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The Chakras are energy vortices of the energy body that comprise part of the energy system. When perfectly open and balanced, one is lead to the experience of a harmonious reality, connection to the Oneness in everything, and ultimately to union with the Divine Consciousness.
Muladhara and Health Issues
Muladhara means ‘the support of the root’, ‘the keeper of the beginning’ or ‘the bearer of the foundation’. First-chakra needs are instinctual: we need shelter and food. The compulsion to over-eat or hoard material items and money is a negative expression of our instinct for survival. If we can never get enough food, money, goods and sex to satisfy us, then Muladhara is dysfunctioning and we are seriously disconnected from the Earth. But the chakras are our teachers and can lead us gently to higher realisations. As you will read later, the primal power of kundalini is coiled here like a snake, ready to awaken us to our true
true spiritual selves. This is one of the goals of tantric yoga.
The positive attributes of Muladhara give us remarkable abilities to survive under extreme conditions. They also urge us to procreate and express love to our partners and children, spurred on by the feminine urge of the primal kundalini serpent, the Earth Mother energy lying dormant within us.
Associated Body System
This chakra is connected to minor chakras on feet, ankles, knees and groin that support the upward flow of energy from the Earth. When we deny our connection to Earth wisdom, our bodies react and disorders manifest, affecting the sacrum, spine, excretion and sexual organs. If the Muladhara chakra is blocked, you will not experience a very fulfilling sex life. Conversely, those who try to supress sexual urges may have hidden fears and end up with diseases associated with imbalances in their approach to sexuality.
Holistic practitioners always treat the energy associated with a disease, rather than the disease itself. They look for underlying causes and dysfunctions. If they are trained in colour therapy, they will use red light to stimulate sexual dysfunction and blue light to calm and balance.
Associated Endocrine Gland
The Base Chakra is linked to the gonads. In women, these are the ovaries, which produce the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. Oestrogen promotes secondary female characteristics and menstrual cycles, and can also be found in the placenta, adrenals and male testes; progesterone prepares the uterus for a fertilised egg. In men, these are the testes, which produce the hormone testosterone, which develops and maintains male characteristics and produces sperm.
Source: The Chakra Bible by Patricia Mercier
