Heart Chakra

 

 

MEANING: Unstruck

SYMBOL: Six pointed Star

LOCATION: Centre of Thoracic Cavity

FUNCTION: Transition & Transformation

ELEMENT: Air

QUALITY: Compassion

DEITIES: Ma'at, Oya, Venus

BODY PARTS: Heart, Lungs, Arms, Hands

EXPRESSION: Truth

DISTURBANCE: Confusion & Frustration

AILMENTS: Asthma, Heart Conditions, Cancer

STATEMENT: I Love

BALANCE: Relaxation

UNBALANCED: Self Pity

LOCATION: Chest, heart, cardiac plexus

SYMBOL: A circle surrounded by 12 lotus petals and inside it is a six-pointed star

CENTRAL ISSUES: Love, unconditional love, self-love, forgiveness, relationships, intimacy, devotion, depression and loneliness

COLOUR: Green and pink

ESSENTIAL OILS: Sandalwood, rose, cedarwood

CRYSTALS: Rose quartz, emerald, jade, aventurine, malachite, rhodonite

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS & PLANETS: Planets Venus, Saturn, Sun and the signs Libra, Leo and Sagittarius

SOUND: "Yam"

SENSE: Touch

BODY: The feeling body

ORIENTATION TO THE SELF: Self-acceptance

GOALS: Stability, trust, physical health, prosperity, grounding

RIGHTS: To love and be loved

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE: 4 to 7 years

IDENTITY: Social identity

LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIP: Loving relationships with significant others, with oneself and with all life

DEMON: Grief

HORMONAL GLANDS: The thymus gland

ORGANS: Heart and circulatory system, lungs, bronchial tubes, shoulders and arms, diaphragm, thymus gland, the immune system, the skin, the upper back

EXCESSIVE: Demanding, jealousy, co-dependency, poor boundaries, overly sacrificing, possessive

DEFICIENT: Antisocial, withdrawn, cold, shy, critical, judgmental, intolerant, loneliness, depression, fear of intimacy and relationships, lack of empathy, narcissism, bitter

BALANCED: Compassionate, loving, self-loving, empathetic, peaceful, balanced, good immune system

PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTIONS: Disorders of the heart, lungs, thymus, breast, arms, asthma, allergy, circulation problems, immune system deficiency, tension between shoulder blades

ADDICTIONS: Tobacco (smoking), sugar, love, marijuana

TRAUMAS & ABUSES: Rejection, abandonment, loss, shaming, constant criticism, abuses to lower chakras, unacknowledged grief, divorce, death, conditional love, loveless environment, sexual and physical abuse, betrayal

SPIRITUAL CHALLENGES: To learn compassion, the value of forgiveness, unconditional love

HEALING STRATEGY: Self-discovery, codependency work, forgiveness, inner child work, work with arms, reaching out, taking in, breathing exercise!

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