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spiritual practices are heart chakra-centered. Three examples are 6HNKHP6HLFKLP5HLNL 665 7XPPR5HLNL DQG ,QWHJUDWHG (QHUJ\ +HDOLQJ ,(7 Gifts of Heart Chakra ( $QDKDWD ) When we speak of the heart, it doesn't really matter if it's the heart center, heart brain, or heart chakra ( $QDKDWD EHFDXVH WKHUH V WUH - PHQGRXVRYHUODSLQIXQFWLRQDQGLQÀXHQFHDFURVVWKHPDOO)RUH[DP - ple, the fourth chakra governs the cardiac nerve plexus, circulation, UHVSLUDWRU\DQGFDUGLDFV\VWHPV HJEUHDWKDQGFLUFXODWLRQ DQGWKH WK\PXVJODQG &\QGL'DOH 7KHVHIXQFWLRQVDUHVLPLODUWRWKRVHPHQ - tioned above for the heart-brain. Heart chakra attributes and functions are fairly consistent with that RI WKH W\SLFDOPRGHORI WKHKHDUWEUDLQ%RWKDUHDERXW VHOIORYHDQG love for others, things, places, ideas, etc. Furthermore, the $QDKDWD is also the center of feeling and emotions. Not surprisingly, intimacy, love, compassion, acceptance, kindness, trust, devotion, forgiveness, and relationships of all kinds are governed by the heart chakra. Located in the center of the seven chakras, the heart or fourth chakra is the core of the mind-body-spirit holistic connection. It melds the physical self, thought, spirit, and emotion. In this way, it metabo- OL]HVDOORIZKDWLVKDSSHQLQJZLWKLQ\RXDQGR̆HUVDFOHDUZKROHVHQVH RILW7KLVLVGL̆HUHQWIURPWKHWKLQNLQJPLQGZKLFKWHQGVWRIRFXVRQ WKHLQGLYLGXDOSDUWVFRQWUDVWVDQGSULRULWL]HVDQGFDOFXODWHVDVHULHV RIH[SHFWHGRXWFRPHV$¿QDOVROXWLRQLVRIWHQXQFOHDU 3 Heart-Centered Ways to Access Your Authentic Self 1. Sensing Into Your Heart Center <RXFDQDOZD\VFRQQHFWZLWK\RXUKHDUWFHQWHUWRJDLQLQVLJKWVDQGUH - ceive guidance on what is at your true center or your core. The process
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