Nourishing our hearts [Meditation for chronic illness folks #6]
In this 13 minute meditation we tend to our heart and provide it with the nourishment it most needs
Hi friend!
One of my spiritual practices since becoming sick is to ensure my metaphorical heart — or my heart chakra — is healthy and well-nourished. Every night I put my hand over my heart and ask it how it’s really doing. Most of the time it’s full of sorrow, but there can be a childlike happiness too (mostly because I got to eat something awesome) and lots of other feelings that need to be heard and acknowledged. I want to grow my (metaphorical) heart muscle so it becomes a clear guide in my life. I have dedicated myself to a heart-led life, and while it’s incredibly difficult (most things are impossible to do with this condition) to put all the things my heart wants to do in action I try to take small steps towards my heart’s dreams.
So today we’re going to be tending to and nourishing our hearts.
There are two versions, one with and one without music. Some people are sensitive to music while others need music.
Also, it is completely up to you whether you want to listen to the meditation with your eyes closed or not. There are no rules here. Listening with your eyes closed will give you a more intense experience, but sometimes intensity is not what’s best for our brains and bodies. I once went through a period where closing my eyes would start a technicolour disco inside my mind and so I began listening to meditations with my eyes open. I discovered that I got a lot from the meditation even with my eyes open.
Enjoy! And let me know how it went in the comments below.
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Without music:
How did it go?
How did you find this meditation?
What did your heart need today?
How did you feel afterwards?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Thank you for these meditative offerings. I think as someone who is crip, these are beautiful ways for us to remain mindful and connected with our bodies
A new one for me Madelleine but very interesting and different.
My heart is well and happy but it started shrivelled. Now it looks plump and healthy. But it is scarred.
No wonder. 48 years of abuse and violence started with both my family perpetrators. They were never parents.
Then two husbands the first one ticked every box that the perpetrators missed, became a very violent narcissistic alcoholic and eventually tried to murder me.
Second one ‘loved me to bits’ for 4 years. But I became bedbound and the abuse started and then escalated. As it does. We were married for 11 years but one day he tried to murder me too. So I got him removed from the house. And divorced him of course.
It’s a wonder I’m still here. But I am. And happier than I have ever been before.
It’s down to my first husband that I have Very Severe ME (since 1993). And my sons have trauma related conditions.
The elder has OCD, very little confidence and Asperger’s. My younger son has OCD, ADHD and PTSD. Again, lucky to still be alive.