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Meditation is a tool we can use to become more open in different areas of our bodies and our lives. When we meditate and inhabit the internal space of our chests with our awareness, this are will become more and more open. This will naturally lead to one becoming more and more emotionally open. More emotionally sensitive and receptive. Individuals who meditate while inhabiting the space inside of the chest are likely to report that they feel the emotional qualities of life more vividly. The joys and the triumphs. The sorrows and the despairs. Their own feelings, and possibly even the feelings of others.

When one sits down to meditate in an unguided manner, one will often inhabit whatever area of their body is already most open. Which will lead to this area becoming more open. For some it is the space inside of the head and the quality of spacious awareness. For others it is the area inside of their stomachs and the quality of personal power that arises when this area of the body is inhabited. We are all unique individuals, and all have different area's of ourselves which are easy for us to make contact with, and others that are more difficult. Our composition of constrictions and openness within our individual bodies is uniquely our own.

Thus, it is possible for a meditation practice in an unguided manner to be more harmful than helpful in certain cases. Take the example of an individual who habitually inhabits the space inside of their chest when they sit down to meditate. Opening the space inside of the chest more and more, becoming more and more attuned to the emotional qualities of life. If one is to only open up more fully to the emotional qualities of life while ignoring the rest of the space inside of their bodies, it is possible that they might report being overwhelmed by the emotions that they feel. They may feel that these emotions are simply too intense for them to process. Or they may begin to avoid certain social situations they used to enjoy, because of the intensities of the energies they feel.

Indeed, choosing to only open one area of the body while disregarding the rest is likely to make one feel that they are out of balance. They may find it harder to function at their jobs and in their social lives. They may find that meditation is causing them to experience new ailments, rather than providing the experience of healing the led them to pursue meditation in the first place.
It is important that when we meditate we open all areas of our bodies in a balanced manner. If one opens the chest and opens up more deeply to the emotional qualities of life without opening the areas of the body associated with stability, such as the feet, legs, hips, sit bones, pelvis. They will lack the solid and stable foundation necessary to process intense emotions when they arise. The emotions may become stuck rather than flowing through like water down a river.

Here is a simple formula for a meditation designed to help one open throughout their entire body. You may spend as much time on each part as you feel is right for you.

Feel you are inside of both feet.

Feel you are inside of your ankles and lower legs.

Feel you are inside of both knees.

Feel you are inside of both thighs.

Feel you are inside of your hips and sit bones.

Feel you are inside of your pelvis.

Feel you are inside of your mid section.

Feel you are inside of your chest.

Feel you are inside of your shoulders and collar bone.

Feel you are inside of your arms and hands.

Feel are inside of your neck.

Feel are inside of your face.

Feel you are inside of your head.

Feel you are inside of your entire body at once.

Feel yourself as one continuous organism throughout your entire body.

I would love to give credit to Judith Blackstone for inspiring this post. I learned this through my studies of her work. The meditation is an abbreviated form of a realization process meditation. And for anyone who enjoyed this post and would like to learn more, I would highly recommend checking out Judith Blackstone and the Realization Process.

“When I look inside and see that I am nothing that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything that is love. And in between my world turns. -nisagardatta maharaj

"It is only through the surrender of expectations that one can experience something beyond the limitations of imagination."
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