• This chakra is about being grounded and living solidly in the physical body and plane. It is our foundation for life. It is about us enjoying being in our physical bodies and living life to the full.

• It is about the physical impression that we portray to the world. If this chakra is strong, people come across as dynamic, energetic and with a strong will to live.

• This chakra is the foundation of our mental and emotional health and is strongly influenced by the stability of our early family and social environments. It is to do with group identity and cultural belief systems

• It is our spiritual foundation in that it is about us understanding that we are all one.

• We all need and depend on each other for survival. We are born into a unit and spend our lives moving between different groups. This chakra is about our security and ease within group dynamics.

• This chakra is about our survival instinct.