Heart Chakra Fact File
The Heart Chakra is associated with love, compassion and emotional balance. Situated in the centre of the chest, it plays a vital role in forming and maintaining healthy relationships. The element of AIR carries the breath into the lungs here and the two colours of PINK & GREEN live happily together here.
The Heart Chakra radiates unconditional love, inviting us to experience deep connections with ourselves and others.
When this Chakra is balanced and open, it allows for the free flow of love and compassion, leading to nurturing and fulfilling relationships, including with ourselves.
Themes
- Unconditional Love - able to give and receive in equal measure
- Compassion & empathy
- Kindness & generosity
- Gratitude and forgiveness - for past mistakes, for the self and others
Problems
- Feeling unworthy of being loved, or receiving in other ways
- Lacking compassion for others suffering
- Unresolved grief - feeling heavy-hearted from loss and bereavement
- Being hurt before- so closing the heart to protect from being hurt again
Physical Imbalances
- Congestive heart failure, heart attack, mitral valve prolapse, chest pain
- Arteriosclerosis, peripheral vascular insufficiency
- Asthma, shortness of breath, allergies
- Lung cancer, pneumonia, bronchitis, emphysema
- Breast cancer and breast disorders, such as mastitis or cysts
- Immune system deficiencies
- Circulation problems
- Tension or pain between the shoulder blades
- Shoulder, arm, and hand issues, such as carpal tunnel
When the Heart Chakra is in Balance
- Feeling in tune with your heart and spirit
- Unconditional love for all that is
- Healthy self-care and setting boundaries with love
- Forgiving of self and others
- Seeing the good in others and situations
When the Heart Chakra is out of Balance
- Lack of trust and / or empathy, compassion
- Negative self-talk and / or the inner critic runs the show
- Angry and jealous, difficulty forgiving
- Bitter, needy, not feeling deserving of love
- Loneliness and grief - especially unprocessed grief
- People-pleaser, putting others first too much. Say yes when want to say no
What You Can Do to work with the Heart Chakra
As the seat of unconditional love, it is important that we give and receive in equal amounts. Who in your circle can you really open your heart to? Foster these relationships. Write in journal about gratitude, love, compassion, all the blessings in your life.
Back-bending yoga poses open the heart, poor posture closes the heart.
