Anahata

Heart Chakra

“Unstruck”

Color: Green

Location: Heart Center

Element:  Air Sound: YAM

Path on the Tree of Life:

Tiferet

Crystals: Emerald, jade, rose quartz, green tourmaline

Oils/Incense/Herbs: Lavender, rose, chamomile, jasmine, frankincense

Affirmation/Mantra:

“I love”

Properties/Correspondents/influences:

Love, connection, abundance, nurture, care-giving

Description:

This is the chakra of love, passion, joy, acceptance, inner peace, relationships, connection, and care. It is through this chakra that we are able to experience the emotion-charged life around us and serve our gratitude for it.  

Signs of a Balanced Heart Chakra:

Deeply in love, connection to others/everyone, open to love and accepting of life, house of joy, peace, and happiness

Signs of an Imbalanced Heart Chakra:

Isolation, selfishness, dismissive of love, sadness, hate, rejection, envy, jealousy

Signs of an Overactive Heart Chakra:

If the heart chakra is overactive it’s generating too much energy with little direction. Symptoms of this would be people pleasing; putting others before the Self and ignoring one’s own needs. In order for energy to flow through us unrestricted we need balance in all energetic centers.

How the Heart Chakra Gets Blocked:

Strong, emotionally charged experiences can disrupt the flow of energy to the heart, causing the energy pathways to get bogged down with negative, reactive emotions. 

How to Balance/Clear/Open the Heart Chakra:

Meditation

Connecting with nature

Gardening

Color therapy: This includes eating green foods, meditating on the color green, and wearing green clothing or jewelry.

Foods/Diet to Balance the Heart Chakra:

Kiwi Leafy Greens Green Peppers

Pears Limes Asparagus

Celery Broccoli Cucumbers

Green Beans Peas Green Apples

Green Grapes

Yoga Poses to Balance the Heart Chakra:

Standing backbend

Camel Pose Wheel Pose

Bow Pose Cobra Pose

Dancer pose

Half Spinal Twist