Are chakras real? Should I suspend my belief? Is this new age mumbo jumbo?
With a sparkle in her eye, Sally tells me of her adventures in Cambodia. She also mentions how her system is off and she didn’t sleep well and that she aches for home.
Sally speaks of the first chakra, the muladhara chakra. This site in the body is where your mind and body process information and store experiences connected with the feet, legs and base of the spine.
Sally continues on, “ I feel really ungrounded right now, just not myself. I need to hug my dog, make a protein shake, sleep in my own bed”.
Who hasn’t been there? Energy scattered, relationship turmoil, moving house, traveling?
Take off your shoes. Feel your feet on grass. Go sit in your favorite chair, have a good meal, take a bath. Muladhara chakra’s color is earth red. It’s about earth energy, Ganesha energy. When we’re balanced in the first chakra, we are grounded, rooted, have a sense of self, a sense of home, solid in our foundation.
Find your home on the mat. Let these beautiful, enriching asanas root and ground and balance you. We revisit Sally later that week. Rested she looks. Her face soft, her shoulders lower. She’s heading inside after walking her dog. The strain of travel is removed, but her giddy laughter speaks to good adventures and good returns. Namaste, Lynn
