The Open-Focus Brain by Les Fehmi

Author:Les Fehmi
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Exercise

Heart-Centered Open Focus

INTRODUCTION

THE HUMAN HEART is more than a mechanical pump that circulates blood throughout our body. With forty thousand neurons and an electrical field many times stronger than that produced by the brain, the heart can be said to have a powerful intelligence of its own. The heart’s elaborate network of neurons and neurotransmitters enables it to act independently of the brain. Some researchers believe that the heart can learn, remember, and produce feelings on its own.1 Emotional information sent from the heart to the brain has profound effects on higher brain functions, influencing our perceptions, thought processes, health, learning abilities, and especially our ability to feel compassion and empathy.

Anger, anxiety, and depression stress the heart and are significant factors for heart disease.2 The notion of emotional pain leaving us with a “broken heart” seems to be true in a literal as well as metaphorical sense. Because of physiological connections between the brain and the heart, brain synchrony is as important to heart health as it is to brain health. The heart-centered Open-Focus exercise is reported to help the heart recover from stress. Individuals, couples, and groups can benefit from practicing this heart-centered Open-Focus exercise.

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