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Grief: The Shadow Side of the Heart Chakra

October 9, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Love asks us to open to grief

by Kara-Leah Grant It's all good and well to do these wonderful heart-opening or heart-balancing yoga practices, but without a proper understanding of all aspects of the heart chakra, we can easily hit a wall of resistance that stops our practice cold. The heart chakra is about our ability to love - which requires that we open to the possibility of grief, sorrow and disappointment as well as the wonderful sensations of love, joy, fulfilment and compassion. Working with this kriya meant I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Home Yoga Practice, Practices Tagged With: anahata chakra, grief, Heart CHakra, kryia, kundalini yoga, relationships, samskara, The Heart

What Does it Mean to Open Your Heart Chakra?

September 5, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 12 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant It's Day 17 of my forty days of a heart-opening kriya (see below for PDF of this kriya). Every day I hit the mat and do seven postures in a specific order. Often I do other asana, pranayama and meditation as well. But no matter what, there is always the consistency of the heart-opening kriya to anchor me in my home yoga practice. So, is it working? Is this yoga practice opening my heart chakra? Before I answer that, I want to take a step back and define what that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Home Yoga Practice, Practices Tagged With: anahata chakra, balance, closing, Heart CHakra, opening

How to Open Your Heart Chakra in One Simple Step

August 21, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 10 Comments

Heart-Opening Kriya, posture one.

by Kara-Leah Grant, avid promotor of home yoga practice. It'll change your world (because you are your world). So my gorgeous and most-wonderful man left on Thursday for six weeks. And on Friday I had a brilliant idea. Six weeks! 42 days! I'll do a specific Forty Days of Yoga practice while he's away! Perfect! Now what will I do... how about one of my old favourites, a Heart-Opening Kriya (see below for a PDF of this kriya) I learned many moons ago? Nothing like a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Home Yoga Practice, Practices Tagged With: anahata chakra, forty days of yoga, Heart CHakra, heart opening, kriya

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