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Open Your Heart (Chakra)

In this fourth post in our series on chakras, we’re focused on using a combination of essential oils and massage to open your heart. The heart chakra influences your ability to give and receive love in a healthy way. It also influences our ability to cope with sadness related to the loss of a loved one due to a break-up, abandonment, or death.

The central theme of the heart chakra is love, particularly compassion and unconditional devotion. Blockage of this chakra can result in heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, or other lung diseases.

All healing work originates from the fourth chakra. This chakra opens us to the idea that we’re all connected via universal energy. As the center of the seven chakras, the fourth represents the balance between the physical and non-physical. As we deepen our self-awareness, we elevate ourselves from lower, self-oriented chakras, to the higher, universally connected chakras. Think of your chakras as the energetic embodiment of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

Attributes of the Heart Chakra

  • Color = green
  • Element = air
  • Sense = touch
  • Body Part = heart, lungs, arms, and hands
  • Glands = thymus gland
  • Location = first thoracic vertebrae

Signs of Balance

  • Able to express love
  • Giving
  • Compassionate
  • Joyful
  • Content

Signs of Imbalance

  • Unable to give or receive unconditional love
  • Selfish
  • Jealous
  • Hateful
  • Grief-stricken

Essential Oils for Balancing the Heart Chakra

  • Bergamot
  • Cypress
  • Geranium
  • Lavender
  • Lemon
  • Mandarin
  • Rose
  • Sandalwood
  • Ylang Ylang

At your next massage appointment, request one of the above essential oils to aid in opening your heart chakra.

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Massage and Your Chakras: The Root of it All

Because we’re made up of energy, we’re all connected. Our energy centers, called chakras, are where we spiritually, emotionally, and physically own our energy.

What are Chakras?

In the Indian yogic traditions, chakras are perceived as locations where personalities interface and energetic exchanges occur.

When you experience disease, it’s typically from a blockage or suppression of energy in any given chakra. A blocked energy center reduces your circulation in that physical location, causing a decrease in blood flow. This decrease weakens tissue, priming the affected area for injury or disease. This mechanism translates emotions, thoughts, and beliefs into physical manifestations. Systemic opening and clearing of chakras maintains circulation and renews the blood supply, encouraging a return to health. And (you guessed it) that’s where massage comes in!

Each of the chakras can be positively impacted by massage.

In this series, we’ll explore the chakras one by one.

First Chakra (Root Chakra)

The root chakra is responsible for our physical existence. It’s concerned with survival, keeping us rooted in the present moment, and heightening our awareness of possible threats to our existence. The primary role of the root chakra centers on the protective nature of our sense of smell, as it alerts us to anything noxious or toxic.

  • Color = red
  • Element = earth
  • Sense = smell
  • Body Parts = spinal column, bone, teeth, and nails
  • Glands = adrenal glands
  • Location = pelvis

The root chakra provides energy to your adrenal glands, which controls your fight or flight response. Energy from this chakra is also responsible for maintaining the nervous and circulatory systems.

When your root chakra is balanced, you feel:

  • Grounded
  • Secure
  • Safe
  • Content

Signs that your root chakra is not balanced are you feel:

  • Ungrounded
  • Unclear of Purpose
  • Fearful
  • Insecure
  • Confused

When this chakra is blocked, you may experience:

  • Constipation
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Obesity
  • Sciatica
  • Arthritis
  • Knee trouble
  • Anorexia
  • Suicidal tendencies

Massage loosens muscles in your upper and lower back, gluteus maximus, and hamstrings, releasing blocked energy in the root chakra. Use of essential oils, like cedarwood, frankincense, myrrh, patchouli, and vetiver, increase massage benefits by aligning your root chakra on the wheel of energy.

Schedule your appointment today to unblock your root chakra.