The Beginner’s Guide Learn Simple Easy Practical Ways How To Open & Balance Up Your Anahata Heart (Fourth) Chakra

How to Heal & Balance
A Simplified Guide Practical To Awaken Self Love – Compassion – Gratitude And Forgiveness towards yourself & others

Everything in our universe has radiating energy, from the biggest mountain to ocean, to the smallest blade of grass, to each cell in our body. All of our cells release energy in different ways, and different cells will release different kinds of energy depending on where they located within the body and what their work is. It should come as no surprise, then, that given the specialized nature of your body’s energy, there are several different channels located on the main features of the body into which energy can flow in and out in a regular stream. These are called the chakras.

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This chakra associated with unconditional love, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness. Trust, Purity, caring, and affection manifested at this chakra. The meaning of the Sanskrit word “Anahata” is unstuck sound.
This Chakra deals with survival issues and blocked by fears. For example, your Root Chakra influences your career and money mindset. Deals with love and trust and its blocked by grief. Similarly, your Throat Chakra influences your self-expression. Deals with truth and blocked by lies. Your Heart Chakra influences your relationships.

The meaning of the “Anahata” Sanskrit words unstuck sound. This chakra is considered the beginning point of divinity in man. Trust, Purity, caring, and affection manifested at this chakra. This chakra becomes purified, a greater sensitivity and emotional balance radiate across the body. The transformation in spiritual life starts with the heart chakra which moves in a and calm and serene mind with no violence. It is here that one gets the sense of the true self. If consciousness is in this state, then creativity and talent fully manifested. “Sankalpa,” explains the energy which completed by mediation, visualization, meditation, and focusing on one’s Sankalpa and heart.

Love is what we are, and we all want to be in love, life is empty without love. When energy moves in heart center pure unconditional love arise. Several people are living painful and lonely, despair cursing themselves about mistakes they have done in life. Feeling loved and loving others is of vital importance to maintaining a happy physical, mental, spiritual life,

How Does a Chakra Work?
A chakra is a wheel, but it operates like a ball of energy interpenetrating the physical body. The chakras are not physical; you can’t see them on an X-ray or any scanners. They are pieces of consciousness, and they interact with the physical and energetic body through two major vehicles, the nervous system, and the endocrine system. Each chakra associated with one of the nine endocrine glands, and also with a particular group of nerves, called a plexus, this makes them essential components in healing. Each one of chakra matches with particular parts of the body and specific functions in the body managed by that plexus or that endocrine gland, which is the key to understanding how chakra healing devices work.

The chakras represent the parts of your consciousness and your physical body. All the senses, perceptions, and possible states of awareness divided into seven categories, and all these types associated with a particular chakra. When you feel the tension in your consciousness, you feel it in the chakra connected with your consciousness experiencing the stress, also in the parts of the physical and energy body associated with that chakra. Where you feel the weight depends on why you feel the pressure.

When you hurt in a relationship, you feel it in your heart. When there is some tension in your consciousness, so the chakra which associated with your consciousness.When stress lasts for some time reaches a particular step to resolve any problem, stress hurt which comes in a physical body.

Higher-active chakras people are energetic and healthy.

Older adults loose connection with chakras and that is why old people tend to shrink in size with age, and their spines curve and the healing of wounds and bones slows down. Also, many with insomnia and hyperactive children have over-active Basic chakras. Individuals with less activated chakras tend to be sick and small.

Chakras and its Frequency

Chakras are like wheels, and their work is not only to keep energy moving but also to grab or close as a shield against negative energy. The energy of our chakras affects our physical processes through stimulation and repression. To remunerate restricted, underactive chakra, another chakra will become overactive, sending out your low-frequency vibrations at a greater rate, which requires further balancing in the chakra healing process.

What happens when chakras are overactive and underactive?
The opening and closing of our chakras work like a dynamic guard system. A negative experience (and the low-frequency energy that comes with it) can cause the allied chakra energy to close to block that energy out. Likewise, if we are adhering to a low-calibrating feeling like sticking to one emotion, blaming games gets starts because we decline to deal with or move it, we close off the chakra which then needs special chakra healing techniques.

What happens when Root chakra is overactive and underactive?

When this chakra is overactive, then you feel: loving in an insecure, suffocating way; willing to say yes to everything; lacking a sense of self in a relationship; lacking boundaries, letting everyone in
When this chakra is underactive, then you feel: cold, distant, lonely, unable or unwilling to open up to others, grudgeful

 

FOURTH CHAKRA – HEART CHAKRA

The Heart (fourth) chakra is the central powerhouse of the human energy system. It’s a middle chakra, it mediates between the body and spirit and shows their health and strength.
Traditional Name: Anahata Chakra
Layer: Astral
Location: Chest
Colour: Green
Ruling planet: Venus
Element: Air
Sound: “AHA”
Mantra: “YAM”

Colour of the Heart Chakra:
The heart chakra is related to green color. Imagining the color green in the center of your chest will begin to balance it. Moreover, having pictures of the green found in nature surrounding you will help your heart feel at ease, lighting green candles will bring balance.

Related glands/body parts: Heart and lungs; thymus gland
The heart chakra associated with unconditional love, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness.

 

Associated Endocrine Glands & Organs

Heart, lungs, breasts, arms, hands, Thymus gland and immune system.
Physical Symptoms of Unbalance

Poor circulation or numbness, asthma and other respiratory ailments, heart and circulatory problems (high blood pressure, heart palpitations, heart attack), breast cancer, stiff joints or joint problems in the hands

How does Heart Chakra affect your body?
If you have an imbalanced heart chakra, then you may feel the following symptoms that have manifested in your body: Chest pain, Heart Palpitations, poor circulation, high/low blood pressure, and in more severe cases, heart attack.

You may get respiratory ailments, such as lung infection, bronchitis or circulatory and heart-related issues

When the energy in your fourth chakra is blocked or hindered, you may experience what sometimes referred to as heart chakra pain.

The objective of Heart Chakra:
• Compassionate attitude
• Heartfelt love and affection
• A forgiving nature
• Acceptance your own masculine and feminine emotions
• Self-approval
• Feels gratitude for everything

 

More Characteristics of the Heart Chakra:

• In the heart, the real attitude of selfless love starts.
• This chakra positioned in between the three upper and lower chakras.
• When the heart chakra is open, receiving and giving happens automatically and naturally.
• This chakra converts the imagination to the determination.
• One has to have a selfless heart to develop real compassion and love.
• When the heart chakra is open, we start accepting others notwithstanding their sins.
• When the heart chakra is open, relationships are harmonious with no guilt feeling.
• When the heart chakra is open, we become committed to their duties and responsibilities.
• When the heart chakra opens there is appreciation towards others, one wants to start helping and serving others without any expectations.
• When the heart chakra is open, we understand others without any deception.
• Once the energy reaches this level, both the feminine and masculine qualities of the mind are properly understood.

 

When Your Heart Chakra is Open?

• You feel loving, and it gives you nurturing.
• Your relationships are harmonious.
• You feel easy to give and receive love.
• It brings transcendence of conflict in relationships
• Giving and receiving is smooth and easy.
• You are content and appreciative of relationships.
• You can feel compassionate to yourself and not make others feel sorry for you.
• You become sympathetic.
• It tells that both partners were dissolving into love itself.
• You feel that life is wonderful and have gratitude for your existence.
• You all the time feel gratitude.

Heart Chakra Questions for Self-Examination

The Heart Chakra (Heart center) influences your relationships, deals with love and its blockage in the time of grief. When the Energy is dominant in this center, you became the creator.
1. Do you have any broken relationships that you want to heal?
2. Which emotional memories you have that needs healing?
3. Do you ever feel burdened by the emotional issues of the other person? How do you think about their possibility of happening again in future? How do you plan to get yourself out of such situation in case it occurs again?
4. Do you believe that to have emotional health is never to be in an intimate relationship?
5. Does the thought of being emotionally healthy scare you?
6. Do you try to manipulate people or situations with your emotional issues? If yes, describe them.
7. What is your explanation of a healthy relationship? Are you open to let that pain go and open your heart for a healthy, intimate relationship?
8. Do you ask forgiveness from the others?
9. Do you have anyone from your past or present who you need to forgive? Why do you think it’s hard for you to let go of the pain that you associate with the bad memories or incidences?
10. What’s your definition of forgiveness?

Healing the Heart Chakra with Nature:
The Heart chakra’s element is air – staying in nature and feeling the breeze on the skin, allowing your heart to feel very much required for healing. The color green is around us in the trees and the grass, or laying on the grass and letting the heart to feel it, going out walking, can begin to bring it into balance!

 

Mudra for Anahata Chakra:
• Sit comfortably; it is recommended to sit cross-legged.
• Place the left hand on the left knee and bring the right hand in front of the chest (just above the solar plexus).
• The tip of the index finger should feel the tip of the thumb.
• Concentrate on the Heart chakra at the spine, level with the heart.
• Chant the sound YAM.
By practicing this mudra, you start loving others unconditionally with compassion, understanding, forgiveness, and love. This mudra makes you think beyond the physical or gross level with a clear vision of your divinity within.

 

Psychological Meanings of Heart Chakra:
The primary functions associated with Heart Chakra are as follows:
• Relationships
• Unconditional love for yourself and the others.
• Insights integration and awareness center
• Empathy and Compassion
• Being able to express grief and achieving peace of mind
• Forgiveness and Acceptance
• Change and Transformation
• Compassionate discernment

 

The role played by Fourth Chakra in our lives:
• It bridges the gap between human and spiritual aspirations.
• It shows us the meaning and benefits of unconditional love and how to connect with everyone around us.
• It helps us transcend our identity and limits our ego.
• Helps us explore and enjoy deep and meaningful relationships.
• It defines the capacity of our love.
• Teaches us how to appreciate the beauty in everything.
Primary fears: Fears of commitment, loneliness, “following one’s heart”; fear of inability to protect oneself emotionally; fear of emotional weakness. Loss of fourth chakra energy can give bring jealousy; bitterness, anger, hatred, and an inability to forgive others also to oneself.
Primary strengths: Compassion, Love, forgiveness, dedication, inspiration, hope, trust, and the ability to heal oneself and others.
Energy Connection: This chakra matches to our emotional perceptions, which shows the quality of our lives far more than our mental attitudes.
Symbolic Connection: More than any other chakra, the fourth represents our capacity to “let go and let God.” With this energy, we accept our emotional challenges and take it as a Divine plan. By releasing the emotional pain, or by letting go of our need to know why things have happened as they have, we reach a state of tranquility.

 

How to tell if your fourth chakra is out of balance or not:
• There are many factors which can disturb the natural balance of our fourth chakra. It can also happen due to a significant change in your environment. They are mainly related to the life experiences bring a healthy emotional change in our personality and cause physical illness. It results either from the blockage in the energy flow or rush of excessive energy through the system. Following are the signs of an out of fourth balance chakra:
• Feeling closed down.
• Over defensiveness.
• Fear of intimacy.
• Jealousy
• Not being able to forgive and holding long-term grudges against others.
• Try to help everyone out in their problems or need to become the savior in everyone’s life. It shows the need to be recognized. It results in being victimized.
• Relying too much on other’s approval or trying to get their attention to feel worthy. Urge to please everyone to be able to get accepted.

Physiological Functions of the Anahata Chakra:
• The heart chakra controls and energizes the lungs, heart, thymus gland and the circulatory system.
• The front heart chakra stimulates and controls the heart and thymus gland.

 

How to tell if your Heart chakra is out of balance or not:
You can see the following signs of imbalance in the heart chakra if you feel
• Overly defensive or feeling closed down.
• If you get jealousy; feeling and a fear of intimacy
• The heart chakra is not balanced when you are not ready to forgive someone and carry grudges with you.
• Always putting oneself in the role of the savior or the rescuer; or on the contrary, falling into victimization
• Excessive isolation, being recluse, antisocial

Heart Chakra Questions for Self-Examination:
The Heart Chakra influences your relationships.
Deals love and its blocked by Grief,
When energy is dominant in this center, then you became a creator.

1. What emotional memories do you still need to heal?
2. What relationships in your life require healing?
3. Do you ever use your emotional injuries to control people or situations? If so, describe them.
4. Have you ever allowed yourself to monitored by the wounds of someone else? What are your feelings about letting that happen again? What steps are you prepared to take to prevent yourself from being controlled that way again?
5. What fears do you have for becoming emotionally healthy?
6. Do you associate emotional health with no longer needing an intimate relationship?
7. What is your understanding of forgiveness?
8. Who are the people you have yet to forgive, and what prevents you from letting go of the pain you associate with them?
9. What have you done that needs forgiving? Which people are working to forgive you?
10. What is your understanding of a healthy, intimate relationship? Are you willing to release the use of your wounds to open yourself to such a relationship?

 

1 Simple Easy Meditation To Open
Anahata Heart Chakra
(A little natural technique to release fear, sadness, doubt and to bring compassion, love, forgiveness, and gratitude into your life.

 

Heart Chakra Meditation has been introduced by many religions and traditions it is located in the middle of all the chakras, and it is the link between those in the lower level as well as the upper level. This chakra is the seat of affection, love, understanding, friendship, caring and all the qualities of human nature.

Meditation Tips Before We Get Started:
• It is essential to be in comfortable, and a relaxed posture before you begin the meditation practice.
• The place picked for meditation practice must be quiet, calm and have a free flow of air and there should be no disturbance.
• Sitting posture should be perfect for meditation. The neck should be straight and spine upright, and erect.
• Head should be straight like you are watching someone in front of you, this allows your mind to calm down.
• Keep eyes closed throughout; no strain should felt in the facial muscles or neck also try to relax your arms, shoulders, and thighs before meditation.

 

METHOD: HOW TO DO THIS MEDITATION

Stage No 1 (Humming Sound Healing Meditation)
• Start by sitting in comfortable meditative position explained above.
• Witness your natural breathing process for few movements.
• Keep the palms on the knees.
• Observe the natural breathing flow.
•Loosen your shoulders and just relax.
• Softly touch the lips at the same time to make the “hum” sound which will reach the neck muscles, head, face, without any effort.
• Relax your jaws.
• Playing slow music in the background is valued for enjoying this meditative experience.
• Now inhale gently.
• Close the lips and exhale.
• Make “mmm” sound when breathing out. The sound formed during this practice like that of the sound produced by us by putting the face inside a vessel.
• Continue to create the sound until the end of exhalation. Make it dark and loud as possible. It should be natural as the deep breath is taken by body automatically with no effort.
• While it is a tone, it is possible to make it musical.
• Continue the practice making “mmm” sound with next breath cycle.
• This time, the energy generated through the practice enters all the cells of the body and cleanses it.
• Enjoy the blissful state with a pleasant and smiling face.
• Allow the thoughts to come and go. Just watch the mind and be a witness for the reflections.
• Continue humming for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Relax and slowly let go of technique for 5 to 7 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State 2 Heart Chakra Awareness Breathing
• Notice whatever experienced at the moment. Any sounds, physical sensations, thoughts, feelings. Take a few minutes to be simply”.
• Bring your attention to your body and let go of thoughts of your outside world. For few movements observe you’re natural breathing process.
• Now focus on your spiritual heart center, which in the middle of your chest between the breasts.
• With Nose start to breathe gently and then sense the breath is flowing smoothly into your heart and let your awareness & attention be at your heart center.
• Let your incoming breath feel your heart with love & light and let your outgoing breathe release unwanted hurt feelings from your heart center.
• Maintain doing this for 8 to 10 minutes only.
• Slowly let of technique & and just relax. Now watch whatever happens inside for 2 or 3 minutes, then you will start to observe your heart center will begin to release unwanted repressed emotions, past unresolved memories about love relationships, wishes, fears and worry about love.
• You may feel the compassionate attitude towards yourself or for others.
• You may start to feel self-acceptance, sincere love and gratitude feeling towards yourself and for others.
• Slowly bring your legs and hands down and relax in Shavasana with complete silence and eyes closed. Just stay in silence and don’t focus on anything. Allow yourself to be aware of whatever is happening in your body. Then relax and be a witness to experience. Continue this for around 10 to 15 minutes.

 

2 Heart Chakra Purification Meditation
(A transformative, high chakra healing & purification meditation technique to bring
Love, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness in Life)

 

The primary functions associated with Heart Chakra are as follows:
• Relationships
• Unconditional love for yourself and the others.
• Empathy and Compassion
• Compassionate discernment
• Being able to express grief and achieving peace of mind
• Forgiveness and Acceptance
• Change and Transformation
• Insights integration and awareness center

The objective of Heart Chakra:
• Compassionate attitude
• Self-approval
• A forgiving nature
• Acceptance of your masculine and feminine emotions
• Heartfelt love and affection

Meditation Tips Before WE START:
• It is required to be in a comfortable and a relaxed position before starting the meditation practice.
• The place taken for meditation practice must be quiet and calm, have a free flow of air and should be free from any external disturbances.
• Sitting posture must be perfect for meditation. The neck should be straight, spine upright, and erect.
• Head should be straight like you are watching someone in front of you, this allows your mind to calm down.
• Keep eyes closed throughout; no strain should felt in the neck or facial muscles, and try to relax your arms, shoulders, and thighs before meditation.

METHOD: HOW TO DO THIS MEDITATION

Stage No. 1 – (Open Mouth Heart Chakra Breathing)
• Start by sitting in comfortably in meditative position.
• Sitting posture must be perfect for meditation. The neck should be straight and spine upright, and erect.
• Witness your breathing process for few movements.
• Start by placing the left hand at the center of the chest on your heart chakra and right hand on the top of the left hand.
• Start breathing open mouth slowly & deeply. (Recommended breathing rhythm is around 2 to 3 seconds of breathing in & 2 to 3 seconds of breathing out without gaps).
• With each breath feel the relaxation in the space of your heart.
• While breathing in assume that the space around the chest is expanding.
• While breathing out believe that the area around the chest is contracting.
• While breathing in & out stay present & connected with the heart. Feel what’s happening inside.
• Continue doing this for 3 to 4 minutes only.
• Let go of breathing technique, relax & rest into space of your heart for around 3 minutes.

Stage No. 2 (Anahata Heart Chakra Mudra)
• Place left a hand on your left knee then bring the right hand in front of the chest (just above the solar plexus).
• The tip of index finger should touch the tip of the thumb.
• Concentrate on the Heart chakra at the spine, level with the heart.
• Heart Chakra located in the center of the chest between the breasts. It may take several seconds to find the location and for settling down the mind.
• Tone using a higher pitched “YAM,” as in “ma.” Keep repeating a dark sound “YAM” “YAM” “YAM” by gently riding on your breath. Continue to repeat the vowel sound in the natural speed.
• Chanting noise of the Heart chakra is connected with deep and gentle breathing – while breathing out, you add the vowel sound – following your rhythm (recommended pace is around 1.5 to 2.5 seconds of breathing in & 1.5 to 2.5 seconds of breathing out without gaps).
• Visualizing green color along with attention on heart chakra (center of the chest) will enhance the experience.
• By practicing this mudra, you start loving others unconditionally with compassion, understanding, forgiveness, and love. This mudra makes you think beyond the physical or gross level with a clear vision of your divinity within.
• Continue this for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Slowly stop the technique & and relax and watch whatever happens inside for 2 or 3 minutes, you will start to observe your heart center will begin to release unwanted past unresolved memories, repressed emotions, about love relationships, wishes, fears and worry about love.
• You may notice the compassionate attitude towards yourself or for others.
• You may start to find self-acceptance, sincere love and gratitude feeling towards yourself and others.
• Now slowly bring your legs and hands down and relax in Shavasana with full silence with eyes closed. Just wait in silence and don’t focus on anything else. Allow yourself to be aware and watch whatever is happening inside your body and Just relax and become a witness to experience.
Now continue this for around 10 to 15 minutes.

3 Heart Chakra Bija Mantra Meditation
(A Simple Yet Powerful Mantra Sound Healing Meditation To Open The Heart And Connect With Others By Compassionate Attitude, Affection, Unconditional Love)

 

Meditation Tips Before WE START:
• It is required to be in a comfortable and a relaxed position before starting the meditation practice.
• The place taken for meditation practice must be quiet and calm, have a free flow of air and should be free from any external disturbances.
• Sitting posture must be perfect for meditation. The neck should be straight, spine upright, and erect.
• Head should be straight like you are watching someone in front of you, this allows your mind to calm down.
• Keep eyes closed throughout; no strain should felt in the neck or facial muscles, and try to relax your arms, shoulders, and thighs before meditation.

METHOD: HOW TO DO HEART CHAKRA MEDITATION

Stage No. 1 – (Open Mouth Heart Chakra Breathing)
• Start by placing the left hand at the center of the chest on your heart chakra and right hand on the top of the left hand.
• Start breathing open mouth slowly & deeply. (Recommended breathing rhythm is around 2 to 3 seconds of breathing in & 2 to 3 seconds of breathing out without gaps).
• With each breath feel the relaxation in the space of your heart.
• While breathing in assume that the space around the chest is expanding.
• While breathing out think that the area around the chest is contracting.
• While breathing in & out stay present & connected with the heart. Feel what’s happening inside.
• Continue doing this for 3 to 4 minutes only.
• Let go of breathing technique, relax & rest into space of your heart for around 3 minutes.

Stage No. 2 – AHA Sound (Anahata – Heart Chakra Sound)
• Bring your awareness & attention on the fourth chakra (Heart Chakra) – located in the middle of your chest. Let the awareness & attention of the mind be anywhere in this location.
• Heart Chakra located in the center of the chest between the breast. It may take some seconds to find the place and for settling down the mind.
• Tone using a higher pitched “AHA,” as in “ma.” Keep repeating a dark sound “AHA” “AHA” “AHA” by gently riding on your breath. Continue to repeat the vowel sound in the natural speed.
• Let your awareness be at your heart center and keep chanting sound of “AHA” let the sound & vibration from your heart center.
• Visualizing green color along with attention on heart chakra (center of the chest) will enhance the experience.
• With each breath feel the relaxation in the space of your heart.
• While breathing in assume that the space around the chest is expanding.
• While breathing out think that the area around the chest is contracting.
• While breathing in & out stay present & connected with the heart. Feel what’s happening inside.
• This chakra associated with the air element. So, be aware of the feeling of air with that sound.
• During chanting the vowels sound stay present & let your whole body relaxed without any tension.
• Continue repeating this sound “AHA” “AHA” “AHA” for 5 to 7 minutes.

Stage No. 3 – (Heart Chakra Bija Mantra Chanting – Yum Mantra_
• Bring your awareness & attention on the fourth chakra (Heart Chakra) – located in the middle of your chest. Let the awareness & attention of the mind be anywhere in this location.
• Heart Chakra located in the center of the chest between the breasts. It may take some seconds to find the place and for settling down the mind.
• Tone using a higher pitched “YAM,” as in “ma.” Keep repeating a dark sound “YAM” “YAM” “YAM” by gently riding on your breath. Continue to repeat the vowel sound in the natural speed.
• Chanting noise of the Heart chakra is connected with deep and gentle breathing – while breathing out, you add the vowel sound – following your rhythm (recommended pace is around 1.5 to 2.5 seconds of breathing in & 1.5 to 2.5 seconds of breathing out without gaps).
• After repeating for around ten times, there can be a feeling that you want to pause or to continue by itself. In case the sound breaks, let it resume by its speed.
• In the both cases, your awareness & attention has to be on the heart (in the center of your chest). Send this sound into your Heart chakra.
• Visualizing green color along with attention on heart chakra (center of the chest) will enhance the experience.
• With each breath feel the relaxation in the space of your heart.
• While breathing in assume that the space around the chest is expanding.
• While breathing out think that the area around the chest is contracting.
• While breathing in & out stay present & connected with the heart. Feel what’s happening inside.
• This chakra associated with the air element. So, be aware of the feeling of air with that sound.
• During chanting the vowels sound stay present & let your whole body relaxed without any tension.
• Continue repeating this sound “YAM” “YAM” “YAM” for only 10 minutes.
• Slowly let go the technique and just relax and feel whatever happens inside for 3 minutes, you will start to observe your heart center will begin to release rejected repressed emotions, wishes, worry about love, fear past unresolved memories about love relationships.
• You may observe of compassionate attitude towards yourself or for others.
• You may start to find self-acceptance, sincere love and gratitude feeling for yourself and others.
• Now slowly bring your legs and hands down and relax in Shavasana with total silence with eyes closed. Just stay in silence and don’t concentrate on anything. Allow yourself to become aware and watch whatever is happening in your body and then just relax and be a witness to experience. Maintain this for around 10 to 15 minutes.