Heart Chakra
Love, compassion and connection.
About the Heart chakra
The heart chakra bridges the lower and upper chakras. Balanced, it opens you to love, compassion and genuine connection.
Stones to balance it

Rose Quartz
Quartz var.The gentle stone of unconditional love and self-compassion.

Rhodonite
Mn silicateThe rescue stone of compassion, tending an aching heart.

Lepidolite
Mica var.Rich in lithium, a soft place to land for an anxious mind.

Green Aventurine
Quartz var.The luckiest stone, opening the way to opportunity and growth.

Sage Jade
NephriteGrounding, balance and quiet renewal in times of change.

Garnet
NesosilicateA stone of passion, vitality and grounded strength.

Aquamarine
Beryl var.The serene stone of the sea, carrying calm, courage and clear communication.

Emerald
Beryl var.The heart's jewel of love, renewal and abundant growth.

Peridot
Olivine var.The stone of lightness, bringing renewal, warmth and release of old patterns.

Malachite
Copper carbonateA bold stone of transformation and protection, banded in vivid emerald and forest green.

Fluorite
Calcium fluorideThe rainbow stone of focus and clarity, banded in soft purple, green and blue.

Rhodochrosite
Mn carbonateThe stone of turning warmth back toward yourself.

Moldavite
Vltavite (tektite glass)A bottle-green natural glass thrown from a meteorite impact 14.8 million years ago, worked with as a stone of rapid and often uncomfortable change.
Jade
Nephrite / JadeiteHarmony, longevity and steady good fortune, held as a stone of quiet endurance.
Kyanite
DistheneKyanite takes its name from the Greek kyanos, deep blue. In crystal tradition it is a stone of attunement and of clear, accurate speech: it is used to bring the chakras and the mind back into line rather than to add energy, and blue kyanite is tied above all to the throat chakra and to saying the true thing rather than the easy one.
Moss Agate
New beginnings, slow growth and patience. The gardener's stone, for progress measured in seasons rather than days.
Unakite
Epidotized graniteIn crystal tradition unakite is a heart stone for slow work: grief that will not resolve on a schedule, habits that keep restarting, and beginnings you feel ambivalent about. Its pink and green are read together as gentleness and growth at once. These are traditional associations, not medical claims.
A simple practice: lie down, place a cleansed stone on or near the Heart point, and breathe slowly for a few minutes. Read our cleansing guide first.
Questions about the heart chakra
The heart chakra, known as Anahata in Sanskrit, rests at the centre of the chest and is associated with the colours green and pink. It is traditionally the centre of love and compassion, bridging the lower and upper chakras.