Base Chakra Muladhara

Muladhara Chakra is located at the base of the spine in between the genitals and perineum. It is commonly known as being red in colour and is the slowest moving Chakra. In Sanskrit “Mul” = base, “Adhara” = support. These words reveal this Chakra’s function in each individual’s life as the anchor of the physical form, which is built from the spiritual ethers down to the material body, for we are spiritual beings eternally and physical beings temporarily.  Muladhara is a channel which allows the will to express itself in physical form – it allows the soul’s goals to be carried out.

If I were to explain the Muladhara Chakra in one word, it would be foundation. The first foundation in life is our entry into physical form, followed by family and the people involved in our upbringing. Our identity takes its character from family and, later on, our friends and the groups we belong to. The beliefs and idiosyncrasies of the people we closely associate with form our belief systems. These people also provide us with a sense of security, which is another word to describe an area this Chakra is involved with. Security stems not only from having a support system of people, but having all that we need to physically survive such as our health, a roof over our head, money to pay the bills and food in our stomach – this makes us feel safe.

Physically, Muladhara represents:

• the genitals – how we come into a physical body
• immune system – which keeps us safe
• spine and bones and legs and feet – they’re solid and supportive
• rectum – it produces material products as part of a cycle

Imbalances in this Chakra manifest as issues within the area it rules and issues with security and materialism.

As with all Chakras, Muladhara is a file storage system for the soul’s lessons that relate to its functions. Karma is carried in and worked on through lifetimes by being stored in the soul’s eternal form, its energy coding.

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