Heart chakra

Food related feng shui....
Also opening or essay of some sort about love and heartbreak.


Heart chakra (Anahata)
12 petaled lotus is the symbol
Located at the center of chest, between the breasts.
Connected with love, understanding, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, letting things go, all encompassing love, internal selfless love vs. external sexual love.
This is the middle of the seven chakras.
The bottom three are connected with the physical world and the top three are connected with the spiritual, intellectual, intangible world (or internal perceptions of the physical world) and the middle, heart chakra unites these two concepts, linking the mind, body and soul.

Things to open or stimulate and heal the heart chakra:
Colors: green, pink
Stones: emerald, rose quartz (really any pink or green stones are often listed) malachite, jade, rhodochrosite
Sound for chanting: yam
Element: air
Oils, incense: rose, lavender, jasmine,

Yoga poses and visualization for heart healing:
Camel pose is supposed to be good, as are locust, cobra, and fish

Visualization for opening your heart chakra and moving on:
Sit comfortably in a cross legged position, or corpse pose. Close your eyes and take deep, steady breaths, breathing into your very core. Visualize a glowing ball of brilliant green or pink light surrounding your heart center and pulsating with joy and happiness. Feel its warm glow and picture yourself, radiantly happy, your loved ones all around you. Imagine the ball getting bigger and more radiant until it completely ensconces you and your friends and family, wrapping you totally within its protective light. Imagine yourself healing and bouncing back from anything that has caused you pain or harm. Feel the forgiveness rushing through you as you learn to let things go. Let go of past enemies, hatred and any unpleasant situation that has caused grief in your life. Look forward with a heart full of compassion and all-encompassing love and joy.