The document discusses the Mooladhara or root chakra in detail, providing information on its location, symbol, qualities, and imbalances. It describes asanas, pranayamas, mudras, and dietary recommendations that can be used to balance the root chakra. Disturbances in the root chakra are said to potentially cause issues like addictions, constipation, and low blood pressure.

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Chakra balancing
Lecture 1.
Mooladhara Chakra
(Root Chakra)
Part I
Dr. S.K Pandey

2. Mooladhara / Root chakra
Definition
• Location:
base of the spine in the vicinity of the
coccygeal plexus (coccyx) beneath the sacrum
• Element: Earth
• Color: Red
• Body Parts: Sexual / Reproductive organs,
Vagina, Perineum, Anus, Nose, Hamstrings,
Calves, Feet
• Endocrine Glands: Adrenal Gland
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3. Mooladhara / Root chakra
Definition
• Symbol: four petal lotus flower
• The Bija sound for Mooladhara is Laṃ.
• Main qualities: stability, wish, surviving,
self-preservation, security, grounding
• Sensory function: smelling
• Resides/sleeps the kundalini shakti
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4. Mooladhara chakra
• Animal: An Elephant with seven trunks
• Deities: Ganesha, Indra, Brahma and Dakini
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5. Mooladhara chakra
• Vayu: Apana
The downward moving Vata that responsible for elimination
of toxins, feces, menstraul blood and urine
• Planet: Saturn
Planet of karma, associated with restriction and limitation
Makes us aware of self-controlled, fears and resposibility
It‘s a planet of transformation from strengthening and
willpower
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6. Mooladhara chakra
• Represents 3 main psychic channels, nadis, ida,
pingala and sushumna
Qualities of person with mooladhara dominance:
Survival & confident
Dominance of material things
Always try to secure (work, family, finance)
Conservative
Professions: gardner, farmer, craftsman, landscape
architekt,
Hardworking
Selfish
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7. Mooladhara chakra disturbances
• Addictions / Addictive behavior
• Allergy
• Anorexia
• Blood & immune system diseases
• Constipation
• Colitis
• Colon cancer
• Crohn’s disease
• Chronic fatigue
• Diarrhea
• Frequency of urination
• Glaucoma
• Hemorrhoids
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Impotence
• Kidney stones
• Knee Problems
• Obesity
• Piles
• Sciatica
• Weight gain / loss
• intestinal and stomach gases
• Tumors
• Boils and pimples
• Iscias
• Osteoporose
• Pain in legs and feet
• Varicosis
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8. Reason of disturbances of mooladhara chakra
• Irregular daily routine
• Going to bed late
• Not effectively managing of your stress
• Multi tasking and doing many things at once
• Changing time zone
• Taking stimulantes (inclusive coffeine and nicotine)
• Watching too much TV, playing Video games
• Excessive talking
• Physical/emotional traumas
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9. Psychological problems by mooladhara chakra
disturbances
• Nervousness and anxiety
• May not have developed a strong
identity
• May have fear without any cause
• May not trust to others
• Can’t feel good in changeable conditions
• Have not discovered their life purpose
• If they are too yin (feminine) they may
be ungrounded
• If they are too yang (masculine) - too
much attachment to material things, too
much self-indulgence - selfishness
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10. Over-Active Mooladhara Chakra
• Anger, annoyance and even aggression towards people
• Greediness and controlling others and becoming belligerent to those
who challenge your “authority”
• Become dependent on the security from other people, your job or
specific habits and because of this you will have very rigid boundaries
• Very materialistic or impulsive and think about your value or self-
worth exists in having such things
• Problems with an over-active sex drive may arise due to the over-
activeness of the root chakra
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11. Under-Active Root Chakra:
• Feeling of disconnection from the world around you, including from
your body.
• Feeling of disorganisation
• Lack focus and discipline
• Become afraid, anxious or restless in your daily interactions.
• Experience a lack of stamina, depression or desire to do or to want
anything out of life
• Trouble obtaining financial security
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12. How to balance mooladhara chakra
General advices
• Make new connections. (This chakra is fed by getting involved in life. If you
are not comfortable with the family you came from then create new
families of friends, animals, organizations, support groups, etc. to balance
this chakra and make it stronger. Look for evidence that your world is
secure)
• Establish healthy routines
• Drink lots of “FRESH” water, eat healthy foods that are as natural as
possible; eat, sleep, exercise, and work at regular times.
• Go to a park and walk barefoot through the grass;
• Hiking in the mountains, or just being around large rocks and stones is very
grounding. The mooladhara’s element is Earth.
• Sitting on the grass, under a tree is an ideal spot to sit and allow yourself
to absorb these earthly energies!
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13. How to balance mooladhara chakra
General advices
• Avoid cold, dry food – crackers, popcorn, toast, chips, iced drinks, ice cream in a
big amount
• Avoid eccessive pungent, bitter, astringent tastes
• Try to wake up before sunrise
• Take a glass of warm water
• Put sesame oil massage then take shower or bath
• Try to take food in calm athmosphere without looking TV, computer or speaking
phone. Eat regularely.
• Don‘t remove breakfast from your day schedule, eats more morning time as at
evening time. Dinner is preferable 3-4 hours before sleep
• To balance and calm yourself try to itegrate yogic practice in your daily life
• Use ayurvedic or naturopathic herbs
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14. Asanas by
disturbances of
mooladhara chakra
Garudasana
Tadasana
Vrikchasana
Utkatasana
Parvatasana
Ashwasanchalanasana
Vajrasana
Poorna-Titaliasana
Janushirasana
Paschimottanasana
Pawan-muktasana
Bhujangasana
Shashankasana
Siddhasana
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15. Garudasana
(eagle pose assimetrical standing
balance pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Flow of the apana vayu is
downward. When the muscular
pressure comes in this place
apana vayu stops to go downward
& start to increase the prana flow
to this chakra;
Press of perineal muscles, coccyx,
musculus coccygeous;
This chakra start to activate the
sleeping part or damaging cells of
our reproductive, urogenital
system, kidney, knee, legs
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your
perineum, exhale- relax. Duration – 10-20 breath.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any
Asana related with this chakra!

16. Tadasana
(palm tree pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect ( Physical body)
Energy flow is going up and down,
when we hold the breath upside on
the toes then you feel that prana
going up, means energy comes in
balance in this chakra
Movement of perineal muscles,
coccyx, musculus coccygeous
synchronising with breath makes
stronger these muscles and related
organs
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your perineum, exhale-
relax. Duration – 10-20 breath.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any Asana related with
this chakra!
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17. Vrikshasana
(tree pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect ( Physical body)
Prana is going to increase in
mooladhara region & the flow goes to
related organs and they come in
balance; it
stops damaging of cells
Heel pressure on perineum and
sole on hamistring, stops the blood
flow and starts to flow of the energy
that impovers function of urogenital
system
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your perineum, exhale-
relax. Duration – 10-20 breath.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any Asana related with
this chakra!
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18. Utkatasana
(chair pose )
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Prana stops to go downward, it starts to
activate the sleeping part of earth
element; earth element going to be more
fertile
Pressure comes on feet, calf muscules,
hamstring muscules, blood flow moves
upward synchronising with breath
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your perineum, exhale- relax.
Duration – 10-20 breath.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any Asana related with this
chakra!
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19. Vajrasana
(Diamond pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Prana start to increase in
mooladhara chakra, it makes
physical body full of power
Pressure comes on feet, calf
muscles, hamistring muscles blood
flow moves upward synchronising
with breath, it incerease the
digestion & malabsorbition
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your perineum,
exhale- relax.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any Asana
related with this chakra!
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20. Parvatasana
(mountain pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Prana flow goes toward the
tailbone, this pressure of prana
starts the healing and balancing this
chakra
Strech comes on hamstring,
muscles, calf muscles; it starts
opposite blood flow supply (from
feet to thigh)
Breathing
Opposite breathing or basal breathing, inhale- squize your perineum,
exhale- relax. Duration – 10-20 breath.
NOTE: You should breath in such way when you are doing any Asana
related with this chakra!
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21. Ashwasanchalanasana
(Horse running pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Because of the stretch of perineum
near the tailbone prana starts to
accumulate in this chakra, creates
healing effect and make balance
stretch with pressure comes on the
perineum and normal stretch
comes on hamstring and leg
muscles, it increases the blood flow
towards the perineum
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22. Poorna-Titaliasana
(butterfly pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
Prana flow increases in area of this
chakra, it‘s balances this region,
starts to rejuvenate related organs
and activates the sushumna nadi (3-
rd channel) where prana can easily
enter
Tightness of the thigh muscle is the
symbol of blokage in apana vayu, by
the practice of movement of hip
joints, you will relax them and
prepares you to perform easily
meditative pose (padmasana)
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23. Janushirasana
(Head to knee pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical
body)
It opens the mouth of
sushumna, that prana can
enter there in oder to activate
and balance this chakra
Loose the tension of
hamstring muscles & increase
the flexibility in the hip joints.
It increases also the function
of organs of the entire
abdomen, urogenital system,
adrenal gland. It provides
more blood circulation to the
muscles of the spine
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24. Paschimottanasana
(Seated Forward Bend)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical
body)
Kundalini awakining posture
that provides enter of prana
directly in sushumna and
balanced this chakra
It improves the tonus of
abdomen muscles, reduce
weight, improves digestion &
malabsorbtion that removes
constipation problems
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25. Pawanmuktasana
(Wind-Relieving Pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical
body)
Prana activates both nadis (Ida
& Pingala) means it activates
the sushumna & prana enters
there for balancing this chakra
The movement of this asana
massages abdomen by the
thigh and also the perineum,
pelvic muscles, bowel &
reproductive organs. What
helps to release the menstrual
problem, gas accumulation,
impotence.
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26. Bhujangasana
(Cobra pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical
body)
The stretch of legs and
vertebral column with the
breathing pattern make
balance & accumulate the
prana in this chakra to
improve the rejuvenation of
organs of this region
First effect goes on respiratory
organs, it increase depth and
longetivity of the breath. It
removes spinal tension and
pain, relaxes your back. It
removes constipation,
stimulates appetite.
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27. Shashankasana
(Hare pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical
body)
In the ralaxing mode by
correct performing of this
posture sushumna nadi get
opened that provides flow of
prana to mooladhara chakra
and normalise the functions of
organ system
By this posture with stretch of
back, releases the disc
compression of vertebral
column, that removes the
cause of many types of back
pain. It makes stronger female
& male reproductive organs
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28. Siddhasana
(Accomplished Pose)
Chakra effect (subtle body) Anatomical effect (physical body)
By using this posture at the end of all
asana practice of mooladhara chakra
you will reach special effect. The heel
pressure on the perineum stimulates
producing of energy of mooladhara
chakra that goes up through spinal
cord to the crown that helps to reach
in deeper state of meditation
Supply blood circulation to the lower
spine and abdomen and balanced the
reproductive system and blood
pressure
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29. Pranayama by mooladhara chakra
disturbances
• Anulom-Vilom
• Nadishodhana
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30. MUDRA & BANDHA by mooladhara disturbances
• Ashwani Mudra (Horse
gesture)
• Moola Bandha
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31. Nutrition for the Root
Chakra
• Red Foods ( such as red apples, strawberries,
red cabbage, carrots, beets )
• foods with “roots” and foods that are
high in protein, such as eggs,
meat, beans, nuts
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32. Sound therapy for the Root Chakra
• The root vibrates in harmony to
“C” Note
• Rhythmus pulsatory
• Ton art is obertone sound
• Additionally chanting “LAM”
• Music instrument is trommel
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33. Mantra therapy
for the Root
Chakra
• Ganesha Mantra
in ‘‘C‘‘ note sound
Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha
min. 24 till 108 times /daily
chanting
It iproves mental power, makes
one‘s stable & grounded
• LAM Beej Mantra
in ‘‘C‘‘ note sound
Min.24 till 108 times/daily chanting
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