Muladhara Chakra

Hello Yogi Marlon!

It's said that the root chakra contains four leaves, or petals. What do they stand for, and is there a place where i can read or learn about all the leaves/petals???

Alex

Hi Alex,
The root chakra is called the muladhara chakra, which is depicted as having 4 lotus blossum petals. Overall this chakra represents divine energy materializing, and specifically becoming the matter of the physical body.
Psychological tendencies or vrittis are attributed to several chakras, both in their positive and negative forms. The emotions of
greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration are attributed to the muladhara chakra.

there is more information about the root chakra at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladhara

Here is a related article on the practic of mula bandha, which is a practice centered around the muladhara chakra:
http://askyogimarlon.com/archive/a_mula_banda.html