Does your chest feel stuffy? It could be related to an energetic block in the heart that needs opening. Try this 10 minute routine to open the heart meridian and let energy and blood flow well to the heart.
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Hello earth citizens. In this video I will show you a 10-minute routine to do to open your heart
meridian. Your heart meridian runs from your armpit down the inside and inside of your pinky.
So on both sides from your armpit down to the inside of your pinky. Now of course this is
connected to your heart which is connected to your chest and lungs. So opening this meridian
energy channel will help you open up any blockage or stagnation in your heart and chest area. Before
we get started let's gently tap our chest. Face your palms towards each other and instead of
having them flex like this relax so you're having slightly cupped hands and with cupped hands tap
the middle of your chest right where your sternum is. Tap here now as you tap imagine you are
tapping into your body into your body so you're not just tapping the surface imagine you're
really tapping into your chest. So keep tapping here and now leave your jaw slightly open. So
and breathe naturally. The breath will help you open up blockage in your chest.
Are you ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Exhale.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twenty. Exhale.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, thirty. Exhale.
Now drop your left arm. With your right hand tap your chest and to your shoulders.
Chest first. Let's tap our chest. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Exhale.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twenty. Exhale.
Now to your shoulder. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Breathe out.
Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twenty. And switch. Left hand on the right side.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Breathe out.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twenty. Breathe out. Feel your chest. Feel
your chest. You might feel your chest becoming lighter. Down to your shoulders. One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Breathe out. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, twenty. Great job. Sweep down your chest. Sweep down your chest and now
turn your legs to the side or in front of you. Keep your right leg flexed out, left leg bend in.
So we're going to open our chest by inhaling. When you inhale, squeeze your left knee in
and open your chest like this. So you feel the opening on the front side of your body, okay?
And one last thing after you do that, you want to flex your toes in like this. So not like this,
point it out. In, point it in. All right, let's do this ten times. Ready? Inhale, flex your toes,
look up. Hold it. Exhale. Again. Exhale. Three, point your toes in, look up, inhale. Exhale.
Two more. Inhale, squeeze your knee, push, flex your toe. Inhale. Exhale.
Last one. Inhale. Exhale. Return. Now switch. Right leg this time. Same thing. You're going
to point your toe, look up, open, feel the opening in your chest and squeeze your knee in, okay?
Last one. Five. Exhale. Great job. Now face forward. Sit in half lotus posture.
Palms together in front of your chest. Now when you take a deep breath in, you're going to open
your chest like you're squeezing your shoulder blades. Hold it and then breathe out. So like
this. Repeat after me. Take a deep breath in, open your chest. Squeeze your shoulder blades,
hold your breath. Exhale. Like that. Five times. Ready? Deep breath in, squeeze your shoulder
blades. Hold it. Exhale. One. Breathe in. Squeeze. Exhale. Three. Exhale. Four. Deep breath in,
squeeze your shoulder blades, open your chest. Exhale. One last time. Breathe in.
Squeeze. Exhale. Great job. Now bring your palms facing upwards and this time you're going to
squeeze your arms, alternating like you're squeezing a towel. So right hand, point your
pinky behind you. Left hand, point your thumb down. So it's like a spiral movement from your left hand
to your right hand. Okay? So when you do this, you want to look at the hand where the pinky
is pointing back. So this one is right hand first. Pinky pointed back, thumb down. Okay?
So a few times here. Ready? One. Switch. Two. Switch. Three. Switch. Four. Feel the twist in
your arm. Switch. Five. Switch. Six. Switch. Seven. Switch. Eight. Switch. Nine. Switch.
Ten. Switch. Let's do ten more. One. Two. Three. Twist. Four. Feel your heart meridian.
Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. And ten. Great job. Shake out your arms.
And stop. Next exercise, place your hands on your waist and now inhale.
Lean to the right side as you exhale.
This helps open your ribcage, giving more air and oxygen to your chest and heart.
Return. Breathe in. Exhale. Other side. Feel your ribcage opening and expanding.
Return. Inhale. Other side. Exhale. Return. Inhale. Exhale. Other side.
Great job. Sweep down your chest. Sweep down your arms. Rest your hands on your knees.
Take a deep breath in through your whole body. Exhale. One more time. Deep breath in.
Bend your upper body forward. Exhale. And return. Great job. How do you feel? Do you feel your chest
opening a little bit more? Do you feel some more oxygen coming in to your heart? Maybe your eyes
are a little brighter. You can see a little brighter. You did a great job. The exercises
that I shared with you today are from the Meridian Exercise for Self-Healing by Ilchi Lee.
I'll drop a link in the description below on how you can get your own copy of this book.
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please visit a local body and brain yoga studio near you.
