Open your heart

Heart openers are more than a category of asana poses.

Heart openers are postures we take when we are feeling like we love the whole world, and postures we should take when we are feeling like the world can go take a flying leap.

Like so much of our yoga practice, they are more about the soul than they are about the body.

We open our hearts to find new friends, and to pull the threads of old friendships closer.

We open our hearts to indulge in self-care, and to find the strength to care for others.

We open our hearts to lift our spirits, and to magnify joy.

We open our hearts to invite love in, and to send it far and wide.

We open our hearts to welcome connection, and to remedy isolation.

We open our hearts to promote laughter, and to have a good cry.

We open our hearts to receive gratitude, and to deliver thanks.

We open our hearts because all of this life is human connection, it is speaking heart to heart, having the courage to open up and let it all go. Because the day will come when you cannot. There is no perfect day to open your heart to someone, there is no right way to let someone love you.

We open our hearts because connection is all we have. It is everything. Invite it in, let it transform you. Let it strike you in those most disarming of ways. Let real, deep, honest human connection move you to tears, to laughter, to heartache, and back again.

In time of joy and in life's darkest moments.

Open up.