This heart chakra mandala card is fourth in a series devoted to the seven major chakras of the human body. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or circular. Each of the chakras represents a spinning wheel of a specific type of energy. When you're doing and feeling your best, all your chakras are spinning unimpeded and at an optimal rate. Chakra-focused meditations can help slow, speed up, or unstick specific chakras. The mandala on this card carries the energy of the fourth, or heart chakra, centered in your chest over your heart. The heart chakra is associated with the color green, represented in the mandala by the stamens of a beautiful lily. Pink, the color of the lily's petals, is often considered a secondary heart chakra color. Use this heart chakra mandala to aid meditations or as an altar card when you'd like to more easily express your love or when you're opening yourself to receive love. This mandala can also be helpful when you're feeling unmoored or alone, as it's a reminder of connection with the Universal energy of love and acceptance.

Folded 5" x 7" card is digitally printed using high-quality pigment inks on silky, bright white, acid-free paper, and comes with a beautifully made, bright white envelope. The photograph I used to create the mandala is printed on the back of the card with the photo location and a special wish for the recipient. Interior of the card is blank. The paper is smooth and takes gel, ballpoint, and other inks well. The card and envelope are packaged together in a plastic sleeve and mailed in a stiffened mailer. Free shipping is by USPS first class mail. Tracking is not included with single card shipments.

Framing. This heart chakra mandala card is created using high-quality materials, such as might be used in a museum. The print is sharp, bright, and frameable. To protect the vibrancy of the artwork, I frame using UV glass or acrylic, and I recommend it. If you use plain glass or acrylic, make sure you hang this sweet, little piece and all your beautiful art away from direct sunlight.

About the Art. The mandala art on this card, titled Heart Chakra Opening, began as a photo of a downward-facing pink lily flower with distinctive green stamens. The fourth chakra is associated primarily with the color green, but many people also associate pink with love and the heart. The pattern in the center of this mandala suggests to me a heart that's guarded by a cage that's about to spring open. I don't consider love either masculine or feminine. Love is, rather, Universal and available to any heart open enough to receive it.