This is from Chapter 4 of High on Life. This practice utilizing the power of your heart to generate and sustain feelings of appreciation, love, and gratitude. This not only enhances your well-being but also deepens your connection with your heart. By activating feelings of sincere appreciation, you can improve heart rhythm coherence, reduce emotional stress, and promote overall health. Remember, this practice can evolve and deepen over time, so be patient with yourself and repeat it regularly for the best results. Step 1: Heart Focus • Action: Concentrate on your heart area and begin breathing a bit deeper than usual. Shift your awareness from your mind to your heart. Place your hands in a prayer position or one over the other on your heart. • Result: This shift signals to your heart that you are moving your engagement from the external world to your internal world. It helps you focus on the breath’s path and aligns you with your internal energy. Step 2: Heart Breathing • Action: Practice a cycle of 5-5-5 breathing: Inhale for five seconds, visualizing the breath as light entering your heart and traveling up to the pineal gland, the center of your forehead, also known as the third eye. Hold and concentrate in this area for five seconds, then exhale through your heart for five seconds. • Result: This step calms your body, signaling safety and support for the process. It activates the pineal gland, fostering coherence between your heart, brain, and the Earth. Slow, deep breaths initiate the nervous system’s relaxation response. Step 3: Heart Feeling Action: Activate a positive feeling while maintaining heart focus and breathing. Recall a joyful memory, a special place, or the love for someone dear to you. Generate genuine feelings of caring, appreciation, gratitude, or compassion for anything or anyone. • Result: Authentic feelings enhance the connection and coherence between your heart and brain. The sincerity of these emotions is crucial for the effectiveness of this step.