My dear Yogis and Yoginis,

My fascination with the heart you all could already experience and hear about in my classes over the last years.
Trying to look at it through different eyes and approaches from BMC (Body-Mind Centering®), Gregg Braden to Dr. Joe Dispenza to
improve ones health and life. You may have heard of the
HeartMath® Institute that has done its research for the last 25 years.
I would like to share some of the insights with you and hope you find them helpful as well.

“Dare to connect with your heart. You will be lifting not only
yourself and those you love and care about, but also the world in which you live.”
~ Doc Childre, HeartMath Founder

THE INTELLIGENT HEART
For thousands of years, ancient cultures around the world (Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Chinese, Greeks and many others) regarded the heart as the source of intelligence and inner
guidance – today this is also confirmed by modern science.
New scientific findings support the thesis that the heart is a source of intelligence.
Today we know that the heart is an information processing center in the body that sends important signals to the brain and the rest of the body. It has a complex nervous system called the heart brain
and that communicates with the head brain. It creates a strong
electromagnetic field shaped by your own emotions.
The intelligence of the heart encompasses some of the highest core values that we have as human beings. Many of the highest quality
feelings we experience are connected to the heart. These include
feelings such as appreciation, caring, love, kindness, patience, and compassion. In addition, the heart is in contact with a deeper source of wisdom, with an intuitive knowing that is different from the normal logical and linear thought pattern.

“When we harness the heart’s true power and intelligence, it
transforms the way we think and feel, the way we see the world –
and our relationships, too.”
~ Howard Martin, HeartMath author and CEO

THE SCIENCE OF THE HEART
In recent years, neuroscientists have discovered something exciting. They discovered that the heart has its own independent nervous
system. The heart sends signals to the brain, the amygdala, the
emotional processing center, and the thalamus, which synchronizes our cortical functions, thereby stimulating the higher brain functions. Brain function is directly dependent on this information. The heart is an electrical organ that is by far the most potent source of rhythmic bioelectricity. This energy flows into every cell in the body. The heart produces enough electrical energy to create an electromagnetic field that encircles one’s body 360°, extending from the surface of the skin about a meter into space.

“Just as electricity has changed the outer world, one can learn to
harness the power and intelligence of the heart to transform our inner world.”
~ Howard Martin, HeartMath author and CEO

HEART – BRAIN COHERENCE
Coherence refers to the cooperative alignment between heart, mind and emotions. It is associated with better emotional balance, stability, better access to intuition and improved mental functions such as the ability to concentrate, mental clarity, holistic thinking, memory,
improved reaction times, coordination and much more.
Coherence can be measured using technology that senses the changes between heartbeats within the heartbeat pattern. This is defined as heart rate variability analysis. This is a measure of the natural changes in heart rhythm.
Stressful emotions create a chaotic pattern of heart rate variability: lower coherence. Persistent regenerative emotions create an even and orderly pattern that indicates higher coherence.
A coherent heart rhythm sends signals to the brain that activate our higher brain functions. We’re getting smarter. Practicing heart
coherence, even for just a few minutes, raises our vibration and allows the heart’s intuition to connect with our own behaviors, judgment and possibilities.

“We can not only measure the radiation of the magnetic field of our heart, but also that our nervous system is connected to it and
exchanges information. This means that there is a real energetic
communication that is always taking place between people.”
~ Rollin McCraty, Research Director, HearMath Institute

Monday 20.02.
Freeing stuck emotions
Happy Hip Flow

Wednesday 22.02.
Aligning from inside out
Slow Flow

Thursday 23.02.
Open Theme
Yogis Choice

Friday 24.02.
Moving from the pelvis
Flow

Let’s keep on sending kindness and love to humanity and this world!

Love,

Nicole