Anahata (heart chakra)... Love - Compassion - Empathy - Forgiveness
Unstruck: it is about love, kindness, and affection. When open one works at harmonious relationships.
Located in the heart center: it rules the heart, the lungs, respiratory system, arms, ribs, intercostal spaces, inferior bronchus, and thymus.
12 petal lotus flower
Air element: Rose fragrance
under-active:cold and distant
over-active: suffocating love
Unstruck: it is about love, kindness, and affection. When open one works at harmonious relationships.
Located in the heart center: it rules the heart, the lungs, respiratory system, arms, ribs, intercostal spaces, inferior bronchus, and thymus.
12 petal lotus flower
Air element: Rose fragrance
under-active:cold and distant
over-active: suffocating love
Mantra ...... YAM
visualizing the six petals of the lotus and its color
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visualizing the six petals of the lotus and its color
click on picture for YAM mantra
Asanas
It is at the heart chakra where the energies or lower and upper chakras must achieve balance. The following 3 poses open and balance the heart chakra.
1. Ushtrasana (Camel Pose)
It is at the heart chakra where the energies or lower and upper chakras must achieve balance. The following 3 poses open and balance the heart chakra.
1. Ushtrasana (Camel Pose)
- One of the most challenging things in life is to be vulnerable. We have been hurt many times and we feel the need to protect ourselves.
- Physically, we rotate our shoulders forward, we push out our chin and round our upper body to protect the heart.This constricts the flow of prana to the heart and creates an imbalance in the heart chakra.
- Is a strong asana that opens up your chest area, exposing you, making you vulnerable and more open to giving and receiving love.
- This asana stretches the entire front of the body, abdomen, chest, and throat, as well as deep hip flexors - the psoas muscle.
- It strengthens your back muscles and stimulates organs in the abdomen.
- Allows for strengthening of the entire shoulder area, providing more stable support for the shoulder.
- Opens the back of the body. As you know, all chakras (except root chakra and crown chakra) are at the front and at the back of the body as well. That's why postures that open the front and the back are equally important for opening and balancing these chakras. The forward bend pose opens up the spinal column where cells of the nervous system, neurons, reside. This opening allows for the clearing of adhesions and blockages, stimulating the nervous system.
Stones
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:
1. 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.
2. Jade — Green to white — Semi-precious — Used to balance. Jade promotes emotional and physical healing of the heart’s ills.
3. 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.
4. Green tourmaline — Semi-precious — Used to open and stimulate. Considered a stone of rejuvenation, tourmaline promotes emotional stability and healing.
5. Green aventurine — Semi-precious — Used to activate. A stone of vitality aventurine increases focus and soothes emotions.
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:
1. 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.
2. Jade — Green to white — Semi-precious — Used to balance. Jade promotes emotional and physical healing of the heart’s ills.
3. 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.
4. Green tourmaline — Semi-precious — Used to open and stimulate. Considered a stone of rejuvenation, tourmaline promotes emotional stability and healing.
5. Green aventurine — Semi-precious — Used to activate. A stone of vitality aventurine increases focus and soothes emotions.