Hey heart-openers and modern-day meditators! Are you ready to crack open that chest and let the digital daylight in? It's time to take a tech timeout and treat yourself to a "heart opening meditation" that's quicker than a coffee break! Everyday Yoga invites you to join us on a 5-minute quest to rejuvenate your spirit and sprinkle a little love into your circuitry—no updates or downloads required. So, find a cosy nook, power down those screens, and let's breathe our way to a more expansive heartspace. Ready, set, ohm!

Heart Opening Meditation

Find a comfortable seat. You can either place your hands on your knees or cup them and rest them in your lap. Sit up nice and tall. Close your eyes.

Find your breath. As you go deeper into your breath, start to bring your awareness away from your surroundings; away from any external distraction.

With each breath, bring your awareness further into your body, making your way towards your heart.

Once you're in your heart space, you notice that whenever you inhale a little light inside of it starts to glow. Each time you exhale, the little light pulls back into itself.

Make your inhale slightly bigger and notice that the light starts to shine even brighter, now illuminating your whole heart. On your exhale, the light returns back to the center of your heart.

With each inhale, your breath gets deeper and the light glows brighter. Soon the light starts to fill the rest of your body.

On your exhales, the light from your body pulls back into your heart.

As your inhales increase, the light glows out of your body and begins to light up the room that you're in. Soon, the whole room is full of light. If anyone is nearby, your light is starting to touch them as well.

On your exhale, the light pulls back in, bringing a bit of the light from that other person. It travels through your body, back into the center of your heart.

Continue this. On your inhales, feel your light shining out of you so that it fills the whole room. And on your exhales, bring a little bit of light from others back with you, into the center of your heart.

As you continue this, notice that the light that shines out of you on each inhale is your ability to give love. Each time you exhale and bring the light of others' back in is your ability to receive love.

When you're ready, begin to slowly turn that light down until it returns to its home in the center of your heart.

Place your hands over your heart and recognize that this light is always there with you. You always have the ability to let it shine. And if you're open, you can always see and receive the light that shines from others.

Roll out Your Mat!

Just as every app needs to close, every meditation has its "namaste." As we round off our 5-minute heart opening meditation, we emerge more luminous than a smartphone screen, our hearts beating with a rejuvenated rhythm of connection. With these tune-ups from Everyday Yoga, we transform our digital landscape—one heart-centred meditation at a time. Keep your hearts open, your postures tall, and your breaths deep. Until next time, keep radiating the love you've cultivated, proving that an open heart is the ultimate trend that never goes out of style. 🌟🌈🧘‍♀️

See you on the mat!

Namaste!