Opening the Heart Chakra — A Simple Mantra

This is a delicious meditation – it's the only word that comes to mind!

Olivia Rosewood's entire article  Please Meditate: Check your heart chakra is so soft and loving as she invites us to perform this meditation. Do read. This is everyday spirituality people; get on board!

To encourage the opening of the heart chakra energy vortex, try this simple mantra repetition exercise:

»Set a timer for five, 10, or 20 minutes.

»Close your eyes and place both hands over your heart.

»With the palms of your hands, listen to your heart. Listen for the rhythm of your heartbeat, and also listen to the energy in this area.

» You may feel ache, pain, or any range of human emotion. Feeling is healing, so feel these energies, and then let them go.

Take a deep inhale, and as you exhale, slowly say to yourself or out loud, "y-ah-m" (yam as in tom, not yam as in sam).

Repeat "yam" slowly with your inhale and then with your exhale until your timer ends.

Then sit in silence of the mind, deepening your awareness of true meditation.

You might notice spontaneous, effortless love for yourself and all of existence pouring out of your heart chakra. If you do feel this, please enjoy it.

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