I’m very excited about today’s chakra series installment because we’re focusing on the heart chakra, which is located at the center of the chest.
The heart chakra is associated with love and understanding, limitless compassion, empathy, and forgiveness. It supplies energy for all aspects of love, joy, compassion, and surrender. It also provides all parts of the energy field with nurturing energy and can be a source of spiritual connection and guidance.
The heart chakra is about love, kindness, and affection. The colors associated with this chakra are green and pink. When it is open, we are compassionate and friendly, and we work in harmonious relationships.
When our heart chakra is under-active, we may be cold and distant.
If our heart chakra is strong, we enjoy comfortable, loving and empathic relationships at home, at work and in our community.
If our heart chakra is weak or closed, we tend to sabotage our relationships with distrust, anger, and a sense that we’ll lose our independence if we rely too much on others.
A quick way to balance this chakra is to visualize yourself breathing in the colors green or pink and bringing that breath all the way down to your heart chakra. Breathe this way several times and then visualize your heart chakra as a vibrant green or pink wheel spinning in a clockwise direction. Continue breathing and visualizing until you feel balanced. You can also do this exercise while holding or focusing on a green aventurine or pink quartz crystal. 
By: Sherri Cortland
Metaphysical Examiner
