Let your creativity shine, open up your heart chakra!

Your heart chakra governs love, compassion and creativity. This includes self love, love for others and the love of god. When your heart chakra is out of balance, you may feel out of place, lack confidence and act fearful. When you're in balance, you're automatically able to give and receive pure unconditional love and have the strength to reach your goals and dreams without giving up.

Certain yoga postures can help open up your heart chakra. Practicing cobra pose http://www.lexiyoga.com/poses/cobra, or fish pose http://www.lexiyoga.com/poses/fish regularly can help. Sun Salutations can also do wonders by balancing all your seven chakras. http://www.lexiyoga.com/sun-salutations-to-balance-your-chakras

Other than yoga, you can enjoy and express your creative side by engaging in activities that you're passionate about or have been wanting to try for a long time.

Drawing something, sewing, knitting a sweater or scarf, playing the piano or any other instrument, (you can even join a band), joining a community play, singing at a karaoke, planting natural herbs http://www.lexiyoga.com/natural-herbs/ in your garden or flowers, taking pictures outside, writing a poem etc.

When engaging in any activity, remember that the joy and purpose is in the act, not necessarily the finished product. Even if nothing comes out of your beautiful finished painting that you've spent hours and days working on. You're still expressing yourself in the act itself.

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