ITS PLACE AND MEANING

From the Sanskrit, Anāhata, the Heart chakra is associated with being at the center of your chest. Originally those who practiced tantric yoga and worked with the Heart chakra would have visualized a subtle, spinning, metaphysical green, twelve-leafed lotus flower

When working with the Heart chakra, you should remember that the practice is primarily one of visualization and the purpose is to bring you closer to the divine: for the kundalini, the energy of creation, to rise up through all of the chakras until it meets the divine

To facilitate visualization and activation of the Heart chakra, it has been associated with colors, elements, organs, crystals, archangels, positive human values and foods. These connections should be recognized as channels that we can use to help us release the energy and to bring us closer to our connection with the divine

It is common to associate the color green and the element of air with the Heart chakra

The mantra, YAM being the seed-mantra of the air element is usually used when invoking the Heart chakra. However, there is no reason to only use the energies of YAM. Should you feel too flighty, disconnected, not linked to earth or simply be failing to visualize the kundalini rising-up through the Heart chakra, there is every reason to work with the seed-mantra for the other elements, earth (LAM), water (VAM), fire (RAM) and space (HAM)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HEART CHAKRA

Due to its location the Heart chakra is linked to the heart, lungs, thymus and lymph glands

The Heart chakra resonates to the color green

The crystals and gemstones: emerald, jade, rose quartz and chrysophrase can be used to assist you energize the Heart chakra

The element associated with the Heart chakra is air

Archangels  Raphael and Chamuel can be called upon to work with you

When contemplating the Heart chakra you might like to eat green foods such as spinach, zucchini, kale, apples, kiwis, avocados  and the like to increase your focus

The Heart chakra is associated with compassion, love, self-acceptance, empathy, inner balance, harmony and peace

All the above have been associated with the Heart chakra and all can be used as a means to focus on balancing your chakras and becoming more settled and ever closer to the divine

WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO WORK ON YOUR HEART CHAKRA

Having earthed yourself by energizing the root chakra, and found your emotional-self by energizing the sacral chakra, felt personal power and spontaneity while energizing the solar plexus chakra, bring love and acceptance into your life by energizing the Heart Chakra and enable the kundalini to continue to rise. The ability to energize your Heart chakra enables the kundalini to continue rising to the divine. You will feel love and self-acceptance, as all previous chakras come forth and work together as you free kundalini energy and encourage its rise through your spinning chakras to the divine

Working with your Heart Chakra is important for being able to feel and release negative energies. Allowing compassion, empathy and love and the Air element to fill your being can allow you to deal with negative feelings of anger, hurt and abandonment, especially when close relationships have been the cause

Sacred Mindz is building on the tradition and practice of creating free-flowing energies within your chakras by creating a beautiful set of eight chakras grids for you to work with

Sacred Mindz chakra grids provide an easy way for you to select the chakra or chakras for which you wish to improve the energy flows

Sacred Mindz chakra grids have been enhanced with the Flower of Life design and on the reverse side provide details of the areas of the body, archangels and crystals that will help you get the most from energizing and working with your chakras

By using the Flower of Life, Sacred Mindz has created a chakra on which you can place your crystals on at key points to enhance the energy levels and help you achieve the results you desire during your meditations and visualizations