When your root chakra is open, you will feel secure, safe, stable, fearless, trusting, and connected to Earth as well as to friends, family, partners, and colleagues.

The root chakra, or base chakra, is your body's primordial energy centre. Its focus is the comfort and care of your physical embodiment. Your root chakra taps into your intentionality- your awareness or your physical being. Understanding who you are and how to operate your body allows you to be here in physical mastery. The ability to safely be who you are meant to be is the miracle of life on Earth.

You can say the following root Mantras at the start of each practice to open your mediation or at the end for closure:

OM BHUR [aum bur] (Om and salutations to the earth plane/first chakra)

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA (aum num-ha shi-whyah) (Calling in all the elements under conscious control for grounding: mind, Earth, water, fire, air, ether)

They're also perfect to use throughout the day as positive affirmations of focused healing.