Root Chakra – Muladhara
The center of survival and our relation to the physical world.
When balanced, it brings health, security, and prosperity.
When open, we feel confident in our ability to withstand challenges and stand on our own two feet.
When it's blocked, we feel threatened, as if we're standing on unstable ground.
The earth supports you and meets your needs—Immerse in its abundance. Love your body and trust its wisdom.
When the Root Chakra is Blocked
You may feel threatened, panicked, or anxious if your Root Chakra is blocked.
This anxiety can easily infiltrate your thoughts, making everything suddenly feel uncertain.
You may also find that you can’t concentrate and are constantly preoccupied with worries about your well-being.
In some people, this can manifest as hypochondria or general paranoia.
Physical issues potentially caused by a blocked Root Chakra include a sore lower back, low energy levels, and cold extremities.
Physically, the first Chakra is associated with problems in the colon, bladder, elimination, lower back leg, or feet issues.
Some of the most common Root Chakra problems and symptoms include the following:
- An increase in your anxiety levels
- Feeling threatened or unsafe
- Panic attacks or panic attack symptoms (like hyperventilation or a racing heart)
- Negativity towards yourself and others
- Concentration difficulties
- An unhealthy relationship with food (e.g., starving, binging, or purging)
- Low self-confidence Doubts about things you used to take for granted
- Trouble making decisions
- Excessive reliance on external feedback
- Hypochondria
Physical symptoms of a blocked or misaligned Root Chakra include the following:
- Back pain
- Lethargy
- Digestive discomfort
- Pain in the legs
- Cold hands and feet
Balancing the Root Chakra
The Root Chakra is often thought of as providing energy to other Chakras, so if it’s blocked or unbalanced, your other Chakras likely are as well.
Just like a building, ensuring that your Chakras have a firm foundation—with a balanced root Chakra—is crucial to having a healthy, open Chakra system.
For example, your root Chakra might need balancing if you feel controlling, quick to anger, undriven, and self-conscious.
When your root Chakra is balanced, you have energy and self-confidence rather than arrogance or fear, and you feel calm, centered, and ready for what life brings.
Here are easy tips for balancing your Root Chakra.
- Envision the color red glowing brightly at the base of the spine, where this Chakra is located, which is the beginning of root Chakra cleansing and balancing.
- Start with the simple meditation of imaging a bright red light at the base of your tailbone.
- Picture this red light extending down your legs and feet, grounding you to the earth.
- Dance, and it does not matter that you think you “can’t dance.”
- This is one of the best ways to balance this Chakra.
- Even better—turn on music and sing along, as singing cleanses your throat Chakra for a bonus.
- Mindfully moving is a powerful form of meditation.
- Concentrate on your foot, leaving the ground and connecting to the earth again with each step.
- You’ll give your mind a break and cleanse your root Chakra simultaneously.