HEART CHAKRA
Chakra Four:

Air, Social identity, oriented to self-acceptance

This chakra is called the heart chakra and is the middle chakra in a system of seven. It is related to love and is the integrator of opposites in the psyche: mind and body, male and female, persona and shadow, ego and unity. A healthy fourth chakra allows us to love deeply, feel compassion, and have a deep sense of peace and centeredness

The 4th chakra: Anahata or Heart chakra

(a) Central powerhouse of the human energy system - the emotional power chakra - mediates between body and spirit and determines their health and strength. The symbolic doorway into our internal world.

(b) Propels our emotional development - how to act out of love and compassion - to recognize that the most powerful energy we have is love.

(c) To generate an emotional climate and steadiness with which we respond to experience/circumstance.

(d) To let go and let God - to be able to see our experiences and circumstances as part of the divine plan.

(e) Openness trust toward life - ego and will to outer world.

(f) Getting to know ourselves in relationship to ourselves alone, not in regards to anyone else.

(g) The ability to heal oneself and others.

(h) Love recognized as commitment to self love as primary factor for healthy relationships with others - love of self, forgiveness, compassion - a force that influences and determines biological activity - heals us and others.

Love is Divine power. Love is the only authentic power. Not only our minds and spirits, but also our physical bodies need love to survive and thrive. To refine our capacity to love others as well as ourselves and to develop the power of forgiveness (acceptance).

The Heart Chakra governs the physical heart and lungs. It is essential to our physical supply of energy and vitality as well as the love that nourishes our spiritual existence. Centering ourselves in love gives our life purpose and meaning. It anchors us in Selfhood, which is love itself. What this means on a real level it is our true nature that is loving, kind, and respectful. Growth and healing open a panorama, where we give love freely and unconditionally and receive it in the same way.

Heart Chakra Qualities and Attributes:
•    Location: Middle of the Chest
•    Age of resonance: 28-35
•    Shape: Crescent Moon
•    Glandular connection: Thymus Gland
•    Color: Green and Rose
•    Musical note: F
•    Type of music: Choral
•    Element: Air
•    Aspect of intelligence: Remember the Good, Love and Care
•    Sensory experience: Touch
•    Essential oils: Rose, Carnation, Lily of the Valley
•    Crystals: Rose Quartz, Diamond, Peridot
•    Aspect of the solar system: Venus and the Sun
•    Astrological associations: Libra and Taurus
•    Metal: Copper and Gold
•    Earthly location: Spain
•    Mythological animal: Deer
•    Plant: Foxglove, Rose, Carnation, Lily
•    Qualities: Unity, Brotherhood/Sisterhood, Love, Peace, Purity and Innocence
•    Life issues: To let love be the center of your life
•    Physical: Yoga, Massage, Healing touch, Walking, Dancing
•    Spiritual activities: Learning to love yourself first, then others, prayer, healing, singing, joyful endeavor
•    Positive archetype: Lover
•    Opposite archetype: Actor/Actress
•    Angelic presence: Archangel Raphael

Heart Chakra Essential Oil
 Rose – to create feelings of happiness, joy, self-respect, calm and it dispels fear, regret and shock
 Geranium – to balance mood swings, quiet the nerves, aid in sleep and dispel depression, claustrophobia, and anger
Patchouli – to calm, lift the moods, ground, and excite the senses

Heart Chakra Stones:
Rose Quartz is a semi-precious stone that stands for love. It is found to resonate with the energy of the Heart Chakra. Its color soothes tension in the heart and brings the vibration of love to all who wear it or keep it near them. Used in a room, it keeps the energy loving and kind.
Diamond is most precious of all gemstones stands for fidelity, loyalty, and divine love. It represents the truth of God's eternal love and is used in wedding rings to signify eternal, undying love, and commitment. Peridot is a semi-precious stone that contains the energy of young spring shoots. It mixes the sense of selfhood found in yellow with the balance, tranquility, and unity of green. It brings healing to a fragmented personal identity and stimulates confidence and love of self.

Affirmations for the Heart Chakra:
•    I am quiet and listen to my heart's song.
•    I choose to be united with all beings, visible and invisible, in the realm of love and light.
•    I anchor my heart in truth, love, and God's grace.
•    Love opens and heals me.
•    I choose the peace that surpasses all understanding.
•    I am love, I am peace, I am light.
•    I follow my heart's desire for truth and goodness and love.
•    My core is pure and innocent. Nothing can touch the soul of my heart except love itself.
•    God's love fills and opens my heart to all goodness.
•    Joy is my reason for living.
•    I look for joy in myself and see it in all things.
•    I delight in sharing my joy.
•    I let my heart shine and give from the depths of my being to those who accept love.

Green is the most neutral color in the visible spectrum. It contains the warmth of yellow and the coolness of blue. It is the color that brings balance, soothing the nerves and acting as a tonic when we are weary, fatigued, or depressed. Nature gives us her healing power through this color more than any other. It was known in ancient times that this color could heal and was especially soothing to the eyes. Monks making copied illuminations used to hold green beryl up to their eyes to relieve eye strain. Green is seen directly on the eyeball, whereas yellow is seen outside the eye and blue is seen in the interior of the eye. It engenders peace and tranquility and is used for clothing and decoration for that purpose.

Pink is an essential color for the Heart Chakra. It is the color of mother love and is found in the aura of all babies and young children. Pink is soft, sweet, and soothing. It is good for the heart to see this joyful color. Pink lifts the emotions, purifies the spirit, and generates a tender quality, suggesting approachability. It is used in men's fashion and home decoration more, which implies we are evolving to a space of the heart.