Anahata
The Sanskrit word for your Heart Chakra is Anahata. This chakra resides in the center of your chest and is the fourth chakra out of the seven.
The Heart Chakra is most common for building bridges in your life through compassion and forgiveness.
This energy center regulates your compassion, love, and beauty. It also allows a balance of the physical and spiritual body by connecting your three lower energy centers with your three upper energy centers.
Color: Green
Symbol:
Location: Center of chest
Mantra: Yam (I love)
Element: Air
If you are experiencing breathing problems, a lack of empathy, feelings of being stuck in your thoughts, and disconnection with yourself, you are showing indications of an unbalanced Heart Chakra.
When you are trusting in yourself, being compassionate, showing interest in the well being of others, and feel empathetic you are showing indications of a balanced Heart Chakra.
What Causes a Heart Chakra Blockage?
The most common forms of Heart Chakra blockage are heartache through lack of hope, optimism, or love.
This block is detrimental as your Heart Chakra is the connection between your higher spiritual chakras and your grounding chakras. If this chakra is out of balance, your whole sense of balance as will feel out of place.
Love is the most important aspect of this chakra. It is in fact the only form of energy in the universe that can literally save you. Love is so much more than your stereotypical “relationship love”. Love can raise your consciousness beyond the 3D state of time and space. Love is universal. Love is part of All That Is. It connects us all and is the closest thing to magic.
Balancing and Healing Anahata
Opening and cleansing your Heart Chakra is important in order for your higher spiritual chakras to be aligned as well as your compassion and love to flow freely.
This can be done by eating certain foods, listening to certain sounds, utilizing certain smells and other holistic remedies. Below are remedies recommended for opening your Heart Chakra.
Heart Chakra Foods
Consuming the following can allow your Heart Chakra to become cleansed and opened.
- Plums
- Cherries
- Strawberries
- Soy and Bean proteins
- Kiwi
- Broccoli
- Green apples
- Spinach
Any food that benefits the heart and blood will be a great addition to your daily diet if you would like to get this chakra back in balance.
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Heart Chakra Herbs
Thyme: Bestows healing and purification in the heart
Cacao: Used in ceremonies to induce love and open the heart channel
Black Spruce: Offers cleansing and healing properties
Bergamont: A clarity in love
To use Heart Chakra herbs, you can steep them in your tea or make an incense blend with them.
Heart Chakra Essential Oils
Jasmine: Boosts skin health, reduces hormone-related problems (such as PMS)
Lavender: Brings peace and love
Rose: Guards the door to your heart’s energy
Neroli: Decreases blood pressure, relieves stress
To use Heart Chakra oils, put a few drops on your hands and smooth the oil on your wrists and neck.
I always stick with Young Living essential oils when purchasing any healing oils, as I have personally received the most benefit through them. This has been the only brand where I can physically feel the oil healing my skin it comes in contact with. Not to mention the aroma is not too strong but not mild enough where it fades after 30 minutes.
Purchasing a cheap six-dollar essential oil from a drug store will do you more harm than good in this case, trust me based on experience. Oils like these are most likely just fragrance and will bring you no healing properties, just harsh chemicals on the skin.
Below are a few trusted essential oils if you are on a tight budget but looking for something safe and beneficial.
Combine all ingredients for a fragrant oil to call upon your love guides to protect and bless your desired union of human relations.
Meditation
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering the quiet that is already there.”
Deepak Chopra
One of the most simple ways to balance your chakras is through meditation. Meditation connects you to a higher spiritual realm and it is the best way to approach restoring your Heart Chakra energy.
While meditating, imagine a glowing green essence forming at the center of your chest. Then imagine this essence expanding throughout your whole body flowing with an energetic power. Repeating mantras during meditation allows you to be open to energetic flow. Heart chakra mantras include:
- I love my very being
- I love the breath within me
- I love who I surround myself with
- I love the life I have created
- I love the thoughts in my head
- I love life my body I am in
During meditation, it is beneficial to utilize the Heart Chakra gemstones and essential oils in order for your energy work to be more open and flow freely.
Below are a few Heart Chakra sounds you can listen to in order to enhance your meditation through isochronic tones. (You can learn more about these tones and the healing properties on the mind in my post here).
Mudra for Heart Chakra Meditation
Yoga Poses
Through the following yoga poses, you can allow energy to flow freely to your Heart Chakra clearing it of negative energy.
- Half Camel Pose
- Wheel Pose
- Upward Facing Dog
- Reverse Plank
Healing Crystals and Gemstones
Carrying and meditating with crystals can aid in cleansing and opening of this energy center.
Mindfulness is Key
When trying to balance any chakra, mindfulness will always be key. Take time to slow down and analyze how your mind and body feel. Being mindful and implementing holistic remedies will allow your Heart Chakra to become restored with balance.