Let’s talk about: Your Heart

Have you ever walked into a room and immediately sensed the energy? Good or bad, your body alerts you. Have you ever wondered what thats about? Where did that information come from?

Some might call it intuition, pattern recognition, spiritual insight, but what if it what your heart?

My mom started learning about the heart nearly a decade ago and the information we were exposed to then wildly changed the way we move through the world from then on.

Our hearts are wildly more complex than just the blood pumpers of our body. In fact, their electromagnetic field is significantly greater than the electromagnetic field of the brain. Wait, what’s an electromagnetic field?

Well, get into that, but first…

The Mechanics of the Heart

• Heart and brain communication. The heart and brain communicate through the autonomic nervous system. Think of the vagus nerve as the highway that information travels on between the two. The heart is constantly informing the brain and vice versa.
• The electromagnetic field. The heart has a wildly powerful electromagnetic field that is even stronger than that of the brain. The electromagnetic field can be measured more than 3 feet outside of the body.
• The heart’s nervous system. While the heart plays a part in the overall function of our greater nervous system, it also has a mini nervous system of its own that helps regulate its’ rhythm and coordinate heart function.
• The heart influences emotions and brain cognition. Our heart’s rhythm and nervous system influence (and are influenced by) our emotional regulation, stress responses and survival systems.
• Heart Rate Variability. HRV measures variations between heartbeats. Higher HRV is connected to emotional flexibility, resilience and recovery, while lower HRV is associated with inflammation and chronic stress.

Let’s break this down a little more. Our heart shares information about our blood pressure, heart rate, stress state, breathing patterns and other conditions going on in our body with our brain. This information is a clear insight into our mental and emotional state. Then our brain interprets this information through interoception, our bodies way of understanding what is happening inside of ourselves. That information can be measured outside of the body through its electromagnetic field.

If you were like me when I was starting to learn this, you might be like… what’s an electromagnetic field?

Electromagnetic Fields

Electromagnetic fields are essentially groups of wavelengths. These wavelengths contain measurable patterns. When two electromagnetic fields interact, they can influence one another.

When electromagnetic fields interact, a few things can happen. They can create interference patterns. They can reinforce each other or cancel each other out. They can even induce electrical changes in another system under the right conditions.

Co-Regulation

When my friends and I cuddle, we like to think of it as a heart symphony. All our hearts interacting with each others like band members getting together to play a song. You may have also heard it called, co-regulation.

Co-regulation is when two people influence each others nervous system to calm down. The heart plays a massive role in this. This phenomena is especially found between mother’s and their children. The mother’s electromagnetic field is larger and more stable than the baby’s, and so, has influence over the baby’s field. Co-regulation can also be experienced between piers and goes beyond just heart connection. It engages the autonomic nervous system, releases hormones from the endocrine system, and activates mirror neurons for inter-brain synchronicities.

This means our ability to regulate can have a direct impact on the people around us.

Practical Application

Things that once felt “woo woo” in nature are now understood scientifically. Like, why I could walk into a room and feel that “something was off.” My heart, working alongside my nervous system and other bodily systems, was picking up on data before I consciously understood it.

My understanding of intuition went from something likened to magic, to something instinctual. Gut feelings which were once undervalued are now seen as grounded, biological data points.

I started to understand the power in this. My heart is powerful. Your heart is powerful. Electromagnetic fields from people that are calmer, with slower heart rates and breathing patterns, tend to be more stable than those of dysregulated fields.

What Your Heart Means for Your Community

Science is now beginning to theorize that humans function less like isolated brains and more like dynamically interacting nervous systems connected through relationships and environments. This comes from new understandings in neuroscience, trauma research, epigenetics and social physiology.

It is clear that our hearts directly impact those around us. Am I saying you’re now the gatekeeper of other people’s emotional regulation? ABSOLUTELY NOT. But I am saying, if you understand when and how to calm your heart, you will be able to help others do the same just by being around them.

The human body is basically a highly intelligent supercomputer that is constantly intaking, transferring and analyzing internal and external data. Our heart plays massive role in this. It is part of what makes humans a truly miraculous species. It is my personal belief that although much of this data is processed unconsciously, we can still consciously access it and use it to our benefit.

If you know anything from living in the technological age, you should know that data is immensely valuable. This is how many tech companies make their billions… selling your data. Use the data you have available to you through your heart, nervous system, and mind. Learn how to use this data and watch your life wildly improve.

The more you learn from your body, the more you can help others regulate theirs just by being around them.

Hope it was fun to learn about your heart.

Love you, bye.