If you’re looking to bring more intentional, self-balancing practices to your self-care routine, stop right here!
Aromatherapy provides powerful support for your spirit, helping you achieve a greater sense of balance from the inside out. Our Chakra Blends are crafted specifically to help balance all seven chakras, or energy centers, within your body .
Today’s focus is our Grounded Foundation blend. Designed to support your 1st chakra (root), Grounded Foundation has a rich, earthy blend with a hint of sweet spice. It’s created using sacred, treasured oils, including Spikenard, Frankincense Carteri CO2, Palo Santo, and Vetiver.
In case you need any more reason to try out the set, check out our post on all the things you can do with Jojoba oil, and why you need it!
Your Root Chakra
The root chakra, located at the base of the spine, represents your foundation and feeling of being grounded.
When all is well with your root chakra, you’ll feel a sense of safety, security, and calmness. You’ll be bold and confident enough to tackle new challenges. This makes a properly aligned root chakra vital whenever you’re trying something new or pursuing a major life goal .
What happens when your root chakra is out of balance?
Feeling threatened, panicked, or anxious? This could mean your root chakra is blocked! These unpleasant feelings can take over your thoughts and make you feel uncertain, and question yourself. . Physically, a blocked root chakra could cause a sore lower back, low energy levels, and cold extremities .
Balancing your root chakra:
Grounded Foundations supports your root chakra by soothing, calming, and relaxing you when you’re feeling disconnected and upset. To use this blend, you can add to a personal inhaler or diffuser. Putting a drop or two on a tissue and wafting it away from your nose is another fantastic way to enjoy the benefits of this blend.
If you decide to use it topically, dilute Grounded Foundation to 1% in your favorite carrier oil. Anoint the backs of your knees or the bottoms of your feet by massaging this intentionally in a clockwise direction.
Having a healthy root chakra helps to create a sense of security, protection, and hope and supports feelings of trust and belonging . Grounded Foundation will help you open up this energetic area of your body.
Try this DIY Foot Cream using Grounded Foundation to feel firmly grounded and centered, while allowing a sense of expansiveness and higher connection. Using a foot cream helps to pull energy back down in the subtle body toward the ground to feel more grounded.
Grounded Foundation Foot Cream
What you’ll need:
- 1 ounce Evening Primrose Body Cream
- 6 drops Grounded Foundation
What you’ll do:
To use, mix the body cream and Grounded Foundation and massage onto your feet to enjoy a deep sense of connection and grounding to the world around you.
Want to learn more?
Our Certified Aromatherapists have written other great articles that dive deeper into the subjects of chakras and subtle aromatherapy:
Sources:
- Virginia, K., & Khalsa, D. (2017). Essential kundalini yoga: An invitation to radiant health, unconditional love, and the awakening of your energetic potential. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
- Hewitt, J. (2001) The Complete Yoga Book. New York, NY: Schocken Books. pg. 462
- Judith, A. (2016). Wheels of Life: A users guide to the Chakra system. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications.pgs. 66-67,71, 75, 92, 110, 205, 238, 258
- Mercier, P. (2007). The Chakra Bible: The definitive guide to working with chakras. London: Godsfield Press. pg. 67-68, 92, 238, 258
- Judith, A. (2006). Chakra Balancing. Boulder, CO: Sounds True. pgs 8-9.
- http://www.chakras.info/root-chakra-healing/
- http://chakrasbalancing.com/symptoms-of-chakra-imbalance/
- https://www.the-energy-healing-site.com/healing-the-chakras.html
