We discover the fourth chakra: Anahata

Anahata : color and shape of the chakra

The colors associated with the fourth chakra, or Anahata, are pink and green . The chakra is located in the area of the sternum, in front, and between the shoulder blades, behind.

The corresponding organs are: the heart and the circulatory system, the lungs, the thymus, the upper limbs and the hands.

The corresponding sense is touch .

Anahata : meaning of the chakra

Anahata in Sanskrit means "not hit".

Its main functions are love, compassion, patience and humility . The associated keyword is I LOVE.

Anahata is related to the element of air and contains the transformation and healing of self and others . It is associated with our ability to feel pure and unconditional love, to empathize with everything that exists and to grasp its beauty and perfection, as well as to know how to take care of ourselves and others.

Anahata asks us for awareness and balance in the perception of relationships and in the relationship with the environment. We discover that the basis of unconditional love is the acceptance of ourselves, as we are, and of others, without wanting to change them. Change can only occur in ourselves, when we have recognized all our aspects, freed the heart from its scars, from emotionally repressed emotional traumas, and embarked on a path of healing and personal growth.

Through the fourth chakra, the three lower chakras (tied to the earth) and the three upper chakras (tied to the sky), the body with the mind, the material realization with the spiritual connection come together: Anahata is the harmony of opposites, the axis central of the Cosmos.

Anahata : chakra imbalance

The disharmonic functioning of Anahata can lead to heart and lung disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, insomnia, asthma.

If there is an excessive functioning of this chakra, on the physical level it will be possible to have a sense of constriction at the level of the chest, difficulty in breathing, arrhythmias, tachycardia and palpitations, however without any confirmation in clinical examinations. From the psychological point of view, the emotional investment is so exaggerated as to cause anxiety: the desire to give is intense, but it is never completely uninterested . We tend to love others according to the recognition and gratitude that can be obtained in return, to blame them for their suffering when their expectations are not fulfilled, to express feelings of hatred, resentment and jealousy.

On the other hand, if there is insufficient functioning, at the physical level a diaphragm malfunction will be highlighted, together with respiratory and cardiac problems, while from the psychological point of view it will tend to be sorry for oneself, paranoid, undecided, to be afraid of leaving oneself going or getting hurt, you will feel unworthy of love and full of doubts about your abilities.

The first symptom of a shortage of Anahata is to fall for no reason, the second is the refusal to be touched, to receive expressions of affection. Closed, apparently cold, indifferent, but ultimately extremely vulnerable, the individual always appears on the defensive: he would like to give love, but the fear of being rejected blocks him, making him feel even more inadequate.

The air is movement, the invisible, and represents the very essence of life : it breathes well when one has the courage to welcome energy and to face the risk of exploding, of shouting and of rebelling against the limitations of conditions in which you live. The correct functioning of the lungs presupposes the humility to offer oneself to the world and the confidence to let go, to let out the breath without the fear of emptiness, death, privation, loneliness and abandonment.

Anahata: how to rebalance the chakra

To rebalance the fourth chakra, the simplest solution is to perform a meditation lying on the ground, with eyes closed and with the head facing east, placing the crystals directly on the bare skin in the area of the sternum. You can use rock crystals to enhance the effect of the stones, holding them in your hand or placing them in a circle around the body, with the points pointing towards the center. Drain and rinse the stones under cold water after use.

The stones related to the fourth chakra are: green and pink or musky agate, amazonite, aventurine, coppery and pink chalcedony, green and pink calcite, chrysocolla, chrysoprase .

And again: dioptase, jade, malachite, moldavite, olivine, rose quartz, rhodochrosite, rodonite, emerald.

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There are also sounds combined with the chakras that can also be used as an accompaniment for meditation and / or to perform a gentle and circular massage clockwise with 20 ml of sesame oil and a few drops of specific essential oils for the fourth chakra.

The essential oils related to the fourth chakra are:

cypress essential oil,
rosewood essential oil,
melissa essential oil,
neroli essential oil,
verbena essential oil,
pine essential oil,
damask rose essential oil.

Chromotherapy, ayurvedic massage (especially Keralan pranico) and some yoga or tai chi chuan techniques are also excellent. Finally, there are specific exercises to bring the chakras back into balance; these are movements codified in ancient times known as the 5 Tibetans , intrinsically linked to the chakra doctrine.