Why Your Chest Feels Tender: Understanding the Heart’s Energetic Messages
- Ruba Moghraby
- 1 day ago
- 3 min read
There is a small point in the center of the chest, between the breasts, that holds ancient stories.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this point is called CV17 – the Sea of Tranquility. In energy healing, it lives at the heart chakra, the space of love, grief, breath, and belonging. When this spot becomes tender—aching, sore, or dense—it is often more than physical. It is a message. A doorway. A sacred ache.
Recently, a dear friend and fellow energy explorer reached out to share her experience. She described deep tenderness at this heart point, anxiety that kept looping, and the sense of being pressed for time—pushed by certification deadlines and expectations she had placed on herself.
She wondered if massaging this spot would make the pain go away.
But what if the pain wasn’t asking to be erased?
What if it was asking to be understood?
When the Heart is Sore from Efforting
The heart center often carries the weight of our shoulds—the invisible timelines we place on ourselves.
“I need to finish this now.”
“I don’t have enough time.”
“I can rest later.”
“I just need to push through.”
These beliefs live not only in our minds but in our tissues, our nervous system, our breath. And CV17, the Sea of Tranquility, is where they often surface—asking for presence, not productivity.
The Pain is Not the Enemy
When your body speaks through tenderness, it isn’t betraying you.
It’s whispering: “Please… come back to me.”
This tenderness between the breasts may be:
Emotional congestion—unreleased grief or long-held self-pressure.
Energetic stagnation—where urgency overrides breath.
An outdated program—where success is earned only through struggle.
This is not a flaw. This is a call to soften.
The Shift from Effort to Essence
So often we believe that we’ll feel better once the to-do list is done, once we meet the expectations, once we’ve proven our worth. But the deeper truth is this:
Your peace begins when you stop rushing yourself into worthiness.
You are not behind.
You are not late.
You are not a problem to fix.
You are enough—even in the tenderness.
Try These Gentle Practices to Support Your Heart
You don’t need to overhaul your life to find healing. Sometimes, healing happens one breath at a time.
Here are a few simple, sacred practices to reconnect with your body, soften anxiety, and reweave your relationship to time and safety:
1. Daily Hand-on-Heart Practice
Place one hand on the tender spot.
Breathe in slowly. Exhale with a soft sigh.
Whisper:
Inhale: “I am not behind.”
Exhale: “I am exactly where I need to be.”
Even just one minute of this can help your nervous system recalibrate.
2. Castor Oil Massage Ritual
Bless the oil before applying:
“May this soften what’s been holding too tightly.”
Massage gently with breath and intention.
Affirm:
“I release the need to rush. I receive peace now.”
3. Journaling or Voice Notes
Let these prompts open a dialogue between your mind and your deeper self:
“What part of me believes I have to hurry to feel safe?”
“What would my body say if it had its own timeline?”
“Where did I learn that doing more equals being enough?”
Let your truth flow freely—no filters.
4. Dialogue with the Tender Spot
Place your hand on CV17, close your eyes, and ask:
“What do you want me to know?”
Then listen. You may hear a message, feel an emotion, or simply rest into silence. The body always responds to loving attention.
5. Reframe Anxiety with Compassion
When anxious thoughts arise, meet them with kindness:
“Thank you for trying to protect me. But I’m learning a new way to feel safe now.”
This turns anxiety into an ally, not a foe.
When You're Ready for Support
If you feel called to go deeper, I’m here to hold space for you. You are always welcome to book a Hybrid Session or Craniosacral Therapy (CST) with me—gentle, powerful containers for SomatoEmotional Release and body-led healing. These sessions allow your system to unravel what it’s been carrying and to remember what it feels like to be safe inside your own rhythm.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
You Are So Held
Not because you got everything done.
But because you are enough as you are—tender, in process, and right on time.
In a world that constantly asks you to hurry, your body invites you to come home.
With love, presence, and deep trust in your path,
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