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Heartfulness is a way of connecting with ourselves and others. It's a practice that can cultivate compassion, gratitude and positive feelings. As you practice heartfulness, over time, you may find a greater capacity to approach more challenging people and situations with gentleness and love.
Before you begin, choose a specific person (or pet) you'd like to focus on for the practice. When you're beginning, choose someone you love and who you find it easy to generate positive feelings. As you grow your practice, you can include love and gratitude for yourself, neutral people and people who are challenging for you.
Practice:
Practice:
- Settle into your mindful body posture
- Let your eyes gently close or look down
- Think of a person you love and generally feel good around, get a picture of them in your mind
- Imagine this person happy, healthy and strong
- Picture them smiling and surrounded by their favorite things
- Keep this picture in your mind while you take some breaths in and out together
- Repeat the following phrases quietly to yourself or aloud. You may have your class repeat after you. Keep in mind, this is just an example of what you might say. Please repeat what feels authentic to you and your students.
May you feel happy and peaceful
May you be healthy and strong
May you feel loved
May you live with ease
- After you repeat your well-wishes, take a deep breath in and fill your body with love for this person
- Release your breath sending your thoughtful energy out towards this person or pet
When I'm leading this with my students, I end by ringing the bell and invite the class to put their focused listening attention on the sound until it stops. This routine is introduced in the first lesson (Mindful Body Position) and remains a routine throughout our daily practice. Once the sound of the bell has ended, I invite kids to share about their experiences during our practice.
*You can generate any well-wishes that make sense for you. The phrases I've provided are an example of what you might say, but please know that you can decide what feels right for you and your students.
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