{"id":81836,"date":"2020-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yogapedia.com\/2020\/05\/04\/balancing-muladhara-how-to-realign-your-root-chakra"},"modified":"2020-05-01T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:06:07","slug":"balancing-muladhara-how-to-realign-your-root-chakra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogapedia.com\/balancing-muladhara-how-to-realign-your-root-chakra\/2\/12056","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Muladhara: How to Realign Your Root Chakra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muladhara<\/a> chakra is the very first chakra<\/a> in the energetic chakra system. Also known as the root chakra<\/a>, this chakra is your foundation. It’s often viewed as the most important of all the chakras, because the foundation must be healthy and balanced if the rest of the chakras are to follow suit.<\/p>\n

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Realigning your root chakra is a necessary task if we want prana<\/a> to flow fluidly and freely. In my own pranic journey, I often do yoga sequences geared toward muladhara health.<\/p>\n

I’ll do them from time to time for overall energetic maintenance and the occasional check in. That said, let’s take a look at the most effective ways to balance muladhara.<\/p>\n

Read: Quiz<\/strong>: Are Your Chakras Blocked?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Understanding Muladhara<\/h2>\n

According to the chakra system, muladhara chakra must be balanced if we’re going to experience general health, and a strong sense of stability and wholeness. Our root chakra is located at the perineum. It’s related to the element of earth, and represents our life’s roots.<\/p>\n

Our primary caregivers (for most people, their parents) and family are the people who’ve most influenced the forming of our root chakra. The environment in which we grew up also plays a major role in root chakra development. As you can imagine, those who had less than draftl childhoods would be in need of root chakra attention if those issues haven’t been addressed.<\/p>\n

Read: Understanding<\/strong> the 7 Chakras<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Making Sure Your Base Needs are Being Met<\/h2>\n

Mula<\/em> translates to “root” in Sanskrit, while adhara<\/em> is roughly translated as “support.” A balanced root chakra will translate in the real world as seeing our basic needs being met.<\/p>\n

Do you have enough food to eat and water to drink? Do you feel safe and secure? Do you have a roof over your head?<\/p>\n

If your base needs are being met, that’s a good sign that your root chakra is in balance. (Barring natural disasters and pandemics, of course—which can greatly impact the most stable among us.)<\/p>\n

Learn to Trust<\/h2>\n

Learning to trust is the work of muladhara chakra. If you had a stressful childhood, one in which your primary caregivers weren’t able to be present with you (for whatever reason) chances are, you didn’t get some very basic needs met, and you probably didn’t feel safe in the world.<\/p>\n

Trust may then be an issue, and something we must work on. There are ways to nurture trust as an adult, and some are very simple. One way would simply be to sit in meditation, with your eyes closed while repeating a mantra like, “I trust life.”<\/p>\n

The Best Pranayama for Balancing Muladhara:<\/h2>\n

Pranayama techniques are also great for the realignment of your root chakra. Here are a few of the best ones:<\/p>\n