Sanskrit name:  Muladhara
Meaning:  root, support
Element:  earth
Color:  red
Associated body parts:  coccyx, bones, skeletal structure
Glandular connection:  adrenals

Goals:  grounding, stability
Development stage & life lesson:  utero to 7 years old, standing up for oneself
Societal association:  tribal power, stability, family identity
Sacramental association:  baptism
Main issue:  survival, physical needs

Characteristics proper functioning:  grounded, centered, secure, loyal, stable, healthy functions of elimination
Characteristics mal functioning:  fear, insecurity, feeling of burden or not belonging
Emotional dysfunction:  mental lethargy, “spaciness”, incapable of inner stillness
Physical dysfunction:  osteoarthritis

Sense:  smell
Associated animal:  elephant
Ruling planet:  Jupiter, Saturn
Alchemical planetary connection:  Saturn
Astrological sign:  Capricorn

Essential oils:  cedar wood, lavender, patchouli, myrrh, musk, rosewood
Crystals:  tiger’s eye, hematite, black obsidian, bloodstone, black onyx, garnet
Elemental diet, relating foods:  root vegetables – all that is grow in the earth
Exercise:  perineum breathing, the bridge, cobra pose

Sounds that stimulate this center:  thunder, drumming, didgeridoo, rattles, shakers
Bija mantra, seed sound:  LAM
Vowel sound:  Uhh (as in: “huh”)
Tone of creation:  Ka
Musical note:  C

Hindu Deity:  Brahma
Archetype from Carl Jung:  victim (blocked), bully (too open), mother, Earth mother or nurturer (functional)
Affirmation:  “I am safe. I trust more; I fear less. I am centered and grounded”

In Kundalini Yoga, the Sikh Model, there are Ten Bodies

(The ten bodies are layers of the auric field which connects to 10 major chakras instead of 7)

Root Chakra – The First  Body (Soul Body)

The First Body is the Soul Body. The soul is our timeless, unchanging and unlimited part of us that contains our foundational self, which is who we really are. It is our link to the Infinity within us.

Represents:  Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Virtue:  humility
Weakness:  non-creative, overly intellectual
Strength:   creative, Heart over head

Weakness:  a weak Soul Body results in a conflict between the head and heart, and we lack access to our creativity.

Strength:  a strong Soul Body makes us heart centred, which guides us in all our decisions. It unlocks a creative flow within us and allows us to become humble and pure.