Muladhara Chakra

Sanskrit Name: Muladhara

Meaning: Root support

Location: Perineum, base of spine, coccygeal plexus

Element: Earth

Function: Survival, grounding
Inner State: Stillness, security, stability


Rights: Right to be here, right to have
Outer Manifestation: Solid

Glands: Adrenals

Other Body Parts: Legs, feet, bones, large intestine, teeth

Malfunction: Weight problems, hemorrhoids, constipation, sciatica, degenerative arthritis, knee troubles


Color: Red

Sense: Smell

Seed Sound: Lam

Vowel Sound: 0 as in rope

Petals: Four-vam, sam, sam, sam

Tarot Suit: Pentacles

Sephira: Malkuth

Planets: Saturn, Earth

Metal: Lead

Foods: Proteins, meats

Corresponding Verb: I have

Yoga Path: Hatha yoga Herbs for


 Incense: Cedar

Minerals: Lodestone, ruby, garnet, bloodstone

Guna: Tamas

Animals: Elephant, ox, bull

Lotus Symbols: Four red petals, yellow square, downward pointing triangle, Shiva Ungam, around which Kundalini is coiled three and one-half times, white elephant, eight arrows outward. Above the bija (seed syllable) is the Child Brahma and the Shakti Dakini

Hindu Deities: . Brahma, Dakini, Ganesha, Kubera, Uma, Lakshmi, Prisni

Other Pantheons: Gaia, Demeter/Persephone, Erda, Ereshkigal, Anat, Ceridwen, Geb,Pwyll, Dumuzi, Tammuz, Atlas

Archangel: Auriel

Chief Operating Force: Gravity

Reference: Chakras Wheels Of Life by Anodea Judith, Ph.D.
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