Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Will you care for your Heart? Part 3
· Supplemental support
Unless you live in a rural area where daily fresh produce is offered from the local markets that were harvested within the area, I believe that good supplements from an organic natural source can be helpful in raising the nutritional value of your grocery bought food.
Everybody’s needs are different, so I won’t go into this here. Let me just mention some heart specific remedies like Co Enzyme Q 10, Magnesium, Acetyl L-Carnitine. Folic Acid. You can find out more about these by contacting me.
· Emotional wellbeing
Even if you eat the best food and exercise, your emotional wellbeing has an even stronger effect on your heart. Of course, you would seldom see somebody eating well and exercising and being deeply depressed. Stressed out and emotionally challenged people are usually unkind to their bodies and binge on unhealthy, or junk foods alongside with a rather lethargic deposition.
Your heart receives your thoughts and emotions first, and then sends them to your brain. So which organ do you think has a higher frequency, which is like a powerful signal that can be measured easily? We used to think that it was our brain waves, but we learned that it is actually the heart whose frequency is 50 times stronger than that of the brain. Amazing isn’t it? So who do you think is in command of your body?
Yes, it is your heart.
Chronic, or repeated negative emotions damage your heart over time.
Some of these emotions come from thoughts on unresolved issues, usually from the past. But also people who always worry about the future are in danger of heart disease.
The care of your heart takes a daily exercise in reflection of your thinking and attitude. Your thoughts create the emotion you find yourself in and the attitude you display.
Remember that the heart creates an amazing amount of energy, physically and also on a higher, non -physical level. So any of the negative emotions like fear, anger, resentment, jealousy, hatred, or any non-loving thoughts about yourself damage your heart.
· How big is your “YES” to life?
· How often do you laugh a day?
· How personal do you take what other people say or think about you?
· How much do you love yourself? Really love yourself without judgment?
· What are you prepared to let go of for the care of your heart?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Your Heart needs exercise and...
· Exercise
Your body is made for moving. We all live a much too laid back life.
Your heart is a muscle that needs to be exercised and challenged. How many flights of stairs can you run up without the feeling that your heart is ready to jump out of your chest? In order to train your heart to stay strong and healthy, you need to get out of breath for a couple of minutes, allow it to calm down and challenge it again a few times more. Do it once or twice a day for your heart, lungs and metabolism.
This is what our ancestors did; they ran a short distance to catch their prey…never for 30 minutes or an hour like so many do in a gym. It is unnatural to run for long distances, but short frequent ones are great for your heart. Building it up in intensity rather than distance.
If your heart is not used to be challenged regularly and learns how cope with stress and learns how to calm down, it will buckle under a possible shock or heart attack, which may kill you on the spot.
· Avoiding drugs
Avoid all drugs if at all possible. All healing takes place through right food, exercise, detoxing your body regularly, and a positive attitude.
There are no incurable diseases, but only incurable people. Your body can heal and renew anything in your body if you listen to its inner wisdom. What you have to do is stop immediately what you did that made you sick. A program of healing foods and herbs can support your body to heal itself. Your 70 trillion cells are that smart.
The place where you can get all information about your unique Self is in your heart and also your guts. So, before you allow pharmaceutical drugs, look to natural sources of healing. Nobody can heal you; it is between you and Nature. Nobody can help you, if you do not listen to your body and stop what makes you sick. No doctor can help you, if you do not take responsibility for healing yourself. I cannot help you either, unless you listen to your inner wisdom and take action to reverse the unhealthy habits and give your body what it needs to repair and heal itself.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Will you care for your heart part 2
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 all 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 undo 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?
· Exercise
Your body is made for moving. We all live a much too laid back life.
Your heart is a muscle that needs to be exercised and challenged. How many flights of stairs can you run up without the feeling that your heart is ready to jump out of your chest? In order to train your heart to stay strong and healthy, you need to get out of breath for a couple of minutes, allow it to calm down and challenge it again a few times more. Do it once or twice a day for your heart, lungs and metabolism.
This is what our ancestors did; they ran a short distance to catch their prey…never for 30 minutes or an hour like so many do in a gym. It is unnatural to run for long distances, but short frequent ones are great for your heart. Building it up in intensity rather than distance.
If your heart is not used to be challenged regularly and learns how cope with stress and learns how to calm down, it will buckle under a possible shock or heart attack, which may kill you on the spot.