| The heart chakra located at the center of the chest, | | | | forewarn you that this is a serious technique that will |
| is the chakra of compassion and love. Your ability | | | | generate a large flow of energy. Please be careful |
| handling issues of love, grief, hatred, anger, jealousy, | | | | not to overdo it, over stimulation of the heart chakra |
| fears of betrayal, and loneliness depends on the | | | | can lead to an imbalance of the other chakras. This |
| condition of your heart chakra. You will find that if | | | | technique should only be used in addition with other |
| you open your heart chakra, handling these issues in | | | | techniques that will prepare you body to handle this |
| a positive way will come more naturally to you. A | | | | new energy. |
| popular technique often used for exercising our heart | | | | Now without any further delay, here are my |
| energy, is through mantra meditation. Each chakra | | | | guidelines to performing this mantra meditation. |
| has a specific sound or "mantra", by reciting the heart | | | | 1.Find a quiet and comfortable place to sit down on |
| chakra's mantra you will effectively be able to open | | | | the floor cross legged. |
| the chakra point, effectively stimulating and | | | | 2. Close your eyes, and recite the heart chakra's |
| strengthening it in the process. | | | | mantra which is "YAM". |
| If you happen to have a mala, which is a special | | | | 3. As you are chanting this visualize and focus on |
| string of beads used for counting mantra recitations | | | | your heart chakra at the center of your chest. |
| you can use it for this exercise. If you don't that's | | | | If chanted correctly, you will notice a new rush of |
| okay, you can just count the recitations in your head | | | | energy. For beginners, I recommend that you do not |
| instead. | | | | exceed more than 20 recitations per session. |
| Before we proceed with the exercise, I would like to | | | | |