The Heart Chakra

Today, we will discuss about The Heart Chakra.

Heart Chakra, also known as Anahata Chakra is located at the center of the chest.

As the name suggests, the Heart Chakra is the abode of all our emotions, to feel, give, receive, and appreciate love and compassion. We oftentimes say or hear things like—“he or she has a big heart, has a generous heart, is good at heart, is soft-hearted, etc.” All these attributes reside in this Chakra. This Chakra is also responsible to generate seeds of creative thoughts. If these thoughts are strong enough, and are nurtured properly; they can be converted into reality with the help of the energy of this Chakra. This Chakra is also another gateway to your connection with the Universal energy, your Higher Self, your healing powers etc.

Now visualize the body parts that are a part of this region. This Chakra affects heart, lungs, thymus gland, blood circulation, shoulders, arms, hands, muscles, and respiratory system of our body. Therefore, if this Chakra is not balanced, it may manifest in the form of illnesses of heart, lungs, hypertension, muscles spasms, cancer of lungs, breasts, autoimmune diseases, etc. Psychologically, it has a great impact on our will power, self-acceptance, love and compassion for self and others, empathy, kindness, give and take, self-control, relationships, renewal, peace, acquiring knowledge.  The color of this chakra is GREEN and also PINK.

An underactive Heart Chakra makes one feel insecure, lonely, jealous, passive, possessive, in self-doubt, feel resentment, need validations from others, have low or no self-worth, lack the attitude of forgive and forget, and let go things in life. You may also have fears of rejection, non-acceptance from others. An overactive Heart Chakra is also equally dangerous. You may suffocate someone of your love, affection and compassion. You will need a constant reminder from others that your love is very important in their lives, and that you love them the most. The loved may feel choked with your overflowing love. This may also bring in self-destructive thoughts, arrogance, a feeling of being too sentimental, mood swings, and codependency. This Chakra stores the information about our spiritual self, about love-hate relationships of the present and the past, our emotional attachments. The Heart Chakra is the energy center for our psychic development, telepathy etc.

To balance this Chakra you may consider doing the following:

·         Imagine a fresh Green beam of light, entering your body at the Heart Chakra. You may also imagine a Pink Beam in case you want to enhance the feeling of love and compassion.

·         Imagine the green or pink beam converting into a spinning wheel. At first, imagine the wheel spinning anticlockwise. This will deplete negative energy, if any; and then spin the wheel clockwise. This will absorb positive energy from the universe.

·         You may consider listening to soft, gentle, romantic music, may sing also along with the songs, or hum to the tune. You may also listen to the sounds of Nature like chirping of birds, waves, sea breeze.

·         You must do meditation to balance this Chakra.

·         This Chakra works very well with breathing exercises, nature walks, going to a sea shore, etc.

·         You may also write some creative stuff, or read something that touches your heart, watch a touching movie, or just recall all emotional moments from your life that would bring tears in your eyes (good as well as not-so-good).

·         If you feel like crying, consider crying and not suppressing it. The suppressed emotions block our heart chakra. It doesn’t matter if you are a male or a female; you are a human being first, and thus are bound to feel emotional at times. Do not worry about anyone, go in a place that is comfortable, cry, release negative emotions and get back to work!

·         Depending upon the energy of your Heart Chakra, you may reduce or enhance the use of color Green or Pink on your body and in surroundings.