We are nearing the end of our month together. We set out to create an Intention for a new year. What we have discovered, is that this truth, our deepest truth, our most true Intention has been here all along. It has been waiting for us to slow down. To listen. To open our heart and let it live.
As we take our Mountain Pose today, whether it’s sitting or standing, let’s do just that. Let’s find the open heart where our Intention resides. And let’s let it live.
Find a comfortable seat, and again, bring to mind a mountain. Feel yourself taking on the strength and stability and courage of the mountain. Rooted down, lifted up. Take several breaths here.
Picture the place where your heart lives in your body. Nestled between your lungs. In front of your spine. Behind your sternum. Imagine the restriction your heart must feel. Buried there, beneath all of those bones, and organs. Held tight by shoulders that are drawn forward. Protected by layer upon layer of self-guarding. The walls have been building for years. This space has been closed.
Until now. It’s time.
Begin to lengthen your spine as you inhale. In this lengthening, feel a small space begin to open around your heart. Feel a faint warmth begin to bathe your chest. Feel a glimpse of light, like cracking open a door to a long-dark room. Let your upper back feel a new softness. A new freedom. Fresh air. New life.
Continue breathing like this for several minutes. Inhale to lengthen your spine, exhale and move into the space around your heart.
There it is. Right there. In this space of open-heartedness, your true purpose lives.
What is here for you to step into?
Is there an action you can take to day to move into what you have discovered here?
And now the practice of yoga begins…
Namaste.
Listen to today’s Mountain Heart Meditation
*Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash
