The Heart-Breath Connection: A Simple Way to Calm Your Nervous System

Dr David R Hamilton – This week’s Better You, Backed by Science is about breathing.

What if a simple way of breathing could calm your nervous system, support your heart, and lift your emotional wellbeing?

There is — and it’s called heart rhythm breathing (or heart rhythm meditation).

It’s very simple.

You breathe slowly and deeply while focusing your attention on your heart, using its beats as a kind of metronome to time your inhalations and exhalations.

And science shows it works. Continue reading →