Mūlādhāra Chakra
The roots are golden
In my meditation practice, I go through all seven Chakras, starting with Mūlādhāra Chakra at the bottom. Before I sit down, I usually start my playlist. I’ve been using “7 Chakras Healing Music” by “Meditative Mind” for years.
Once I’m ready, I move my consciousness to the point in my body, where my bum meets the ground. I imagine my consciousness as a cloud. I can willingly move that cloud around to what I am currently interested in. Right now, I’m interested in the lowest Chakra.
Once I’m concentrating on the point, I do one or more of the following things, depending on what feels right at the moment:
Chant the “Lam”-Mantra loud or only in my mind.
Visualize a red light at that spot. Sometimes letting it shine so bright, that it fills my whole body from the inside.
Let that red light vibrate with the singing bowls.
Visualize golden roots sprout from my spine, digging deep to the core of the earth. Over the years, those roots have become stronger and they have grown in numbers.
Visualize energy coming up those roots from pachamama into my body on inhalation and then again leaving my body on exhalation. The inhalation-energy is bringing stability, relaxation and peace into my body. I exhale the chaos-energies stress and anxiety down my roots to the core of the earth, where they will be transformed.
Visualize the Chakra as a wheel, that I am “sitting” on. For me, the Chakra has two openings, that have the form of a funnel. One downwards into earth and one upwards.
Visualize the Chakra open, but I never force anything through it.
Yogis say, it has four leaves. I personally am not that interested in the exact layout of the Chakra. On some days, I get somewhat of an image in my mind, on others, I get nothing but red light. I don’t obsess about it.
The most important thing for me is, to go with the flow. I do, what feels right and try not to force anything. Ever. This is not about what I want. This is about what happens, if I control as little as possible.
I’m trying to heal myself and not to get any awards in sitting still as long as possible. Thus, I observe the feelings that arise during the concentration on the Chakra. If anything comes up, I try to process it. Even if this involves moving. For me, it often involves moving. If moving would disturb my concentration, I’d have to work on that, of course.
With the root Chakra, the “emotions” are often minute-long yawning for relaxation or my attention draws somewhere else in my body, where I have pain to heal. Healing pain for me usually involves processing it with my body. I find it to be an intuitive process. I follow the path laid out by the pain itself.
I actually put a lot of effort into this Chakra and sometimes it’s the only one I do in a whole session. I have experienced, that the higher a tree wants to grow, the deeper it’s roots have to go.
Love, Julia