Meditation Activity – Heart Centering

“The physical heart is our strongest muscle; it also functions as the core of our feeling dimension.  Like any muscle, the heart grows stronger with use.  By creating a feeling connection between our heart and our voice, thought, touch, sight and hearing, we instantly access the safest, most accessible method for opening the heart.  We create this feeling connection by allowing awareness to penetrate the heart.  The moment this connection occurs we contact the love of our Higher Self; we transcend fear, sorrow, and anger; and we heal ourselves and others."
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-Dan Millman, No Ordinary Moments, 1992, p. 261

We are beings of energy. You can begin to recognize your ability to sense those around you and the environments you step in and out of. Our system generates a field around us based on how we feel in that moment.
 
The heart's magnetic field, which is the strongest energetic field produced by the human body, not only envelopes every cell of the body, but also extends out in all directions into the space around us.

For example, during stress, the heart rhythm pattern is erratic and disordered. The corresponding pattern of neural signals traveling from the heart to the brain inhibits higher cognitive functions. Thus, we are limited in our ability to think clearly, remember, learn, reason and make effective decisions.[1]
 
Note that your energy does not only live in your body. In fact, it encompasses you and those around you. Follow the below steps in creating a harmonious, heart centering meditation experience:
 

1. Close your eyes. Breathe deeply into your chest, your heart center.
2. Become aware of the space within your heart center as you breathe.
3. Notice as your lungs and chest begin to expand.
4. Expand your awareness to the space around your chest.
5. Clear your mind and create more space in your system as you continue to breathe.
6. In your mind or audibly say what you are grateful for in this very moment.

[1] “The Science of HeartMath.” HeartMath, 17 Oct. 2019, www.heartmath.com/science/.
 
Below, share how your meditation experience was and what you are grateful for as you track in your Habitual Roots Guidebook.