30 Heart Chakra Affirmations to Open Your Heart to Love and Healing

Heart chakra affirmations are said to help open a heart chakra blockage, healing your spiritual energy center for love and relationships. Try these positive affirmations to open yourself up to giving and receiving pure love.

Use Heart Chakra Affirmations to Heal and Restore Balance

If you find yourself struggling to open yourself up to the idea of love, or that it’s simply not happening for you, you may be experiencing a blocked heart chakra.

Thankfully, practicing spiritual affirmations to specifically clear blockages in the heart chakra can be an effective way to open your heart space and overcome negative energy.

Let’s take a closer look at what chakras are and how they can effect you when they’re blocked.

What Are Chakras?

In Buddhism and Hinduism, the chakras are the energy centers of the subtle body (as opposed to the physical body). 

Their exact number and positions vary, with four primary chakras according to Buddhism, and seven if you follow the Hindu chakra system, located from the base of the spine to the top of the head.

The Sanskrit word chakra translates to ‘wheel’ in English, which is symbolic of how these centers of energy, are said to resemble spinning discs.

When chakras become blocked, energy levels can become depleted or overactive.

The most well-known chakra model in the West consists of seven primary energy centers. They are:

• First chakra: Root Chakra (Muladhara) 
• Second chakra: Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) 
• Third chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura)
• Fourth chakra: Heart Chakra (Anahata chakra)
• Fifth chakra: Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
• Sixth chakra: Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)
• Seventh chakra: Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)

Each of the chakras are connected by energy channels known as nadi, and when they’re open and balanced, energy (or prana) moves freely between them.

When chakras become blocked, energy levels can become depleted or overactive, resulting in negative physical and emotional wellbeing.

What is the Heart Chakra?

Located in the center of your chest at heart level, the heart chakra is the fourth energy center in the body and is the integration point between the lower chakras and the higher chakras.

A balanced and open heart chakra enables us to freely give and receive unconditional love.

Symbolic of feelings of space, freedom, and our infinite souls, the heart chakra element is air, and it’s associated with the color green.

The heart center is related to love, connection, compassion, inner peace, and empathy.

A balanced and open heart chakra enables us to feel connected to ourselves and others, and to freely give and receive unconditional love, leading to a sense of peace and inner wisdom, independent of external sources.

Conversely, a closed or imbalanced heart chakra is exhibited by negative feelings and actions which are detrimental to wellbeing.

What Blocks the Heart Chakra?

We’ve established that when your heart chakra is not in equilibrium, it can lead to markedly poor wellbeing. 

But what causes an imbalance of energy in the heart chakra?

Generally, difficulties such as stress and emotional pain, caused by things like too much focus on the past or brooding about problems.

What Does a Blocked Heart Chakra Feel Like?

When your energy centers get blocked, it may result in physical or emotional symptoms related to the unbalanced chakra.

Symptoms of a blocked heart chakra or an overactive heart chakra include the following:

• Difficulty trusting others
• Inability to forgive
• Feeling closed off from love
• Low self-esteem
• Being harshly self-critical
• Loneliness
• Holding onto grudges
• Maintaining distance in relationships
• Lack of empathy and/or compassion
• Reluctance to commit
• Isolating yourself from others
• Living in the past
• Being judgemental
• Feelings of anxiety or depression

Being aware of the particular signs linked to each chakra can alert you to a possible misalignment so you can begin to heal and rebalance your energy.

How to Open a Closed Heart Chakra

Thankfully there are a variety of spiritual practices associated with unblocking a closed heart chakra and restoring its positive energy. 

One of the most effective ways to achieve balance is through practicing heart chakra affirmations.

For some people this means the use of essential oils or feminine energy crystals such as rose quartz, while others believe incorporating meditation sessions, yoga poses, and breathing exercises into their daily life is a powerful way to restore balance.

But a popular method and one of the most effective ways to achieve balance is through practicing heart chakra affirmations, which are said to help focus and direct the flow of energy in our energy fields.

How to Unblock Your Heart Chakra Using Affirmations

If you’re ready to try this method to heal your heart energy, you can use the below affirmations as they are, or as inspiration to create your own. Either way, for the best results be sure they are in the present tense. You may also like to place your hand over the center of the chest for the duration of the exercise.

Start by selecting two or three powerful statements which really speak to you. Depending on your preference, you can use journaling as a means for practicing your affirmations, or try repeating them out loud like a manifestation mantra.

To begin with, aim to recite or write out your affirmations daily, for around five minutes.

If you prefer to chant your affirmations, you can do this during meditation practice, or whilst showering or in the car.

It’s a great idea to print out your affirmations and stick them somewhere conspicuous.

The important thing is to practice regularly and frequently enough that over time, these positive statements become your inner voice, drowning out and eventually replacing any negative thoughts which may be contributing to your blocked heart chakra.

It’s also a great idea to print out your affirmations and stick them somewhere conspicuous, to serve as a reminder to practice them, but also to consolidate them in your subconscious mind.

Assess your progress after a couple of weeks, and when you feel ready, introduce new affirmations to your practice, alongside or to replace the original few.

30 Powerful Affirmations to Open Up Your Heart Chakra

Affirmations are powerful tools for emotional healing, and focusing on those designed with a specific goal in mind can have a positive impact on wellbeing.

The following powerful heart chakra affirmations are ideal for re-establishing a balanced heart chakra:

1. I am worthy and deserving of loving relationships.
2. I am in control of my emotional response, and I choose to respond with love and compassion.
3. I release negative energy and embrace positivity.
4. I am at peace with my past, and I love life as it is.
5. I am open to and worthy of giving and receiving love.
6. I nurture deep feelings of love and compassion towards myself and others.
7. My personal power is my infinite capacity for love, empathy, and peace.
8. I am open and ready for a spiritual awakening of my heart space.
9. I nurture my mind, body, and soul with love and compassion.
10. My heart space vibrates at the frequency of love.
11. My positive attitude attracts loving and compassionate energy.
12. There is an infinite supply of love in the world, and I am open to all that it offers.
13. I lovingly embrace the present moment.
14. It is safe and valuable to love and be loved.
15. My heart is open to and guided by pure love.
16. I choose to show myself as much love and compassion as I show to others.
17. When it comes to matters of the heart, I place faith and trust in my value and worth.
18. I embrace and welcome positive change into my life.
19. I consciously choose love and inner peace.
20. I choose vulnerability and connection.
21. My heart space radiates and receives powerful green light.
22. I accept and love myself exactly as I am.
23. I open myself up to receiving love, and trust that it will heal me and not hurt me.
24. I accept and embrace both my strengths and imperfections.
25. I forgive my mistakes with grace.
26. I vibrate with loving and compassionate energy.
27. I release the pain and hurt of my past, and embrace today with love and positivity.
28. I value and strive for loving and supportive relationships.
29. I am worthy of pure and unconditional love.
30. I am grateful for the love and light in my heart.

Practicing fourth chakra affirmations with an open mind is possibly the best way to rebalance your heart chakra with positive emotions and loving energy.

What the Science Says

There is no credible scientific evidence to support the existence of chakras. However, they remain an important component of many spiritual traditions and there’s suggestion of their validity in some research papers¹.

Despite these assertions, compelling data is conspicuously absent.

But, while the plausibility of chakras may be sketchy, the evidence that affirmations work is far more promising.

It’s worth noting that previous research has established that not all affirmations are equal.

Research conducted in 2015 suggests that ‘self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward, and is reinforced by future orientation’².

In the name of being unbiased, it’s worth noting that previous research has established that not all affirmations are equal, and they may not be equally effective for everyone. 

Read this post for the full lowdown on how to get the most value from positive manifestation affirmations.

Sources

1. Schneider, Adalbert & Cooper, N.J.. (2019). A Brief History of the Chakras in Human Body. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17372.00646. 

2. Cascio CN, O’Donnell MB, Tinney FJ, Lieberman MD, Taylor SE, Strecher VJ, Falk EB. Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward and is reinforced by future orientation. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2016 Apr;11(4):621-9. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv136. Epub 2015 Nov 5. PMID: 26541373; PMCID: PMC4814782.