What research has shown is that the heart sends far more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the heart—and while both the cognitive and emotional systems in the body are intelligent, there are far more neural connections that go from the heart to the brain than the other way around.

A 2004 paper printed in the scientific magazine Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine describes our relationship to this power, stating: “There is compelling evidence to suggest that the physical heart is coupled to a field of information that is not bound by the classical limits of time and space.”3 In modern language, this

The pattern of heart rhythms known as heart rate variability (HRV) is a reflection of our inner emotional state and is influenced by the ANS. In times of stress or fear, the vagus nerve tone decreases and there is a predominance of expression of that part of the ANS called the sympathetic nervous system (SNS).