What kind of heart opening are you in?
Five questions, 60 seconds. The quiz matches your pattern to one of four heart types and shows you the matched practice plus the matched plant medicine. Free.
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When you think about your heart right now, what's most true?
- 01Each heart type has a different practice. Tender, Walled, Quiet, Opening. Generic 'just be more open' advice misses because hearts are protected for different reasons.
- 02The full result comes with the matched 3-minute practice (free) and Heartful Essence (our rose flower essence, Bach method) as the matched plant medicine.
- 03Optional 5-email walkthrough over the next two weeks if you'd like the full archetype-specific protocol delivered alongside the practice.
From the herbalist
“In clinic, the same wish ('I want my heart to feel more open') means four very different things, each asking for a different kind of practice. The quiz exists so you don't have to guess.”
Gaia Devi Stillwagon, clinical herbalist
Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine · Founder, Gaia’s Garden Organics
Questions, answered
What are the four heart types?+
The Tender Heart: you feel everything deeply and want more capacity to hold it. The Walled Heart: you've built protection for good reason and want to soften without losing it. The Quiet Heart: you're fine on the surface but feel muted and want more aliveness. The Opening Heart: you're already softening and want a daily practice to deepen the opening.
Why do all four point to Heartful Essence?+
Because rose has been used across nearly every traditional healing system for heart-centered emotional work, and the four archetypes are different patterns of the same underlying ask: more heart capacity. The matched daily PRACTICE differs per archetype (Hand-on-Heart, Vagal Sigh, Awakening Touch, or Maitri), which is what the 5-email walkthrough covers. Heartful is the plant-medicine companion to all four.
What if I'm in acute grief?+
The quiz isn't designed around grief specifically; it's designed around heart capacity in general. The practices and Heartful Essence can absolutely support someone in grief, but if you're in acute heartbreak, please also consider working with a grief counselor or therapist as primary support. The tincture and the practices pair well with that work.
What is a flower essence?+
Flower essences are sun-infused fresh blossoms preserved in brandy and mountain water using the original Bach method (developed in the 1930s by Dr. Edward Bach). They work at the emotional layer rather than the chemical one, four drops at a time. Gaia grows our roses in her medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas, and sun-infuses each batch by hand.
Do I have to give my email?+
No. You'll see your archetype on the page after the 5 questions. The email gate is optional and unlocks the full result page plus a 5-email walkthrough.
What if my result doesn't match how I feel?+
Reply to the result email. Heart patterns can be layered and a 5-question quiz can't capture nuance. Gaia reads every reply and is happy to help you find the right archetype + practice for your specific picture.
Five questions. 60 seconds. Your heart type below.
Question 1 of 520%