Living in Balance

Anhata is the heart chakra, in the centre of your chest, and the name means unstruck, unhurt, unbeaten. The session describes it as the gateway linking the three lower chakras with the three higher ones, so it connects masculine and feminine. That is why you rest a hand there and breathe into it.

You breathe it in at the heart and let it grow with each exhale. It then travels up to your neck and head, down through your shoulders, arms and fingers, and back to the heart. From there it flows down through the abdomen, pubic bone, thighs, legs and toes, and returns to the heart to magnetize it.

Yin is described as soft, yielding, accepting energy, like a parent holding a child, which lets you be with yourself as you are. Yang is the energy of action, courage, protection and motivation. The session says yang without yin becomes aggression, and yin without yang becomes complacency.

It points out that Western society has gendered these two forces, allowing women softness and discouraging fire. The meditation invites you to treat both as qualities everyone holds. Balanced, they show up as being strong, authentic, able to draw boundaries and say no.

You imagine a vast temple that everyone has built together, then feel the emerald lights of people to your left, right, front, behind, above and below. They touch, weave and merge into a stronger aura. Later you give thanks to those who fed your light and receive theirs.

After resting in the space between your thoughts, you choose something in the area of balance that you can influence. You send it from your head down to your heart and plant it like a seed. On a deep inhale you raise your chest, and on the exhale you offer it to the universe.