The Heart Chakra

The Heart Chakra

Activating Colour: Green

Element: Air

Location: Centre of the chest

Aspect: “I Love”

The Heart Chakra is the fourth of the seven main Chakras.  It is situated in the centre of your chest and is associated with the colour green and the element of air.  The Heart Chakra is associated with the energies of love, compassion, harmony, peace and unconditional love.  It is the centre of our being and the integration point between the upper (spiritual) and lower (physical) Chakras.

Positive aspects of a balanced Heart Chakra: Generosity, compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, fulfilment, harmony, emotional balance, an ability to love your self, love of others, joy, healthy relationships, the ability to set strong healthy boundaries for yourself, peacefulness and unconditional love for all.

The Heart Chakra starts to develop at age 4, continuing until around age 7, and is also associated with the 7 year cycle of ages 22-28 years.  During your adolescent stage of life you are beginning to create your own identity often rebelling against those that have guided and loved you throughout your life so far.  Then in your twenties you are beginning to develop the qualities of wisdom, love and acceptance of self that you have received from your life until that point and are beginning to use those qualities to develop the person you wish to be in the future.

If you have experienced a very loving upbringing and have been allowed to express your love for others in whatever way felt natural to you, it is likely that your Heart Chakra has developed well and is quite open.  However, if you have experienced challenges in your life that have allowed you to lose your love of Self, or love for others, then your Heart Chakra may be blocked or has not developed fully, not allowing it to be open fully.

Negative aspects of an unbalanced Heart Chakra: You may have an inability to give or receive love, show signs of grief, feel angry, have an inability to love yourself, be judgemental and critical, suffer from depression, be indifferent in situations, have a lack of boundaries and all your love will be conditional.

When your Heart Chakra is blocked or unbalanced, it is impossible to open your heart to the feelings of unconditional love, compassion and joy or to feel totally at peace within your Self.  The Heart Chakra is all about balance.  Balance between your feminine and masculine energies (for both men and women), balance between your upper and lower Chakras and balance between your physical and spiritual aspects.

Physical symptoms of an unbalanced Heart Chakra: Heart dis-ease, lung disorders, asthma, high blood pressure, weak immune system, circulatory problems.

The areas of the physical body that are associated with the Heart Chakra are: Thymus gland, heart, lungs, respiratory system, breasts, arms, hands, blood and circulatory system.

Possible causes of problems in the Heart Chakra: Loss of a loved one, divorce, betrayal, rejection, abandonment, physical or emotional abuse, grief.

Unconditional love is the overriding aspect of this Chakra. Until you can open your heart to reach the state of being able to show unconditional love for all and everything, especially your Self, your journey towards lifting your vibration will be hindered.  Without unconditional love you are unable to expand your consciousness, limiting you to a state of separation, represented by your Ego Self.

When you can display unconditional love for all and everything, your vibration lifts you to a state of awareness that allows you to become truly objective.  From the perspective of objectivity, your sense of ‘Self’ is no longer limited to your Ego Self.  You can expand your consciousness from individual consciousness – to family consciousness – to a community consciousness – to national consciousness – to planetary consciousness.

It is at that point you become truly aware of your deep rooted connection, not only to the Earth – Gaia, but to all of humanity.  You really begin to understand that by not loving others you are indeed, not loving yourself.  And that when you harm others you are in fact, harming yourself.  You begin to open your heart to the possibilities that unconditional love can bring to you, and gain an understanding of how by changing yourself, you can ultimately begin to change humanity.