![]() It is precisely this combination that works like a miracle cure for your heart. How? By doing calming breathing exercises, combined with a focus on positive emotions as you breathe. It’s actually not that complicated if you know how, and if you practice regularly. The good news is that the heart rate variability and therefore also your heart coherence can be trained. Your heart rate remains in ‘stress mode’ and no longer changes in a healthy way with each inhalation and exhalation, as it should. When you experience a lot of stress, you will see that the variation decreases. It says something about how flexibly your nervous system responds to the circumstances. This variety in your heart rate - also called heart rate variability (HRV) - is in fact very healthy. With every inhale your heart rate speeds up a little and with every exhale it slows down again. And there is a direct link between your breathing and the functioning of your heart. One thing that you can control is your breathing. But it's not that easy, you can't always control what goes on around you. ![]() ‘Lowering stress’ seems to be the logical answer. Your heart is an essential link in all these processes, over which you have more influence than you might think. You will notice this imbalance through for example fatigue, hyperventilation, headaches, hypertension, bowel pain, anxiety, insecurity or burnout symptoms. Stress causes an imbalance in your bodily system. Psychological challenges such as stress and anxiety have a major impact on our heart coherence and therefore on our physical and mental health. Unfortunately, our system is not always in balance. Your hormone balance, digestion, body temperature, blood pressure, immune system and heart rate are in fact systems that work automatically and remain in balance on their own. Our autonomous nervous system is self-regulating, you don't have to think about anything. Look at your body as a synergistic system in which all functions work in optimal coherence with each other. The higher your 'heart coherence', the healthier and more coherent your heart is beating, and the more balanced you are emotionally and mentally. Heart coherence says something about the relationship between your heartbeat and other rhythms in your body, such as your breathing rhythm. Or we simply do not know that we can influence a healthy beating heart ourselves. That sounds logical, yet we generally pay little attention to it. The way your heart beats affects all other processes in your body. The importance of a healthy heartĪ healthy and resilient heart is essential for good physical and mental health. Did you know that you can influence your own heart rate? And that a healthy rhythm of your heart can be trained? Slow breathing is key. Both your physical and mental health suffer, especially if the stress becomes chronic. When you are stressed and tense, your heart rate shoots up.
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