In yoga people often refer to the heart – opening it, melting it, connecting with it – as if it were a lump of clay. I only began to really understand what that all meant when I did a workshop last Summer with John Friend in Paris.
The heart chakra is situated in the centre of the chest. The heart literally is our life force as well as the Scotland Yard of our somatic and emotional intelligence. When we align our head with our heart we find the triple ‘union’ that yoga strives for – mind, body and soul. Why do we want that? It makes you feel aligned, which feels, well, blissful.
Happy Heart
Your heart speaks to you. Sometimes it yells – like when you are really sad or elated. Most of the time it’s more of a whisper. So you need to actively send your head to your heart – think with and to your heart – the heart can intuit how you feel about a situation – giving another very personal opinion other than (sometimes irrational) brain rationale. Your heart knows you inside out.
