The first Chakra of the Chakra System is Root Chakra. Root or “Muladhara” Chakra is located at the base of spine in tailbone area. Muladhara comes from the word “Mula” meaning root and “Dhara” meaning support. It is the base of your life and the whole Chakra System. It also represents your connectivity with Mother Earth. So, its role is to connect or anchor your energy with Earth for survival, which is called grounding. It is the center of our foundation, survival needs, strength, protection and stability which in modern age mostly relates to our financial security or financial independence. So, anything you do for living like your basic needs, money related issues, career, business and profession is associated with Root Chakra.
When Root Chakra is balanced, you feel secure, calm and confident enough to tackle life challenges. You have the inner feeling of being grounded and supported and are able to manifest opportunities and abundance. But if the Chakra is not balanced, you will have problems like anxiety, jitteriness, trouble in concentrating etc. You will also suffer from the feelings of fear, insecurity and sense of loss and not belonging anywhere. Having weak Root Chakra also has impact on financial wellbeing and may mean losing earned money quicker than expected and weakening your wealth accumulation ability. Physically, you can also have problems in colon, bladder, lower back, leg or feet etc.
As the Chakra’s is associated with red color, red crystals are considered effective for balancing and harmonizing this Charka. However, black color crystals are also considered as highly effective if you are more concerned about protection. For financial stability, success in business and career, emotional stability, strength to coup challenges, stability to carry out task missions and protection against enemies, enhancement of defensive power, crystals like red jasper, red aventurine, ruby (dark shade), garnet etc. can be used. Black color crystals like black tourmaline, black agate, black obsidian, black jasper, hematite etc. are used widely for stability and protection. We have a list of suggestions for Root Chakra. But you can choose any crystal (or in combination) towards which you feel drawn.
