![]() Sphinx– a gentle, but intentional backbend to expose the heart center. Melting heart – like child’s pose, press into and open your heart center while focusing on how your breath nourishes and cleanses through your cardio-pulmonary tract. Warmups – move organically to stretch the back and front of heart, expanding and contracting seated cat/cow, for example. Seated – to begin, place hands over heart and tune into your unique and vital heartbeat. The goal of a heart chakra- ( anahata) focused practice is to open and contract the torso, massage the heart and vital organs, and “clean out” the extremities to promote healthy circulation. Poor circulation, heart palpitation, high or low blood pressure and a general sense of dis-ease can all present. Because of its essential role as the nexus of the mind-body self, the ramifications of a blocked or overactive heart center can affect our physical well-being as well as our mental and emotional health. Imbalances in the heart chakra can range from feelings of neediness – being incomplete – or unwantedness – isolation and anonymity. On the other hand, the heart center is also the hallmark of emotion and spirituality, what the Japanese beautifully dub kokoro. On one hand, the tireless muscle that is our heart – flexing and working every minute of every day – epitomizes the physical self. ![]() The transition from physical to psycho-spiritual takes place, rather appropriately, at the heart center. The point at which that occurs is the focus of week four – the Heart Chakra. The predominantly physical, grounding chakras that originate below the pelvis and span up to the solar plexus, now begin to give way to the mental and spiritual chakras that reach from our upper-spine toward the very top of the skull. The chakra centers that line the cranio-sacral pathway through our bodies.
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