Mūlādhāra chakra is located at the base of the spine and encompasses the pelvic floor and the first three spinal vertebrae.

The term Muladhara is formed from 2 Sanskrit words:

• Mula meaning root
• Adhara meaning the base or the support.

It is named due to the functions of Muladhara’s energy. Muladhara chakra, also referred to as the base chakra, controls our sense of security, stability and safety. It is the chakra associated with physical matter. It is said that the root chakra carries our ancestral memories, and these memories are passed through the generations, imprinted in our spiritual energies and the subtle body.

To understand the importance of this chakra and the reasons why you need to dedicate time to balance and and activate its energy, lets use a simple comparison. Think about building and planning. If you were to begin to build your dream home, your perfect house, the ideal home for your family where would you start?

You want to build a home that is safe and sturdy and strong. You want it to stand for generations to come.

To achieve this the first, and most crucial design element, is ensuring you have a home built on firm foundations. The foundations support the entire building and everything that sits on top. Without strong foundations the building would topple or fall.

This same concept can be applied to the energies of Muladhara.

The energies of the root chakra help us maintain strength, and to build the foundations needed for a strong and emotionally healthy life. Just like your house foundations, you need to ensure you have strong balanced Root Chakra before you build or develop any of the others. Without a healthy root, you will not achieve optimal alignment in the sacral or solar plexus chakra (known as the lower triangle), or within the heart, and the upper triangle (composed of the throat chakra, third eye chakra and crown).

You need to ensure solid energy foundations if you want to stay safe, remain solid and function at optimal health.