Heart Chakra (Anahata): How To Heal And Unlock It!

Have you seen your friends turning into enemies while the person you just met becomes the biggest part of your life? Well, these are the cycles of life where you lose connection to one and form a strong bond with another. This cycle is associated with Heart Chakra, which deals with love, gratitude and compassion. The heart chakra, also known as “Anahata Chakra”, is the fourth chakra in the Chakra wheel.

However, according to spiritual teachings, the word Anahata refers to the positive emotions and peaceful sounds that ring in your ears and reach your heart. So, let’s go deeper into knowing more about the Heart Chakra. 

What is Heart Chakra? 

The Heart Chakra is the most significant part of the Chakra wheel, which governs your relationship and other close relationships. It is located between the throat chakra and the solar plexus chakra in the centre of the heart. However, the colour green is associated with the Heart Chakra, attracting love, compassion, harming and balance with your loved ones.

However, the word that refers to the heart chakra in Sanskrit is Anahata, meaning unstruck to take off while leaving the ground. To explain in simple terms, it means to leave behind all the past trauma and toxic relationships. 

Additionally, the symbol of the Heart chakra symbolises the peaceful and calming sound effect that comes while rotating the chakra wheel. Also, this chakra is related to the element Air (Vayu). However, as this chakra is associated with Air, it’s believed that if the Air around us is not fresh, our Heart Chakra can be blocked and inactive. 

Also Read: Significance And Meaning of The Seven Chakras

How does Heart Chakra Work? 

Have you ever felt that when you breathe fresh air, everything around you seems to feel rejuvenated and balanced? This is how the heart chakra works. A stabilised and energetic heart chakra brings emotional balance, empathy and peace to your life. As soon as you wake up, you feel your inner energy awakened, bringing a positive aura.

However, when the heart chakra is unlocked and active, you feel the unconditional love being drawn towards you, and you start to feel more thankful for all the things around you. You begin to prioritise true and meaningful relationships in your life, letting go of all the unnecessary trauma and unhealthy people. You feel more connected and at ease with yourself. 

Anahata Chakra Blocked Symptoms

While your heart Chakra is weak and unbalanced, you might encounter certain physical and mental symptoms. However, you can read below to know if you are actually facing these symptoms or not. 

• When your heart chakra is unbalanced, you avoid loving and valuing yourself. You self-doubt your abilities and make and keep yourself introverted. 
• During this period, you don’t feel the urge to get attached or talk to people. However, the sense of loneliness will haunt you, making you feel mentally unstable. 
• You will feel physical discomfort, such as difficulty in breathing. You might also be diagnosed with Asthma. Your immune system gets weak, making you feel tired and uneasy throughout the day. 
• The inactive Heart Chakra will cause you to have trust issues and misunderstandings in your relationship. You start to feel jealous and possessive, which leads to arguments. 

How to Activate Heart Chakra 

If you are wondering how to heal heart chakra, here are some easy tips and remedies to help you unblock heart chakra. These tips can help you heal your closed heart chakra, helping you develop positive energy. 

Heart Chakra Affirmations 

• I deserve the purest form of Love 
• My heart is filled with pleasure and gratitude
• I deeply love and accept myself
• I forgive myself for my mistakes and learn from them

Heart Chakra Crystals 

• Rose Quartz: The usage of Rose Quartz crystal stone helps you to balance and calm down during difficult times. It can help you during your healing session. 
• Jade: The Jade crystal stone allows you to attract love in your life. However, it helps to heal the problems in your love life. 
• Amazonite: This gemstone helps you connect your heart chakra with the throat chakra, allowing you to attract balance and harmony in your love life. Moreover, it can also help you deal with your loneliness. 
• Uruguay Amethyst: This blue shimmery heart-shaped crystal stone allows you to deal with emotional healing and balance heart chakra. It holds positive emotions, helping you attract positive energy throughout the day. 

Heart Chakra Yoga 

• Cobra (Bhujangasana): This yoga posture can help you open your heart and lungs, helping you keep your heart chakra active and open. It also helps you get rid of stress and fatigue. 
• Dancer’s Pose(Natarajasana): The dancer pose helps you stimulate balance and harmony, making you feel more connected with yourself. Moreover, it also helps you strengthen your muscles, making you feel relaxed and flexible. 
• Bridge (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana): This yoga posture is beneficial in opening your heart chakra and helps you relieve physical pain in your body. It also reduces the symptoms of Asthma, helping you breathe more freely. 
• Wheel pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana): As you start practising this yoga pose, you will feel more relaxed and rejuvenated. This chakra can also help you balance your emotions. 

Meditations for Heart Chakra 

• Find a quiet place to sit and chant “Yam”. You can chant the mantra loudly while recollecting positive energy. 
• The posture should be straight, and your fingers must be in Hridaya Mudra. Place the tip of the index finger at the core of the thumb.  Then, attach the tips of the middle and ring fingers to the thumb while you keep your pinkie straight. 
• While you sit to meditate, imagine the colour green, which is known as colour visualisation. 
• Add these effective healing oils such as geranium, bergamot, jasmine, lavender, lemon, orange, tangerine, and sandalwood as a part of your meditation. 

Also Read: Which Chakra is Most Powerful for Your Zodiac!

Conclusion 

Coming to the conclusion, that was all about Heart Chakra. Make sure to follow the effective remedies so that you can activate your heart chakra if you feel that you are facing those above-mentioned symptoms due to Anahata chakra imbalance. These can heal your emotional, physical and mental problems related to Heart Chakra. 

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