Welcome to this mindfulness meditation for heart health. Our bodies are designed
to be in balance both physically and mentally. The heart is a complex system
and when everything is in balance it functions perfectly. Stress directly
affects your arteries making them inflamed. Too much stress over a long
period of time can lead to cardiovascular problems. Your heart and
body responds to your emotions, if you are relaxed your heart relaxes. If you
are stressed the heart responds accordingly. This meditation will help
you relax and help protect your heart. Let's take
some time to settle. Find a comfortable position and close your eyes.
It doesn't matter how you sit or lay but try your best to keep your spine
straight. Begin to recognize your breath.
Relax your jaw, soften your forehead, let your skin go slack. Feel your body relax,
your muscles release.
Take some nice slow breaths, not too deep, just slow them down. In for four counts
and out for six.
Feel the weight of your body as you sit or lay. Notice as your body starts to
settle down. Feel your heart as it starts to feel less pressure. Your heart is a
hard worker. It resides in your chest but its effects are circulated throughout
your body. Every few hours it's good to give it a break by taking the time to
slow down.
Let's start by feeling some love for your heart. You are a brilliant and
divine human being just as you are. You may doubt that sometimes when you hear
messages of what you should be doing, what you should look like or if your
body parts are wearing out. But your body is a marvelous miracle of nature. Your
body in every moment is absolute perfection regardless of what flaws you
might perceive.
Believing that is an important part of loving yourself.
So let's give your heart some love. Rub your palms together, get some friction
building up and then place your hands one on top of the other over your heart.
Allow the warmth from your hands to seep through. And as you breathe in feel the
love you have for yourself and for your amazing body. We feel emotions in our
body and gratitude is a positive emotion that has been shown to be felt within
your heart. So use this moment to thank your heart and the cardiovascular system.
As you send messages of love and appreciation for the work your heart
does you are also supporting yourself.
Loving your body just the way it is supports the functioning of your cells.
Now allow your hands to fall back gently into your lap.
As you rest use this opportunity to notice what's going on in your body
today. How do you feel?
Listen to your feelings ... try to properly name your emotions today. Restless?
Content? Allow yourself to feel these emotions freely no judgments.
When you feel something do you pay attention to it? Would you normally brush
it aside? Do you listen to your feelings? Your real authentic feelings.
Take this time to let go and admit to yourself how you're really feeling.
Absolutely no judgments here. Because if you pay more attention to what's
happening with your emotions and start listening to your body
you'll notice the niggles the little aches and pains the little warning signs
long before they become these huge astronomical cries for help.
Now notice your muscles. What's it feel like in your body today? Accept anything
that comes up for you. Be honest with yourself and allow yourself to let go.
Soften anything you might be clenching. Recognize if something is tight and
locked and try your best to let go.
Offer love and gratitude to any areas that feel tight. It's okay, it's safe to
let go.
We all function better when we have a little space so let's create some space
for your heart. Cross your arms behind your back and touch each elbow with the
opposite hand. When we cross our arms in front of the body we signal that we're
scared, we're wary of danger. But if we cross our
arms behind our backs feel how open to love you are how hopeful you are and
most of all feel how easy it is to breathe.
If you have a heart issue it doesn't have to be a permanent state you can
control your own physiology. Raise your expectations and hope about your
prognosis. If heart disease runs in your family,
genetics plays only a small part.
Your body wants to be in balance and your body will tell you when it's
getting out of sync. Take the time to listen to it daily.
Allow your hands to fall back gently down and feel the relaxation.
Let's end this meditation with some affirmations. Listen to me say them and
then repeat them silently to yourself or just allow them to wash over you. My
heart is in perfect balance.
My circulatory system flows without restriction.
I am tuned into my body.
My mind and body are in perfect balance.
My heart grows stronger every day.
My heart beats with a rhythm of life. My body is perfect just the way it is.
Allow yourself to breathe slowly. As you sit here think about how strong you are.
Even if you have medical problems with your heart you can listen to your body,
you can rest, you can workout and you can make your heart even stronger. When you
are ready gently open your eyes.
After this meditation you'll feel lighter as you go on with your day.