Hands on your heart. Set the intention: "I choose to live from my heart. I intend to activate my heart fully, so that I radiate light, peace and compassion into the world."
Breathe slowly through the nose, about 5 seconds in and 5 seconds out, with all your attention in your heart. When the mind wanders, come back. Gently.
Feel grateful for the gift of life. In this moment, feel life moving through you without lifting a finger. It's just all happening for you. How wonderful! How precious. And it's happening every single moment of your existence. What a present! Feel that. The joy of receiving life without having to do anything.
Smile. Then let the smile travel down into your chest, until your heart is smiling too.
Think of someone you love, or something you're grateful for. Let the feeling grow.
See a ball of light in your heart. Light rises from the center of the Earth to meet it, and light pours down from the Central Sun to meet it. Three lights, one heart.
Turn the dial up. With every breath the light gets brighter, like a dimmer switch. On each exhale, feel your heart gently push outward, toward the world.
Let it overflow. Your body can't hold all of it, so it pours out through your skin, and it fills the room, and it goes wherever it's most needed, to people and animals and trees and your projects and the whole Earth. You're glowing.
The first time
I first did a version of this on a porch in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala, with 20 people. When I opened my eyes, people told me they saw a glow around me. Sparkles. An aura of light. (Pretty wild haha!) What it confirmed for me: whenever you're in this state, others can feel it, even if they don't see it.