Also known as: Security Center, Muladhara
Body/Mind Associations:
Location: The perineum,
the point between the anus and the sex organs
Color : Red
Parts of the body: Lymph
system, skeleton system (teeth and bones), the prostate gland in men, the sacral plexus, the bladder and elimination system,
and the lower extremities (legs - feet, ankles , etc.). Also the nose, since it is the organ of the sense of smell, and associated
with survival.
Endocrine gland: Adrenal
glands
Sense: Smell
Consciousness: Security,
survival, trust, the relationship with money, home, job. Ability to be grounded, to be present in the here and now. Ability
to allow one's self to be nourished, in the sense of allowing one's Inner Being to be satisfied. This chakra also reflects
a person's connection with their mother, and with Mother Earth. How the person feels about being on the earth. Connection
with the physical body.
Symptoms or tensions in the
parts of the body controlled by this chakra indicate tensions in the parts of the person's consciousness related to this chakra.
Tension here is experienced as insecurity as a general perceptual filter. More tension is experienced as fear. More than that
is experienced as terror, or a threat to survival.
Element: Earth
Root Chakra