Here is a simple, general technique to feed the heart. Use this in
your daily life and in your Kundalini yoga and meditation practice.



(1) Notice your posture. Is your chest, heart closed or open? Is
your solar plexus open or caved in?



(2) Pull a gentle root lock (see the KY training lesson on the locks
or bhandas) and make sure that your sit bones are anchored on the
ground, creating a stable base.



(3) Tuck your chin and very slightly pull your neck back over your
spine. Notice the effects on your chest. Your chest should open up
and your posture becomes straighter. Notice how your shoulders and
related muscles relax when your head is comfortably over the spine.
Work with the base and the head until you experience a direct line of
communication between your navel and your heart along the spine.



(4) Do breath of fire, pumping the energy from the navel point up to
the heart. Do this as a simple breathing meditation or in Kundalini
yoga postures. Make the pumping a gentle motion. Do not use it to
beat yourself up. Use it to create fire energy at the navel and move
it up to the heart. Be very present to the energy in your spine.
The area between the navel and the heart should become warm or even
hot. Continue 2-5 minutes (or more.)



(5) Sit quietly afterwards and be very aware of your heart. Simply
be present to the sensations at your heart, in your chest and in the
spine at the level of the heart. Listen inside your heart. Feel the
rhythm of your breath and your pulse. Simply listen and feel.