Muladhara

Muladhara is the root chakra in Hindu tantric and yogic traditions, commonly located at the base of the spine and associated with foundational embodied existence.

Chakra: A chakra is a center in subtle-body systems of South Asian religious and yogic traditions. Muladhara is the foundational center in chakra maps.
Nadi: A nadi is a channel in subtle-body models through which vital energy is said to flow. Nadis meet or pass through chakra centers in yogic maps.
Hatha yoga: Hatha yoga is a tradition of yoga emphasizing bodily techniques, including posture, breath control, and purification. Its embodied methods shaped later chakra-oriented yoga practice.
Svadhisthana: Svadhisthana is a chakra commonly placed above Muladhara and associated with water and generative processes. It contrasts with Muladhara in position and elemental symbolism.
Prithvi: Prithvi is the Sanskrit concept of earth, including the earth element in Indian philosophical traditions. Earth symbolism links Muladhara with solidity and material existence.
Prana: Prana is vital breath or life force in Indian religious, philosophical, and yogic traditions. Descriptions of chakra practice often connect prana with subtle-body movement.
Kundalini yoga: Kundalini yoga is a family of practices intended to awaken or guide Kundalini through the subtle body. Practitioners often describe its starting point in relation to Muladhara.
Anahata: Anahata is a chakra commonly located at the heart and associated with air and affective qualities. Its heart-centered symbolism differs from Muladhara's grounding associations.
Kundalini: Kundalini is a latent spiritual power described in some Hindu tantric and yogic traditions as coiled near the body's base. Tantric accounts place Kundalini's dormant state at Muladhara.
Koshas: Koshas are the five sheaths used in Vedantic models to describe layers of embodied experience. The kosha model offers a distinct framework for understanding embodied existence.

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SvadhishthanaCompared with: It precedes Svadhishthana and is commonly linked to earth rather than water.