The energetic center of this formula is the Oak tree. It is a beautiful embodiment of strength and resiliency. Its presence emanates solace and protection. Oak has a pan-cultural presence - known for its enduring strength and longevity, a physical embodiment of spiritual resilience, a conduit between the earthly and spiritual realms. It helps us tap into our deepest resources, to weather any storm, to Be the calm center.

Trees require water for their sustenance. To energetically nourish the oak force within us, the second component of Resilient Root is Sacred water. The source for this component is water that was gathered from 18 sources that was blessed by their indigenous spiritual leaders. Water is the carrier for the vital force in the physical world. It embodies flow, movement, circulation. It nourishes the Root.

"The Upholder of the Cycles which supports the whole of Life, is water. In every drop of water dwells the Godhead, whom we all serve; there also dwells Life, the Soul of the "First" substance - water - whose boundaries and banks are the capillaries that guide it and in which it circulates." - Viktor Schauberger

Humans and plants are symbiotic organisms - we inhale oxygen, we exhale carbon dioxide. For trees and plants, it's reversed. We are a breathing pair. We breathe the life of spirit - in-spired - together. The spiritual aspect of air as the carrier for spirit and life is recognized in all spiritual traditions.

Oxygen is the enlivener.

Events of the last several years have seriously compromised our ability to fully utilize the gift that the plant world provides - oxygen. Oxygen utilization - Optimize addresses this issue.  It helps us to breathe more deeply, more freely and to ensure that the oxygen gets to where it's need.

The next component, 8 & 13-sided Vogel quartz crystal can be considered a perfected form of crystallized  water. In quartz, silicon replaces water's hydrogen in its bond with oxygen. Silicon makes up 40-50% of the earth's crust. In the esoteric literature, the element silicon is the receiver for forces from the cosmos. It shapes and renders them useful. As the cosmic receptor, it has an inherent uplifting quality. It also lends strength and resilience, particularly to tendons, ligaments and muscles.

Amazonite is one of our favorite crystals. It is crystallized integrity, helping us build integrity - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  It helps us hold it all together, providing a calming and uplifting effect that helps us overcome obstacles, strengthens our will and release fears.

The Earth chakra is located about one foot below our feet. The Earth chakra is an impersonal chakra - it is not 'ours'. It belongs as much to the Earth as it does to us. It is an energy storage center that is part of our inheritance as human beings. It is the foundation of the entire chakra system. This center is not frequently addressed in standard approaches to the chakras. Disconnects to this center are very common.

Granite helps soften emotional hardness and fosters a more open and positive attitude. We associate it with the Earth chakra, anchoring Earth chakra energies within our energetic field.

Granite is one of the oldest stones of our planet, estimates vary between 2.5 and 4 billion years old. It is formed from magma very slowly and deeply inside of the earth. Granite powerfully focuses and anchors those forces in the physical world.

It can also have a protective effect for radiation exposure.

Basalt is a finer softer stone than granite. It's also younger than granite. It forms very quickly on the earth's surface. It is heavier than granite.

Due to it's lighter nature relative to granite, but still as one of the bedrock stones, we associate it with the Root chakra. It brings an uplifting quality to this chakra, which tends to get bogged down, sluggish and blocked.

It appears to improve capacitance - the ability to store and release energy, subtle and physical.

Our Root chakra is our personal foundation. It is the recipient of Earth chakra energies, which are a transpersonal foundation for all of humanity. Our root chakra energy gets dispersed by 21st century lifestyles, The Root chakra is primarily replenished by resting, something that is becoming less and less frequent these days.

Root chakra - Balance focuses the energies that flow to us from the Earth chakra. It helps to restore and replenish energies that are being exhausted by 24/7 lifestyles. It helps us return to our root, restoring awareness of the need for rest, time to recover.

The gift that Root chakra - Balance provides can be abused. Returning to overdoing it will result in greater energy depletion.

Iron rose quartz rebuilds vitality. It combines the gentle healing qualities of rose quartz with the energizing, vitalizing energies of hematite (crystalline iron). It is an adaptogenic stone, one of the few. It helps us adapt to life's ups and downs with greater ease - bringing us back to the calm center that exists within us - whether we are wired or tired, anxious or out of it.

Iron rose quartz has a particular affinity for the Root chakra, improving resilience and strength.

For balancing and tuning the chakras, this is our favorite formula. Unique to aetherea, Chakra Harmony addresses the relationship between the chakras: releasing stress, bringing them into tune, coordinating the relationship between the chakras and meridians. This is important. Cosmic forces enter us via the chakras. The chakras focus those energies, each to their specific chakra, then hand off the tuned energy to the meridians, which distribute the energies throughout our body.

The Default mode network is what our brain does when we are at rest, not focused on any particular thing. Daydreaming, reflecting, imagining, but also ruminating and worrying. Here we help this network of our brain stay relaxed and in tune.