeffers
Let me start by saying that I am thoroughly enjoying your blogs. In fact, I look forward to them. As a Reiki Master practitioner and also an Office Manager for an integrative medical practice, I find so much insight and helpful information both from you and your husband. In fact, I share many of these articles with Dr. Harte, the Medical Director I work for.
The question I have is about earthing. I live in Massachusetts and we have long cold winters. Would find it very hard to walk barefoot in subzero weather. What do you suggest?? I do it now every chance I get and feel amazing!!
HI Denise!!! Thank you SO MUCH for your lovely comment! I know my hubby appreciates it too! I love that you share these articles and please know I appreciate it and am so happy you find them meaningful. I agree, no going barefoot frozen conditions
Keep those tootsies protected!!! I highly recommend instead staying completely bundled up and just leaning on a tree. Or better yet, if you can take off your gloves and just touch a tree — hold onto a branch — as long as the tree is rooted in the earth and alive it is conducting the same healing anti-inflammatory electrons just as if you were laying on the warm sand near a tropical beach!!! There are also Earthing products you can use inside your home — sheets for your bed so that you can sleep grounded and such. Check out Earthing.com if you are interested in products for inside use! If you read my FREE Earthing Idea Book (downloadable from my website or in my shop!) I write about touching a tree as an alternative for those cold winter months… also working with clay or nice warm salt bath soaks! Thanks so much for your questions… stay in touch! xoxo
Wondering what your thoughts on uterine ablation are from a spiritual perspective. So many women are doing this to get relief from the exhaustion of exsanguination every month. Just curious what your take on it would be!
Hi Allison!!! The uterus is the domain of the next Chakra we will be looking at next week — the second chakra, but I’m thrilled that you left a comment and can just say that I can’t be totally for or against any medical intervention because it 100% depends on the person and how they are going to find relief best. My gut feeling is to not take a uterine ablation lightly — so many reach for this instead of giving natural healing a try and reaching for healing through earthing or other natural means — and of course any invasive intervention is risky — so it’s certainly not first line therapy. At the same time, I truly believe that however a person *feels* like they will re-connect to well being is important — so for some peeps that choose to reconnect to well being through surgery — so be it, it’s probably the correct choice for them. Once I decided to have a tonsillectomy I aligned with that being the right choice (knowing there is no right or wrong, just a choice I need to align with) and so this was the way I restored health after chronic tonsil abcess. Spiritually… I think well being awaits. Just how do we choose to align with it. For that we have to go deep and *feel* our way to relief. I would ask every woman who is getting the recommendation to have an ablation to know that there are alternatives, and to only go this route if you know on a very certain, deep level that you feel good about this choice no matter what the outcome. Allison thank you so very much for your thoughtful questions, I loved it! xoxoxo