Heart Chakra Healing

This blog post was first published in Reiki Rays Online Reiki Journal

Our Heart Chakra is located in the center of our chest 

The Heart Chakra

Do you feel stuck or trapped in a particular phase of your Life? Does your Heart break at the thought of things that might have been? Do you find it difficult to let go of past situations, people or things? Are there many regrets you have when you view your Life thus far, wishing you had done this or said that? 

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may be experiencing an imbalance within your Heart Chakra.

Don’t panic! It’s easy to fix! And it only takes a little meditation (NOT medication!) and some healing Reiki energy. Add to those two things a bit of focus on your part and perhaps a lovely crystal that resonates with your Heart Chakra vibrations; and you’ve got yourself a cure for an imbalanced Anahata (the actual Sanskrit name for ‘Heart Chakra’). Anahata literally means ‘unstuck’ or ‘unhurt’, and that’s exactly what I’m going to teach you in this simple Heart Chakra meditation that I use on myself and with clients alike. 

The Heart Chakra ~ Anahata

The Meditation

1.    Find a relaxing place to lie down or sit, where you will not be interrupted. Turn off your cell phone, put the animals in a sequestered room, do what you need to do to ensure you are not interrupted. You will need at least 20 minutes of uninterrupted time.

2.    Using CKR or HSZSN (or any clearing symbol of your liking) clear your space and set the intention of healing. You can use sage, incense, palo santo wood or whatever you feel is cleansing, clearing, healing and what resonates with you. Use your Intuition.

3.    Sit or lie comfortably on a chair, mat, the floor, etc.; wherever you feel most comfortable. Turn on some nondescript music, such as that which you use for a Reiki session. (If you have a favorite stone that you associate with your Heart Chakra, place that in your left hand, allowing it to rest on your palm lightly) If you are lying down, you may even place your stone on your Heart Space or sternum.  Take 3 slow deep healing breaths in through your nostrils. Make a conscious count of 3 seconds inhaling, hold your breath in for 3 seconds, and then count out as you release your breath slowly through your lips for 3 seconds. Resume breathing normally after the initial 3 breaths and follow your conscious breath in and out for a few cycles.

4.    When you are relaxed and your body is relaxed, begin to imagine your Heart Chakra. See the beautiful green energy of your Heart Chakra with its lovely pink center shimmering like a diamond. Begin to feel its energy expand, first filling your chest with it’s bright and emerald light and then expanding outwards as it envelopes your entire Being and reaches into the space around you. 

5.    As you are imagining the energy of your Heart Chakra expanding, imagine the Energy of the Creator ~ Bright White-Golden Light~ reaching down from the Universe to touch the edges of your Heart Chakra energy. See the energies intermingling and undulating with each other, as they intertwine. The healing, emerald light of your Heart Chakra & the Bright White-Golden honey Light of the Creator combining and flowing into one another and becoming one in a cosmic dance of Love, healing & flow. Once your Heart Chakra has been touched and blessed by the Creator-energy, it has been charged with unlimited vibrational energy.

6.    Allow yourself to bask in the glow of both your Heart energy and the Creator energy for as long as you wish (I don’t really time this process. I let my Intuition guide me. This meditation has taken me personally a half hour or so at times) NOTE: With my clients, I usually give them at least 10 minutes in this part of the meditation. 

7.    When you feel that your Heart Chakra has been recharged and regenerated, imagine the intertwined energies parting ways with Love & Joy. Bring your Consciousness back down into your physical body and ground your spirit to Mother Earth by focusing on being in your body for a few minutes. Take some deep breaths and ensure you’ve grounded yourself completely before opening your eyes and stretching your limbs. Close your connections to Higher Realms and seal your Sacred Space with Love, Light and Reiki Blessings!

Conclusion

That’s it, my dear Friends! This Heart Chakra meditation helps my clients (and me) to reconnect to our Soul Purpose and to our Heart Chakra. I always feel rejuvenated when I’ve completed this mediation.

I hope it helps you, too.

Blessings, Love & Light ~

Reiki Nurse

Finding Stillness in the midst of Chaos

The 'Observing Presence' or 'Witnessing Presence' (Higher Self)
behind the mind (Ego)

The Witnessing Presence

What happens when you turn the lights off at night and lay your head down on your pillow? Does your mind begin chattering aimlessly? Are there images that flicker incessantly behind your eyelids, like someone flipping through  channels inside your mind? How does one meditate effectively with so much psychological and mental pollution flitting about? Is there an effective way to shut off the noise and allow the stillness to envelop you?

Through the years and with practice, becoming the 'witnessing presence' of our minds (egos) is possible. Many philosophies teach various versions of the witnessing presence, the 'higher self', 'consciousness', 'light body', and so on. Modern day spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle discusses the witnessing presence in his book "The Power of Now" concisely and extensively. The Witnessing Presence is our higher self, our higher consciousness whose neutrality silences the mindless, incessant chatter of our Ego-ic Mind. We can learn to simply observe our ego mind as the witnessing presence without judgment, without critique.

Quieting the Mind

Humans tend to over think, over analyze, over process and over exaggerate. It's an affliction of the mind, the ego. The ego is constantly threatened with annihilation, so it clings to conditioned thinking with a ferocious, white-knuckled grip. It's not easy to let go of all the extraneous garbage that clogs up our mindscape (I just made that word up ~ LOL!) and sometimes renders us immobile, because fear (anxiety) is debilitating if we allow it to be. 

Something that has helped me in the past is during the act of meditation, I'll simply allow my thoughts to come in without judging them or giving them an audience. I allow the thoughts to come into my mind, acknowledge them and don't give them any more time or energy than that. If it seems my mind is running away with my thoughts, I will bring my attention back to my breathing. I'll focus on each inhalation of breath deep into my lungs, as well as each exhalation through my lips. Calm and relaxed. Calm and relaxed. 

Simply allow your thoughts to BE

In that way, my mind becomes quiet one thought at a time. There are other ways to quiet the mind, as well. But that is the way that I've found most effective while in the midst of meditation or while preparing to meditate.

I teach meditation to those who have anxiety issues, bipolar disorder, PTSD and other mental health issues, because it helps them to relax, to expand their consciousness, and to ease their unwarranted fears and anxieties. It's a most effective remedy for those who are interested in quieting their minds naturally without using drugs, chemicals or any other extraneous or unhealthy methods.

It's taken me many years to harness the act of meditation to its most effective and fullest. But meditation has changed my Life dramatically. If you're a non-believer, one who thinks he or she cannot meditate or who thinks you cannot let go of anxiety without the use of pills, chemicals or other unhealthy means, continue doing what you've been doing, by all means.

When you're tired of living as you have been, beating your head against the brick wall over and over and expecting different results ~ perhaps you'll seek out a person who can help you learn to meditate.

The ONLY guarantee I can offer to you is this: Meditation will change your Life exponentially. The ball is in your court. Try it. You've got nothing to lose ~ except your fear. Except your anxiety.

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Peace & Blessings ~

Reiki Nurse