Chakras & Herbs: First Red Root

Chakras are the core of the human energy system. Working with these magical, restorative components allows you to heal, grow, and learn from the inside-out. I see them as the Divine Life Force itself viewed as a prism.

For the next few posts, I’m going to address some of the energetic benefits of using energy medicine via herbs in combination with the chakras.

CAVEAT EMPTOR: Herbs fall under the category of food as medicine, Beloved. Do not experiment with or take them lightly. A skilled herbalist can diagnose and make highly specific remedies for your personal needs. Consider finding an herbalist.

And, for what it’s worth, in my case, herbs work wonderfully well for me — better than vitamins for some reason. Does this mean I was one of those wise herbalists in another life-space? Maybe. But it doesn’t matter.

Herbs are strong medicine.

The Graces of all eight major chakras are, in order: Life, Passion, Power, Love, Creativity, Intuition, Abundance, Compassion. Each of us has all eight as permanently available. We cannot earn these Graces — they are ours simply because we are embodied.

Learning to work consciously with whatever brings out your personal ability to access and use these Graces is a large part of our work here as embodied beings.

The herbs recommended for working with the First Red Root Chakra, whose Grace is Life, are:

Allspice
Angelica
Burdock
Cayenne
Clove
Dandelion
Nutmeg
Paprika
Rosemary

If you know you want to enrich your First Red Root Chakra, dowse this list. Or, meditate on it. See if any of them jump out at you, and give the herb a try. The point is to go slowly, be gentle, and pay attention.

Herbs work, slowly, and often, permanently.

You will be shocked at how much better everything goes when you’re connected to, and consciously working with, your energy system.

Everything is vibration; that’s not news. What is news to a lot of folks is that we can learn to use vibration itself to make our lives better. So few of us know how to trust the inherent wisdom of our bodies. Bodies, though, are the coolest information-provider ever! Bodies never lie … because they can’t.

Remember, Beloved, the most important thing about the chakras is that they form a system.

They need your attention on integration with one another. This is what will allow you to live in integrity — your own wholeness.