

“ Clearly, many women’s upper hearts had become inaccessible when their lower hearts had closed due to abuse and frightful mishandling.” In working with one woman who had suffered sexual assault at an early age, he made the connection between the Heart and Sacral chakras-what he calls the spiritual upper heart and the heart of the womb, the lower heart. Stephen Levine discusses that point in his book, Healing Into Life and Death.

Not always an easy task, especially when the body has suffered second chakra trauma. As you might imagine, these are central life issues that ask us to develop an inner emotional steadiness and calm from which to act consciously with appropriate boundaries, loving-kindness, forgiveness, and compassion. Two issues we need to address in working with this chakra are love and relationships with ourselves and with others. The middle chakra mediates between the body and spirit and determines their health and strength.” Love, Relationship, and the Heart Chakra “ The fourth chakra is the central powerhouse of the human energy system. In her book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Carolyn Myss writes: The element associated with the heart chakra is air. It produces T cells responsible for fighting off disease and can be adversely affected by stress. This organ is part of the immune system and the endocrine system. Anahata is said to be located in the center of the chest and related to the thymus gland. The literal meaning of Anahata is “unstruck” (unhurt, unbeaten). This post will explore Anahata (Heart) Chakra. The last post focused on Manipura (Solar Plexus) Chakra and how we sense, feel and recognize our personal power, authenticity, and self-definition.
HEART CHAKRA YOGA SEQUENCE SERIES
This is part 5 in my series on the chakras.
