Base Chakra Energy

Helps Sex Drive, Ambitions & Interest in Life

➤ By Liz Oakes

The base chakra is the first of the seven major chakras of the body and its energy governs sexuality and the desire to survive.

It is located at the base of the spine and has strong links with your feelings, and with pleasure and pain. 

This is the area of the etheric body where your ambitions, interest in life and sex drive originates. 

This chakra is all about the physical aspects of life and physicality. 

This chakra is associated with feeling comfortable sexually as well as with your ability to feel grounded.

Where Is The Base Chakra? Chakra Meanings

The Base Chakra Explained:

As mentioned above the base chakras meanings relate to the sex drive, and additionally to procreation, circulation, support structure, survival, base instincts and protection.

It is strongly associated with the colors red or black as both resonate strongly here, but there are some stones and crystals of other colors that aid this area.

If this chakra is healthy you have a strong desire to live, and you feel the drive to survive and to create change when and where needed.

You may want to utilize the metaphysical properties of the red base chakra stones if you feel a need to increase your sex drive, aid relationships or improve your interest in life generally.

To boost all aspects of this chakras energy, stones like Red Jasper, Ruby, Red Garnet or Red Spinel  are especially useful. 

Balance the First Chakra

Each chakra has specific areas of the body it governs and this chakra ensures the function and healing of the organs in its area. 

These organs are the genitals and the colon, as well as the legs, joints and feet. 

But you will find that if your first chakra is balanced, you may more easily ground any excess energy, created by your work on the higher chakras.

Often people ignore the needs of the base chakra, preferring to work on the more spiritual areas, and to use crown chakra crystals.

But you will find that if your first chakra is balanced, you may more easily ground any excess energy, created by your work on the higher chakras.

Importance Of Grounding

There are a number of health issues you can get from being ungrounded. 

It is quite important to do spiritual grounding practices regularly, and it is helpful to do a grounding meditation.

This is especially important if you have been working with the more 'spiritual' high vibration stones, to prevent you from developing health problems. 

Grounding yourself and clearing the base chakra will allow you to bring through greater contentment and happiness. This chakra is the lowest of the above ground chakras.

If you need to ground your energy by making a connection to Mother Gaia, you can unite with the Earth and to the earth star chakra through this chakra.

Take action to help your health

Although the chakra color for this chakra is said to be red, this chakra resonates to both the red and black colors. 

The root chakra is the area that governs the sexuality, so if you have been feeling any lack of sexual interest, the energy of the red stones may assist you.

If you feel the energy of this chakra area is not in balance, take action to change it. The chakra color for the first chakra is primarily the color red and using red crystals can be helpful.

You can read about many base chakra stones here.

Checkout the many stones listed there that will help to bring though the strong fire energy needed by the base chakra.

There are both red and black crystals shown there, so chek them out.