Sanskrit name: Anahata
Meaning: unstuck sound
Element: air
Color: green
Associated body parts: heart and chest, lungs, circulation
Glandular connection: thymus
Goals: balance, compassion
Societal association: unconditional acceptance of others
Sacramental association: marriage
Development stage & life lesson: 21 to 28 years old, forgiveness, compassion
Main issue: beliefs about love & relationships
Characteristics proper functioning: compassion, kindness, forgiveness, service, love, awakening to spiritual , sees all as one, sacred transformation, awakening to spiritual awareness
Characteristics mal functioning: grief, attachment, closed to surroundings, easily hurt, dependant on love & affection from others, fear of rejection, helper syndrome, helplessness
Emotional dysfunction: fears about betrayal, fears of commitment, co-dependency, melancholic
Physical dysfunction: shallow breathing, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer
Sense: touch
Associated animal: gazelle, antelope
Ruling planet: Venus
Alchemical planetary connection: Venus
Astrological sign: Libra, Taurus
Essential oils: rose, jasmine, geranium, bergamot, melissa, clary sage, lemon verbena
Crystals: rose quartz, moonstone, malachite, green jade, green venturine, watermelon tourmaline, peridot
Elemental diet, relating foods: fruits grown from trees and chicken goose, ducks – all that fly in the sky
Exercise: perineum breathing, warrior pose, triangle posture
Sounds that stimulate this center: wind blowing, piano, harp, kalimba
Bija mantra, seed sound: YAM
Vowel sound: Ahh (as in: “father”)
Tone of creation: Sa
Musical note: F
Deities: Vayu, Kakini
Archetype from Carl Jung: performer or actor/actress (blocked), empath (too open), lover (functional)
Affirmation: “I am loved; I let love in. I am kind to myself. I live in peace and gratitude”
In Kundalini Yoga, the Sikh Model, there are Ten Bodies
(The ten bodies are layers of the auric field which connects to 10 major chakras instead of 7)
The Fourth Body (Neutral Mind)
The Fourth Body is the Neutral Mind, which compares risk and benefit from the Negative Mind and Positive Mind, and is meditative. It allows for neutral decision making through intuition, and provides guidance within nine seconds.
Represents: Guru Ram Das Ji
Virtue: service
Weakness: opinionated, reactive
Strength: neutral, responsive
Weakness: a weak Neutral Mind makes it hard to make decisions and hard to stay detached from them. It makes a person reactive and unable to follow their inner wisdom.
Strength: a strong Neutral Mind gives us compassion and a win-win mentality, making us neutral and objective in decision making.