Our bodies can be amazingly resilient when it comes to responding to stress. While stress is the number one instigator of illness there's much we can do to minimize its influence. One way to address and neutralize the stress effect is with sound. In my office I almost...
Heart Intelligence
Stressful Emotions and Heart Wisdom
Stressful emotions like grief and guilt are powerful bodily experiences. Past conditioning causes us to pull away from painful feelings just as we spontaneously withdraw our hand from a flame. This tendency to move away from and to avoid strong or painful feelings can...
Chronic Pain & Genetic Memory
I've written about how we're often mistaken about the source of our chronic pain. While it's natural to attribute pain to a structural abnormality like arthritic changes, or a damaged disc, more often than not this assessment of the source of pain is incorrect. And,...
The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence
A HeartMath video discussing the intelligence of the heart has been circulating recently on Facebook, perhaps you've seen it. I've included a longer video from the Institute of HeartMath below for those who are interested, but first I would like to share some thoughts...
Heart Wisdom … A Solution Right Under Our Noses
The pace, pressures, and traumas of life pull us out of our heart and into our head. Living in our head keeps us in control and at a safe distance from reality and the creative, often vulnerable, felt wisdom of the heart. The heart's wisdom communicates as an energy...
The Perils of Ignoring Your Body’s Wisdom
We tend to live in our heads, safely divorced from the sensations and feelings that emanate from the life of our bodies as if only thinking mattered. Thinking is easy because it's automatic ... but we do have options. Learning to connect with the felt life of your...
So My Heart has a Brain?
For those of us who tend to be left brain oriented, myself for one, the HeartMath science can be the evidence we need to more fully acknowledge and trust the wisdom of our hearts in the pursuit of healing. This post about the heart is the first in a series addressing...
Heart Intelligence, Inflammation, and Healing
Inflammation is epidemic and leads to pain and illness ... in fact most illness, both physical issues like arthritis and psycho-emotional diagnoses like anxiety or depression. Inflammation is a natural, temporary part of a healing process, but when it becomes chronic...
ADD, ADHD, or Just Scattered?
Whether we've been diagnosed with an attention disorder, or we're just feeling scattered, we (adults and children) can learn to be more in control of our minds and bodies. To improve brain function we need to be aware of what causes foggy thinking, a lack of focus,...