First Chakra Mandala
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Muladhara or root chakra is symbolised by a lotus with four petals and the color red. This center is located at the base of the spine in thecoccygeal region. It is said to relate to the gonads and the adrenal medulla, responsible for the fight-or-flight response when survival is under threat.
Muladhara or root chakra is symbolised by a lotus with four petals and the color red. This center is located at the base of the spine in thecoccygeal region. It is said to relate to the gonads and the adrenal medulla, responsible for the fight-or-flight response when survival is under threat.
Muladhara is related to instinct, security, survival and also to basic
human potentiality. Physically, Muladhara governs sexuality, mentally it
governs stability, emotionally it governs sensuality, and spiritually it
governs a sense of security. Muladhara
has a relation to the sense of smell.
This chakra is where the three main nadis separate and begin their upward
movement. Dormant Kundalini rests here, wrapped three and a half
times around the black Svayambhu linga, the lowest of three obstructions to her
full rising (also known as knots or granthis). It is the seat of the red bindu, the
female drop (which in Tibetan vajrayana is located at the navel chakra).
The seed syllable is Lam (pronounced lum), the deity is Ganesh, and the Shakti is Dakini. The
associated animal is the elephant.