Healing Your Roots in the Garden
This is the time of year I feel the instinctual pull toward the garden again. I never mind doing the hard labor like hauling bark, clearing debris and digging in the dirt. There’s something about it that calls to me, and I easily lose myself in the garden for hours.
It’s nice knowing that as I cultivate the roots in my garden, I am also helping to balance and heal my own energetic roots.
All matter, including our body, is made of energy. And within our bodies, we have 7 main energy centers called Chakras, that receive, assimilate, and express life force energy. When they are balanced, they spin like wheels all working together to bring us Vitality.
From the top down, we have the Crown chakra (our connection to everything), the Third Eye chakra (our intuition), the Throat chakra (how we communicate), the Heart chakra (how we give and receive love), the Solar Plexus chakra (our self-confidence and power), the Sacral chakra (our sexuality and creativity), and last but not least, the Root chakra, (our safety, security, survival).
Each of these chakras begin to develop from birth, and the Root chakra is our energetic foundation and our connection to our physical body.
Our root chakra is the stabilizing energy that anchors us to the Earth. Any type of unsafe or negative environment, chaos in the house, childhood diseases, and radical changes like loss or moving a lot as a kid, can set us up for root chakra imbalances later in life.
When our Root is in balance, we feel stable, secure, trusting, and have healthy boundaries. When it is off balance, we may have anxiety, depression, feel unsafe, have money worries, etc. Physically, an imbalanced root chakra manifest as lower back pain, leg or foot pain, immune disorders, chronic fatigue and more.
Grounding yourself and connecting to the Earth is an excellent way to cultivate and balance the Root chakra. Mother nature vibrates on her own energetic frequency, and any time we spend tending to the Earth, it helps us to ground and maintain our own balance.
Working in the garden naturally requires a great deal of presence and it is easy to be in the moment. As we use our body to care for and cultivate the earth, we are becoming one with it.
We are a part of this Earth and nature, and if we allow ourselves the opportunity to be present with it, we are healing and strengthening our own roots.
When our energetic roots are stable, we can’t be so easily knocked off balance when life throws us a curve ball. As our basic needs feel met, so we may feel safe to explore our desires and feel the Vitality of all our chakras working together.
You don’t have to be a gardener to tend to your root chakra. Caring for your physical body and your home environment are a great way to reinforce your roots. Daily physical activity, being barefoot, and hiking and walking outdoors are all helpful. Yoga and meditation, eating root vegetables, tending to houseplants and spending time with animals and nature help balance our root chakra.
Reiki energy healing, inner child work, and positive affirmations are all great tools for healing our energy body. Email me for more information about energy healing and mention this article to receive a code for $10 off a Reiki healing session. Wishing you an abundant garden and life.