Chakras

Chakras

4. The Heart Chakra (Anahata)

As you might expect, the Heart Chakra is intimately connected to your capacity for love and compassion in all their forms. It is sometimes described as a bridge between the mind, body, and spirit.

When your Heart Chakra is well balanced, you will be able to offer empathy to others, be emotionally open, and enjoy a deep sense of inner peace. You will feel your emotions fully, and yet also understand them on a cognitive level. Anything negatively related to love can trouble the Heart Chakra; a breakup, a grief process, a difficult friendship, or even just an instance of casual cruelty. 

  • Physical Location: Directly above the heart.
  • Color: Green.
  • Element: Air.
  • Emotional Issues and Behaviors of Blocked Heart Chakra: When the Heart Chakra is blocked or misaligned, you’ll struggle to relate to other people. You will be less compassionate than usual and may be impatient. You’ll commonly find it harder than usual to trust, and you won’t feel at peace. Rather, you’ll feel restless and disgruntled. A blocked Heart Chakra can also manifest physically. Some Chakra experts think such a misalignment may be linked to issues like high blood pressure and low immune system function.

The Heart chakra is about love, kindness and affection. When it is open, you are compassionate and friendly, and you work at harmonious relationships.When your Heart chakra is under-active, you are cold and distant.If this chakra is over-active, you are suffocating people with your love and your love probably has quite selfish reasons.

What it is: As the central chakra, the fourth chakra, found at the center of your chest, represents where the physical and the spiritual meet, according to the Chopra Center. Physically, it’s said to encapsulate the heart, the thymus gland (which plays a vital role in your endocrine and lymphatic system), the lungs, and the breasts. And as its name implies, is all about the love. “It’s the awakening to spiritual awareness, forgiveness, and service,” says Olivia. Associated with the color green and pink (yes, the millennial, rose quartz kind), it’s believed that when your heart chakra is aligned and balanced, love and compassion are flowing freely—both in terms of giving it out and getting it back. “Your good vibes are practically contagious,” says Olivia.

When it’s blocked: A closed heart chakra can give way to grief, anger, jealousy, fear of betrayal, and hatred toward yourself and others—especially in the form of holding a grudge against something or someone. Holding onto hurt harbors negative feelings and cuts you off from opportunities to love.

HEART CRYSTALS

THE DESTINY MAKER
MOONSTONE
DIVINITY • BALANCE • TENDERNESS
THE NURTURER
ROSE QUARTZ
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE • FORGIVENESS • COMPASSION
THE TRANSFORMER
MALACHITE
TRANSFORMATION • OPENESS • LOVE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
CALCITE
OPENESS • CLEANSING • PURITY
LUCKY CHARM
JADE
WEALTH • SUCCESS • WISDOM
THE MANIFESTER
AVENTURINE
GOOD LUCK • MANIFESTATION • OPTIMISTIC

4. The Heart Chakra (Anahata)

As you might expect, the Heart Chakra is intimately connected to your capacity for love and compassion in all their forms. It is sometimes described as a bridge between the mind, body, and spirit.

When your Heart Chakra is well balanced, you will be able to offer empathy to others, be emotionally open, and enjoy a deep sense of inner peace. You will feel your emotions fully, and yet also understand them on a cognitive level. Anything negatively related to love can trouble the Heart Chakra; a breakup, a grief process, a difficult friendship, or even just an instance of casual cruelty. 

  • Physical Location: Directly above the heart.
  • Color: Green.
  • Element: Air.
  • Emotional Issues and Behaviors of Blocked Heart Chakra: When the Heart Chakra is blocked or misaligned, you’ll struggle to relate to other people. You will be less compassionate than usual and may be impatient. You’ll commonly find it harder than usual to trust, and you won’t feel at peace. Rather, you’ll feel restless and disgruntled. A blocked Heart Chakra can also manifest physically. Some Chakra experts think such a misalignment may be linked to issues like high blood pressure and low immune system function.

The Heart chakra is about love, kindness and affection. When it is open, you are compassionate and friendly, and you work at harmonious relationships.When your Heart chakra is under-active, you are cold and distant.If this chakra is over-active, you are suffocating people with your love and your love probably has quite selfish reasons.

What it is: As the central chakra, the fourth chakra, found at the center of your chest, represents where the physical and the spiritual meet, according to the Chopra Center. Physically, it’s said to encapsulate the heart, the thymus gland (which plays a vital role in your endocrine and lymphatic system), the lungs, and the breasts. And as its name implies, is all about the love. “It’s the awakening to spiritual awareness, forgiveness, and service,” says Olivia. Associated with the color green and pink (yes, the millennial, rose quartz kind), it’s believed that when your heart chakra is aligned and balanced, love and compassion are flowing freely—both in terms of giving it out and getting it back. “Your good vibes are practically contagious,” says Olivia.

When it’s blocked: A closed heart chakra can give way to grief, anger, jealousy, fear of betrayal, and hatred toward yourself and others—especially in the form of holding a grudge against something or someone. Holding onto hurt harbors negative feelings and cuts you off from opportunities to love.

HEART CRYSTALS

THE DESTINY MAKER
MOONSTONE
DIVINITY • BALANCE • TENDERNESS
THE NURTURER
ROSE QUARTZ
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE • FORGIVENESS • COMPASSION
THE TRANSFORMER
MALACHITE
TRANSFORMATION • OPENESS • LOVE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
MOONSTONE
ROSE QUARTZ
MALACHITE
CALCITE
JADE
AVENTURINE
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
CALCITE
OPENESS • CLEANSING • PURITY
LUCKY CHARM
JADE
WEALTH • SUCCESS • WISDOM
THE MANIFESTER
AVENTURINE
GOOD LUCK • MANIFESTATION • OPTIMISTIC