Root Chakra

There are 7 main Chakras:

Root Chakra
Sacral Chakra
Solar Plexus Chakra
Heart Chakra
Throat Chakra
Third Eye Chakra
Crown Chakra.

The Root Chakra is the First Chakra and is located at the bottom of the spine.
The word Chakra is Sanskrit and means Wheel.  
We open our Chakras from the bottom up and close from the top down. The Chakras are connected together through an energy cord which allows form movement and energy transference between each Chakra.

Chakra energy is used in many healing modalities including Angel Therapy, Crystal Healing, Chakra Therapy/Healing, Reiki, Yoga and many more.

Name

Colour

First Root/Base Chakra

Red/Dark Orange
low frequency/ slow vibration

Relates to

Related Gland

Areas of Body

Associated Element

Archangel 

Security/Safety/Grounding

Adrenals

Legs/Lower Back/Sexual Organs/Spine/Kidneys

Earth

Archangel Gabriel

The Root Chakra connects us with our world physically and is used for grounding purposes.  It is important to balance this Chakra before the others because if you are not rooted or grounded properly you will not be able to balance the others.  
This Chakra is also associated with one's self image be it positive or negative.

In The Chakra Handbook (1999), Shalila Sharamon and Bodo J. Baginski say, “The root chakra connects us with the physical world. It transfers cosmic energies to the physical and earthly level and let's earthly energy stream into our subtle system… building up in existence, finding material security, and securing the survival of the species by founding of family belong to the sphere of this first chakra, along with sexuality as a physical function and a means of begetting children.”