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0:06Hello everyone, Greg Braden here. I want
0:09to begin by thanking you for sharing a
0:11little bit of your day with me today
0:13through through this media, through this
0:15video. You know, for over 30 years, I've
0:17shared with you new discoveries, new
0:20discoveries based on science through my
0:22eyes as a scientist as I as I run across
0:26these discoveries in the obscure
0:28peer-reviewed journals that uh are often
0:30very technical in nature. Discoveries
0:33that are relegated to these journals and
0:36specific segments of the scientific
0:39population, discoveries that you
0:42typically will not see in the
0:43mainstream. You don't see this stuff in
0:45mainstream classrooms and textbooks.
0:48Many of the discoveries are so new. I
0:50have medical students and medical
0:51doctors in my seminars asking me why
0:55don't we see this information in the
0:58universities? Why don't we know about
0:59these discoveries? And the reason the
1:02answer is because it often takes years
1:05for the discoveries to trickle down from
1:08the research labs and the research
1:11papers into the application of uh of
1:15everyday life of every everyday
1:16medicine. It could take 6 8 10 years for
1:19this to happen. And that's why I want to
1:21share this information with you today.
1:24Because for the 30 years plus years, 30
1:26plus years that I've offered this
1:29content in my workshops and seminars and
1:31books and tapes and audios and videos
1:34and television programs and interviews
1:36and and now podcasts, I've often
1:39referenced a discovery that was made in
1:421991 regarding the human heart. this
1:46discovery that I often embed into those
1:49larger programs. I want to isolate it
1:51and bring it to you right now because I
1:53think it's something that you can
1:55benefit from right now. I say that
1:57because I benefit from it every single
1:59day of my life and I have for over 30
2:02years. This is the discovery that was
2:04made in 1991, published in 1994.
2:08The discovery of approximately 40,000
2:11specialized cells in the human heart.
2:14They're called sensory neurites. They're
2:16essentially brain-like cells, but
2:17they're not in the cranial brain. Now,
2:20when I say they were discovered in 1991,
2:23they were always there. It's perhaps
2:26more accurate to say they were
2:27recognized in 1991, but they've been
2:30with us from the time that we emerged as
2:35anatomically modern humans onto this
2:38planet. And we know this because when we
2:40compare our genome today, the DNA in our
2:42bodies with the DNA that we can now
2:45extract from the fossilized remains of
2:48our ancient ancestors, what we find is
2:51that the genome hasn't changed. That we
2:55we've had these capabilities from the
2:58time that we emerged on this planet. So
3:01this ability that I'm going to share
3:03with you appears to be fundamental to
3:05our existence. We're simply now
3:07awakening and growing in to the
3:10capability uh of its existence and and
3:13what it can mean in our lives. All
3:15right. So the discovery 1991 40,000
3:18specialized cells in the human heart
3:21forming a neural network that thinks,
3:24feels, remembers independently of the
3:28cranial brain. Now, right there, this is
3:30this is so important because it means
3:32every experience that we have in life is
3:35registered in two places. In our cranial
3:38brain and in the neural network in our
3:41heart. If they're good experiences, no
3:43worries. Often we have experienced
3:47trauma in our lives. And we we each
3:49interpret that trauma a little bit
3:51differently. An experience that may
3:54traumatize one person may not be
3:56interpreted as trauma to another person.
3:59And there are some experiences that are
4:01so painful universally they are our
4:03traumatic experiences. And when we go to
4:06heal those experiences through
4:08counseling and through therapy, often
4:11the counseling and therapy addresses the
4:14cranial memories and that helps and
4:17that's important. But often we feel like
4:20something's missing. And when we feel
4:22that what I'm saying saying to you, what
4:24I'm sharing with you may be the answer
4:25as to why that is because the cranial
4:28therapies may not address the therapies
4:30or the the memories that that we hold in
4:32our heart. So this is a very very
4:35powerful powerful understanding that we
4:38have two independent neural networks.
4:42Here's where it gets really interesting
4:43and this is going to lead directly into
4:45what I'm going to share with you in just
4:46a few moments. You and I are the only
4:49form of life that we know of today that
4:52has the ability to self-regulate our
4:55biology in very precise ways. We are
4:58such advanced, such highly sophisticated
5:02biological
5:04systems, uh what is often called soft
5:07technology. We're not talking about
5:09computer chips and wires and and
5:11chemicals. We're talking about neurons
5:13and cell membranes and and crystal and
5:15bone functioning in our bodies in in
5:19very very powerful and profound ways
5:21that we can self-regulate
5:24through thought, feeling, emotion,
5:27belief, breath, focus. And if those all
5:30sound familiar to you, they happen to be
5:33uh the principles preserved in some of
5:35our most ancient and cherished
5:37indigenous and spiritual traditions. And
5:39I I think this is why they were
5:40preserved in the ways that they have
5:42been because they hold such a powerful
5:46potential in our bodies. Science is only
5:48beginning to to understand uh recognize
5:51and embrace this potential. So the
5:54ability to harmonize the heart and the
5:57brain, the ability to harmonize the
6:00cranial network with the network in the
6:03heart. This neural network, this is what
6:07is available to you and to me in a way
6:09that's available to no other form of
6:10life consciously, at will, and on
6:12demand. You and I are the only form of
6:14life that we can sit down in a chair
6:16like this in a moment in time or
6:18wherever you are and say in this moment
6:19I choose I choose to harmonize the
6:24neural network in my heart and my brain
6:27two separate organs but we harmonize
6:30them into one potent system in our
6:34bodies. And once we do that, we open the
6:38door to a vast array of applications
6:41that I talk about in all the work that I
6:44do, the books, the tapes, the the
6:45seminars, the workshops. I don't want to
6:48do that today. What I want today, what I
6:50want right now is I I want you to have
6:53the the access to this technique because
6:56it is one of the most profound
6:58techniques to relieve stress very very
7:01quickly. You and I are stressed every
7:03day of our lives through the uncertainty
7:05of what lies ahead. The uncertainty of
7:08of finances, of jobs, of careers, of
7:11relationships, of where to live, how to
7:13live, what's happening to our country,
7:16whatever country you live on, what's
7:18happening to the planet because we all
7:20live on this planet. That uncertainty
7:23uh triggers a level of stress, a chronic
7:26level of stress that depletes the the
7:29biology. It depletes nutrients and it
7:32compromises our immune system. If you
7:34ever needed a strong immune system, man,
7:36I can't think of a of a better time than
7:38right now in the midst of a global
7:40pandemic. However you think about that
7:42pandemic, it is taxing your immune
7:44system through stress right now. So,
7:47let's get into this. I I want to just
7:49give you a little context so that you
7:50know this is not a metaphor. This isn't
7:52make believe. I want you to see what
7:54you're accessing and then let's go
7:56through this exercise together. So the
7:59first thing that I'd like to share with
8:00you is is an image of precisely what it
8:03is that we're talking about and what
8:05we're going to be dealing with, what
8:06we're going to be accessing within our
8:08hearts. What you're seeing on the screen
8:11are called intrinsic cardiac neurons.
8:14These are the neurons that we have
8:17access to in our heart that also can
8:21communicate with our brain through
8:23principles of self-regulation that we're
8:25we're actually going to do together here
8:27in just a few moments. But I want you to
8:29see this so that you know that we're not
8:31talking about a metaphor or a
8:33makebelieve or a wishful concept. You
8:36know, so often in literature and in our
8:38history when we talk about the heart,
8:40it's from a very lofty uh philosophical
8:43perspective and and it's good and the
8:45heart fulfills those lofty philosophical
8:48ideals. But what I'm talking to you
8:50about right now is rock solid science.
8:52This is peer-reviewed science. These are
8:55the neurons located in the heart that
8:58form the neural network. The image that
9:00you're seeing now, all of those little
9:02blue dots illustrate where this neural
9:04network is. This begins to tell the
9:07whole story. Look, look at where this
9:09neural network is. It's not at the
9:10bottom of the heart. It's at the top
9:12near the places number one where the
9:16valves open and close to send the blood
9:19into our bodies and number two where the
9:24arteries and the vessels enter uh the
9:28heart so that the blood can come into
9:30the heart or leave the body. These
9:32neurons are around those specific
9:35places. Now the way that the valves open
9:38and close send a pressure wave through
9:41the blood that is a language unto
9:44itself. Your heart speaks a language to
9:47your body through the pressure wave that
9:50is created every time the the heart
9:53beats and that pressure wave tells the
9:57body. It sends a signal and it tells the
9:59body what kind of chemistry to release
10:01into the body. whether it's a stressful
10:03chemistry or if if you're feeling safe.
10:06It's a different it's a healing and
10:07rejuvenating chemistry or uh it it tells
10:11the body what kinds of hormones need to
10:14be addressed and how to address those.
10:16All from the way that the valve is
10:19opening and closing. And that valve
10:21opening and closing is largely regulated
10:25through these neurons. And the neurons
10:29are responding to you and the way that
10:31you feel about yourself, about your
10:35relationship to the world. If you feel
10:36safe, if you feel threatened, if you
10:39feel a sense of well-being, or if you
10:41feel a sense of high anxiety, chronic
10:43anxiety with no way to reconcile that
10:46anxiety. So that is one function of
10:49these these sensory neurites near the
10:51valves. They're doing the same thing
10:53near the arteries. the blood that enters
10:55the blood that leaves these are
10:58regulating blood pressure uh and the way
11:01that blood uh is is flowing in the body.
11:05You and I live in a stressful world. Our
11:07world is changing as as I I mentioned
11:10earlier and we're not being giving given
11:13any way to reconcile the stress. We're
11:17not given any sense of where the change
11:19is leading. All we know is that what we
11:22used to know in the past is gone. And
11:25we're in the middle of some event that
11:29is changing our families, our
11:31communities, our society, our nations.
11:33It's changing the way we work. It's
11:34changed the way we think about money,
11:36about security, all of that. But we're
11:39not really being given a way to
11:41reconcile that so that we have relief
11:43from the stress. That's why I want to
11:45share this technique with you because
11:47you and I are going to self-regulate our
11:50body to give our bodies relief from the
11:53stress within even though nothing may
11:56have changed in the world around us to
11:58give us that relief. This is a very very
12:00high form of mastery when you can find
12:03relief from a stressful world even
12:06though the stressful world is still out
12:08there. It's a very very high form of
12:09mastery. So, I I want you to see that
12:12we're dealing with something that is
12:13real. New scanning technologies now make
12:17this even more real. What you're going
12:19to see is a three-dimensional scan of
12:21the human heart where this neural
12:24network resides. So, what you're seeing
12:26right now, this is this is the scan. I
12:28love this technology. Uh, and the yellow
12:31that you see near the top of the heart,
12:33this is where the neural networks or the
12:36neural network of the sensory neurites
12:39resides. I'm going to highlight it for
12:40you right there. You can see it. So, uh,
12:43this is important because once you see
12:45this, you cannot unsee it. Once you see
12:47this, you have a sense that you're
12:49dealing with something real and that you
12:51are communicating with a a physical part
12:56of your body that simply is not
12:58acknowledged in the mainstream.
13:00typically that that's beginning to
13:02change. But most uh most high school and
13:05college techbook textbooks are are not
13:07talking about this this neural network
13:09in the way that we are. So now that you
13:11know now that you know what we're
13:14dealing with, how do we use it? How is
13:16it applied? You are the only form of
13:19life. You and I, we're in this together.
13:21We're the only form of life with the
13:23ability to consciously self-regulate the
13:26neurons in the heart and how they
13:28communicate with the neurons in the
13:30brain. We are the only form of life that
13:34can take the neural network of the heart
13:36and the brain, two separate organs, but
13:39harmonize this neural network into a
13:42single potent system in our bodies. And
13:45this is where our highest levels of
13:47mastery begin. Because once we create
13:51this harmonized state, it opens the door
13:54to a plethora a vast array of potentials
13:58and possibilities that are the subject
14:00of my books and tapes and videos and
14:03audios and workshops beyond the scope of
14:05what I'm going to talk about here. Right
14:06here, I just want you to have the
14:08technique so that you can relieve the
14:10stress at least once a day, maybe
14:12multiple days or multiple times through
14:15throughout your day. So what we're
14:17talking about visually two organs the
14:19heart and the brain but look at this
14:21becoming a single system by sending the
14:24correct signal from the heart and the
14:27brain establishing a link a very low
14:30frequency link 0.1 hertz really really
14:34low frequency when we can set up a
14:38relationship send a signal between our
14:40heart and our brain of 0.1 hertz we
14:43establish this harmony all right You
14:45know, I just I I just have to do this
14:47because I am a geologist and the
14:49geologist to me wants you to know why
14:520.1 hertz is so important. You know, why
14:54isn't it why isn't some other why isn't
14:56it A440 for the musicians? I'm a
14:58musician. You know, it's one of the
14:59questions I asked. Why not A440 or why
15:02not some other frequency?
15:040.1 hertz is a very very important
15:07frequency on this planet. So, what
15:09you're seeing is a cross-section of the
15:11magnetic fields of the Earth. And when
15:16we look at what are called the magnetic
15:18field line resonance frequencies, I
15:21don't want to get really technical, but
15:22I want you to see that this is this is
15:24real. What you're seeing is a a graph of
15:28these field line resonant frequencies.
15:30The first spike where the red arrow is,
15:34the frequency, it's not zero, it's not
15:350.2. Look at this. It's 0.1.
15:38That first spike is the primary field
15:44line resonance frequency of the planet
15:46we live on. What that means is that when
15:49we harmonize our heart and our brain to
15:53that frequency, not only are we
15:55harmonizing the systems within us, we
15:58are harmonizing our system to the bigger
16:01system of the planet we live on. Wow.
16:04That is where your healing begins. When
16:07you bring your heart and your brain and
16:10your biological systems and your organs
16:12and your cells and your glands into
16:15alignment with the fundamental frequency
16:18of the system of our planet, that is
16:21where your healing begins. This is where
16:22you find your power. Now, if we lived on
16:25another planet, someone asked me once,
16:27yeah, it would probably be a different
16:28frequency. But right now, we're on Earth
16:31and 0.1 hertz is the frequency that we
16:34want to to harmonize to. So, so when we
16:38harmonize our body, and this is a I love
16:41this image. Not only are we harmonizing
16:44the systems within us, we're harmonizing
16:47ourselves to the planet we live upon.
16:50In a very real sense, 0.1
16:54hertz is love to your body. When you
16:59create this harmony between your heart
17:01and your brain and line your systems,
17:02you are loving yourself in a language
17:05that your body, your biology recognizes
17:09and that love is now extending. You're
17:12harmonizing yourself. You are loving
17:14mother earth. This is a very very
17:17powerful technique. Three very basic
17:20steps that we're going to use. I'm going
17:22to talk you through them again with
17:24permission from the Institute of Heart
17:25Math. their science parallels so many of
17:29the traditions that I've found in
17:31studying and living with indigenous
17:33peoples today uh as well as in the
17:36literature of the ancient and the the
17:38forgotten peoples of our past that
17:40recorded the techniques of how they
17:43achieve these high levels of harmony
17:46because when you do this this is when
17:48you relieve the stress. This is when you
17:50enhance your immune response. This is
17:52when you trigger the longevity enzymes
17:55that allow for regeneration,
17:57rejuvenation, and healing and so much
18:00more we talk about in the other
18:01programs. So, let's do this together.
18:03I'm going to invite you to share this
18:05with me.
18:07And please do this only if you're in a
18:09place that's safe. Do not do this if you
18:11are driving any kind of machine or
18:14operating any heavy machinery. Please do
18:17not do this. Find a place that is safe
18:20where you can allow your uh your focus
18:25100%.
18:26To move to yourself without having being
18:29worried about what's happening in the
18:30world around you. So, we're going to
18:33shift our focus from our mind to our
18:36heart. We're going to slow our breathing
18:38and we're going to create a very
18:39specific feeling. And I'm going to talk
18:41you through each of these right now. So,
18:44you won't need any notes or pencil and
18:45paper. Let's just do this together. If
18:48you have not already done so,
18:50I'm going to invite you to close your
18:53eyes
18:56and allow your awareness
18:58to move from the world around you to the
19:01world within you. And I'm going to do
19:03the same thing right here. Allow your
19:05awareness to move from your outer world
19:08to your inner world.
19:11And the first step is to shift your
19:13focus from your thinking mind into your
19:16feeling heart. And one of the ways that
19:20scientists have found to help us achieve
19:22this is exactly what our indigenous
19:26ancestors and ancient traditions invite
19:28us to do. And that is to simply touch
19:32your heart in a way that's comfortable
19:35for you with a finger or two fingers or
19:37a full hand or an open palm. whatever is
19:40comfortable for you.
19:43And allow your awareness to go to the
19:45place where you feel that sensation,
19:47where you feel that touch.
19:52This is the first step.
19:55And everything we do for the next two
19:57steps
19:59will reflect this focus. It will all
20:01happen as if the focus is coming from
20:04the heart. It's all about the heart.
20:07The second step, I'm going to invite you
20:10to slow your breathing just a little bit
20:12slower than you would typically breathe.
20:14And I know that's different for
20:16everyone. So, the key is to exhale for a
20:20period of time that is longer than the
20:23inhale.
20:24Exhale for a period of time longer than
20:27the inhale. The reason for this is
20:29because this is a language to the vagus
20:32nerve and the parasympathetic nervous
20:35system telling your body that you are
20:37safe.
20:39So for ease, I'm going to recommend
20:41maybe five seconds on the inhale and 8
20:45seconds on the release. And you can
20:47tailor this to whatever it is that you
20:49need to do. With your awareness in your
20:51heart, I'd invite you to breathe in for
20:565 seconds with me. begin
21:03and release for eight.
21:11And just feel that shift in your body.
21:13Inhale again on five seconds.
21:21Release for eight.
21:29Let's do this again. 5 seconds. Inhale.
21:40Release.
21:49To the best of your ability. If you can
21:50continue to breathe just about that pace
21:54or whatever pace works for you,
21:58breathing
22:00in slower than you would typically
22:01breathe and releasing, allowing your
22:04release time to be longer than the
22:06inhale.
22:07It's the second step. The third step is
22:12where we send this very powerful signal
22:14from our heart to our brain 0.1 hertz.
22:19What scientists have found is that when
22:21we can feel the feelings of well-being,
22:27uh, of gratitude, appreciation, care,
22:31compassion, positive life affirming
22:34feelings. These are the kinds of
22:36heart-based feelings that establish this
22:39low frequency link to the human brain.
22:420.1 hertz is the optimum frequency.
22:46for convenience just to make this easy
22:48and universal for all of us. I think
22:50it's probably easy for all of us to feel
22:52gratitude.
22:54Whatever is happening in the world, we
22:56all know it could be worse. It could be
22:58worse in our lives. I'm deeply grateful
23:00for the opportunity to be with you here
23:02in this way today,
23:05sharing a part of our days
23:08by remembering this primal, this ancient
23:12and primal, uniquely human experience to
23:16give oursel healing and life no matter
23:20what's happening in the world around us.
23:21So, I'm going to invite you with me to
23:24the best of your ability. Let's feel
23:25that feeling of gratitude.
23:28And I'm going to give you uh a minute to
23:31do this. Uh it will seem like longer,
23:35but if we can do this for one minute and
23:37then we'll come back and uh and talk
23:40about this experience. Okay.
23:42So, to the best of your ability,
23:45continue to breathe as if your breath is
23:46coming from your heart. Slowing that
23:49breath. And while you are slowing the
23:51breath, feel that gratitude. Just
23:54breathe in and release those feelings of
23:57gratitude with me. Begin.
24:01And you might actually in your mind say,
24:03"Thank you. Thank you
24:06for my life. Thank you for the life and
24:11the safety of my friends and my loved
24:12ones." Those are all things that we
24:14could be deeply grateful for right now.
24:19Just feel those waves of gratitude as
24:22they ripple through your body from your
24:24heart. I'm doing the same thing.
24:43Remember
25:00to breathe
25:03just a little bit slower than usual.
25:32Okay, with one more breath, I'm going to
25:35invite you to inhale
25:38And as you release that breath, slowly
25:41begin to open your eyes, become present
25:43in the space that you've created for
25:45yourself. I'm doing the same thing right
25:46here.
25:50Please do not be deceived by the
25:52simplicity of this technique.
25:56This technique has been with us
26:00in our memory and our bodies from the
26:03time that we emerged
26:05200,000 years ago. Because this
26:08technique, this state of being, the
26:10state of consciousness is the state that
26:13we find ourselves in when we're born
26:16into this world. And young people are in
26:19this harmonized state until they're
26:21conditioned out of it early in life. So
26:24if it feels familiar to you, this may
26:26help to understand why it feels
26:28familiar.
26:30As I mentioned, this technique is just
26:33the beginning. From this harmony there
26:36are so many things that we can launch
26:40into
26:41uh from this this state of optimized
26:45biology. This is the place where we we
26:48would do our uh deep states of
26:50intuition. We can enter to from here. If
26:52we're going to use affirmations, you
26:54would use them from this place. If you
26:56want to optimize your body before yoga,
26:59before uh physical performance, before
27:02martial arts, before sports, this is the
27:05place where you would do this. If you
27:06want to optimize your body before
27:09performance of of music, this is the
27:12place that you would begin and then go
27:15forward to do these things.
27:17The scientists rec recommend uh
27:20optimizing this this technique uh for
27:23about 3 minutes uh at least 3 minutes. 3
27:27minutes of this technique
27:30sends uh a signal to our body begins a
27:33cascade of chemical experiences that
27:36last up to 6 hours where our stress
27:39levels decrease. The levels of cortisol
27:42decreases. While the DHEA, the precursor
27:45to every hormone in our body, increases
27:47over 100% just from three minutes of
27:49doing this. You awaken the longevity
27:52enzymes. You strengthen your immune
27:54system just from 3 minutes of doing this
27:56because you've removed the stress that
27:59depletes the immune system.
28:01So, there's so much more that we could
28:03do from here. Truly, heartbrain harmony
28:05is just the beginning. That you now have
28:08a tool that you can use every day in
28:10your life, at least once a day in your
28:13life to give your body relief. What
28:17could be any more simple than breathing
28:19the breath of life at a slower pace,
28:22telling your body that you are safe
28:24regardless of what's happening in the
28:26world around you? You're saying, "In
28:28this place, in my domain, I am safe."
28:32and using the neurallinginguistic
28:35properties of the words and your
28:38experience of what you associate with
28:41that words to replace the anxiety in
28:44your body. You can do this if you're
28:46feeling fear. What is it you'd like to
28:48replace that fear with? If you're
28:50feeling hurt because of loss, we are all
28:53losing something. We're losing a way of
28:55life. We're losing loved ones. We're
28:57losing families. We're losing
28:58relationships. People are losing
29:00marriages. What would you like to
29:02replace the feeling of loss with? And
29:06this is a very very simple technique.
29:08Breath,
29:10language, feeling focused in the neurons
29:14of the heart. And this simple technique
29:17was the the one that I felt would have
29:20the most application for the most number
29:22of people. It's not linked to
29:24meditation. It's not linked to a
29:26religion. It is simply you honoring the
29:29way your body works through breath and
29:32word associations.

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