WhileI am not a yoga teacher, I will tell you that there are many poses to choose from. Over the decades of my practice, I have found two poses that are easy, and I like. They are the cobra pose and high lunge.
Music is a great way to change our moods and tune our bodies. Music has vibrations, known as hertz. Different frequencies impact our bodies in different ways. Think about how when you workout different songs can either boost your performance or slow you down. It can also impact your chakra system. For the heart, a hertz of 639 will help you open it up.
They are intended to be used like a mantra where you repeat them over and over. It works for forgiveness on yourself and others. It is very powerful, especially if you do it on a regular basis. My trick is to also imagine the person you are trying to get over while saying this. Imagining that you are directly forgiving them.
Tapping uses the meridian system to help you release the past and re-write your beliefs. You can feel emotions leaving your body as you do a series of tapping. I will do this after journaling about a situation I am struggling with. It is a great way to bring closure to any emotional work that you are doing. My favorite teacher is Brad Yates. Here is one of his videos that I use for opening my heart to love.
Essential oils are another one of my favorite ways to shift mood. Especially one where I don't need to do much. Just turn on the diffuser or use a roller on my wrist! I will use the essential oils while doing the Ho'oponopono prayer, for a nice added boost.
The goal is to find a combination of practices that allows you to feel safe, forgive others and open to new possibilities. This can take time, especially if you are just getting over a breakup. Or are doing deep healing work on many relationships that have the same theme. You may have to play with different combinations till you find what works for you in the moment.
Download this beautiful hand painted mandala to help you relax and connect with your heart chakra energy. As the film continues the patterns become more complex and intense, taking you on a beautiful, deep visual and audio meditation. Watch how the green and pink colours dance and flow symbolising the expansion of your heart energy opening and sharing love throughout the universe.
Simply lower the lights, relax your eyes, focus on the centre of the screen, and let the music and animation take you deep into your energetic self. Give yourself the gift of these 10 minute mediations and you will be happier more relaxed and energetically lighter after every experience.
I am responding to a question from a listener who experienced emotional pain while using the Chakra Meditation. Here is his email:I was today listening to the Chakra meditation podcast, but felt it was necesarry to turn it off at the Heart Chakra. I found that I became overwhelmed by a feeling of great emotional pain in my heart... I thought I would e-mail you to see if you knew what might be causing this, and how to find the solution.
It's not unusual to become more aware of our emotions during meditation, and even to have strong emotions or emotional pain come up. I will write about that in general in another post (or talk about it in another podcast), but for now I'll talk specifically about having this happen during the Chakra Meditation.
During the chakra meditation, we put our attention on the various chakras. The chakras, or energy centers of the body, are like doorways to different aspects of ourselves. They process the energy for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual functioning. When we put our attention on a chakra, we become more aware of what is going on in the part of our life that the chakra represents. Not only do we become more aware, but the energy in the chakra is enlivened by our attention.
Our attention is a beam of energy and intelligence and, like a laser beam, it affects whatever it is directed toward. With your awareness on your heart chakra, you may get in touch with something going on in your heart area. It's like shining a light into a dark room -- what has been hidden becomes revealed.
In this case, you felt great emotional pain. This could be pain associated with something going on in your life now that you've been ignoring, or it could be some pain "releasing" from the past. The heart chakra has to do with our relationships and connections with others. If there has been some loss or hurt in relationships, it is felt in the heart area. The loss or hurt could even be associated with things and events, such as moving or losing a job. If the feeling of hurt (or perhaps grief) isn't fully "processed", the energy of the feeling gets "stuck" in the heart chakra. When we put our attention on the heart chakra, we may feel what is waiting there to be processed. It's the job of the heart chakra to process certain emotions, and when we relax in meditation and allow our attention to go there, the heart chakra gains the energy to do its job. While no one likes to experience emotional pain, it is a part of healing and recovering from an emotional trauma.
Very often we have grief that hasn't been fully resolved in our lives. Some cultures are better than others in supporting people through grief. In many of our Western cultures, we've learned to suppress grief. But our mind and body will always move toward greater balance and emotional well-being given the opportunity. While meditating, things that have been under the surface can come up to be felt.
When something comes up that makes you feel too uncomfortable, you can always do what you did and stop the meditation. It would be good if that happens to lie down and rest a bit to let things settle down. There are some other ways of dealing with strong emotions as well, and for something like this an experienced meditation guide could help. The advice the guide would give would depend on some one-on-one exchange with you.
After responding to the person who asked this question, he emailed back that indeed he had recently experienced a sort of emotional trauma and had been feeling quite numb until listening to the meditation. Based on that, I also want to add that it is quite normal to feel numb after a traumatic event like the death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship and any other intense loss or change. It's a healthy response of the body and psyche to protect itself from overload and allow us to continue functioning. Usually that phase passes and we begin to feel our emotional reactions. Sometimes, however, those reactions are buried and may surface again after a long period of time. It's not always possible to know where a strong emotion in meditation is coming from -- it could be an emotion from a recent event or left over from something long ago. In any case, part of healing is experiencing that emotion and meditation can sometimes facilitate that.
Usually an emotional release will in meditation will not take too long to resolve and won't cause undue discomfort. Occasionally, however, meditation can open us up to some feelings that are so difficult for us that we would benefit from help from a trained counselor or therapist. Be kind to yourself and get support if needed.
The heart chakra is a very complex energy point that represents transformation and integration. It dwells on the love and unity of seemingly opposite powers, such as that of the spirit and that of matter.
Learning how to open the heart chakra is a beautiful experience. Whether this energy center was blocked in your childhood or due to a recent heartache, opening the heart is the start of your healing process.
These energy movements are activated with each breath and correspond to twelve mental states: fraud, lustfulness, indecision, hope, anxiety, repentance, possessiveness, incompetence, discrimination, impartiality, arrogance, and defiance.
Meditation can help you restore your energy flow. And since meditation is such a deeply personal experience, you should take time to find a practice that works best for you.
Here are a few meditation tips:
Chant this to heal both the physical and the spiritual heart center and to open yourself up to unconditional love and compassion.
Mantras can be repeated vocally or sub-vocally while you meditate.
It might seem too simple to be true, but green food can help you heal your heart chakra. So introducing more healthy green foods such as broccoli, cucumbers, green apples, and leafy greens is a great idea.
Tibetan singing bowls have been used for centuries for healing and meditation purposes. They create a range of sounds that restore the normal vibratory frequencies of out-of-harmony parts of the body, mind, and soul.
Each chakra resonates with a specific key. The heart chakra key is K.
The Tibetan singing bowls can be attuned to a specific key for optimal balancing. Listening to the recording of them with the appropriate pitched tones will heal and open your Anahata.
The bridge pose is a gentler variation of the wheel pose, and it begins to create flexibility and strength in your spine. This pose also lifts and opens your heart toward the sky.
How to do it:
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Embarking on a journey toward self-discovery and internal harmony, the power of love becomes a key unlocking hidden potentials and boundless possibilities. At the center of this expedition, we find the heart chakra, an intimate reservoir of loving energy that serves as a spiritual compass guiding us toward affectionate fulfillment and profound tranquility.
Before we plunge into the depths of heart chakra meditation, a robust understanding of the heart chakra is vital. It is the fourth primary chakra, which is renowned as Anahata, the Sanskrit term for 'unhurt' or 'unstuck' - encapsulating its pristine, invincible attributes. This chakra bridges the physical and spiritual realms of our existence. Its position, at the heart's center, renders it as a hub where earthly sentiments merge with spiritual aspirations.
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