February Focus: The Heart Chakra
- Amy | Balance Collection
- Feb 2
- 5 min read
Updated: Apr 7
Whether you are reading this ahead of the market, at the market or even afterwards, welcome!
Each month I will prepare a different theme for you to work with, should you feel called. You'll be able to select crystals as well as jewellery that will support the theme.
This month the focus will be on the Heart Chakra!
Our Chakra System
Simply put, our chakras are energy centres that move and transform energy around our system. Everything and everyone around you is vibrating at a particular frequency, emitting energy. Your chakra system will filter this energy and either store it, or release it. When energy flows freely through your subtle body (chakra system), you are said to be "in alignment" or "balanced".
Crystals also vibrate at different frequencies, some at high frequency and some lower, but as crystals are created with perfect geometric structures, their energy is consistent (unlike our energy!). So by bringing a crystal into your energy field, you can support the rebalancing of your own energy to match the frequency (energy) of the crystal. That's not to say that crystals are a magical medicinal cure - they are not, but with consistent use, they will become tools to support the rebalance of your chakra system.
The Heart Chakra
Representing balance throughout the subtle body, this chakra signifies the ability to experience and hold two opposing forces and not be adversely affected by either. To be able to hold yourself in the shadows and in the light - to accept and love your whole self. To give love and receive love. It represents the balance of feminine and masculine energy, physical and spiritual energy.
The heart chakra can become blocked or unbalanced through emotional pain and trauma caused by:
Painful relationships: Abandonment by a parent or partner
Grief: The death of a loved one or even the end of a relationship
Betrayal: Feeling betrayed by someone you trusted
Stored emotions: Feeling jealousy, bitterness, resentment or loneliness
Emotional wounding: Significant and detrimental wounds caused by a partner or loved one
Defense mechanisms: Closing off your heart to protect yourself from more pain
Ruminating: Reliving painful memories instead of focusing on healing
We can support our heart chakra and work to unblock and balance our energy by learning to show ourselves compassion and kindness as well as learning how to allow our emotions to be felt. Emotions are simply energy that flows through our subtle body, but when we don't allow ourselves to feel them, and release them, we store them up, unintentionally creating blockages.
IT STARTS WITH SELF-LOVE
You have the ability to open and balance your energy, to heal your pain and to allow love to flood back. I believe Self-Love is the key to experiencing joy, finding our purpose and healing from painful past experiences. Society has taught us to give, give, give & to compare our results to others. We constantly seek validation from everyone else, compete to keep up, fit in & be accepted. In doing so, we have slowly lost the most important connection - the connection to our self.
Let’s look at ways to reconnect with your feminine energy, harnessing the healing power of crystals to learn to accept, love & honour yourself for the INCREDIBLE divine being that YOU ARE.
Available today
On the stall today you'll find many crystals that resonate with the frequency of your heart, these are usually coloured pink or green.
Rose Quartz: Raw chunks, tumble stones, spheres & chips
Pink Lithium Quartz: Polished freeforms
Flower Agate x Pink Amethyst: Polished towers
Green Aventurine: Tumble stones & chips
Strawberry Quartz: Tumble stones
Lepidolite: Tumble stones
Jade: Polished hearts
Mangano Calcite: Palmstones
The Self-Love Collection: a perfectly curated set of crystals to heal and balance the heart chakra, this set includes a care card to offer guidance on each crystal. You can also purchase this collection online.
You'll also find crystal jewellery which can be worn daily as a constant touch point to remind you of your love and self-acceptance. You can set intentions with your jewellery and each time you glimpse at your crystal you'll amplify the intention with more thought - more energy!
Today's jewellery includes:
Rose Quartz pendants and bracelets
Lepidolite bracelets
Jade bracelets
Amazonite bracelets
Pink Opal bracelets
Kunzite pendants
For more detail on the properties of each crystal, including corresponding chakras, ruling planets and elements, please take a look at the Crystal Index.
Ways to use your crystals
Select whichever crystals call you, don't over think this feeling - just go with what feels right. It's very important to cleanse and programme your crystals once you get them home, especially as people may have touched the crystals since they were cleansed by myself, leaving their energy behind.
Depending on the size of your chosen crystal, you can either carry it with you in your pocket, bag or bra, place it on your desk at work, under your pillow as you sleep or on a beautifully adorned altar in your home. Keeping your crystal within your personal space is the most effective way of harmonising with its energy.
MEDITATION
Lie down somewhere quiet and place your crystal on your heart chakra. Take a deep breath in through your nose and exhale with a sound through your mouth. Repeat this a couple of times before returning to normal breath. Visualise a healing green light emanating from the crystal and flowing into your heart, down to your feet and up to the crown of your head. Visualise the light filling your body and glowing through each chakra with every inhalation and releasing negative energy and unblocking your heart chakra with every exhalation. You can stay here as long as you feel called to. To end, visualise the green light returning to the divine source and leaving you feeling energised. Wriggle your fingers and toes and begin to bring some small movement back into your body before continuing with your day.
GRATITUDE
The act of practising gratitude goes a long way to helping you create a more positive mindset. Hold your crystal whilst thinking about at least three things you are grateful for today. This can be as simple as being grateful for the fresh air that you breathe, the key is in feeling the gratitude for your blessings.
JOURNALING
Such a simple practise but so effective in helping release trauma and trapped emotions. Try holding crystals such as Mangano Calcite or Pink Lithium Quartz whilst you journal your thoughts, this will encourage deeper healing particularly if you have suffered from emotional pain which is now blocking or unbalancing your heart chakra.
AFFIRMATIONS
Repeating positive affirmations helps to rewire your subconscious and override limiting beliefs that you may have picked up throughout your life. Repeating your affirmations whilst holding your chosen crystal will amplify the positive energy being spoken into the universe, and spoken into your subconscious mind.
I AM WORTHY OF LOVE
I LOVE MY BODY
I ACCEPT MYSELF AS I AM
I DESERVE LOVE
Always be intentional with your use of crystals, and thank them for their support when you have finished using them. They are gifts created by Mother Earth millions of years before our time, tools to support us whilst we have guardianship of them. They are sacred.
I hope you've found this helpful, thank you for popping by! You'll find me back at Hylands Estate on the second sunday of every month with the Essex Foodies Market.
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