The third chakra, the Power chakra, is the center of the ability to take action. It is from this area that I experience the energy that powers my capacity to act. And here's where things get interesting. I think I am, that collection of beliefs, values and attitudes that are the by-product of habituated responses and early cultural conditioning. The element associated with this chakra is the air element.
Air represents movement and change.
If the chakra is open and air is moving freely, then my beliefs are subject to movement and change, thus allowing for and ensuring growth and expansion. If the chakra is closed, or if my heart is closed, my beliefs, values and attitudes are like concrete - and have become immovable. We even talk about how the heart hardens, or turns to stone. The fifth chakra is the Throat chakra, the seat of self-expression, the gateway for revealing who I am to the world. It is the way that I make myself heard in the universe.