The ROOT CHAKRA, promotes physical survival, vitality, stability, patience, courage and material success. It gives us life force, our natural insticts and connects us to the earth.
SANSKRIT NAME: Muladhara = Base (mula - root adhara - support)
LOCATION: Base of spine SENSE: Smell
COLOR: Red / Black ELEMENT: Earth
MIND & SPIRIT: Grounding, beginnings, stability, survival, passion, vitality, self-preservation, prosperity, health and strong family beliefs and ideals.
MANTRA: "Iam" or "e" (as in the word red)
ESSENTIAL OILS: Frankincense, Rosewood
AFFIRMATION: I am rooted in life, and in myself
ASSOCIATED GEMSTONES: Agate - Crazy lace, Agate - Fire, Agate - Dentritic, Aragonite - Dark Brown, Barite - Brown, Bloodstone, Boji Stone, Calcite - Red, Cassiterite, Coral - Red and Black,Cuprite, Danburite, Diopside - Black Star, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Herkimer, Diamond, Jasper - Red, Jasper - Rainbow, Jasper - Irai, Lodestone, Marcasite, Obsidian - Black or Apache Tear, Obsidian - Snowflake, Obsidian - Mahogany, Onyx - Black, Peacock Ore, Pyrite, Quartz Crystal, Red Quartz, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz, Sapphire - Blackjack, Smoky Quartz, Staurolite (Fairy Cross), Tektite, Tiger Iron, Topaz - Smoky, Tourmaline - Black (Schorl)