Final part of Love for your Heart

· Deep breathing

Your breath brings oxygen into your blood and carries it to the heart.

You can live without food for weeks, without water for many days, but without breath, your life is over in less than 10 Minutes. So you see how important breathing is. It is automatic, just like our heart- beat, but the quality of your breathing needs to be updated when we have become adults.

When you were a baby, you knew how to breathe perfectly, it is part of our primal condition. Somewhere along the way to adulthood, you started breathing shallow and incomplete, even holding your breath under stress. So, most of us have to re-learn this natural event better earlier than later.

Let me see how many of you breathe correctly….

Take a conscious breath in now….and then release. Repeat this two more times…

How many of you expanded their bellies on the in-breath? How deep into your diaphragm did your breath travel? Or was the expansion mostly from your chest, maybe even sucking your stomach in? Especially you ladies, have you been taught to suck your stomach in and hold it there for a sexier figure? Or is it that accumulated stress and anxieties have reversed a healthy breathing you were born with, but now squeezes oxygen right out of your system?

Your breath is closely related to your heart. You can regulate your heartbeat with your breath. You can bring relaxation and peace into your body with your breath. The most powerful tool for balancing your

emotions is through pranayama…the art of breathing.

So, I have given you a lot of food for thought. Take it deep into your conscious mind and listen to the wisdom of your body.

What are you prepared to do or eliminate for the health and love of your

heart?

Write it down now.

Your short term goal (starting tomorrow )

Your long term goal ( where do you see yourself in 1 year, 5 years )

How long do you want to live?

Last thoughts:

· Don’t take yourself so seriously!

· Life is not hard; it is an experience.

· You have a choice at every moment; choose what is good and true and

· Beautiful!

· Honor your body; honor your life.

· Play more. Have more fun

· Laugh more

· Experiment. Take risk. Be creative

· Don’t blame anybody. Forgive for the sake of your heart

Say a big “yes” to life every morning after you wake up

Will you care for your Heart?

Your heart is the most powerful organ in your body.

It represents the first sign of life in the womb of a woman…there is a heartbeat…a fetus is growing into a human being.

There is nothing else in your body that you can feel and be aware of as much as the pulsating rhythm of your heart. When your heart stops beating for more than a few minutes, all systems of your body start to shut down.

There is so much talk about diseases like Cancer and Aids and Diabetes, but the number One cause of death is still from heart disease; but it is preventable.

So, how do you keep your heart strong and healthy all the way into your old age? What is it that you know about preventing heart disease?

· Nutrition

A diet needs to consist of mostly fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes and grains.

If your heart is healthy, the occasional animal protein of fresh fish, organic chicken and grass fed beef is fine.

If you have heart disease, you must eliminate all animal flesh, and the products of animals, like milk, cheese and eggs.

Why? Because they clog up your arteries with fat and mucus, thicken your blood and limit the uptake of oxygen. Yes, your heart needs oxygen too, not just your lungs.

You have to stay away from deep fried foods and all processed meats.

If you eat more dead food than fresh produce, you shorten your life every day. This is not just a rule for a healthy heart, but your entire body system.

Just remember this: Life food, which has all nutrients and enzymes and life force in tact, support healthy cells and especially the re-building of healthy cells. The life force in fruits and vegetables comes from the sun. Tiny particles of light, also called photons, are present in all fresh and raw produce. If an animal is killed and you eat its flesh, your body is under stress and your health may get compromised. Don’t eat animal flesh, or at least cut down as much as possible. If you cannot sustain from eating dead animals, make sure they comes from a clean and natural source wild or kept in natural and healthy condition; not treated with antibiotics, hormones, steroids and pesticides.

All colorful fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. Make sure you eat only colorful fresh food. Your heart loves it, your blood stays clean and your immune system can overcome any attack from the outside.

Who owns a juicer? Do you use it daily?

The best way to cleanse you blood and keep your arteries clean is daily juicing and consuming up to a quart of freshly juiced fruits and vegetables.

Avoid all animal fats. Use virgin, cold pressed olive oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, flaxseed oil, or any other nut oil for your cooking and salad dressings. Use only freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice, or non-processed apple cider vinegar. A pinch of sea salt is usually enough for seasoning alongside with lots of herbs and spices.

Drink colorful herbal teas instead of sugary commercial juices…and please, stay away from Sodas!

Alongside with bad fats and animal products, sugar is a killer. It turns into fat anyway, raises your heart- beat and gives you a rush that ends quickly with a super let down. This Yoyo up and down puts stress on your heart.

Write down your typical breakfast, lunch and dinner selection.

How much is fresh, live food and how much is processed or dead food?

What do you see?