"If yoga is to make us more healthy it is because it coheres us more closely to our environment." Matthew Remski
Poses for the first chakra include:
those that stretch feet and legs: calf stretch with blanket, hero's pose, ankle circles, dancer, tree
those that are very low to the ground: locust, child's pose, reclining poses
forward bends of all kinds
squats
First chakra is related to the time we spend in the womb and to the first year of life.
- our relationship to our mother
- our survival instincts: warmth, comfort, food, the feeling of being welcomed into existence
"The child learns that a body well-fed, loved and cared for is pleasant to live in, as is the world around it."
"Trauma, abandonment, physical abuse, hardship, hunger, or physical difficulties damage the first chakra. Our basic survival program is built on mistrust. Pain and trauma teach us to override our body's needs, to ignore them, sublimate them. Energetically, the child pulls his energy upward in his body, away from his roots."
quotes taken from The Sevenfold Journey, by Judith and Vega
