The fourth chakra, the heart chakra, is responsible for moving love throughout your life and is motivated by love. It is known as Anahata, a Sanskrit word meaning "unharmed, unstruck, and undefeated." As a healing and uniting chakra, the heart chakra offers wholeness and acknowledges love as the ultimate healing energy. This enables you to live your life with compassion and affection for others and for yourself.

The heart chakra is the core of your most intimate connections with other individuals. Your tolerance, respect, and compassion are increased as a result. When your heart chakra is balanced, you are able to recognize that we are all inextricably linked and can show love not only to others but also to yourself.

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You'll have an open mind to everything life has to offer. An open heart chakra enables us to perceive all of the beauty and love that surrounds us and to genuinely connect with ourselves, our loved ones, and the natural world.

Imbalance can result in: Symptoms of obstructed energy such as physical ailments or sickness. The heart chakra has a direct impact on the hands, arms, chest, lungs, and heart. When out of alignment, it can lead to heart and lung diseases, poor circulation, high or low blood pressure, and other issues. Apart from circulation issues, bronchitis and lung infections are other conditions that can affect the body. Other emotional problems include codependency, manipulative actions, difficulty trusting oneself or others, emotions of worthlessness, and deceitful behaviors.

 

Crystal Healing: The heart chakra is strongly influenced by rose quartz. When restoring the balance of your heart chakra, use rose quartz in your meditations, carry the stone with you, or wear rose quartz jewelry to benefit from the stone's energetic qualities. Emerald, Green Aventurine, Rhodonite, Amazonite, and Green Jade are some more crystals that will help restore balance.