This is a gentle practice for opening the heart chakra.
So the heart chakra is in the centre of our chest and this is the chakra that connects us with our emotions and feelings.
So it's the chakra that is responsible for compassion,
Gratitude,
For love and for peace.
So often if we are feeling perhaps we have been hurt and we may have an inclination to close that heart chakra to protect our heart from further hurt.
But what we want to do today,
We want to work on opening the heart chakra so that we are able to love and receive love.
So we're going to do this with a really simple visualisation,
Some mantra work and some sound healing at the end using the power of our voice to open the heart chakra.
So sitting down,
Starting to become aware of our breathing,
Starting to lengthen the inhalations and the exhalations,
Breathing deeply consciously,
Closing the eyes.
I invite you to put your hands on your heart centre,
Feeling the heart,
Noticing the heart,
Directing love and warmth to this chakra.
So I want you to imagine a flower,
A flower that is sitting within the heart.
Is your flower a bud?
Is the flower open,
Full of glorious petals and colour?
Perhaps you want to give it a colour.
Green is the colour associated with the heart chakra,
But you can choose any colour that you would like.
Can you imagine that bud,
That flower opening,
Revealing all its beauty,
Encouraging that flower to open,
To unfurl,
For its beauty to be available to everybody around you.
Continuing to keep your hands on your heart,
Perhaps smiling at the beauty of this flower that is unfurling,
Blooming,
Blossoming,
Growing.
I would like you to repeat this mantra to yourself.
I am open to love.
I am open to love.
Repeat this mantra gently to yourself.
Feel the words.
Feel the energy of this mantra.
I am open to love.
I am open to love.
We could work on opening our heart further by thinking about a loved one or a pet or a special place.
Anything that makes your heart feel like it's expanding.
Taking a moment to think about that person,
That animal,
That place,
Whatever it is that makes your heart feel like it is getting bigger and expanding.
So we're going to end with some sound healing using our voice.
So we're going to repeat the sound ah.
Give you an example of this and then I would like for you to repeat this three times.
Ah.
Okay.
Repeating that sound three times.
Enjoying the energy,
The vibrations.
Realizing the vibrations in the heart area.
Releasing the hands from the heart.
Thank you for your practice today and I hope it is full of love and peace.
