How can you tell if your Root Chakra is "functioning well"?

Everything to do with survival is linked to the first chakra, which governs our materiality, our physical relationship with our terrestrial environment. If your Root Chakra is open and functioning harmoniously:

-          you feel a deep personal bond with the earth and its creatures, boundless vitality, stability in yourself and your life, inner strength and satisfaction.

-          you feel part of the natural cycle of life, of the alternation between rest and activity, death and re-birth. Everything you do is motivated by a desire to participate in the creation of life on our Mother planet, while harmonising with the creative forces of the earth and respecting life in Nature.

-          you have no problem in achieving the aims you have set yourself on earth. Your life is marked by an unfailing fundamental confidence. You regard the earth as the place from which you can obtain everything you need: material possessions, food, protection and security. So, brimming with confidence, you embrace terrestrial life and accept everything it brings you with pleasure and gratitude.