Journey to Inner Space:
From Root to Bloom by Sihnuu Hetep
Mother Nature reminds me of the inevitable unfolding that my life must undergo. She tells me that there are truths buried inside of me waiting for seasons to pass and lessons to die away like leaves in Winter, making way for new thought and ways of being at Spring. She assures me that with properly nourished soil, I can grow into my fullest potential.
The well being of all things start at the root. The Muladhara / Root Chakra serves as the foundational component of our psycho-spiritual self. Through this energy center we can see ways that our upbringing shapes our perception of safety and influences the security we feel around our personal identity. In life it is “who” we are that we explore first, before we explore anything else. Acknowledging our matter self solidifies our existence. At birth our first instinct is to secure our existence by positioning ourselves close enough to our mother’s bosom to eat, this is our first experience linked to comfort, survival, and trust. As we continue to grow older our sense of stability is groomed by how our needs are met. When we are provided for, we feel safe, when we are unable to have our needs met, our safety is compromised and it is through a solid sense of feeling safe that we are confident in being fully.
Into adulthood we gain tools necessary to create a sense of stability for ourselves as we navigate life. While some are able to move through seamlessly with the confidence to build, a lot of us may need additional support due to traumatic experiences. Trauma has the ability affect us in ways we cannot see. While it’s initial function is to protect us from danger, it has capacity to stunt our movement if we do not tend to it properly. Trauma can occur at any point in life and some trauma can stem from intergenerational (trauma passed on through DNA and affecting several generations). It is in our best interest to get the support we need to dig deep, learn our triggers, and do the healing work to weed out responses that keep us stagnant due to fear. When we begin this process we have the ability to reconnect to the truth of who we are, uninfluenced by outside forces.
To know self is the greatest way to activate potential. Through guidance ( teachers,friends, family, therapy,etc.), devotion and spiritual work I’ve gained knowledge about who I am at my core without the weight of my trauma. I’ve been able to sit with my stories and rewrite chapters where needed. This work has taken me years and I am still going. I’ve had to unpack personal issues connected to the death of my father in childhood, my son in adulthood, and relationships effected by both. Both of these significant occurrences have shaped my outlook on life, but not without having to turn deep pain into a passion for healing and agency over my Earthly existence. None of us are immune to the crossroads that life puts on our path, but the Root reminds us that if we ground down and take a good look at the soil that shapes us, we can identify what is needed to nourish a healthy bloom in the garden along with others flowering into their fullest potential as well.
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Yours in wellness and truth,
Sihnuu Hetep
