Root Chakra
Safety, stability and belonging, your foundation.
About the Root chakra
The root chakra governs your sense of safety and physical grounding. When balanced, you feel stable, secure and present in your body.
Stones to balance it
Black Tourmaline
SchorlA grounding shield that anchors you and absorbs heavy energy.
Smoky Quartz
Quartz var.Steadying and protective, drawing you back down to earth.
Rhodonite
Mn silicateThe rescue stone of compassion, tending an aching heart.
Garnet
NesosilicateA stone of passion, vitality and grounded strength.
Tiger Eye
Quartz var.A stone of courage, grounded confidence and clear-eyed decisions, banded gold and brown with a shifting silken glow.
Obsidian
Volcanic glassA grounding stone of truth and protection, born of cooled lava, glossy black and mirror-deep.
Pyrite
Iron disulfideThe golden stone of abundance, drive and protection, nicknamed fool's gold for its metallic shine.
Hematite
Iron oxideA deeply grounding stone of stability and protection, with a cool metallic-silver sheen.
Onyx
Banded chalcedonyA steady black stone of self mastery, endurance and holding the line.
Howlite
Hydrous calcium borosilicateStillness, patience and a quieter mind at the end of the day.
Kyanite
DistheneKyanite takes its name from the Greek kyanos, deep blue. In crystal tradition it is a stone of attunement and of clear, accurate speech: it is used to bring the chakras and the mind back into line rather than to add energy, and blue kyanite is tied above all to the throat chakra and to saying the true thing rather than the easy one.
Red Jasper
Steadiness, endurance and quiet courage. The stone people reach for when the task is long rather than dramatic.
A simple practice: lie down, place a cleansed stone on or near the Root point, and breathe slowly for a few minutes. Read our cleansing guide first.
Questions about the root chakra
The root chakra, known in Sanskrit as Muladhara, sits at the base of the spine and is traditionally linked with the colour red. It governs the themes of safety, stability, and grounding, and is often seen as the foundation on which the other energy centres rest.