Heart Gold Thread

These are very interesting observations and questions, thank you for them.

In my (albeit limited) experience of practising HGT, I would say that the most relevant part of the exercise wrt: “Then you will be beyond pain, surrounded by an expressive quality which means you are no longer holding a quality of ‘here I am’ which can be observed and felt in every cell of your body. You feel a sense of union, a willingness to let feelings arise and expand and you are able to embrace experience directly, without hesitation” is when the pose is released: allowing the arms to come down very, very slowly, gradually relaxing the muscles and other tissues moment-by-moment, noticing the feelings and sensations, and paying particular attention to the ‘final’ release when the arms are fully down, allowing the whole body to sigh and relax, and ground. At that moment there may be the experience of: “ You feel a sense of union, a willingness to let feelings arise and expand and you are able to embrace experience directly, without hesitation.”

And in the pose itself, not holding the arms out with will-power, but by allowing the upper body to be very light—filled with light—and relaxed, while the lower body, from the hips down the legs to the feet, is grounded, rooted, earthed, solid, supporting. It is perhaps worth experimenting with feeling-imagining-visualising that the arms are supported (and surrounded) by invisible cushions of light.

Please let us know how your HGT practice develops.