Collection: Fourth Chakra: Anahata (Heart)

Heart chakra (Anahata) is the fourth energy center, located in the middle of the chest, near the heart. It reflects love, compassion, empathy, and the ability to forgive. This chakra connects the lower (material life) centers with the higher (spiritual) centers, so Anahata is often considered a bridge between the physical and spiritual self. A balanced Heart chakra allows giving and receiving love without fear, promotes self-acceptance and healthy relationships. However, its overactivity can lead to excessive self-sacrifice, while weakness can cause emotional coldness and fear of opening the heart.

When Balanced

• Empathy and compassion: The ability to deeply understand others and support them.
• Balanced relationships: Healthy mutual respect, love, and understanding.
• Inner peace: A sense of harmony with oneself and the outside world.
• Emotional openness: Free expression of feelings and thoughts without fear.
• Self-love: A positive attitude towards oneself and one's flaws.

When Overactive

• Excessive self-sacrifice: Ignoring one's own needs for the sake of others.
• Co-dependency: Emotional dependence on another person's support.
• Ignoring personal boundaries: Inability to say "no" for the benefit of others.
• Overly sensitive empathy: Strong absorption of others' suffering, emotional overload.
• Attachment: Overly possessive behavior in relationships.

When Underactive

• Emotional coldness: Closedness, difficulty forming close bonds.
• Fear of intimacy: Avoidance of openness, fear of being hurt.
• Lack of empathy: Difficulty feeling others' emotions.
• Isolation: Withdrawal into one's own world, avoiding communication.
• Inability to forgive: Holding grudges, difficulty letting go of the past.

How to Balance

It is useful to practice meditation focusing on love and kindness (e.g., metta meditation). Gratitude practice and repeating positive affirmations about self-worth and love are also effective. Activities that promote warmth in the heart – interacting with pets, volunteering, creative pursuits – can help open the heart and keep it healthy.