The Root is a centre for pressure, adrenaline and stress
The Root tells us:
- Stress is just fuel meant to move us forward when used correctly
- If we don’t understand pressure, we push ourselves too hard
- If we turn pressure inward we can become depressed
- A healthy balance of stress actually brings us to joy
Defined Root
- It’s like a regulator that pulses energy on and off – the pulses tell you when things feel right and it’s time to act
- It has a fixed way of dealing with the pressure to move forward
- It has a fixed way of dealing with stress
- When Root and Solar Plexus are connected, if your mood is down, so is your energy and it can be difficult to do anything (even get out of bed)
- When Root and Spleen are connected, if the timing isn’t right, there’s no energy
- The defined root naturally exerts pressure on others
- When the pressure you usually know how to work with becomes too much or you’re not using your S&A you can become obsessive
- You tend to project the excess stress onto others, which often looks like having unreasonable expectations of them
- When using your S&A, you excel with the right pressure, challenge and stress
Undefined Root **plays Under Pressure by Queen**
- The undefined root is under pressure
- You take in stress, adrenaline, pressure and amplify it
- Pressure is uncomfortable for you, you’re always in a hurry to cross everything off your to-do list so you can finally relax…
- But the to-do list never ends, so you’ll push yourself until burnout unless you learn to create boundaries yourself
- You may also rush to finish tasks and not really do your best work because you just want to be done
- Can be addicted to adrenaline
- Can be addicted to (and sensitive to) caffeine
Open Root
- Can operate on an auto-pilot of pressure and mental decisions that take you out of alignment
- Open roots don’t naturally know how to use pressure productively
- Your system is not meant to operate under long periods of pressure
- May deal with extreme stress, panic attacks and extreme stage fright
- Hint: use your strategy & authority!
Wisdom of the Undefined/Open Root
- You can truly be wise about rest
- You can be wise around boundaries, relaxation and free time
- You can trust and know that you don’t need to hustle or always be busy to be successful or joyful
- You can be wise about the energy of pressure – when it’s being used effectively and when it’s not
Format Energy
- 53 – abstract format energy -pressure to get started, a cyclical way of living with clear beginnings, middles and endings
- 60 – individual format energy – pressure to transcend limitations with powerful bursts of evolutionary (mutative) energy
- 52 – logical format energy – the pressure to concentrate, focus and live in a detailed, sequential, organized way
