11 years ago

What does melt the heart or soften the heart mean? Is it explained in a video.

Sue Y , Level 11
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L Bailey , Level 33
L Bailey4 points
11 years ago

I don't know if there are any videos which explain this. In general, it means to soften the area around the heart--that is, all the muscles--especially in the back between the shoulder blades. Softening between the shoulder blades, around the upper ribs (back, sides, and front) and around the front of the chest is often easiest to do if you imagine all this space around the level of the heart 'melting'. This is especially true if you need to also maintain strength in your arms and abdomen at the same time. We often hold tension in this part of the body we don't realize that we have so sometimes imagining this sensation and visualizing all the space (or band of muscles of the chest and upper back) at the level of the heart helps to discover this and eventually when the body 'gets it', there is a really nice release of tension in this part of the upper body. I hope this makes some sense and is helpful to you! :)

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M L , Level 19
M L89 points
11 years ago

Hi Sue! Great question. Melt/soften the heart is a call to release tension from your chest and upper back. In a more esoteric sense, it is a call to become more fluid and open yourself to freedom and energy. That is my interpretation, at least! I'm sure some of our other yogis will be able to offer additional insight =)

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Nadya Montgomery , Level 4
Nadya Montgomery0 points
11 years ago

it means- go inside your heart , put your intuition to heart chakra , feel love, peace, kindness and happiness ... If it is hard to do start to practice with self love hypnoses and divine love meditation, also would be good to get a session with an energy healer to check if a heart chakra has any blockages .

Nadya Montgomery , Level 4
Nadya Montgomery0 points
11 years ago

it means- go inside your heart , put your intuition to heart chakra , feel love, peace, kindness and happiness ... If it is hard to do start to practice with self love hypnoses and divine love meditation, also would be good to get a session with an energy healer to check if a heart chakra has any blockages .

Nadya Montgomery , Level 4
Nadya Montgomery0 points
11 years ago

it means- go inside your heart , put your intuition to heart chakra , feel love, peace, kindness and happiness ... If it is hard to do start to practice with self love hypnoses and divine love meditation, also would be good to get a session with an energy healer to check if a heart chakra has any blockages .

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