For more than a thousand years, the heart chakra has been considered love and balance. When you feel forgiving and accepting, chances are that your heart chakra is balanced. On the other hand, if you feel that you are lonely or angry or bitter, you might have a chakra that is blocked.
There are ways that your heart chakra can be blocked such as by physical abuse, emotional abuse, being raised by a parent that is not affectionate or being in an unhealthy environment:
Heart Chakra
The heart chakra is a place of love and balance and is associated with green and air. This is part of your soul that is responsible for having love, compassion, being open to yourself and others.
Heart Chakra Healing
Heart chakra healing is a way to practice clearing and cleansing the heart. There are ways that you can do this by using holistic remedies such as aromatherapy, sound therapy, color therapy, crystal healing and more.
Signs of an Unhealthy Heart Chakra
There are different ways you can tell if you have an unhealthy heart chakra. If you pay attention to what you are feeling and how your physical body is, you will know if you have an unhealthy chakra.
If you feel disconnected form people or are withdrawn, chances are you have an unhealthy heart chakra. You might even find out that you are afraid to be alone, that you are needy, in relationships where you have grudges easily and have a hard time letting go of negative things or thoughts. You might even experience a lot of jealous and being critical of yourself. You might feel that you are reliving your trauma and be afraid or feel that you are a victim.
If you are constantly afraid of other people and have a hard time trusting then you may experience other symptoms like high blood pressure, bad blood circulation, heaviness in your chest or other physical ailments and these can all relate to your heart chakra being unbalanced.
Deficient or Excessive
There are two types of chakra imbalances and one is where you feel that you are numb and the excessive is when you feel that you have too much aggression.
If you are deficient, it means you are sluggish and passive while being excessive means you have too much energy.
If you have a deficient heart chakra then you will have more anxiety and feel isolated but if you have excessive heart chakra then you will feel clingy and like the victim.
Heart Chakra Healing
When you have a strong and balanced heart chakra, you will be more open and receptive to what is going on with you. You will have less fear and bitterness and feel courageous and open. Not only will you love others, but you will love yourself and get rid of old behaviors that hold you back. You will no longer feel like a victim and you will have more trust.
There are ways you can balance your chakra and here are a few ideas.
Bathing
Since green is the color of the heart chakra, get in nature. Go into the forest and brush against the trees. Plant something inside.
Meditation
Having a balanced heart is a good thing and can take away your separation and give you love and kindness. Find a quiet spot and breathe deeply allowing your thoughts to go on people you love and someone close to you. Visualize your energy getting positive.
Boundaries
Make sure that you have boundaries and don’t allow yourself to overstep them. Do not always say yes to things and learn to say no. Have a habit of putting limits on yourself and taking care of you.
Herbs
Use herbs such as rose, basil, nettle and more to open your heart chakra. Use the herbs and drink them in a tea.
Empathy
Do not be judgmental and figure out how you can be kind to others. If someone is struggling, try to help them and be kind about it.
Hug
Try being huggy. This means to hug people more because it releases a chemical that calms down your body when you hug. Even hug yourself.
Self-Love
Show yourself love by shouting if you are angry and giving yourself permission to be mad or upset. Even if you have these emotions, get through them but allow yourself time to experience them.
Receive Love
Allow yourself to get love from others. If you have low self-esteem, chances are that you do not know how to accept love, learn how to do this.
Meditate with Crystals
Use rose quartz, emerald, fluorite, prehnite, rhodonite, chryscocolla or rhodonite to meditate with. These can bring energies to you.
Be Thankful
People always take things for granted and one of the best ways to heal the heart chakra is to be thankful for what you have.
Shadow
When you have a closed chakra, there is dark energy. You have to work through parts of your life where you were rejected or denied and these stored feelings are inside of you. Embrace them and get rid of them.
Essential Oils
Cleanse your heart chakra with ylang, rose, lavender, neroli or other essential oils.
Forgive
Make sure that you forgive people that have hurt you. Do this by lighting a candle and chanting a forgiveness ritual.
Eating
Make sure that you eat more fruits such as kiwi and vegetables such a spinach, peas, zucchini and more.
Victim
Stop playing the victim and stop always wanting people to adore you or to praise you. Take care of yourself and others.
Yoga
Stretch your body and do different yoga poses to help open up your heart chakra and get rid of blockages.
Deep Breathe
Since the heart chakra is part of the air element, you need to learn to deep breathe. Breathe in slowly and the deeper the breath, the better the oxygen will move through the cells. This can help with anxiety and social situations.
Affirmations
Be positive and repeat phrases that are meaningful to you. Embrace who you are and give yourself love.
Kindness
If you are thoughtful that is great. When your heart chakra is blocked, you need to open up your heart. You can do this by being thoughtful and kind to others. Do favors for people each day.
Laugh
Laughter can help with any problem, find something to be joyous about.
Yam
The sound yam is a good word to hum because it matches the vibrations that the heart chakra has. Doing this is like music healing and can clear your chakra through the sound waves.
Conclusion
Pick some activities that can balance your chakra and give you peace. Try different ones and see what works best for you and your chakra.