Nurturing Our Own First Chakra: Growing Adult and Finding Safety in Times of Threat   The recent global challenges of a pandemic are certainly testing each of us in unique ways. As a collective human unit, we may all be feeling the effects on our first chakra, whether we are aware of it or not. Signs there are energy blockages, deficiencies or stagnancy in the first chakra include depression, anxiety over survival issues and feeling unsafe, as well as problems with lower parts of the body such as legs, feet, hips, sciatica, or elimination problems. More specifically, deficiency in energy flow through this center can cause feelings of being insecure, disconnected, restless and listless. Signs of being overactive and having built up or stored energy can cause materialism, greed, competitiveness, overeating and anger. We may also notice an ebb and flow between deficiency and build-up of energy in this center of our bodies as the state of the pandemic changes for the world and in