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Before reading this article, it may benefit you to read the previous article; ‘What are Chakras.’

The base chakra forms our foundation and is related to our survival instincts and sense of connection to the earth. It relates to the lymph system, skeletal system (teeth and bones), legs and feet.

You need this chakra functioning properly to keep you grounded and in touch with reality, or as the saying goes “to keep your feet firmly on the ground”. If you don’t, you will often feel not quite with it, spacey, off with the pixies.

Its Sanskrit Name is Muladhara meaning root support and relates to the Earth element.

Here are some ways to balance the Base Chakra:-

A good way to start with the Base Chakra is to walk barefoot on the ground, this way you are very connected with the earth, dig in the garden, soak in a salt bath, do grounding activities such as cooking, cleaning and other related tasks.
Crystals may be used. Crystals for the Base Chakra are all the black and red coloured ones: Hematite, Garnet, Red Tigers Eye and Black Tourmaline are just a few suggestions.

Burning earthy scented essential oils and incense are also a pleasant way to help.

Wearing or carrying something red. This will also be a help.

Using an affirmation: I am strong and energetic. Say this silently or out loud to yourself daily, or as you feel the need.

The musical note for the Base Chakra is C, so music played in this key is ideal for this purpose.

Eating the right food will also help, proteins and meat are the best for the Base Chakra.

Do you feel overly concerned with survival, fearful, worried, scared that you can’t handle life, isolated, like you don’t fit in, don’t belong, believe you cannot take care of yourself, unsatisfied, no matter what you do, preoccupied with food, unworthy or undeserving? If any of these apply to you then your Base Chakra probably needs attention.

Here are a few suggestions to bring things back into balance:
Salt your home, place a pinch of salt in every corner, window and entrance
Create a routine to keep yourself grounded
Get a pet or plant to look after
Get order in your life
Look after your feet
Organize your home, clean out your drawers
Lie on the ground
Cook your own meals, baking bread & peeling potatoes are grounding
Work in the garden
Have a picnic
Build an alter relating to the base chakra, use red candles, burn cedar wood oil, have red flowers, red ribbon or a pot plant.

Meditation for the Base Chakra:

A Guided Meditation for balancing the base chakra. You may either get someone to read this to you, or you may read it out and record it in your own voice. It is best read slowly, allowing for pauses where appropriate.

Sit comfortably with your spine straight.
Take a deep breath    and relax,    let all the tensions go.
Concentrate on your breathing,    in,    out,    in,    out.
Now imagine yourself in a peaceful grassy clearing.
You are surrounded by majestic gum trees.
The earth is soft but firm underfoot.
You feel at peace.
Looking around,    you see a path leading out of the clearing.
Walking down the path    you notice it is littered with leaves   and has been trodden by many others.
You come to a small pond with a rock chair next to it.
Sitting on the rock you feel as if it was made especially for you.
When you are comfortable,    imagine your root chakra as a ball of red-brown energy,    a very earthy colour.
As you sit there the colour runs down your legs and deep into mother earth.
This is keeping your feet firmly planted on the ground    and in touch with mother earth.
Feel the energy from the earth    flowing up to you,    putting you in touch with the earth.
Take a moment to really feel this.
It is now time to leave your rock chair    knowing you can return at any time.
Remember the feeling and carry it with you at all times.
It is now time to open your eyes and return to this reality as we know it.

You may use this chakra balancing meditation whenever you feel the need for it, or as often as you like.

Sue Windred

Chakras, which mean wheels in Sanskrit, are energy centers running along our spine. Ancient Hindus formulated that there were seven of these energy wheels, each one a different color and spinning in a clockwise direction.

We all have seven major chakras and many minor chakras. They are like spinning funnels that come out from our body. When they are perfectly balanced and spinning correctly we are in perfect health. If one or more are out of balance, too open or too closed we feel off color, out of balance, or sick. This is what is called dis-ease. Each chakra relates to organs or parts of the body and each need to be looked after and balanced regularly. You can work on each chakra separately starting with the base chakra, and then bring them all into balance, or you can work on all the chakras at the same time.

The root chakra is located at the base of the spine.
The sacral centre is just below the navel.
The solar plexus is about two inches above the navel.
The heart is about the level of the physical heart.
The throat is at the base of the neck.
The third eye is on the forehead between the eyes.
The crown is at the top of the head.

These are the 7 major chakras and there are many minor chakras as well.

All chakras interact with one another. Each chakra corresponds to a particular colour frequency and with a particular gland or organ. This means that the organ or gland vibrates at a sympathetic rhythm to a colour vibration. When we feel “off colour” or “washed out” we need to re-tune the colour, just like tuning in a radio set to a station so that it restores the signal loud and clear.

In a healthy body the chakras absorb and distribute colour energy evenly, while in an unhealthy person toxins may begin to collect causing physical, mental and emotional problems.

Each chakra can be balanced using colours, crystals, essential oils, music, affirmations or changing what you do. It is also beneficial to have a chakra balance to bring them all back into balance. This can be done at home by yourself or you can go to a crystal therapist or colour therapist to have it done.

When all your chakras are balanced – you should be healthy and well balanced.

It is important to have all your chakras in balance, sometimes when people start on the spiritual path they concentrate on the third eye, but it is very important to start at the bottom. Our body is like a building, you need to get the foundations right before you work on the top floors. So make sure your bottom chakras are balanced and functioning properly.

Each chakra is represented by a colour:

Base – Red
Sacral – Orange
Solar Plexus – Yellow
Heart – Green or Pink
Throat – Blue
Third Eye – Purple
Crown – White

The easiest way to bring the chakras back into balance is to carry or wear the appropriate colour.

Another very easy and pleasant way is to listen to a chakra balancing CD. Music is a very relaxing way to bring things back into balance. Ideally this is done while meditating, but just listening to the music will help. And let’s face it anything is better than nothing. Playing a chakra balancing CD is a great way to balance the whole family at the same time and usually this has a calming effect on every one as well.

An easy but effective way to balance and align the chakras is to do a guided meditation lying down with crystals or colour patches of material on each chakra.

A Guided Meditation for balancing the chakras.

You may either get someone to read this to you, or you may read it out and record your own voice. It is best read slowly, allowing for pauses where appropriate.
Relax,    take a couple of deep breaths and breathe out all your stress and tension.
See yourself standing in a valley,    you are surrounded with red tulips,  everywhere you look it is a sea of red.
As you start to walk though the tulips you feel yourself absorbing the red energy.
You feel your root chakra come alive.
As you walk further you come to the end of the red tulips.
You have now come to a field of orange poppies,     they are everywhere,    and the flowers appear to be dancing in the light breeze.
As you walk along you notice you are starting to go up the side of a hill.
Walking through the poppies you feel yourself absorbing the colour orange.
Your sacral center is alive.
You now reach the end of the poppies.
You are now in a field of brilliant yellow daises.
Smell the fragrance and see the sunny yellow flowers.
As you continue your journey up the hill    you feel the yellow absorbing into your body    and your solar plexus is alive.
All too soon you come to the end of the yellow.
You now find yourself in a beautiful field of soft green grass.
As you walk across it you feel the green absorbing up through your feet.
Your heart chakra is alive.
The green grass field takes you further up the hill till you reach a field of bluebells,    their delicate blue heads bowed slightly as if to greet you.
As you walk through them,    feel the blue absorbing into your body,   feel your throat chakra opening.
As you walk further up the hill you reach the end of the beautiful bluebells    and find yourself in a field of indigo irises.
Stand for a moment and absorb the indigo colour flooding into your third eye.
Walking further up the hill    you come to the end of the indigo and reach a patch of purple pansies.
Their beautiful petals are like faces looking up at you.
Hundreds of them all are projecting their colour up to your crown chakra.
Just stand for a moment and absorb.
As you slowly continue up the hill    you leave your pansies    and reach the top of the hill.
Here you are surrounded by a sea of tiny white flowers.
As you sit in the middle of the white flowers    you notice you are on the top of the hill.
Looking down you can now see all the colours,    red,    orange,   yellow,    green,    blue,    indigo,    purple    and white,    like stripes in the side of the hill.
Sit for a moment and take it all in.
You feel very peaceful and every chakra is alive.
It is now time to leave your rainbow hill.
Remember the feeling of all your chakras being alive.
Return to the top of the hill whenever you feel the need.
It is now time to open your eyes and return to this reality as we know it.

You may use this chakra balancing meditation whenever you feel the need for it, or as often as you like.

Sue Windred