4 of 7 · Anahata
Heart
center of the chest · green (sometimes rose)
the heart is the exact middle of the ladder — three below her, three above. she holds the whole climb together.
she governs
lovecompassionconnectiongriefforgiveness
The heart is the hinge point where survival and spirit meet — the lower three chakras handle the body's needs, the upper three handle the mind's reach, and the heart is what makes either one worth having. She holds love and grief in the same chamber, on purpose; one doesn't heal without the other passing through.
when she's blocked
walls that stayed up long after the danger left, love that only flows outward and never back in, grief that got scheduled for later and never rescheduled.
affirmation
“I give and receive in equal measure.”
stones that resonate here