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Over the next week or so, I’ll be doing a series of posts discussing each of the 7 chakras. Each will give a little background info on each of the chakras, and some “field notes” from me — stuff I’ve learned about the chakras from working with them. These posts are the “raw material” for what will eventually be an educational resource for me to use when teaching classes, and/or for people to read and learn more on their own.

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The Root Chakra is about groundedness and getting our basic survival needs met. Issues relating to stability, the home environment, one’s childhood, and digestion/eating may manifest here. Physical issues most commonly include digestive issues (such as constipation or diarrhea) or eating disorders (although these will frequently show up in higher chakras, especially if they have manifested for a long time – I find a lot of overeating issues end up in the Solar Plexus.) It corresponds with the color red – I find that mine appears anywhere from bright firetruck red to a rich burgundy when healthy, and more like a goopy blood clot or a brownish color when I’m having issues there. Sometimes I’ll get flashes of a red ball oozing and expanding out of control when my Root Chakra is not doing well. I associate the smell of wet wood or fresh dirt with the healthy Root Chakra, and often the smell of an unpleasant bodily excretion such as vomit or feces will show up when I encounter a significant Root Chakra imbalance. More frequently, though, the smell I’ll get when an issue at this chakra needs attention is the smell of blood, which goes with the “goopy blood clot” image generally.