Heart Chakra - Blog Posts

What makes you powerful is not the weight you carry but the heart you bring to what matters.

Your beauty is a living frequency ✨

“You deserve a love that reflects the infinite possibilities that are you”

Sometimes people push you away in fear that their imperfections overshadow the love you share.

Love those people from a distance ☯️

Love bends the rules of what’s possible. ♾️

The heart chakra - the wellspring of love, warmth, compassion, and joy is located in the center of the chest at the heart level.

Anahata moves love through your life.

It is the center of your deep bonds with other beings, your sense of caring and compassion, your feelings of self-love, altruism, generosity, kindness, and respect.

Anahata is an integrating and unifying chakra - bringing to wholeness - as such, it is your healing center. Indeed, most spiritual traditions recognize love as the ultimate healing force.

The energy of anahata allows us to recognize that we are part of something larger, that we are interconnected within an intricate web of relationships extending through life and the universe.

Anahata allows us to recognize and get in touch with the sacred and fundamental truth that runs through all of life and connects everything together.

The “way of the heart” or the “path of the heart” is living your life from this energy center of love.

It means living your life with loving kindness and compassion towards others. It means that your heart is open to others and you inspire kindness and compassion in others. You create safe and supportive environment.

Others can feel your love and warmth. They feel loved and accepted unconditionally. People feel at peace around you, as there is no judgment coming from you.

When anahata is open and energy is flowing freely, you are not only loving to others, you are also loving to your self. You know when you need to say no and when you need care and self-nurturing.

All of the seven chakras are important and while I cannot say that the heart chakra is the most important, I do want to say that it is very important.

Most of the world’s spiritual traditions recognize love as the unifying force, the energy that is the most fundamental part of the universe, and of ourselves.

To open to  love is to reach to the deepest places and connect with our true essence, our spirit, and our soul.

Heart Chakra at a glance:

             Sanskrit name: Anahata - unstruck              Element: Air              Color: Green              Shape: Crescent moon              Petals of the lotus: Twelve              Seed sound: Lam              Vowel sound: Ay              Rights: To love              Endocrine gland: Thymus              Physical association: Heart, lungs, circulatory system, arms, hands              Psychological function: Love              Identity: Social identity              Developmental stage: 3.5 to 7 years              Challenge: Grief              Plane: The plane of balance              Planets: Venus (lunar, feminine), Sun              Deity: Vishnu, Lakshmi, Krishna              Mythological Animal: Antelope, dove, birds              Sense organ: Skin              Predominant sense: Touch              Incense: Jasmin, lavender, rose              Herb: Yarrow, meadowsweet, oris root              Sephira: Tiphareth              Tarot suite: Swords

Heart Chakra Affirmations

I am open to love.

All love resides within my heart.                

I deeply and completely love and accept myself.                

I nurture my inner child.  I am wanted and loved.                

I live in balance, in a state of gracefulness and gratitude.                

I love the beauty of nature and the animal world.   I forgive myself.                

I am open to love and kindness.                

I am grateful for all the challenges that helped me to transform and open up to love.

I am connected with other human beings.                

I feel a sense of unity with nature and animals.                

I accept things as they are.                

I am peaceful.

Here is a brief list of recommended common healing gems and stones for heart chakra healing. Listed is the name, color, type of stone, and crystal meaning/purpose of each:

Rose quartz — Pink — Semi-precious — Used to open and heal. The seemingly universal rose quartz meaning calls it the stone of the heart. It’s good for aiding sleep and alleviating the physical ills associated with heart chakra imbalance. It’s also used to calm emotions, dispel negativity, and promote peace.

Jade — Green to white — Semi-precious — Used to balance. Jade promotes emotional and physical healing of the heart’s ills.

Green calcite — Semi-precious — Used to balance and stimulate. Recommended to absorb negativity and boost your physical immunity, calcite is used to promote healing and transformation.

Green tourmaline — Semi-precious — Used to open and stimulate. Considered a stone of rejuvenation, tourmaline promotes emotional stability and healing.

Green aventurine — Semi-precious — Used to activate. A stone of vitality aventurine increases focus and soothes emotions.

Feed your chakra

Anahata    Rightfully called the heart chakra, it’s represented in the colour pink and green. Emotional abuse and heartbreak can be wounding to the seat of love. Ensure that this chakra is always in the right emotional frame      Feed it with:  Aid the healing process by feeding the chakra leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, dandelion greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery. Green teas also keep the heart chakra in healthy condition, and spice it up with basil, thyme, cilantro.

Signs your fourth chakra may be out of balance

The heart chakra can become imbalanced as a result of life experiences that have a strong emotional charge, physical illments, or significant changes in your environment. It may manifests as a blockage in the energy flow or, on the contrary, a tendency to become overactive or have an excess of energy.

You can see the following signs of imbalance in the heart chakra :

Being overly defensive

Feeling closed down

Jealousy; fear of intimacy

Codependency, relying on other’s approval and attention, trying to please at all cost

Always putting oneself in the role of the savior or the rescuer; or on the contrary, falling into victimization

Excessive isolation, being recluse, antisocial

Holding grudges, not being to forgive

At the physical level, it can manifest as:

Respiratory ailments, such as lung infection, bronchitis

Circulatory and heart-related issues

Simple ideas to balance the heart chakra

To get started, try out these few simple practices:

Work with the breath to balance your energy; observe it, play with it with breathing exercises

Cultivate your appreciation for beauty, whether it’s in nature, people or in the arts

Practice self-care and love your body up,

Cultivate self-compassion and acceptance, especially with regards to your emotions and body

Engage in activities that feed your heart

Focus on receiving if you are naturally inclined to be a giver; and on giving if you’re more inclined to receive all the time

Reflect on old wounds inherited from family relationships and come to terms with them compassionately; practice forgiveness deep within your heart

Express your gratitude, even if it’s in silence; you can be grateful for the presence of other people in your life or simply for good things that make your life easier and happier.