Heart-fire

"While we can think of the heart as the extraordinary circulatory system pump we learned about in school, we know in our bones that it is so much more than this. All of the world’s spiritual traditions-and now recent scientific discoveries-have revealed the Heart Fire as a radiant field of connection and inner wisdom that transcends time, space and culture.

"Twenty billion years ago when the universe surged into being, a primordial fireball exploded in a colossal burst of light. Everything in existence today still pulses with original light-including light in our own bodies.

"The Heart Fire within each of us connects us to the beginning of creation. From this original burst of light, the sun, the moon, all the heavens, and the cycles of cosmic time emerged. Your heart’s rhythm embodies the pulse of creation. Each of us carries this enormous source of power and love in our bodies."

-Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow with the Pulse of Life by Shiva Rea

Self Compassion

"Part of the amazing power that flows from our heart is the ability to be loving and something that’s extra hard for many of us to access- the ability to be self-compassionate. It takes courage for us to be kind to ourselves."

“Self compassion provides an island of calm, a refuge from the stormy seas of endless positive and negative self-judgement, so that we can finally start asking, ‘Am I as good as they are? Am I good enough?’ Right here at our finger tips we have the means to provide ourselves with warm, supportive care we deeply yearn for. By tapping into our inner well-springs of kindness acknowledging the shared nature of our many ways of our imperfect human condition, we can start to feel more secure, accepted and alive. In many ways self-compassion is like magic, because it has the power to transform suffering into joy."

-Neff, the Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself