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How to balance Muladhara Chakra by Dr. Hansaji Yogendra

The Yoga Institute

In this practice

Key teachings

  • The deep connection between the human body and the Earth element
  • Muladhara Chakra as the primary energy center for grounding and vitality
  • Balancing the Muladhara Chakra is essential for physical health, immunity, and longevity
  • The body's innate capacity for healing when connected to its root

Ideal for

  • Individuals seeking to improve physical and mental grounding
  • Anyone wishing to enhance their immune system and overall vitality
  • Those experiencing feelings of insecurity, depression, or physical weakness
  • Practitioners interested in chakra balancing and energetic well-being

Lesson

Instructions

Muladhara Chakra or the root chakra is the energy center located at the base of your spine. Learn about this energy center, ...

Steps

  • Walking barefoot on natural surfaces like grass or smooth earth
  • Specific yoga asanas: Sukhasana, Malasana, Janu Sirsasana, Dhanur Vakrasana
  • Ashwini Mudra (perineum contraction and relaxation)

Benefits

  • Promotes a healthy and stronger body, enhancing healing capacity
  • Slows down the aging process and supports a disease-free physical state
  • Boosts the immune mechanism and increases physical strength
  • Cultivates fearlessness, reduces insecurity, depression, and restlessness
  • Fosters grounding, stability, and a stronger connection to nature

Transcript

Namaskar!! The only only visible part of your existence is 
your own body,you can see your body but you can   see your mind nor you can see your soul,but the 
visible dimension of yourself is nothing else   but the collective mass of earth,you eat food 
which is a manifestation of earth itself,this   food becomes body after the digestion,every 
atom in your body was earth once,this   is the reason why your body changes when the 
season and terrain changes,your body reacts,likw   how earth reacts to the external changes,your 
body and earth are deeply connected,ad   it is no different,the earth element makes 
you,cures you , develops you and sustains you.It   is just arranging certain patterns by your bio 
energy and this arrangement collapses with death   and your body goes back to soil from where it 
came,completely distorted,your health basically   depends on your connection with the elements 
of the earth,the stronger the connection   are,better would be the bodys healing capacity and 
immune mechanism,these new bodily connection can   harness mother earths healing energy,the energy 
transfers from your body to earth is known to   happen through an energy spot known as MULADHARA 
chakra,this is the spot where it is located,at the   extreme base of your spine,it connects the energy 
system to the earth element,a balanced root chakra   can lead to a healthy and stronger body.Understand 
each and every cell of your body can turn into a   natural healer,it would slow down your aging 
considerably,if you want to have a disease free   body,work on this chakra.Here are few ways through 
which you can work on your muladhara chakra.  1) Walking barefoot on the grass or on a 
smooth earth surface,the feel touch between   the foot and the ground can activate the 
energy of your muladhara chakra,in india   people in villages would make the ground 
smooth,they would always be in touch with   the earth element and their energy level would be 
so high,they would do good amount of physical work   yet they never get tired,so this touch of your 
foot on the ground,walking on the ground smoothly   is a most important activity which we should do.
2) Asanas which compresses and stretches the lower   spine would help in releasing the energy and 
relaxing the whole area around the muladhara   chakra,it removes the blockages from the muladhara 
chakra,asanas like sukhasana,malasana,janu   sirsana,and dhanur vakrasana 
should be practiced regularly.  3) Ashwini mudra-this is an excellent practice to 
activate your base,the exact technique to practice   this Ashwini mudra would be,either you sit in 
sukhasana with your spine straight and relaxed   or you lie down on your back in pranayama 4 
position,now first inhale fully,exhale fulle,bring   your abdomen in and simultaneously tighten your 
anus muscles and pull your muscles upwards,stay   in this position for 10-15 secs as long as you 
can hold your breath and then relax the muscles   and then breath in ,so do this repeatedly and 
you will master this technique,either in sitiing   or in lying down position and you will 
notice the activity in that region,focusing   your mind In that region and once the mind is 
focused in that region,the energy just flows in   so do this regularly,do this contraction and 
relaxation exercise atleast 10 times twice in day   would be beautiful,all the above techniques 
would help you keep your root chakra in balance   and imbalanced muladhara chakra can cause variety 
of problems,insecurity,depression can cause   restlessness and can create many diseases,being 
fearless and being physically strong and being   immune to the various infections around is the 
need of the hour,so activate your muldhara chakra   stay grounded be with nature close to the earth 
and stay one with the nature,make your base strong   keep the muladhara chakra in balance.
Namaskar!!

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
6 minutes
Equipment
Yoga matComfortable clothingAccess to natural ground or grass
Target areas
Base of the spine (Muladhara Chakra)Pelvic floor musclesLower body and spineOverall physical and energetic system
Energy
balancing

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