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4 Minute Heart Centered Practice

by Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW

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guided
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Meditation
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This is a short practice to gather your focus and center your heart energy. Be here now. Grounded in the rhythm of your heartbeat, generated within your chest. Take a break from the craziness of the day and bring all of your focus into this moment. The background is peaceful water sounds and I am sending you love and care while we sit together.

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Transcript

This is a three minute meditation to bring your attention to your heart center.

Find a comfortable space.

Pay attention to your back and its support and to the grounding of your feet connected with the earth or supported with a pillow.

Close your eyes if that feels safe and gather your hands to your heart center.

Bring all of your attention to the hands on your heart.

Tuning into the sensation of the beating of your heart beneath your hands.

Peace your breath with the beating of your heart.

Allow the beating of your heart and your breath to be in sync with one another in harmony and in peace.

Feel the rise and the fall of your chest as you continue to hold your hands to your heart.

The symphony of breath,

A beating heart and a rising and falling chest.

Let this symphony captivate your attention.

Feel your mind,

Feel your focus entirely in this moment.

Grounded,

Connected,

In rhythm.

And now take a deep breath in,

Inhaling deeply and exhaling completely.

And another one,

Inhaling deeply and exhaling completely.

And one last time,

Breathing in deeply and exhaling completely.

Slowly begin to open your eyes and bring your attention back to your world.

Thank you.

Meet your Teacher

Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSWChicago, IL, USA

4.6 (756)

Recent Reviews

Christina

June 21, 2025

Perfection! I love how embodied and gentle this one is. A real gem.💎

Cindy

September 19, 2024

So valuable. Thank you. I can use this during the day in between clients to center myself and be present (and be love).

Thomas

May 27, 2023

Short but powerful. I was surprised how quickly I felt grounded. Grateful 🙏🏻❤️✌🏻

Mary

April 18, 2023

Nice when one only has a brief moment in a busy day!

Jaimee

April 17, 2022

Effective and I felt better afterwards. The loud water noise was kind of distracting- I almost shut the meditation off but I’m glad I didn’t. Thanks for sharing your gift, I bookmarked it. 💖

Cristina

March 2, 2022

Wow

Jeff

March 1, 2022

♥️♥️♥️♥️ thanks for sharing your gift

April

May 29, 2021

Simple and simply beautiful

Laurel

May 8, 2021

Nice, short, effective grounding meditation with relaxing background water soundscape.

Richard

March 25, 2021

Made me smile. Liked the word 'symphony' being used

Mary

November 16, 2020

Very nice, short meditation!

Maureen

February 17, 2020

I enjoyed the brevity yet efficacy of this meditation - thanks!

Daniela

February 2, 2020

Nice way to start the day 💖

Karl

February 1, 2020

I liked this short mediation and exercise. Great to be in tune with my heart - to start my day! Thank u 🙏

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