{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64/69a021b57156d508745e38f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Opening the Heart","description":"<p>In this meditation, I invite you to <strong>open the heart</strong>, allowing loving kindness to arise gently and without effort.</p><p><br></p><p>We begin by resting in a place of peace, letting that sense of love expand through the whole of our being. As attention settles with the breath, we receive it as a gift, recognising our deep connection with all life. At the quiet point between the in-breath and the out-breath, stillness opens naturally.</p><p>From here, awareness moves toward the heart, a place capable of holding love without condition. We rest in a graced awareness, entrusting the heart to what is deeper than thought or striving.</p><p>This <strong>daily guided meditation</strong> offers a <strong>moment of calm</strong>, whether you are pausing during the day or <strong>winding down before sleep</strong>, helping you cultivate warmth, compassion and an open, steady presence.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> 00:00 – Welcome back</p><p> 00:45 – Allowing peace and love to expand</p><p> 01:05 – The bell</p><p> 02:12 – Noticing the breath</p><p> 02:45 – Receiving the breath as a gift</p><p> 02:55 – Our connection with all beings</p><p> 03:15 – The still point of the breath</p><p> 04:10 – Turning toward the heart</p><p> 05:10 – A heart in love with life</p><p> 08:28 – Graced awareness</p><p> 08:45 – Entrusting the heart</p><p> 09:45 – Closing bell</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Cutdown Studios"}