Monday Motivation: The Heart Chakra-Put a little love in your heart

Enchanted Beast Podcast

Are you having trouble #trusting and #connecting with yourself and others? #TuneIn to Enchanted Beast #podcast for #MondayMotivaton: The #Heart #Chakra-Put a little #love in your #life. Basics about the #Heart #Chakra: -#Sanskrit name is #Anahata, which means unstruck -Element is #air -Color is #green -Physical association is the heart, lung, circulatory system, arms, and hands -Psychological feature is #love -Identity is #socialidentity -Greatest #challenge is #grief -Scents are #lavender, #rose, and #jasmine -Herbs are #yarrow, #meadowsweet, and #orisroot Important facts about Anahata: -Unifying and integrating chakra-bringing upper and lower chakras together -The #healing center of the chakra system -Acknowledges the #interconnectedness of relationships with life and the universe -The Way or Path of the heart. #Grief causes the heart chakra to become imbalanced; to get stuck in one of five stages: -Denial -Anger -Bargaining -Depression -Acceptance When there's too much energy: -Everyone gets your love -No boundaries within relationships -Taking everyone's maltreatment -Accepting whatever is given without thought -Giving without restraint -Saying yes to everything and everyone -Codependency When there's too little energy: -#Loneliness -#Shyness and social anxiety -Being overly #critical towards yourself and others -Holding #grudges -Inability to give or receive freely -#Suspicion and #fear, especially in friendships and romantic relationships Balancing the heart chakra: -#meditation and yoga (element of air) -go out in #nature, activities involving air; kite flying, sailing, etc. -take notice of the color green when you're out -surround yourself with green #plants, add the color green to your wardrobe -daily #affirmations of #gratitude, #love, and #compassion -acknowledge, #honor, and deal with hurtful, painful, and resentful #feelings and then let it go -#create a #sacred internal and external space where you feel #safe, #loved and #caredfor When the heart chakra is balanced: -Feeling love for others, for life in general -Being more compassionate -Being more acceptant with yourself -Feeling inclined to #forgive -Better overall sense of #balance and well-being -Integration between with physical and earthly plane needs and #spiritual aspirations -#Altruism, selflessness -Harmonious, balanced #control of the senses and #emotions (does not -feel like constriction or excessive control) -Balance of #female and #male energies within oneself -Harmony in #relationships Sources for research: http://www.chakras.info/opening-heart-chakra/ https://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/jackie-deshannon/put-a-little-love-in-your-heart https://chopra.com/articles/open-yourself-to-love-with-the-fourth-chakra?_ga=2.110549189.1176704771.1540159314-2013317283.1538347635 Comments: Subject line-Enchanted Beast [e-mail] To purchase my books: amazon.com/author/ellashawn www.ellasenchantedlife.com https://www.goodreads.com/ellasenchanted Follow me: #enchantedbeast Facebook- @authorellashawn Twitter- @ellashawn0215 Instagram- @therealellashawn Pinterest- @ellashawnwrites --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ella-shawn-author/message