EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HEART CHAKRA
The Heart Chakra is located in the center of the cheast and is associated with the color green. This chakra is responsible for our ability to love and feel compassion. When this chakra is balanced, we are able often spiritual associations made with the heart chakra. Located in the middle of uour sternum. The Heart Chakra is said to be the center of your emotions and is often seen as a symbol of love. For many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer, the heart chakra can represent a deep emotional wound that need to be healed.
Sign of Unbalaced Heart Chakra :
- Feeling lonely
- Being socially anxious or shy
- Being self-critical and judgmental of others
- Holding grudges
- Feeling unable to give or receive openly and freely
Some Essential Crystals to Love :
- Rose Quartz
- Emerald
- Green Acenturine
- Rhomodonite
- Amazonite
- Green Jade
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
In 2022, an estimated 287,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 51,400 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. Breast cancer is on the rise in the U.S, women are getting it at a younger age, and decreased efficacy of mainstream treatments. There are many contributing factors such as the toxic environment we live in, high stress levels, increased inflammation, and a decreased ability to detoxify which all impact the way our genes manifest. Lifestyle modification is one MAJOR contributing factor that we have some control over.
Even though there isn’t a cure there are things we can do today to reduse our risk of developing breast implement without a prescription.
Holistic Tools For The Heart Chakra :
- Move your body -are we sensing a theme here? Even if your exercise regimen does not involve yoga regular exercise decreases inflammation, decreases obesity rates, increases feel good endorphins and helps to detoxify our bodies. With the increased about of toxins we need all the help we can get to cleanse.
- Stress reducing techniques such as breathwork, meditation, visualization, and mindfulness exercises.
- Nutrition is HUGE! Looking at our diet through a functional lens helps us to address the root of the problem instead of just treating symptoms. We work together to implement sustainable lifestyle modifications that decrease inflammation, convert our deficiencies to sufficiency and optimize elimination.
Heart Chakra Affirmation :
- My heart space radiates powerful green light
- I am worthy of the purest love
- I direct love and light towards myself
- I live in harmony with all other beings
- I release and let go of all resentment
BENEFITS :
Start in Tadasana (mountain pose) at the top of your mat. Inhale, shift your weight onto your right foot, press the head of your right thigh bone back, deep into the hip joint, and pull the knee cap up to keep the standing leg straight and strong. Begin to lift your left foot off the mat and bring it toward your left glute, taking hold of the inside of your foot with your left hand.
Stretch your right arm up in line with your ear. Begin to press your left foot into your left hand and, as you do so, begin to lean the torso forward and stretch your right arm forward, in front of your torso, parallel to the floor. Stay here for 20-30 seconds. To come out of this pose, release the grasp on the foot, place the left foot back onto the floor, and repeat for the same length of time on the other side.
BODY QUES :
- Start in Tadasana (mountain pose) at the top of your mat.
- Inhale, shift your weight onto your right foot, press the head of your right thigh bone back, deep into the hip joint, and pull the knee cap up to keep the standing leg straight and strong.
- Begin to lift your left foot off the mat and bring it toward your left glute, taking hold of the inside of your foot with your left hand.
- Stretch your right arm up in line with your ear.
- Begin to press your left foot into your left hand and, as you do so, begin to lean the torso forward and stretch your right arm forward, in front of your torso, parallel to the floor.
- Stay here for 20-30 seconds.
- To come out of this pose, release the grasp on the foot, place the left foot back onto the floor, and repeat for the same length of time on the other side.
