Heart Rhythm Meditation (HRM) is an ancient practice that coordinates our breath with our heartbeat. This generates a powerful internal rhythm that creates heart coherencewhich is a state of balance between the head, heart, and emotions.Heart Rhythm Practice slows the heart rate and makes it more regular. It lowers blood pressure, strengthens our hearts energetically and increases circulation.Heart-centered mindfulness is a wonderful tool for creating balance in our lives. We learn to be fully present to the rhythm of the heartbeat and the breath. Sufis call the heart the sun in the chest. Its light guides you and its warmth is what people love in you. By giving our hearts our attention and our breath, we can energize and heal our hearts.The method is described in the books Living From The Heart and Energize Your Heart in 4 Dimensions. HRM has been expanded and enhanced by Puran and Susanna Bair of The Institute for Applied Meditation over the past 25 years. Their teacher was Pir Vilayat Khan, son of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Inayat Khan brought Sufism to the West from India in the early 1900s.Heart Meditation has been practiced for many centuries, dating back to both early Christianity and Sufism, with traces in Buddhist practices as well. In Christian monasteries, this meditation was known as the Prayer of the Heart and is described in the old Russian classic The Way of the Pilgrim.Different traditions worldwide have developed practices which synchronize breath and heartbeat, including heartbeat drumming in various tribal cultures.Heart Rhythm Meditation enhances life through the power of the heart. This includes both the physical heart that synchronizes the cells in the body to a common beat, and the energetic-emotional heart that inspires and guides us.Through Heart Rhythm Practice, we can create a harmonious state where our heart, mind and body are united in a feeling of wholeness. This state is often referred to as the Zone, the Flow, Oneness, or Coherence.This practice can help strengthen and heal our physical heart by increasing heart rate variability and making our heartbeats more regular. The practice creates a powerful rhythm in our hearts that increases our resilience and magnetism.Your heart illuminates your life and guides your actions. Every minute you spend in awareness of your breath and heartbeat is an investment in your heart's health and strength.Heart Rhythm Meditation is great for developing emotional self-discipline. Meditating on your heart connects you with the core of your emotional being, allowing you to live inside your emotional body.HRM is considered a downward meditation which keeps you in your body. This is healthful to our hearts and emotions. Some meditations lift consciousness out of the body but this can lead to disassociation. HRM draws the energy of the universe down into the body.Listen to Your HeartPuran and Susanna Bair talk about Listening to Your Heart and living a balanced life on Arizona Illustrated TV Tips for Parents: Balancing Mind with Heart: An Introduction to Heart Rhythm MeditationThe appearance of any information in the Davidson Institute's Database does not imply an endorsement by, or any affiliation with, the