Subject: 5 Tips for Heart-Based Living
From: "Institute of HeartMath" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:50:56 -0400

Dear Robert,

Our great planetary shift continues. We sense it internally and
perceive that time is accelerating.

Emotions peak and ebb constantly amid a bombardment of choices.
Uncertainty is growing about our direction and the future.

Despite the stress and chaos caused by climate change, economic
instability and global insecurity, people are coming together. Hope and
a positive momentum are building among the future caretakers of
humanity and our planet.

Hope is driven by the qualities of the heart: appreciation, happiness,
care, compassion, etc. These qualities are strengthened by:

  * Spiritual practices like meditation, prayer and coherence-building
    techniques.

  * Heart connections with others and caring relationships within and
    outside our families.

  * Frequent gatherings: religious, social, humanitarian causes and
    others.

These activities are all part of what the Institute of HeartMath calls
heart-based living, which we are drawn to as stress, overstimulation,
overload and stress-induced physical and mental problems increase.
Heart-based living nurtures us mentally, emotionally, physically and
spiritually.

Following are a few tips we feel you will find helpful as you practice
living from the heart:

Tips for Heart-Based Living

  * Practice genuine appreciation for everything and increase heartfelt
    positive emotions.

  * Generate positive feelings before, during and after your activities
    and encounters to increase the texture and richness of your life
    experiences.

  * Practice care, not overcare, for yourself and others.

  * Guard against negative projections - the down slant: These are
    negative thoughts and feelings about you, someone else or the
    future.

  * Be objective about issues that arise, as if they are someone
    else's. Focus on your heart area and breathe in a positive feeling
    or attitude. Listen to your heart for solutions.

Practicing these tips does not guarantee that all your challenges will
go away. What it does promise is that you will have a set of effective
tools to deal with whatever day to day brings.

The activities also lead to coherence. Among the characteristics of
psychophysiological coherence are smooth heart-rhythm patterns, greater
heart-brain synchronization for improved cognitive ability, and
efficient, harmonious functioning of cardiovascular, nervous, hormonal
and immune systems.

Coherence - Feelings of genuine hope, appreciation, care and compassion
signal your heart to send harmonious and coherent signals to the
brain/mind, replacing feelings of separation with connection. The heart
and brain align, and your electromagnetic field sends out a coherence
wave, locally and globally. Higher cortical functions are enhanced,
enabling greater objectivity and intuitive perception.

Incoherence - Stress, overwhelm, anxiety, uncertainty and fear send
chaotic and incoherent signals to the brain/mind, inhibiting higher
cortical functions and trigger stressful responses. The heart and brain
are no longer in sync and solutions to personal and global problems
elude us. Negative emotions register in your magnetic field, generating
an incoherence wave.

Learn more at [1]IHM coherence research.

With care,

Sara Childre,
President, Institute of HeartMath

The Institute of HeartMath is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization,

also doing business as the Global Coherence Initiative.

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Links:

1. IHM coherence research
http://www2.heartmath.org/e/17232/h-research-home-coherence-html/b4m73/216425945

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