First Red Root Chakra: Color Red

Yes, we’ll get to the First Red Root Chakra, but first, let’s talk about color.

The usual assumption in life is that when I say the word red as a descriptor, the person to whom I am speaking knows what red is. If we were both looking at the image above, we would both know. If you think about it, though, there are an awful lot of reds, no?

Do I mean: brick red, fire engine red, bing cherry red, million dollar red, red hair red, red going to maroon, or red going toward pink?

In terms of chakras, we have to think about color in terms of light, not pigment. Chakras are part of Energy Medicine; their colors have to have an energetic basis.

The red above is the one I chose after much deliberation as the best digital red for the first chakra. If I were to go for red pigment, the color would be slightly different, more toward bing cherry red, but that’s for another day.

No matter what shade of red you’re using, it can …

Indicate force
Enhance vigor
Sustain vitality
Represent life force

The Grace of the First Red Root Chakra is Life itself.

Summon red when you want to …

Stimulate the autonomic nervous system
Support the circulatory system
Feel more alive

Beware that …

Overuse can create irritation & excitement.

Red warms and stimulates all systems. It can bring up deeply congested or hardened life energy and memories. Red grounds a person. It raises pulse rate. Red builds hemoglobin. It feeds the senses and creates greater sensory stimulation. It nourishes the liver.

Often people conjure red for: depression, anemia, frostbite, neuralgia, aches & pains in the lower back, buttocks, legs, feet, infertility. (*And caveat emptor: this is not medical advice — it’s energy advice.)

Red is the energetic equivalent of twenty five jumping jacks. Use it to lift yourself up, and to thaw out frozen places.

Tomorrow, Second Orange Sacral Chakra.