MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
3 Simple Yet Powerful Heart-Centered Techniques To Tap Into Your Authentic Self
ant environmental and situational information. Some of which your conscious thinking mind is unaware of. And, it does this extremely quickly, sending out a wealth of signals throughout the body. For this reason, many people consider the gut the seat of intuition. However, the gut is not uniquely responsible for intuition or embodied aware- QHVV7KHERG\FRPSULVHVPDQ\IRXQWVRIKLJKO\SHUVRQDOL]HGPHPRU\ and wisdom. In fact, according to my experience and study, the heart is the touch- stone of our authenticity. Although, in performing this role, it relies on all of the other energy centers and embodied centers such as the gut- EUDLQ IRU LQIRUPDWLRQDQGVXSSRUW$QGRIFRXUVH LW V LQÀXHQFHGE\ our conscious thinking mind as well. <RXU KHDUW NHHSV \RX DOLYH E\ SXPSLQJ EORRG R[\JHQ KRUPRQHV throughout your body, and detoxing the body of deoxygenated blood and other spent biochemistry. However, it also regulates your bodily systems and encourages coherence within the body. In turn, coher- ence improves a whole host of body physical, emotional, and cognitive IXQFWLRQV 1DWLRQDO,QVWLWXWHRI+HDOWK Gifts From Your Heart Center and Heart Chakra (Anahata) Gifts From Your Heart Some typical attributes of our physical heart or heart-brain include love, gratitude, devotion, compassion, and connection. As mammals, we're fundamentally wired for connection. As humans, this means we’re dependent on the relationships we forge with our families, friends, and communities. It is, therefore, not surprising that many healing, meditative, and
BY PATRICIA BONNARD, PHD, ACC
Anyone can live more from their heart, access their embodied wis- GRPDQGIURPDPRUHSHUVRQDOO\DXWKHQWLFSODFH<RXFDQWRR<RX just need to be intentional about it and practice tuning into yourself and, in particular, your heart center. The three heart-centered tech- niques described here are simple and quick. With practice, you can do WKHPRQWKHÀ\DWDQ\WLPH The Source Of Your Authenticity :KDW LV DXWKHQWLFLW\" $FFRUGLQJ WR0HUULDP:HEVWHU DXWKHQWLFL - ty is being true to your personality, spirit, or character. Furthermore, when you act authentically, you don't bend to external pressures, val- XHVDQGQRUPV\RX\RXUVHOIGRQRWDVSLUH WRZDUGRUEHOLHYH LQ<RX follow your own drumbeat. In other words, authenticity is self-refer- ential at its core. The Head Brain Vs Body Brains Historically, the head was thought to be the sole source of knowl- edge, memory, and the conscious impulse to act. However, its su- premacy has been called into question through the growing research into embodied memory, intelligence, and agency. Agency is simply the DELOLW\RIGL̆HUHQWSDUWVRI WKHERG\ WRRULHQW WKHKHDGEUDLQDQG LQ some instances, ignore its commands. One such example is the gut (E 0D\HU$)RJHODQG$%ODNH People say: "Trust your gut." It's true that the gut picks up import-
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