Alright sweet beings,
We are going to come into a practice known as Heart-Mind Coherence.
This is a practice that I learned from Greg Braden and I believe he worked with the HeartMath Institute to learn it from them.
They're a beautiful institute out in California.
If you're interested in diving deeper into this knowledge,
Please seek them out.
So this practice of Heart-Mind Coherence is a practice of building one neural network between your heart and your mind.
Because our heart is a very powerful organ.
It has about 40,
000 specialized cells and sometimes we call those brain cells.
They can remember,
They can learn,
They can sense and feel on their own.
That's often why when someone gets a heart transplant that they remember other things or that their memory is a little bit different from before.
So we have this beautiful heart space,
This heart that has 40,
000 specialized cells doing all of this beautiful work.
We have connections from our heart to our brain,
Actually more connections from our heart to our brain than our brain to our heart.
So it says a lot about what our heart is responsible for.
And when we practice this Heart-Mind Coherence,
There's biochemical shifts,
There's biochemical reactions that happen inside of our bodies.
As a matter of fact,
They estimate about 13,
000 biochemical reactions and one of them is anti-aging.
So for those of you who need a little pep in your step,
Practice this with me.
There's three steps to this Heart-Mind Coherence.
The first step is just slowing your breath.
We do that sometimes just by sitting on our yoga mat or walking into a yoga room or walking into a sacred space.
So I want you to get comfortable.
Find a seated position or lay on your back if that feels best.
But find somewhere that you feel safe.
So create a little bit of a safety net around you,
A safe space.
And then if it hasn't happened already,
Just by bringing yourself into that space,
I want you to work to slow the breath a bit.
And a good way to do this is breathe a little deeper down toward your belly.
This practice of slowing the breath signals to the body that we're in a safe place.
It signals the parasympathetic system.
That's the system that's kind of opposite of fight and flight,
Fight or flight.
And then the second step to this process is creating a connection to your heart.
So I just want you to take one hand and place it over your heart center or where you think your heart would be.
And just by doing this,
Just by creating that connection,
That sensation,
You're drawing your attention to your heart.
So we have slow breath and a connection to your heart space.
Maybe your eyes are closed or maybe there's a soft gaze.
And then the third step is to cultivate a sense of care,
A sense of love,
Of compassion,
Or even appreciation,
Gratitude in your heart center.
Those are feelings or emotions that we equate with the heart.
And you might do this by drawing someone to mind or something to mind.
Try to feel it.
Compassion,
Love,
Gratitude.
Let it emanate from your heart.
And try staying in that space.
So when your mind or your brain tries to pull you away,
Tries to draw your attention away from the heart,
Just draw it back.
You might feel the sensation of your heartbeat.
Notice the slow and steady rhythm of your breath.
And then recultivate that feeling.
Love,
Gratitude,
Care,
Compassion.
Just in that space.
You might feel it so intensely that it moves from your heart throughout your entire body.
You might move it,
You might feel it so intensely that it creates a small smile on your face.
Love,
Compassion,
Gratitude,
Care.
Begin again and again and again,
Coming back to that heart center,
Coming back to that space of the heart.
And if you've lost it,
If you've traveled off in the mind,
Revisit,
Come back.
Heart center,
Deep breath,
Gratitude,
Love.
Let's do it together,
Yogis.
Just take a nice big inhale through the nose.
And a sigh out of the mouth.
And drop your hand away from your heart and just feel.
Feel into your own bones.
Feel into your fingers and your toes and the distance in between.
The things that come from this heart-mind coherence or this practice of making coherence between your heart and your mind has lasting effects.
So continue to notice them.
Continue to notice them throughout your day.
And if you feel like you need to be rejuvenated,
If you feel like you've somewhat lost that connection,
Revisit this practice.
Take a moment,
Slow your breath,
Touch your heart,
Cultivate love and gratitude,
Compassion and care.
Feel free to linger here wherever you are or move on to the next thing.
We will be together soon until again from my heart directly to yours.
Namaste.
