{"id":744,"date":"2009-11-11T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/11\/fresh-morning-heal-your-heart.html"},"modified":"2009-11-11T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-heal-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/11\/fresh-morning-heal-your-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: Heal Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sun1.jpg\"<\/span> I just ran across this lovely article on how to heal your heart<\/a>, and it struck me as a great “first thing meditation<\/a>” for the morning.  The article is worth reading, but the take-away “do this now” instruction is startlingly simple and profound.  Here it is:<\/p>\n

Follow your breath to your heart and dwell there.<\/p>\n

Can you?  What do you see, hear, smell, feel, and taste in that place?  Are you surprised by what you find?<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/strong><\/font>Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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