HEART INTELLIGENCE HEART INTELLIGENCE. Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart HEART INTELLIGENCE

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1 For centuries the world s greatest teachers have been advising us to follow our heart. Finally we have a simple but powerful book that shows us exactly how to do it. Impeccable scientific research inspired by Doc Childre s deep wisdom about the truth of who we are proves that a few simple heart-centered techniques done consistently over time can transform not only our own lives, but the whole world. I m not exaggerating when I say Heart Intelligence should be required reading for everybody on the planet. Jack Canfield, Coauthor of The Success Principles and the New York Times #1 bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series Heart Intelligence is a wonderful exploration of the science of the deeper heart and why we should learn to listen to it. This book is required reading for anyone who wants to get their heart and head working together to create and not wait for their fulfillment. John Gray, Bestselling Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice The HeartMath Institute has done it once again! By using science as the contemporary language of mysticism, they have elegantly married age old wisdom and spirituality with their latest cutting-edge research and then they provide us with the practical tools to begin our own journey into heart intelligence. This book is an impeccable representation of what we all innately believe to be true. The brain may think, but the heart knows. Dr. Joe Dispenza, NY Times Bestselling author of You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter and Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. This book is destined to help many people learn how to live from their heart s intuitive guidance to connect the puzzle pieces of their purpose and fulfillment. I love HeartMath and have used its methods to connect with my intuitive heart with great success. In fact learning to listen to and follow my heart has been the secret to my success. Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times Bestselling Author, Happy for No Reason, Love For No Reason, and Chicken Soup for the Woman s Soul Heart Intelligence is a fascinating, powerful way to learn how to relieve stress and improve the overall health of your mind and body. I highly recommend it. Daniel Amen, MD, author of the NY Times Mega Bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Heart Intelligence: Connecting With the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart is a concise handbook for heart-based living. Heart Intelligence gives new meaning to the role of your heart while awakening the deep intuition that can empower the best choices you will ever make. I love this book! Gregg Braden, NY Times Bestselling Author of The Divine Matrix and Resilience From The Heart Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman and Rollin McCraty Doc Childre and the HeartMath team have written a powerful book from a place of deep love and care for people. They offer profound insights to access the intuitive intelligence we each need to make our highest choices during these changing times. I believe Heart Intelligence will make a big difference in the lives of many people. Lynne Twist, Co-founder, The Pachamama Alliance, author of the award-winning book The Soul of Money Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman and Rollin McCraty

2 CHAPTER 8 MOVING IN A STATE OF EASE By Doc Childre Ease is an inner state that helps us transit more smoothly through the energies and rhythms of our life s experiences. Operating in the state of inner ease allows us easier connection with our heart s intuitive guidance to provide creative ideas, practical solutions or effective options for responding to most situations. Many people conceptually understand the value of ease, but our pressing minds and emotions tend to override the wisdom to actually practice it, especially when deeper discernment and wiser choices are needed. As the speed of life keeps accelerating, the mind and emotions can become overstretched from having to make decisions and choices too quickly due to the pressures of responsibilities and commitments. Even the Now seems to have sped up it used to last a full moment but I think that extra time is shrinking. The practice of breathing ease helps to slow down the vibratory rate of the mind and emotions so our 181

3 heart s intuitive input can weigh in on choices and actions. In most cases, the speed and aggression of the mind and emotions drown out our heart s feelings and intuitive guidance. Inner ease creates a receptive space for intuitive suggestions and feelings that are broadcast from our heart s intelligence. Ease doesn t drag our thinking down; it clears it up. Several HeartMath research studies have confirmed the benefits of practicing ease. In these studies, breathing ease played a pivotal role in helping participants slow the vibrations of the mind and emotions so that the heart s intuitive feelings could be translated into higher reasoning and choices. Let s take a deeper look at a few of the ways that people already naturally use ease in daily life, along with some advanced ways to use it for achieving desired outcomes. This will help to broaden our understanding and respect for the benefits and advantages of this common sense practice. At times we tell children and friends to ease up and pay close attention. This is because deep inside we intuitively know that when people ease the vibration of their mind and emotions, they listen smarter, they 182

4 hear deeper, they comprehend what they hear, they leave you feeling heard which is a rare treat nowadays. (The humor is that we can feel the benefits and intelligence of ease when others are listening from that place, yet we can go a year and not think about easing up on ourselves in our interactions.) It s important to note that ease is not a floaty-blissy or sleepy-headed state. I know the term ease sounds soft, like a butterfly practicing ballet or such, but don t underestimate its power of effectiveness. Highly trained athletes can run races while maintaining a state of ease in their mind and emotions. Olympic athletes especially know that when their mind and emotions are at ease and in check, it enables a resonant alignment between heart, mind and emotions which bolsters their power to achieve their aim. This results in higher scores and outcomes. Also, when we are in the state of ease our emotions rebound quicker if disappointments or setbacks occur, which is important. Navy Seals and other Special Forces units utilize HeartMath s emwave coherence technology for increasing personal coherence which helps sustain a 183

5 state of inner ease. This practice increases alertness and receptivity to intuitive input when discerning critical situations and choices. People tell each other at times to ease up and find the flow. An advanced practice for finding the flow is learning to create the flow, especially in non-flowing situations. We have the power in our hearts to do this. When a seasoned surfer experiences the flow, it s not dependent on having perfect waves flow is especially about how gracefully she adjusts to daunting waves or turbulent weather. She is poised in inner balance and creates her own flow to suit each environmental circumstance. We all are constantly surfing through life s potentials along with its challenges and inconsistencies. How we greet them decides our ratio of flow or how much stress we accumulate from situational resistances. Practicing ease creates flow by helping to regulate the balance and cooperation between our heart, mind and emotions (coherence). Each day people are telling each other to just breathe. What we re saying is yes, breathe, but add the attitude of calm and ease as you breathe, which 184

6 can help quieten the mind and emotions so that intuitive guidance can be accessed. It s important to learn to feel when you really are in ease instead of assuming it. Breathing inner ease throughout the day will help anchor the pattern into your cellular memory. With practice, you will find this increasingly helpful for stabilizing your emotions and maintaining your balance. Again all I mean by breathing ease is: As you casually breathe, imagine breathing in the attitude of calm and ease the same way we tell kids to do. Some examples of times to breathe ease for a while: When you want to prevent or reduce anxiety. When you get caught in a drama-fest type of situation. (Breathing ease helps you remember that if you can t leave the situation, you can practice being in it, but not of it.) To prevent or restore energetic composure from overwhelm. 185

7 Before and during meetings. (Breathing the attitude of ease sets an internal environment for deeper listening, better comprehension and staying emotionally poised. However, if your composure crashes, ease helps you re-center quicker, especially if you are caught in a heated dispute.) Before you respond to a vexing , breathe ease and settle the mind and emotions. (You can often prevent an emotional mess and the downtime it takes for damage control.) To access or restore patience and resilience whenever needed. (Ease is usually the missing ingredient when we are impatient. Breathing ease creates the tolerance that disarms impatience.) While discerning important issues or choices. To slow down your mental and emotional traffic so that intuitive insight can be perceived. When you want to be creative, as ease draws (or unleashes) intuitive direction. 186

8 Before sleep if you have sleep problems. When life s challenges are coming in faster than solutions. During times of global uncertainty, rapid planetary changes and increased electromagnetic or solar activity, practicing inner ease will save a lot of energy, angst and downtime. These environmental influences can trigger increased excitability, which may affect our mental/emotional behavior patterns in unexpected ways (memory lapses, brain fog, anxiety, explosive emotions, edginess, aches in odd places, sleeplessness, elation, depression and more). When you experience these symptoms, it s helpful to breathe ease and take deeper pause for discerning and double-checking communications and decisions. Take life a segment at a time and practice discerning your steps from the place of inner ease which translates into more reliable choices and better health from the stress you avoid. 187

9 For many of us, knowing how to access inner ease is not the problem it s remembering to do it, especially when it counts the most. This gives us a chance to act and respond from our real self rather than from our mechanical, predictable other. Ease is a higher vibrational gift from the intelligence of our heart. Find out more about the book Heart Intelligence 188

10 For centuries the world s greatest teachers have been advising us to follow our heart. Finally we have a simple but powerful book that shows us exactly how to do it. Impeccable scientific research inspired by Doc Childre s deep wisdom about the truth of who we are proves that a few simple heart-centered techniques done consistently over time can transform not only our own lives, but the whole world. I m not exaggerating when I say Heart Intelligence should be required reading for everybody on the planet. Jack Canfield, Coauthor of The Success Principles and the New York Times #1 Bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series Heart Intelligence is a wonderful exploration of the science of the deeper heart and why we should learn to listen to it. This book is required reading for anyone who wants to get their heart and head working together to create and not wait for their fulfillment. John Gray, Bestselling Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice The HeartMath Institute has done it once again! By using science as the contemporary language of mysticism, they have elegantly married age old wisdom and spirituality with their latest cutting-edge research and then they provide us with the practical tools to begin our own journey into heart intelligence. This book is an impeccable representation of what we all innately believe to be true. The brain may think, but the heart knows. Dr. Joe Dispenza, NY Times Bestselling author of You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter and Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. This book is destined to help many people learn how to live from their heart s intuitive guidance to connect the puzzle pieces of their purpose and fulfillment. I love HeartMath and have used its methods to connect with my intuitive heart with great success. In fact learning to listen to and follow my heart has been the secret to my success. Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times Bestselling Author, Happy for No Reason, Love For No Reason, and Chicken Soup for the Woman s Soul Heart Intelligence is a fascinating, powerful way to learn how to relieve stress and improve the overall health of your mind and body. I highly recommend it. Daniel Amen, MD, author of the NY Times Mega Bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Heart Intelligence: Connecting With the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart is a concise handbook for heart-based living. Heart Intelligence gives new meaning to the role of your heart while awakening the deep intuition that can empower the best choices you will ever make. I love this book! Gregg Braden, NY Times Bestselling Author of The Divine Matrix and Resilience From The Heart Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman and Rollin McCraty Doc Childre and the HeartMath team have written a powerful book from a place of deep love and care for people. They offer profound insights to access the intuitive intelligence we each need to make our highest choices during these changing times. I believe Heart Intelligence will make a big difference in the lives of many people. Lynne Twist, Co-founder, The Pachamama Alliance, author of the award-winning book The Soul of Money Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman and Rollin McCraty