Anahata is the emotional powerhouse of your self. In this chakra we process emotion and feel love, forgiveness and compassion.
Here, we learn that the most powerful energy we have inside of us is love. Alas, this chakra gets strongly affected by trapped anger and the experience of grief and loss.
Anahatha in every day life
I have been struggling with anger, grief and loss for a long time. I observed that when the teacher asked us to focus on the heart centre, I could not really feel the heart centre like the other centres, by will, by sending focus there. And yet, spontaneously, especially after a good yoga session, I would feel a clear sensation in the middle of my chest. It is a similar sensation like when the stomach is empty. It feels like a call: “hey, I am hungry!”
What do you feel in the area of the heart? Have you ever observed how emotions feel physically in this area?
Anahatha in meditation
In meditation, I visualised the heart: I was following the instructions to bring forth the details of what I could visualize, what I could imagine. I saw a beautiful yet hard armour around my heart. Then the teacher suggested “what are you not allowing yourself to feel?”. I knew this was an important question. I was struggling to keep focused, mind wandering. The parent voice inside me said She just said ‘what are you not allowing yourself to feel’. Some kind of energy was rising up, and with it resistance. I got a glimpse at the energy contained in this powerful chakra centre.
What is your relationship to powerful emotions like rage or wild joy? Where do you feel them in your body?
To explore this part of my body through physical observation has helped me greatly. By grounding in the body sensations, I accepted my difficult feelings and allowed them to be. It’s as if cracks started to appear in the wall that I felt was insurmountable for so long. I felt hope for healing, as if I were a plant that is finally getting watered!
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.– Leonard Cohen
Clelia is an Erasmus entrepreneur working as an intern in learning how to set up a small yoga business such as English Yoga Berlin. We offer Hatha Yoga classes with Pinelopi and Vinyasa yoga with Juli. Our yoga Kreuzberg Berlin classes are open for and welcoming to beginners. We also offer Berlin business yoga, private classes for pregnancy yoga, and private yoga classes for people struggling with chronic pain.
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