How to Meditate III: Walking Meditation Walking Meditation Walking Meditation by Martine Batchelder Walking Meditation by Manzanita Village
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From the monthly archives:
December 2012
(Keep in mind that meditation reduces the risk of a heart attack by at least 50%) from www.MeditationOasis.com Walking Meditation How to meditate while walking Walking meditation can be just as profound as sitting meditation, and has the advantage of bringing the meditative experience into our activity. There are a number of different walking meditations. [...]
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www.health.harvard.edu/blog/categories/health/heart-health Heart Health Studies explore global burden of disease and heart disease in the United States Posted December 14, 2012, 2:39 pm P.J. Skerrett, Managing Editor, Harvard Health If you like numbers and statistics, especially those about health, two reports released this week should keep you occupied for days: the massive Global Burden of Disease [...]
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 The Force of the Quantified Self By James Beckerman, MD, FACC In my last post, I talked about the Dark Side of the Quantified Self — the possibility that becoming too focused on one’s own personal data may begin to diminish our individual real-life experiences and interactions. Mindfulness can be mind [...]
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Preventative Medicine Research Institute
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http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question
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www.heartmdinstitute.com/ With the understanding that knowledge empowers, our mission at Heart MD Institute is to educate patients and medical professionals alike about integrative medicine, with a special focus on metabolic cardiology and energy medicine. Additionally, Heart MD Institute aims to inspire a restructuring of the doctor/patient relationship where together, both actively participate in the patient’s [...]
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Can Cordless Phone Use Affect Your Heart? In late 2010, Magda Havas, Ph.D, an electrosmog and electrosensitivity expert, published results of a groundbreaking study in the European Journal of Oncology which demonstrated that some wireless EMFs can adversely affect heart function. Using a NervExpress HRV Monitoring System and a Lifeforce UA-767 digital blood pressure monitor, [...]
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(A good summary article) External Arrhythmia Triggers Arrhythmias don’t necessarily need some type of internal condition like heart disease to trigger them. In fact, arrhythmias can often result from “every-day” sources. In most cases it is not possible to identify any specific triggers. Examples of triggers include: Stimulants: Can cause premature and irregular heartbeats Smoking [...]
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J Consult Clin Psychol. 2003 Jun;71(3):613-8. The association between emotional upset and cardiac arrhythmia during daily life. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2003 Jun;71(3):613-8. Carels RA, Cacciapaglia H, Pérez-Benítez CI, Douglass O, Christie S, O’Brien WH. Abstract Ventricular arrhythmia exhibits considerable within-subject variability that cannot be attributed to clinical status alone. This investigation examined the extent [...]
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Note the emphasis on: “social support, relaxation therapy, yoga, meditation, controlled slow breathing, and biofeedback” Acute Emotional Stress and Cardiac Arrhythmias Roy C. Ziegelstein, MD JAMA. 2007;298(3):324-329. doi:10.1001/jama.298.3.324. Episodes of acute emotional stress can have significant adverse effects on the heart. Acute emotional stress can produce left ventricular contractile dysfunction, myocardial ischemia, or disturbances of [...]
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How To Do A Heart Chakra Meditation 4th Chakra Clearing Meditation How to Open Your Heart Chakra Karunesh: Heart Chakra Meditation Heart Chakra Meditation: Tibetan Sound How to Open Your Heart Chakra The Singing Bowl Meditation
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Heart Chakra Meditation | Guided Meditation Practice The following is a dictation of the practice of a heart chakra meditation taught by Swami Sivajnanananda. This practice is designed to help open the heart chakra, stimulated emotional release and sensitizing the practitioner to the traits of love, compassion, and joy. This practice can be used by [...]
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from www.care2.com Meditate on the Heart The purpose of this exercise is to give you the experience of making your heart pure enough to witness spirit. Pure here doesn’t mean good and virtuous; it means free from impurity, with no value judgment intended. In the words of William Blake, we are cleansing the doors of [...]
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from www.freemeditations.com Heart Centered Meditation Begin by finding a quiet spot where you will not be disturbed. Take the phone off the hook. Turn off your mobile phone, radio, and television, as well as any unnecessary electrical equipment in the area immediately surrounding where you will be meditating. Sit or lay down in a comfortable [...]
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(Daily meditation reduces heart attack risk by about 50%..) from yogabasics.com This heart chakra meditation is a simple technique to release sadness and fear and to bring compassion and love into your life. Sit in a comfortable position, either cross-legged on the floor or in a chair. Sit up tall with the spine straight, the [...]
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Healing and the Heart Chakra When most people start studying the mind-body-spirit connection, they realize that the heart helps healing. Unconditional compassion, pure love: intuitively, we know that these vibrations can transform dis-ease into wholeness and bliss. We also sense that a “broken heart” can contribute to illness, and that extreme anger can cause a [...]
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From Life Extension Magazine May 2007 Vitamin D Helps Alleviate Heart Failure Heart failure—the heart’s inability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s requirements—is a leading cause of death in industrialized nations. Scientists believe that elevated levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines may contribute to heart failure, and that vitamin D may offer heart-protective benefits [...]
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Science Daily Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Heart Disease, Danish Study Finds Sep. 24, 2012 — New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a markedly higher risk of heart attack and early death. The study involved more than 10,000 Danes [...]
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Seasonal variations in coronary heart disease Oxford Journals Medicine QJM: An International Journal of Medicine Volume 92, Issue 12 Pp. 689-696. Abstract Coronary heart disease exhibits a winter peak and summer trough in incidence and mortality, in countries both north and south of the equator. In England and Wales, the winter peak accounts for an [...]
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[This was the best summary article on factors related to heart attacks in winter months] Heart Health in Winter Lifeline Screening The holiday season is a time that usually gladdens our hearts as we gather with friends and family. But it’s also a time when our own hearts are under additional stress. During winter, the [...]
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MSNBC LiveScience staff 8/10/2010 Enjoy the heat this summer. Cold weather brings more than a chill to your bones, a new study suggests. It could also raise your risk of having a heart attack. The results show that each 1.8 degree Fahrenheit reduction in temperature on a single day is associated with around 200 additional [...]
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from Medical News Today Heart Attacks and Winter: Examining the Seasonal Trend 13 Dec 2004 According to results gathered by the Second National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (heart attacks), winter was the top season for heart attacks, followed by fall, then spring, then summer. The December issue of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch looks at [...]
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