Welcome to today's meditation.
Today's practice will continue on the theme of the seven chakras and deal specifically with the fourth chakra,
The heart chakra.
The heart chakra is located exactly where you would think it is,
At your heart,
The center of your chest.
It's life-sustaining and life-giving.
It is here that we manifest a true essence of love and compassion for ourselves and for those around us.
It anchors our life from a higher self and it's a place of divine and unconditional love.
If you've been incorporating stones or crystals into your practice,
The heart chakra is associated with green stones such as emeralds,
Green jade,
Green aventurine.
It's also associated with rose quartz,
The stone of unconditional love.
Place your stone at the center of your chest,
Right at your heart.
Feel its cold surface warm to the touch of your skin or simply hold it in your hand as a gentle reminder of your practice today.
When we bring our awareness to our heart chakra,
We may notice an emotional release.
Unlike the other ones that we've practiced so far,
We've felt physical tingling,
Energy shifts.
But at our heart chakra where our emotion is held,
It's understandable that we might have an emotional reaction rather than a physical reaction.
It is perfectly okay to feel any one of these things or to feel nothing at all.
This is your practice.
It is individual to you and it is perfect just the way it unfolds.
While we are all the same,
We are all different.
At this time,
If you want to set an intention for your meditation,
Go ahead and do that now.
Perhaps there is a person that you need to bring to mind,
Someone you wish to dedicate your meditation to,
Someone who holds an abundance of love for you or you for them.
Or perhaps there is an experience lately that has left your heart a little weary,
A person who doesn't hold much compassion for themselves and therefore has a hard time treating you with compassion.
Bring those things to mind now.
Set your intention to open your heart.
As we take a cleansing breath,
Let go of fear of rejection and emotional instability.
Bring your hands to your heart center,
Crossing them one on top of the other.
Visualize a brilliant and pure green ray of light emanating from your heart,
Growing and glowing as it spreads throughout your body,
Weaving its way through your organs,
Lingering where you need a little bit more healing.
Get growing with intensity and warmth,
Always coming from your heart.
Bring your awareness to your heart.
Today we will seek to access our divine and unconditional love,
Releasing forgiveness and compassion,
Understanding and balance.
If at any time you feel distracted or you get a little emotional,
Bring your awareness back to your heart,
Back to your breath,
Visualizing that pure green light sinking deeper into your intention.
Is there anything going on in your world that you need to forgive?
Perhaps it is something going on within you,
A lack of compassion for yourself.
Are you open to peace and acceptance?
Does your energy circulate through your life force and does it provide sustaining and life-giving awareness?
In what ways today can you accept?
Can you forgive both others and yourself?
In what ways can you love with an open heart?
And how can you give compassion today,
Starting with yourself?
How will you awaken and transform these areas today in your practice?
On the other side of love lies fear of rejection and therefore the regression of love.
That's something that we all feel from time to time,
The fear that our love will not be returned.
But when we anchor our awareness in our heart chakra,
We are able to release those fears and open ourselves up to a divine and unconditional love.
You deserve love.
You deserve compassion.
You have so much love to give to yourself and to others.
With all of your awareness and energy through your heart today,
Feeling supported by the ground beneath you,
Connected to your emotions,
Open to harmony and compassion.
Release the repression of love or any instability that you may be holding here today.
Give your hands a gentle squeeze,
Acknowledging their place over your heart for protection.
Your palms facing down and open to receiving the gift of love from your heart.
Our affirmation for the heart chakra is I am love.
I possess all the love in the world and feel it abundantly in my being.
I am loving and I am beloved.
As you hold your awareness here at your heart,
Be grateful for this moment in time.
Grateful to yourself for acknowledging the blockages here at your heart.
Grateful to yourself for opening your heart.
Let go of hostility.
Let go of the fear of rejection and open yourself up to being one with life and with love.
You are love.
You are deserving of love.
You possess all the love in this wonderful world and it flows abundantly throughout you.
You are loving and compassionate and you are loved.
You can stay in these moments for as long as you would like today and whenever it feels right for you in your own space and time,
Bring your awareness back to the present moment,
Back to your body and open your eyes.
