Your sense of identity and belonging

Getting connected
To connect with the inner state of still energy is the role of your first chakra, to focus attention on something that triggers an emotional response associated with pride in your family, your country or your social group.This chakra is located at the base of your spine. Sitting on the ground connects you to the physical world where you feel secure, grounded, centred, focused and a sense of belonging.

Main Features
This is the 'base chakra', the foundation of your emotional and mental health. It gives logic, order and structure to your life. Only when you have a secure base where you basic needs are met and know where you are accepted, can you launch yourself into the unknown that is your life's journey.

Symbolic Issues
We gain considerable spiritual energy from a group with which we share a bond. This is the essence of the bottom-up dimension of change. Unless your work group feels valued and secure it will not question itself or be ready to emrace the unknown. We talk about the need for team building, but such initiatives fail to access the natural power to be found in people who are there for each other, noy just themselves.

Questions for a Change Coach
What beliefs and assumptions do people have that are no longer valid in this new group situation ?

What values and intentions do people have which are non-negotiable ?

What bigger purpose, collective will or shared vision does everyone in the group share ?

What is the group doing, or not doing, that is stopping individuals engaging fully in it's activities ?

What do people really value and appreciate about their membership of the group that meets a personal need ?

Ask people to identify the values, behaviours and personal qualities they would want to see operating in their ideal group ?

What personal weaknesses would people like to work on to improve the effectiveness of the group ?