HEART CHAKRA

Our fourth Chakra is the Heart Chakra.  Its name in Sanskrit is Anahata.  The Heart Chakra is the middle Chakra in the system of seven and it is related to our ability to love freely and to feel love, to be compassionate and feel compassion, and to have an inner sense of peace deep within us.  It is the integrator of opposites in the psyche, the mind and body, male and female, persona and shadow, and the ego and unity.  It is our connection to the oneness around us.

The associated organs to this Chakra are the heart, breasts, lungs, as well as our immune system.  It encompasses the blood circulatory system, and the cardiac plexus.  The major gland is the thymus gland. It is also said that the Heart Chakra can have a great effect on our sight.  I have noticed in my own healing with this energy center that when I have come to a crisis that my eyesight becomes weak.  So what are we afraid to see?

The Heart Chakra is related to our sense of touch, in its aspect of relating to the person “inside” the body, and distinct from the sensation of the Orange Chakra, which is more about the sensation one feels “from” their own body.  It encompasses our ability to love and offer unconditional love. To love freely for the true being that one is.   Hugging, therefore, is a Heart Chakra activity. When one hugs, one is aware of what the person inside the other body feels, and they are aware of what you feel inside your body, and there is a sense of relating to the person inside the body. A sense of emotional connection is experienced.  Sensitivity about being touched indicates Heart Chakra sensitivity

When we find a deficiency of the amount of energy in the Heart Chakra we may feel sorry for ourselves, indecisive, and unworthy of being loved.  We cannot seem to make the connection or feel connected to those around us for fear of rejection.  We carry a fear of letting go and just being.

When there is an excess of energy within this area we may become demanding and overly critical.  We may also become manic-depressive.  We do not posses unconditional love in this state.

The color that relates to this Chakra is green with the secondary or complementary color being red.  That is why when there is an excess of energy within this Chakra we may see traits of the Root Chakra come forward.  We may try to control through our sexuality or through money.  We put limitations on our love.  We do not give our love unconditionally.

Another color that relates to the Heart Chakra is the color pink.  This is a symbol of motherly love.

FLOWER AND GEM ESSENCES FOR THE HEART CHAKRA

Australian Bush Essences

Bush Fuchsia-speaking your true essence

Crowea-Worry

Turkey Bush-Creativity

Red Grevillia-Becoming unstuck

Flannel Flower-Intimacy

Illawara Flame Tree-Fear of rejection

Sturt Desert Pea – Emotional pain

Alaskan Gem Remedies

Chrysocolla-Unresolved issues of grief, heart closed down, guard against attack from others, increases love of self, flexibility. Opens, softens, and expands the inner dimensions of the Heart Chakra; helps us release tension and armoring around giving and receiving love; increases flexibility in the mind and body to allow the vibration of love to flow

Chrysopase – brings the Heart Chakra into harmonious union with the green energy frequency of the planet; synchronizes the subtle bodies with the heart energy of the earth; helps us accept the earth as our home.

Emerald-Fear of not being good enough, love blocked because of fear. For universal heart cleansing, and balancing

Jadelite Jade-Agitated upset, things are harder than they need to be, unable to accept things. Calms, Centers, Awareness and Acceptance

Montana Rhodochrosite-Broken hearted, unsafe. Restores balance to the heart after great pain and suffering.

Rhodochrosite-2nd 4th Chakras, deep trauma stored in the heart because pain is not reconciled;

Rose Quartz-Deep held pain from childhood, helps one to anchor love into the physical body.

Soapberry-For fear of own power, inability to keep heart open in challenging situations, support & helps from nature, grounds, releases trauma.

Watermelon Tourmaline-For imbalances in the male and female aspects, difficulty expressing love or receiving love.

Bach Flower Remedies

Holly – Blocked Love

Gorse – Despair

Bailey Essence

Milk Thistle – Self Love

A closed Heart Chakra is one of the main effects found in the Western World due to the way of life.  We are taught not to cry, not to get angry, to just take it all in and move on with our lives.  Yet in today’s society we see the effects of this type of upbringing in our young.  We see their want and their desire for the intensity of their emotions.  We see this desire in their actions, and acting out, and unfortunately through their choice of drugs in their lives today.  A lot of our children are drawn to empathogens such as ecstasy and LSD.  These types of drugs arouse the feelings of emotions; they awaken the intensity of the emotion, and blow the Heart Chakra wide open.

So deep down in their subconscious they realize the need for emotion.  They realize that they are lacking this essential part of what allows us to feel and love unconditionally.

Homeopathic remedies are very helpful in balancing and unblocking this Chakra.  At first it may be very painful for the individual, due to those buried emotions and their traumas. When we encounter someone who is in a deep state of despair, perhaps within the dark night of the soul, it is very beneficial to accompany homeopathic treatment with one or more of the flower or gem essences available today.

But we need to assure the individual that at the end of this road of healing will lie a connection to the divine that is without words.  This type of healing is a true gift from the power above.

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR THE HEART CHAKRA

Anacardium                                        Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum

Crataegus                                           Hawthorne                 Digitalis

Alabaster                                           Banisteriopsis            Chocolate

Lapis                                                   LSD                             Tung

Ignatia                                               Nat Mur                     Aurum

Carcinosin                                          Luna                            Phos Ac

Nit Ac                                                 Lachesis                      Scorpion

Caladium                                             Ant Tart                     Green

THROAT CHAKRA

The fifth Chakra is the Throat Chakra, also known as the Visuddha in Sanskrit.  This Chakra is located at the base of the throat.  It controls the throat, neck, arms, teeth, mouth and hands and is associated with the brachial or cervical plexus. The Throat Chakra is associated with the thyroid, parathyroid glands.  The sense that corresponds to this Chakra is our sense of hearing.

This energy center holds the key for speech, sounds, vibrations, communication, and our creativity.  It also brings in our abilities for telepathy and gives us our inspiration.

When one is balanced in this area the individual is content, centered, and can live in the present.  They have a very keen sense of timing.  They meditate well and through this meditation they experience a Divine energy.

When the Throat Chakra is open you will find a strong willingness to express yourself.  Your creativities will flow through this Chakra.  Those that may express themselves and live strongly through this energy center tend to be singers, artists, speakers, teachers, etc.

When there is an excessive amount of energy within this center one may present as being arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic, addictive, and they talk too much.

Those that are seen as deficient within this center appear scared, timid, quiet, inconsistent, and unreliable.  They hold back.  They cannot express their thoughts and they cannot relax. This individual may be manipulative and devious.  You may also find a fear of sex due to their religious upbringing.

The color for this Chakra is blue with the secondary color being orange.

FLOWER AND GEM ESSENCES FOR THE THROAT CHAKRA

Australian Bush Essences

Cognis essence–Gives clarity and courage to speak one’s truth-great for study and new information

Paw Paw-assimilating new information

Turkey Bush – for creative blocks, renews artistic confidence and creative expression

Alaskan Gem Remedies

Aquamarine-5th and 6th Chakras, mind chatter, hotheaded, not present because of mental chatter

Aventurine-Fear of the unknown and unexpected, it also helps with new experiences and risk taking

Azurite–For depletion of vitality when speaking, communicating from head only. Strengthens feminine earth forces, helps speech

Lapis Lazuli–5th and 6th Chakras, unable to hear guidance and information, clears blocks in communication-good for teachers, speakers, writers

Rutilated Quartz–Helps with confusion, lack of focus & clarity, unable to understand one’s own guidance; Stabilizes abilities to focus, synthesize & express

The Throat Chakra is our center for communication and creativity.  When we loose our power to communicate, to voice who we are and what are needs are, we become suppressed on a deeper level.  We become stifled in our words and our expressions.  This is commonly seen in singers, teachers, and speakers, those who use their voice to express themselves.  It is when this power becomes stifled that disease sets in.  We then see diseases such as tonsillitis, strep throat, swollen glands, and problems with the thymus and spleen.  This center also greatly affects our immune system due to its effect on our thymus gland.

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR THE THROAT CHAKRA

Argentum Nitricum                                       Argentum Metallicum           Lachesis

Mercury(the messenger)                              Lachesis                                  Stramonium

Causticum                                                       Baryta Carb                         Tuberculinum

Phosphorous                                                   Carcinosin                              Belladonna

Agathis Australis                                          Lapis                                       LSD

Iodatum Family                                             Blue/Turquoise

The Third Eye

Christ Conscious Center

The sixth Chakra goes by many names.  It is known as the Third Eye, the Christ conscious center, the Brow Chakra, the Conscious awareness center, and of course, the Sanskrit name of Anja.   It is located at the center of our forehead.  The Third Eye controls our psychic powers and higher intuition.  It is from this center that one may reach their higher self.  This is the center that enables you to experience telepathy, astral travel, and our past lives.  The Brow Chakra is associated with the deep inner level of being we call Spirit, or our subconscious being.  It is the place where our true motivations are found, and it is the level of consciousness that directs our actions and our lives.

It is this center that is related to the sense of ESP.  This would encompass our inner vision, our inner sensitivity, and our inner hearing.   The Third Eye Chakra relates to our forehead, temples and the carotid plexus.  It corresponds with our pituitary gland.

If an individual is deficient in energy within this center they become non-assertive, undisciplined, afraid of success, oversensitive to the feelings of others, and they may exhibit difficulty distinguishing between the ego self and the higher self.

It the energy is overabundant in the Brow Chakra then you may see someone who is an egomaniac, proud, manipulative, and somewhat an authoritarian.

The well-balanced individual will be charismatic, and carry a sensation of being whole, finally complete.  They will be able to be open to receiving guidance with no attachment to material possessions. They will not fear death, as they will carry a deeper insight and understanding of this next phase of life.

The color of the Third Eye is Indigo or midnight blue with the secondary color being Orange.

FLOWER AND GEM ESSENCES FOR THE THIRD EYE

Australian Bush Essences

Bush Iris-Clears blocks in the Chakras relating to the grounding and trust centers. Awakens spirituality by releasing deep fears. Fear of death

Bush Fucia – Intuition

Isopogon-Memory, unblocking thoughts

Bailey Essences

Bracken Aqueous – Blocked sensitivity from Childhood

Alaskan Gem Remedies

Aquamarine-Mental chatter, overstimulation, releases blockages and brings in serenity, calm, and clear receptivity.

Aventurine-Fearful of the unknown and taking steps towards the future, great for trailblazers and pioneers; builds stamina and courage.

Diamond-Brings clarity; for inability to make steps towards progress especially when the “I” is overly involved, helps one’s divine purpose.

Lapis Lazuli-For overwhelm of information, helps assimilate information and clarifying; great for teachers, writers, spiritual workers.

Moldavite-For being stuck especially in the past or from homesickness; Brings connectedness into one’s potential in the present moment.

Sapphire-6th and 7th For feeling unsupported or uninspired, inability to take responsibility; helps to synthesize, express & one’s own inner resources.

Sapphire Ruby-4th, 6th and 7th Chakras-For weak links from body to spirit, especially after accident or surgery; balances & merges one’s life purpose.

Star Sapphire-5th, 6th and 7th Chakras-Lacks trust, overly concerned with every detail; helps with aligning one’s own purpose.

Sugalite-6th and 7th Chakras-For going outside oneself to receive spiritual support, intellectualizing spirit; brings warmth, depth, receptivity.

This center is the control center for our dream world.  It is the bridge of the insight between the human world and our higher selves.  It is from the Third Eye that we receive our intuition, our knowing of what we know.  There are many drugs, such as the smoking of marijuana, the intake of LSD that may blow this center wide open.  Blows to the head may also wreak havoc to this energy center.  Those who live too much in this Chakra may loose their sense of reality.  They may begin to hear voices.  They may become seasonally depressed.  The Third Eye is our eye into the spirit world.  It is in our dreams that we travel with the view of the Third Eye Chakra.

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR THE THIRD EYE

Cannabis Indica                                             Opium                         Peyote

Phosphorous                                                   Agaricus                     Lach

Thuja                                                              Scorpion                     Medorrhinum

Luna                                                                Pineal Gland               Diamond

Nat Sulph                                                       Sol                               Melatonin

Indigo

The Crown Chakra

The seventh Chakra is known as the Crown Chakra, the connection to the divine, the cosmic consciousness center, or the “I am” center.  Its Sanskrit name is Sahasrara.  This Chakra corresponds with the top of the head, the brain, and the entire nervous system.  The Crown Chakra represents that part of our consciousness concerned with our perceptions of unity or separation.  Just as the Root Chakra shows the connection to Mother Earth, this Chakra shows our relationship with our creator.  The Crown Chakra connects us to a world beyond the physical world.   It takes us to a world that is timeless and all knowing.  It is this energy center that feeds us the knowledge, wisdom, understanding and true bliss, thus the connection with the pineal gland.

When the individual is balanced in this energy center they can transcend the laws of nature.  They have total access to the unconscious and the subconscious.  They understand the “oneness” of the universe.  Those balanced and enlightened within this Chakra are our mystics, shamans, and our healers.

When someone contains an excess of energy within this center they may seem frustrated, depressed and become destructive.  They may also suffer from migraine headaches.  They cannot realize the power they posses, and they may seem distant.  Individuals in this situation may require a remedy to ground them, to rebalance them.

When the individual is found deficient in this Chakra they are catatonic.  They appear lifeless and joyless.  They are incapable of making decisions.  They may express that they have no interest in what life has to offer.

FLOWER AND GEM ESSENCES FOR THE CROWN CHAKRA

Australian Bush Essences

Red Lily-For disconnection, split, lack of focus, day dreamy, grounds, focuses and brings one into the present and connected to their source

Sundew-Good for indecisive people, for those who tend to be unfocused especially in work related areas, for being in the present

Alaskan Gem Remedies

Aventurine-Facing obstacles, limits in one’s own belief system and pioneering new paths

Fluorite-For difficulty manifesting thoughts into action, any type of energy blocks, will allow increase of energy and breaking through energies .

Kunzite-Integrating life force into the physical body from the spiritual self.

Sapphire-For being unaware of one’s life purpose, helps one to connect to what they came here to do.

Sapphire/Ruby-4th ,6th and 7th Chakras, For weak body and soul connection;helps one to foster abilities for devotion, responsibility and loyalty.

Star Sapphire-5th, 6th and 7th Chakras, For lack of trust in the universe, own information-helps one to make connections to support of one’s true destiny.

Sugalite-Belief of going outside of oneself to receive support from the universe. Helps one to receive a flow of support.

Bach Flower Essences

Wild Oat< – Reconnecting

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR THE CROWN CHAKRA

Violet                                                              Hydrogen                   Cannabis Ind

Helleborus                                                     Pituitary Gland          Baryta Carb

Medorrhinum                                                 Alabaster                   Sequoia

Spectrum                                                       Violet

Those that function from this center are found to be Spacey, and extremely disconnected from their surroundings.  They have a desperate need to be grounded.  Some may not appear to live in the world of reality.  There complain of being light headed, dizzy, and feeling faint.  Their heads and ideas are to much in the clouds.

THE COLOR REMEDIES

RED

Red is the color of energy, vitality and power. It is used in correlation to the Root Chakra.  Red is supposedly the first color perceived by a child when they are born.  Brain-injured persons suffering from temporary color-blindness start to perceive red before they are able to discern any other colors.  Red is used for burning out cancers, drying up weeping sores or wounds.  It will warm cold areas to reduce pain. Red is a powerful healing agent in regards to diseases of the blood and circulation.  (Think of the remedies that correspond with the color red in regards to the Doctrine of Signatures.) It will help lift the spirits to deal with depression. Red will warm a cold heart.  Although, red is not to be used on people with high blood pressure or who have high levels of anxiety. The energy appears to be too intense and can possibly create further anxiety and even raise the blood pressure.  It should not be used at night as it may keep one awake.   If you stay under the red ray too long or are exposed to red for a considerable time it will make you very agitated or even aggressive. It is associated with the male polarity, the Yang.   It is believed that a red carpet or wall, in a place of business, will draw money.

Red is a warm color, which invigorates, and is excellent when used for treatment of persons having heart diseases, blood disorders, and problems with anger, just to name a few.

ORANGE

Orange is connected to our Sacral Chakra.  It is the color used to increase immunity, to increase sexual potency, to help in all digestive ailments, chest and kidney diseases. It is the color of joy and the center of ease, movement, and pleasure.  Orange will have a gentle warming effect if used lightly. Orange, like red should not be used for too long. It is not a good color for nervous people or people easily agitated.

YELLOW

Yellow is the color of intellect and it is used for mental stimulation, it will help you think quicker. It is good for clearing a foggy head. To help cure dermatitis and other skin problems and again it must be used carefully because it is very stimulating and it could cause exhaustion and depression.

GREEN

Green is the color of healing and traveling back in time. It will balance the emotions and brings about a feeling of calmness. Green is a good general healing color because it stimulates growth, therefore it is good for helping heal broken bones, regrowth of tissue of all kinds. Green is also alchemy – the alchemy of consciousness from one realm to another through the spiraling energies of DNA.

BLUE

Blue is the color of truth, serenity and harmony, by helping to soothe the mind. Blue is good for cooling, calming, reconstructing and protecting. Blue will help feverish conditions, it will help stop bleeding and it will help with nervous irritations. It is very good for burns. Too much blue could leave you cold, depressed and sorrowful.

PURPLE/VIOLET

Purple is also a color that will connect you with your spiritual self. It is good for mental and nervous problems. It will assist very well with rheumatism and epilepsy. Helps with pain, is used in deep tissue work and helps heal the bones. Too much purple and you don’t tend to live in this world.

White/Spectrum

White includes all colors of the spectrum. It represents the source of conscious creation. It will purify the body on the highest levels. It is the highest charging field to bring peace and comfort at the highest level.  White would correspond with the Soul Star.

The Frequency of White Light

White has always been seen as transcendent, pure, perfection, innocence, chastity, and triumphant of spirit over the flesh.

White is the color most often connected to cleanliness, with phrases like “Pure White” or white and clean.

These are some of the reasons a bride wears white in most societies. White denotes spiritual authority and purity.

In Celtic tradition the terrestrial goddess wore white.

In Alchemy, white is the feminine principle as represented by the ‘The White Lily’.

In the Arendian, white is sacred.

To the Aztec it was the dying sun or night.

To the Buddhist tradition, white is self-mastery and redemption. It is representative of being lead from bondage, the highest spiritual transformation.

To the Chinese, white is a symbol of mourning.

In Christian beliefs white is the highest color representing the purified soul, joy, virginity, integrity, light and a holy life.

White is always worn in Christian religions at the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, and Marriage.

In Catholicism it is symbolic of the saints not suffering martyrdom and virgin saints.

Druid priests wore white. It was the color of baptism.

In Hinduism, white is symbolic of Pure Consciousness

Maori tradition holds white as meaning a truce or surrendering.

To the Mayan’s it represented peace and health.

Roman tradition wore it for very propitious occasions

All cultures and societies seem to embrace the color white as pure and innocent. The acceptance of white has weaved itself through all millennia from religion, philosophies, and poetry and just about every human endeavor.

As you see there are numerous tools, such as our homeopathic remedies, the flower essences, colors, gems, just to name a few, that we may use to help bring balance to the personal energy field that surrounds those who come to us along with maintaining and restoring our own personal energy fields.

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Donna M Earnest, DHM
The Healing Room
www.the-healingroom.com
609-290-4794

References:

The Homeopathic Color Remedies – Ambika Wauters

Homeopathy and the Chakras Audio Tapes – Ian Watson

The Book of Chakras – Ambika Wauters

Wheels of  Light – Rosalyn Bruyere

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