It’s no secret that we experience greater peace, joy, and love when our hearts are open and in balance. In this post, we’ll explore how to balance the heart chakra using heart-centered energy healing. A guide to simple tips and techniques you can do at home.
The guide also includes the use of crystals, yoga poses, affirmations, and more to help connect with the heart chakra and foster healing. So let’s get started!
What Is The Heart Chakra Associated With?
Each chakra energy center helps us connect with different aspects of our lives and the world around us.
Our heart chakra, or Anahata in Sanskrit, is the fourth primary chakra of the seven energy centers in the human body, located in the center of our heart region.
So what are the associations with the heart chakra?
This chakra is related to the element of air and the color green.
The color green has long represented regeneration and new beginnings. Just like nature is always green when regrowth happens.
Our heart responds to love, forgiveness and understanding. It’s the center of emotions and the link between the lower and upper chakras. Rhythmically resonating with our goals, dreams, and desires.
Since this heart center is about our ability to love ourselves and others, the color pink also represents the heart chakra.
This is why rose quartz crystals are often used to clear and balance the heart energy center. They symbolize love, forgiveness, and healing of heart emotions.
What Happens When Heart Chakra Is Blocked
When the heart chakra is blocked or unbalanced in some way, it can manifest negatively in various aspects of our lives.
Examples:
- Possibly leading to general feelings of disconnection from others and the world around us.
- It could even be an eternal sense of grief. Whether that grief comes from the death of a loved one or unrequited love.
- People might even feel like their loved ones are taking advantage of them. Which can make them feel drained and dissatisfied with life.
- They may also feel like they’re missing out on what life should be like?
So what are some of the emotions that can block the heart chakra?
A few different emotions can block the heart chakra. Example: Emotions like fear, anxiety, inadequacy, and judgment. Other emotions that can block the heart chakra are anger, jealousy, stress and grief.
If we hold onto these emotions for a some time, and not release them, they usually prevent us from moving forward and healing.
Many of these can cause energetic blocks, when it comes to the flow and breath of life.
And when we let fear rule our lives, it can prevents us from opening up to some of the good things in life.
The great news is that there are so many different ways we can heal and unblock this heart chakra center.
What Does Balancing The Heart Chakra Do?
Balancing the heart chakra does a few things.
For one, it helps to clear some of the emotional baggage we may be holding onto. This helps us in order to free ourselves from some past traumas or hurts. The feelings that we’ve experienced and held onto at a really deep level.
Additionally, it allows us to open ourselves to giving and receiving love more fully. When our heart chakra is in balance, we’re more likely to experience positive relationships and greater overall happiness.
Here are a few more benefits of a balanced heart chakra.
- We can see the good in people and situations.
- We feel hope during difficult times.
- We have the strength to let go of grudges, resentments, and guilt.
- We can maintain healthy relationships.
- We feel open and receptive to love.
- We feel healthier, and our body and mind work more in harmony with the flow of love and life itself.
How To Balance The Heart Chakra
There are at least several ways on how to balance the heart chakra. Many of these practices can also open up other energy centers.
For example, yoga and meditation are excellent ways to focus on the flow of breath and the heart chakra.
Here are 10 easy ways to start to balance the heart chakra :
1. Mindful You
A mindful mindset makes one more focused, productive, and creative. When practicing mindfulness, you can easily recognize and redirect thoughts that can cause distractions.
2. Keeping a spiritual journal
Our hearts open up when we feel that love and connection with others.
Keeping a spiritual journal helps us stay connected to our heart chakra. Encouraging self-love and strengthening relationships.
3. Finding gratitude
In a world where we’re often focused on what we don’t have, finding gratitude for what we do have is one of the best ways to heal and balance the heart chakra.
Find small things to be grateful for, write them down daily in your gratitude book and notice how your heart’s energy changes.
4. Yoga poses to open the heart
Here are some yoga poses to open the heart chakra and get the energy flowing again. Different postures help with the flow of energy in this center.
Always remember to do the ones your body can manage.
Camel pose (Ustrasana) This pose opens up the chest and helps expand the lungs, which can help release any pent-up emotions.
Sphinx pose (Salamba Bhujangasana ) A pose that helps to open up the chest and heart area, as well as stretching the front of the body. It’s about boosting circulation and energy levels.
Bridge pose (Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana) This pose helps to open up the chest and heart area towards the skies above. This one also helps to stretch the front of the body.
Upward Facing Dog pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) A pose that helps open up the chest as well as the lungs. As well as strengthening the back and toning ones’ arms.
Cobra pose (Bhujangasana)
This pose is about opening up the chest and lungs area, as well as strengthen back areas.
What is the actual difference between doing the cobra pose or an upward-facing dog pose?
The cobra pose is normally considered more of as a more beginner-friendly alternative. As opposed to doing the upward-facing dog pose.
When ones doing the cobra pose, one tends to keep the hips and knees on the ground.
When one is doing the upward-facing dog pose, usually your hips and thighs lift off the ground.
5. Heart Centered Meditation
Heart-centered meditation is a practice that nurtures the heart chakra energy center.
As you nurture and grow this love, you then also radiate healing energy outward into the world.
- Focus on your breath and try to stay in the present moment.
- This can help to clear the mind of any negative or critical thoughts blocking the heart chakra.
- In addition to focusing on the breath, you can also visualize a bright green or pink light of energy around your heart energy center. This light represents healing and love.
- Picture this light growing and expanding until it fills your entire body. Allow yourself to feel the love and healing that this light brings.
Since pink and rose quartz is linked to healing and balancing the heart chakra, here’s a video of a guided rose quartz heart chakra meditation with the crystal’s loving energy.
6. Find your breath and remember that you are loved
The first step to balancing the heart chakra is finding your breath and remembering that you are loved. Love is all around you! Remember being kind to others, brings back a positive ripple effect.
This raises your vibrational energy, shifting more toward favorable outcomes. Lifting some of the weight and burdens off heart energy center.
- Focus on your breath and try to stay in the moment.
- Visualize by clearing your mind of any negative or critical thoughts that may be blocking the heart chakra area.
- Try to be open and honest with the people in your life, and let them know how you feel without being rude or unkind.
- Always try to start on a good note by keeping an optimistic attitude.
7. Heart Chakra Stones
Heart chakra stones include a wide variety of gems and minerals. Each stone has it’s own unique spiritual healing properties, offering something different for each person.
One of the most popular stones and crystals is the well-known chakra heart stone. The rose quartz. An excellent choice for unblocking heart chakra energy, nurturing it back to emotional and spiritual health.
On the other hand, amethyst may be the perfect stone, if you’re feeling overly critical or judgmental. This healing stone is known for its calming and soothing properties, helping with letting go of harsh thoughts.
8. Heart Chakra Essential Oils
There are a few heart chakra essential oils that are used for emotional clearing of energy, healing, balance, and harmony.
Lavendar
This soothing and calming oil has been used to help to let go of feelings of anger, rage, and resentment. Normally used to let go of feelings of insecurity and self-consciousness, which may block the heart’s energy center.
Frankincense
This oil is used to help open the emotional heart area and make one feel more compassionate towards others. It’s also used for one to feel more confident in their skin. Frankincense has been used throughout the centuries in sacred rituals and spiritual ceremonies.
Peppermint
This energizing oil is usually used for uplifting feelings of confidence and optimism.
Even though most people use oil burners or diffusers for their wonderful fragrances. Some still like to apply it on their skin.
Always be sure to dilute the essential oil first by reading the instructions.
Many essential oils that are not diluted are too strong to be placed directly on the skin.
Check for any allergies before applying any diluted essential oil, and always read the safety and care instructions first.
9. Heart Chakra Affirmations
Here are 12 heart chakra affirmations.
Tweak them to fit your own style and personality, so they’re more natural for you.
The best way is to express them is with feelings and sentiments. Resonating from your heart center.
10. Solfeggio Frequency For Heart Chakra
The Solfeggio frequencies are a series of tones that were discovered centuries ago. Believed to have certain spiritual healing properties.
The Solfeggio frequency normally used for the heart chakra is 639 Hz. Gentle and relaxing sound tracks, for people who do meditation, yoga, or just relaxing.
Final Take
Thank you for taking the time to read our article on how to balance the heart chakra using some heart-centered energy healing.
In case you’re looking for some products that were mentioned in this post the links are here to make it easier for you. They’re great supportive aids for energy healing work. Including for heart chakra work.
These are all that I’ve handpicked. Some are my personal favorites that I use regularly throughout my chakra and meditation sessions.
Hake a look through and see if there’s something you’ll like and use within your sessions as well!
- Travel yoga mat
- Yoga mat with images of poses on it
- LOA planner
- Self care journal
- Rose quartz tower wand
- Amethyst mala beads
- 7 Chakras crystals kit
- 7 Chakra candles with a crystal on each one
Now, we hope all of this information gave you some helpful insights that you’ll use.
Check out our other articles on chakras if you’re interested in learning more. Alternatively, here are the chakras listed one by one, with links for you so you go straight to the one you’d like more information on:
