JD LeJeune

HeartMath Energy-Savers

As you practice cultivating your heart’s intelligence, you begin to discern different aspects of this unique core of wisdom within you. These aspects, or qualities of intelligence, can be used in different circumstances as your changing needs arise. A valuable aspect to call upon is the “Soft Heart.”

Soft Heart is a place to regenerate and find renewed balance. Let’s face it, nobody feels great, or even good, all the time. How you feel can shift frequently during a day, week or month. Mood swings are commonplace as life becomes more complex, overstimulating and uncertain. Shifts in feelings and mood can be exhausting and confusing unless you have emotion regulation tools to use. When you learn to go to your Soft Heart, you’ll find an easygoing, warm place of compassion for yourself. It’s not a mushy or self-pitying place. It’s a place of ease and self-care.

A useful metaphor for Soft Heart is a warm, calming bath. Imagine yourself soaking in this bath in your heart, easing away tension and anxiety little by little. Your first step, before entering the “soak,” is to recognize that you’re feeling disturbed, overwhelmed or depressed.

Remember, it’s not the issues that cause your low-ebb feelings as much as the significance you’re giving them. Now, find your Soft Heart attitude. Soak and relax your feelings in the compassion of the heart, letting the significance dissolve a little at a time. Take your time doing this. Keeping your attention in a Soft Heart can allow more coherent heart rhythms to emerge, helping you recoup mental, emotional and physical vitality.

Respect the fact that you are human, living in a time of profound change as the planetary shift accelerates. Allow yourself to ease and rest in the comfort of your Soft Heart to recoup energy. As you move in slower motion for a while, you’ll find that your emotional energy delicately recharges and your vitality and heart buoyancy eventually will return.