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Qigong for the Heart

Paying attention to the heart in this relaxing practice. The positive emotions of the heart are love, joy and a sense of openness. The heart can become constricted through defensiveness, fear, or past hurts. Relaxing through the chest makes quite a difference to our experience of the world! KNOCKING ON THE GATE OF LIFE Gently enlivening every joint and releasing the free flow of energy through the system, this works best when you're completely relaxed. Let the arms hang loose, so that the turn of the waist sends them out. Loose fists knock on the Gate of Life point on the lower spine, and on the belly and then the lung points at the front of the shoulders. SHAKING AND PATTING Here we pat along all the major meridian lines, breaking up stagnations in the flow and reminding our nervous system that we're here and now - especially helpful if you suffer from repetitive and uncomfortable thoughts or emotions. It's hay fever season! So we pay especial attention to the face, head and neck, tapping gently around the eyes, over the temples and jaw, around the head and down the back and sides of the neck. OPENING THE CHEST Keep the shoulders as relaxed as possible here, there's no need to use them. Inhale, lifting the hands up and bringing a flow of chi up the body and then out to the sides. Feel your shoulder blades move towards one another as the arms move outwards and the chi stretches out between your hands. When the shoulder blades lead the move, it feels very natural and relaxing. Exhale, bringing the hands back together and down. Again, feel the shoulder blades separate, allowing the hands to come in and down. HEART HEALING SOUND - 'HHAAAAH' The ancient practice of healing sounds in qigong can have a profound effect on our system. The heart healing sound is more of a sigh - a gentle 'hhhaaaaaahh'. Inhale and bring the hands up to the heart level. Exhale with the 'hhaaah' sound as you bring the hands up to the sides of the face, palms facing forwards, and then turn them inwards to cover the eyes and gently descend to the level of the heart again. Place the fingertips together and inhale again as you push down with your hands. Relax and exhale. LOTUS FLOW Here we bring energy into the heart from the earth and from the sky. Inhale, gathering universal energy from the heavens and forming a triangle with your hands above the head. Bring the hands slowly down to heart level, pulling that chi down to the chest. Exhale, and allow the hands to fall out and down to the earth, releasing any tension. Inhale and bring energy from the earth all the way up to the heart. Exhale and again release the hands and any constriction into the earth. RISE AND FALL Inhaling, bringing grounding earth energy up the kidney meridian - from the ball of the foot up the inside of the legs, and up the middle of the torso to the collarbones. Exhale and let any tension or tightness in the chest release downwards as you bring the flow of energy back down to the earth. COMPLETION One hand over the other on the belly, as you absorb the benefits of your practice. Wishing you a happy rest of the day :) Thanks for practising with me! If you enjoyed this, please do like, share and subscribe. ABOUT AMANDA I've been meditating and practising tai chi and qigong for 25 years now. I love to share these techniques. They are truly awesome.