5 Journal Questions For Accessing Your Heart (A Self-Inquiry Practice)
A SELF-INQUIRY PRACTICE FROM THE HEART PORTAL
When you begin to attune to and live from your heart you open yourself to a vast pool of wisdom that sits within you already. Your heart is an internal guidance system that is lending you in the direction of your highest self, always. And, the journey through life is one of consistently peeling back the layers (or imprints) that we pick up through life and recalibrating ourselves with the wisdom and truth of our heart. When we open the portal to this deep internal and eternal wisdom, we begin to make manifest all that we desire. We are guided on what action to take and are invited to step into who are ultimately here to be.
There are many ways to access the heart, one of my favourite ways being through daily self-inquiry.
WHAT IS SELF-INQUIRY?
SELF-INQUIRY is a practice of self-reflection, self-awareness, self-expression and self-expansion. It is journalling with the intention come into resonance with your heart. It helps you access a truth within you.
Like journalling , this practice is best done by putting pen to paper and asking ourselves poignant questions that start to peel back the layers of protection. It invites us to see all parts of ourselves, even those that sit within the subconscious. When we put pent to paper and allow our heart to flow through us, we come a little closer to our truest essence.
When we put pen to paper and write from our heart, we also transfer energy. Self-Inquiry can be a practice of slowing down (your hand can't move as fast as your mind things) and of release. It can help you move energy in and out of your body. I often hear that this process can feel 'unnatural' or 'not like me'. Of course it would feel like that! We've become so disconnected from our hearts and our truth that hearing the heart speak through us can sound foreign.
Trust. The. Process.
Like any relationship, the one we have with our internal, eternal knowing (your intuition or your heart as you'll hear me say) takes time to nurture.
HOW TO DO IT
The questions provided are designed to give you a jumping off point for our journey. You may choose to work through them prior to breathwork to make the unconscious, conscious or at the end of your breathwork session when you are most connected to your heart. The key is: DON'T OVERTHINK IT! Simply let the pen flow - Your hand is an extension of your heart.
Notice when the brain wants to take over (it will sounds something like: "This is stupid", "I don't want to do this") and invite yourself back into your heart. Keep writing, even if it doesn't make sense. The process of putting pen to paper and even writing what comes to mind helps to slow your thoughts down as your pen can't keep up with the busy brain.
Make it fun. Allow yourself to be playful, to dream big, to go deep. Have the audacity to push past what you think you know because it's just passed the known that possibility sits!
HOT TIP: If there is something that sits on your heart, something you seek...ask and write from your hearts perspective! See what comes up, it might surprise you!
TOP 5 QUESTIONS TO ACCESS YOUR HEART
Here are my top 5 questions that I have in rotation all of the time. Choose to work with one at a time or all if that feels good. I will even use these questions in my meditation and open my heart to answering. Remember, there is no wrong way to do this practice!
IF MY HEART WAS TO SPEAK TO ME NOW, WHAT WOULD IT SAY?
WHAT SWEET WORDS DOES MY HEART NEED TO HEAR FROM ME?
MY HEART LIKES IT WHEN I...
MY HEART IS ASKING FOR MORE...
IF I WERE TO SEE THIS THROUGH THE EYES OF MY HEART, WHAT WOULD I SEE?
BONUS PRACTICE
If you are stuck or are being pushed up against resistance, ask your heart for guidance and write to yourself from the perspective of your heart. Here's a jumping off point from your heart's perspective:
DEAR (Insert Name), IF YOU WERE TO SEE THIS THROUGH MY EYES, YOU WOULD SEE....
If you are ready to go deeper into the HEART work, I invite you to explore THE HEART PORTAL.
WHAT IS THE HEART PORTAL?
THE HEART PORTAL is the gateway to your physical, energetic, intuitive and emotional heart. Your heart holds a wisdom that is unshakeably true to you. Its primary purpose is to guide you to that vision you hold of your highest self.With breathwork as the foundation of this potent container, THE HEART PORTAL combines breathwork, meditation, embodiment, heart activations and deep inner work with the potency of breathing with and connecting to a community of conscious, like-minded people.