Jennifer K. HillFounder, Jen Hill Tribe · speaker, coach/advisor, community builder

Heart-focused meditation for inner-peace and calm

27 Sept 2023 · 2 min

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In this guided meditation, the instructor leads listeners to focus their attention on the heart or chest area and adopt a slower, deeper breathing rhythm. While breathing, participants are invited to identify and connect with a "regenerative emotion"—such as calm, joy, or appreciation—that would serve them in the present moment. The practice includes three intentional breaths, each inhalation meant to amplify that chosen feeling, followed by a final inhalation that expands the heart and carries the cultivated emotion forward into the day. The overall purpose is to foster inner peace, calm, and emotional resilience through heart‑centered breath awareness.

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Focus your attention in the area of your heart or chest. Begin by breathing a little slower and a little deeper than usual, finding an easy rhythm that's comfortable for you. As you continue breathing in and out, right through the center of your heart or chest, I invite you to connect to a regenerative emotion. Ask your heart in this moment. What would serve me most? Is it breathing in calm or joy or maybe appreciation? I will give you a moment as you connect to this regenerative emotion in the center of your heart. Let's breathe 3 times. On every inhalation, increasing and enhancing the feeling of that regenerative emotion. Let's do that 3 times together. Breathing in. And breathing out. Imagining the breath is flowing in and out right through the center of your heart or chest. And let's allow one final inhalation together as we close out our practice. Breathing in slowly. Easily and effortlessly, allowing our heart to expand as we embrace that emotion and bring it with us into the day.