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Anahata

Heart Chakra

Love, compassion and connection.

Element
Air
Location
Centre of the chest
Sanskrit
Anahata

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

Rose Quartz

Quartz var.

The gentle stone of unconditional love and self-compassion.

LoveHeart
Rhodonite

Rhodonite

Mn silicate

The rescue stone of compassion, tending an aching heart.

LoveHealing
Lepidolite

Lepidolite

Mica var.

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

SleepCalm
Green Aventurine

Green Aventurine

Quartz var.

The luckiest stone, opening the way to opportunity and growth.

AbundanceLuck
Sage Jade

Sage Jade

Nephrite

Grounding, balance and quiet renewal in times of change.

GroundingBalance
Garnet

Garnet

Nesosilicate

A stone of passion, vitality and grounded strength.

VitalityGrounding
Aquamarine

Aquamarine

Beryl var.

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

CalmCommunication
Emerald

Emerald

Beryl var.

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

LoveAbundance
Peridot

Peridot

Olivine var.

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

RenewalAbundance
Malachite

Malachite

Copper carbonate

A bold stone of transformation and protection, banded in vivid emerald and forest green.

TransformationProtectionHeart
Fluorite

Fluorite

Calcium fluoride

The rainbow stone of focus and clarity, banded in soft purple, green and blue.

FocusClarityCalm
Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite

Mn carbonate

The stone of turning warmth back toward yourself.

LoveHealing
Moldavite

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.

TransformationTektiteRare

Jade

Nephrite / Jadeite

Harmony, longevity and steady good fortune, held as a stone of quiet endurance.

HarmonyProtectionLongevityLuck
Kyanite

Kyanite

Disthene

Kyanite 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.

bluethroatcommunicationattunementbladedmetamorphic

Moss Agate

New beginnings, slow growth and patience. The gardener's stone, for progress measured in seasons rather than days.

agatechalcedonyquartzdendriticgrowthtranslucent
Unakite

Unakite

Epidotized granite

In 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.

heartemotional healingpatiencenew beginningspinkgreengrounding

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.

FAQ

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.