For me this looks like tuning into the exact sensations occurring in my body in any given moment and using my breath to direct more space and ease into areas of dis-ease. I have found being embodied to be the most effective way to quiet the brain and calm my system. How often are you in a state of stress? How are you feeling when you are being intimate with your partner? Are there places of restriction in your body when you imagine yourself bearing a child? Are there ways you can shift your internal response to one of more joy and peace, even when confronted with stress? Ask yourself questions and see what you learn. This means increasing the awareness of your emotions so you can more effectively respond to life circumstances. So what do we do with this information? And how can we shape it personally to increase our fertility? The answer – practice being embodied in your heart space. This kind of hormone dis-regulation and reduction of blood flow suppress optimal fertility. A state of incoherence, however, will lead to increased cortisol, adrenaline and prolactin, in addition to reduced blood flow to the reproductive organs. “ From a physics perspective, when we are in a coherent state, virtually no energy is wasted because our systems are performing optimally and there is synchronization” between organ systems.” -Heart Math InstituteĪccording to the Institute’s studies, heart coherence leads us to more energy, clearer thinking, enhanced immune function and hormonal balance. We are in this state of coherence when experiencing positive emotions, such as, joy, peace, and love, and we revert to an incoherent state with negative emotions like stress, anger and frustration. The wavelengths used to measure heart rhythm and electrical impulse can look variable and jagged, or they can be smooth and maintain a relatively even plane, which is a much healthier and harmonious state for the heart and brain to be operating within. The state of this rhythm directly impacts our brain and the rest of the organs in our body, including the reproductive system. Emotion can be measured in the heart through the variability of our heart rhythm. That’s right, most of the communication between the heart and the brain comes from the heart and is then received by the brain, and the brain responds by sending messages to the rest of the body. According to the Heart-Math Institute however, 90% of neural pathways go from the heart to the brain. In allopathic medicine most view the brain to be the organ of emotions as neurons allow us to think and process information from the internal and external environment. Consider phrases like “hearts desire a big heart heart centered open heart faint of heart young at heart.”

There is a long history of the heart being connected to emotions in various cultures around the world. Our heart is an amazing organ pumping 2,000 gallons of blood a day to keep us alive, but it is also an emotional organ, according to Chinese Medicine, as it is deeply impacted by our feelings and inner experience. We all have a sense of what this means on an intuitive level, but for those of us who are more left brained it’s important to understand it anatomically, as well. It is important to keep this channel open in order for conception to occur, in other words, to remain “open-hearted”. In Chinese Medicine, there is an intimate connection between the heart and the reproductive system, called the Bao Mai channel. With February being the month of love, I’d like to share with you what I have learned about the relationship between our heart, the brain, and our reproductive system.

OMĭid you know that your heart has 40,000 of its own neurons that communicate with the rest of the body, namely your brain? This news impacts all of us.

Brain heart coherence