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Prem Meditation - the path of love Prem translates as "love." This meditation is about the spiritual path of love, about reviving and activating love. In everyday life, love is often suppressed, caused by hurt and bad experiences, but also by stress and other issues that seem more important. If you would like to feel more of an all-encompassing love again and radiate love into the world, then practice Prem Meditation regularly. This is not a pre-conceived meditation practice, but can be performed in many ways. At the center of Prem Meditation is your fourth chakra, the heart chakra , which must be activated and nurtured. By actively engaging with your heart chakra, you will not only become more receptive to beautiful and tender feelings again, but you will also increase your understanding of yourself and others through loving sensations. Because love is the greatest force for leading a happy and contented life. Love connects and ensures that you are centered and act from within. Therefore, use Prem meditation to focus on your heart chakra to open, cleanse, heal and strengthen it. Meaning and function of the heart chakra for Prem meditation Of the seven main chakras, the fourth is the Anahata chakra. The heart chakra represents love, compassion, devotion, and joy. Many people experience strained heart chakras. Emotions are at the center of our being, and most people find it difficult to engage deeply with their feelings. Over the course of a lifetime, however, we cannot avoid engaging with our feelings. If you have neglected this recently, a Prem meditation can help. With a Prem meditation focusing on your fourth chakra, you can treat and strengthen your heart. The heart chakra processes all your experiences on an emotional and sensory level. Such feelings include love, compassion, and devotion, as well as grief and pain. If the heart chakra functions as it should, you are able to feel and pass on unconditional devotion and love. For the purest and universal love resides in the heart. When this love flows through your heart, you recognize your innermost truth. Instructions for a Prem Meditation: How to open, strengthen and heal your heart chakra You only need five to ten minutes for this Prem meditation. Ideally, practice it daily to gently open and heal your heart chakra. For this Prem meditation, go to a quiet place and make yourself comfortable in the cross-legged or lotus position . Place your palms on your knees or use the mudra. Breathe in and out deeply and begin to grow long roots into the ground as an extension of your spine. Advanced practitioners can also connect with the universe through the crown chakra. Only when you feel rooted to the earth or connected to the universe, direct your attention and breath to the heart chakra. As you inhale, visualize pure white light connecting your root chakra with the sacral chakra and flowing through your heart chakra. Then imagine the color red in the area of the root chakra and green in the heart chakra. As you exhale, allow the energy and light to re-enter the channel you chose at the beginning, either into the earth or back to the universe. Repeat this exercise and allow the green sphere of light in your heart chakra to become particularly large and wide. When you feel that you have reached its maximum expansion, you can end the meditation. To do so, place your hands on your heart chakra and sense the energy. Be grateful for the energy you have received. Slowly open your eyes and return to the here and now. Image © rawpixel / 123rf.com