Amazing how all cells of the heart beat in synchronicity. When removed from the heart, heart cells continue to beat individually. When they touch however, they will beat in unison. The wonder of Nature. I find this fascinating.

How do we care for this heart that is always on?

Here’s quick advice for a healthier diet from the mayo clinic website: Eat grass-fed beef, limit unhealthy fats, choose low fat protein sources, use omega-3 fatty acids, enjoy walnuts and almonds, savor healthy chocolate in moderation, eat more vegetables and fruits, select whole grains, reduce salt in food, practice moderation.

If exercise is bad word for you, think of staying active instead. Staying active will help to keep the heart healthy. Keep moving: walk, swim, dance, take the stairs. Do what you love doing, what gives you pleasure. This way you can keep that activity up easily. Other steps for a healthy heart: quit smoking, meditate, let go of revenge and greed, bring more love in your life.

You will relax more, breathe better, think more clearly, be more energized, and need less sleep. And you will need less pharmaceutical drugs.

The heart is quite central to yoga. Yoga means union, to bind, to yoke. The foundations of yoga are the Yamas and Niyamas. These two limbs of yoga, suggest that we relate to others in a non-violent way, and to ourselves with truth. When we do so, another amazing thing happens.  We begin to open the heart and release the pain held there.

May we experience deeper and fuller breaths as we  accept ourselves, and love life more and more.