February for most of us is the month that we celebrate Valentines Day! That day of the year when chocolate's, flowers and loving cards are exchanged and where love permeates. It is also the month of coronary heart disease awareness. ( see previous post).
So I thought I would pose this practice for the month of February:
The art of listening to your heart in body, in food and in thought.
As you 'listen' to your heart you can begin to tune in to a larger wholeness. A practice of being aware and self-knowing. Try it you may like it!
1. The Body: Check in with what you are doing and feeling. What is your heart beat? Is is soft or is it pounding. Is there an emotion linked to your heart?What would it say? Is there tension in your body? Where? Investigate that tension and emotion. Can you change that emotion or tension with moving your body , breathing deeper or changing your gesture?
2. Food: Check in with what you are eating. How did you heart like that morsel that you put in your mouth? How is your energy? Do you feel sluggish, energized, heavy, light, empty, satiated?
3. Thought: Check in with your thoughts. As you navigate your day, become aware of what is occupying your thoughts at that current moment. Are you in the past? Are you thrusting into the future? Or are you with the immediate experience? If you are with the immediate experience, what are you thinking? What is the context of your thoughts? Are they positive, negative, constructive, conflicting, damaging, contemplative, condemning, or creative? Connect your experience with your heart. How does your heart feel with this thought? What can you do to make a shift in your thoughts?
Listening is a skill or some may say it is an art. Either way, we must practice in order for it to develop and transform. As we become more proficient at this skill we can then use it as a tool to create our sense of self and well being.
So I invite you to listen to your heart, in body, in food and in thought as navigate your day.
As your reflect on your practice what did you experience?
Love to hear from you.
Seth
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