Rightfully so, conventional medicine puts a great deal of effort toward preventing heart disease.
And yet, our nation continues to die of heartbreakliterally.
He was talking about an emotional experience that many of us are familiar with.
Emotional heartbreak can cause great pain and suffering, but it can also lead to breakthrough.
With each heartbreak, we learn how to give and receive love more fully.
Hasn’t the way you love changed along the way?
An open heart can give and receive love without any limitations.
After we experience heartbreak, it is common to respond with fear and trepidation about loving again.
However, as the pain heals, the heart regains its strength and opens once again.
This cycle of heartbreak and healing continues until the heart opens completely and fearlessly.
An open heart can give and receive love without any limitations.
This phenomenon is a process of the subtle, energetic body as opposed to the physical one.
An introduction to the heart chakra.
In my practice, I use the chakra system as a guide to explore the spiritual aspects of health.
These energy centers follow a developmental path, beginning withthe root chakra, the foundation for safety and survival.
The heart chakra develops between ages 21 and 28, when most of us are exploring romantic relationships.
We are not dying of heartbreak because we do not know how to love one another.
We are dying of heartbreak because we do not love ourselves!
Many of us are cloaked in too much armor to fully receive love from others.
Until self-love has been generated and sustained, unconditional love cannot be shared or received.
This is the work of the heart chakra.
Most of us arewalking around like hunchbacks, unconsciously closing our hearts.
Begin to become aware of your posture while sitting, standing, and walking.
For those who are a bit more physically adventurous, adda camel poseto your routine.
Stand on your knees with your toes curled under and your knees hip-width apart.
Place your hands on the back of your pelvis for support.
Engage your core to support the low back.
Drop the head back and kick off the chest, gently backbending and using your hands for support.
It is not uncommon for fear to come up in this pose.
Opening the heart chakra can be scary!
Mental: Write yourself a love letter.
Spend some time writing to yourself.
Tell yourself all the things you love about yourself.
Write as if you are writing to the love of your life.
Eventually, that is who you will become.
Emotional: Try a metta meditation.
Close your eyes and visualize yourself sitting in front of you.
Wish yourself the following:
May I feel safe.
May I be healthy.
May I be joyful.
May I know love.
Next, visualize someone in your life whom you love or appreciate.
Wish them the same phrases of loving-kindness:
May he/she feel safe.
May he/she be healthy.
May he/she be joyful.
May he/she know love.
Next, visualize someone in your life whom you have conflict with or someone whom you find challenging.
Spiritual: Participate in a service or volunteer activity.
Being of service is an opportunity togive unconditionally.
