Chakra I.
Location: Base of Spine
Energy Connection: The first chakra is the foundation of emotional and mental health which originates in the famity unit and early social environment.
Symbolic connection: First chakra energy manifests in our need for logic, order and structure.
Primary strength: Tribal, family identity, bonding honor. The support and loyalty that give one a sense of safety and connection to the physical world.
Questions for Self-Examination
1. What belief patterns did you inherit from your family?
2. Which of those belief patterns that still have authority in your thinking can you acknowledge are no longer valid?
3. What superstitions do you have? Which have more authority over you than your own reasoning ability?
4. Do you have a personal code of honor? What is it?
5. Have you ever compromised your sense of honor? If so, have you taken steps to heal it?
6. Do you have any unfinished business with your family Members? If so, list the reasons that prevent you from healing your family relationships.
7. List all the blessings that you feel came from you family.
8. If you are now raising a family on your own, list the qualities that you would like your children to learn from you.
9. What tribal traditions and rituals do you continue for yourself and your family?
10. Describe the tribal characteristics within yourself that you would like to strengthen and develop.
11.Where do you feel save and at home?
Power: Groundedness
The first Chakra grounds us in physical life: in the physical arena, every experience, every encounter we have automatically engages our first chakra. Our relationship with power begins with learning how it works within our family. Other forms of group power include genetic inheritance, ethnic heritage, national identity, as well as group beliefs, values, attitudes, and superstitions.
There are no “accidents of birth”, everything is provided for your particular journey, including the social, ethnic, and religious value systems of your family, which form the foundation of your consciosness and the lens through which you will first encounter life.
from the Book “Anatomy of the Spirit” by Carolyn Myss