Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart

Look, then, into thine heart, and write!

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

I write with all my heart

I cut a hole in my heart and wrote with the blood.

Breathe in such a way that your inhalation and exhalation are the same duration; for example, count one, two, three, four in your mind while inhaling, and one, two, three, four while exhaling. At the same time, imagine or sense that you’re breathing in and out through the area of your heart. As you breathe evenly through your heart, call to mind a pleasant, heartfelt emotion such as gratitude, kindness, or love — perhaps by thinking about a happy time, being with your children, appreciation for the good things in your life, or a pet. You can also imagine this feeling moving through your heart as part of the breath. Try this for a minute or longer — you’ll probably be quite struck by the results.

Write with blood, and you will find that blood is spirit.

Remember, you didn’t come here to write your heart out. You came to write it in.

The essence of this practice is that when we encounter pain in our life we breathe into our heart with the recognition that others also feel this. It’s a way of acknowledging when we are closing down and of training to open up. When we encounter any pleasure or tenderness in our life, we cherish that and rejoice.

Don't write about ideas ... write about convictions of the heart.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart. I vow to eat, drink, and work in ways that preserve my health and well-being.

Write your heart out and persevere, persevere, persevere!

Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that

It is with my hand and with my heart that I write, not with my eyes