The first chakra

[Nice Dream]

I find the subject of chakras interesting even though I havent really worked on them yet.  I do understand that you should start with your root chakra first and then proceed from there.

I will stick with the root chakra for this topic since it is the one that everyone should work on first.  

The question I have is what kind of additional powers will you have when you open up the root chakra?  Another question is how will you know when you have opened up the root chakra or will you just know that you have opened up the root chakra?  If you open up a chakra like the root chakra you you have to keep it open or can you just live a normal life and maybe have it close back up?

I would appreciate your responses and the reason I picked the root chakra is because it is the first one that everyone should work on.

[Greenrat]

hmm to me it just makes me become aware of the lower part of my body and how its supports my torso and head.
if you manage to relax the lowest muscles around your sacrum and groin area on the front and back of your body then your breathing will be long and deep.
when i breath this way for a while i dont feel breathing in anywhere other than here, which is a great feeling because ive been so used to being aware of feeling my nose/nasal passage and upper lungs, which is a more unnatural and less efficient way of breathing.
of you literally let your pelvis *drop* and feel like its hanging like a pendulum from your spine, then you tune into the base chakra and make your breath deeper.