Although many do not believe, the heart also feels, thinks and decides, contains about 40,000 neurons and a network of neurotransmitters with very precise functions that transform it, in our admiration, into a perfect extension of our brain.
One curious thing is that when we want to refer to our own person, it is common to reach the heart, it is something automatic, almost instinctive, as if a mysterious voice is showing us that right there is the center of our true being. , of our own conscience.
“Those who love each other with their hearts speak from the heart. -Francis of Quevedo-
This voice is not wrong at all: neuroscience is always a fantastic and revealing science that illuminates these processes that we sometimes intuitively have, but which we cannot fully understand The heart is intimately linked to the brain, so much so that it is in fact constantly sending information and even active or inhibiting various areas of the brain as needed.
You will like to know, for example, that emotions such as love and its manifestation through affection, tenderness or need and care arise from this exceptional complex of cells, nerves, energy and electricity that make up who we are: perfect engineering willing to interact with your environment and with your peers.
We invite you to think about this, and we encourage you to go beyond the simple metaphor that “we also think with our hearts” to understand all these wonders concentrated right there, in the center of your chest.
The heart is an emotionally intelligent organ. It seems, without a doubt, a strange redundancy and even a very poetic phrase to have authentic validity, however, think for a while about the following: when we cultivate positive emotions characterized by calm, balance and full and authentic satisfaction, the heart rate it is in harmony It is rhythmic and perfect.
However, factors such as stress, anxiety or fear completely break this balance, its waves break into uneven and even dangerous peaks, the heart knows that emotions help us connect with other people, so it is, for example, an organ responsible for producing certain hormones, such as ANF, responsible, among other functions, for stimulating the release of oxytocin , the hormone of care, love and love.
Annie Marquier is a renowned mathematician and conscientious researcher who recommends the following: the heart has about 40,000 neurons and enjoys positive and relaxed moods, it is highly recommended to practice contemplation, silence and relaxation as a harmonious way to connect with your environment.
He thinks that the heart is, in turn, a fantastic channel with which we activate a true “superior intelligence” because it is the positive emotions, after all, that strengthen our health. In fact, it is this organ that also controls them through a series of hormones.
Then we’ll understand a little better how this is done
At first we said that the heart has a very complex nervous system, where neurotransmitters, proteins and supporting cells are concentrated, this means that this organ that gives us life is also a ‘thought system’
Practically, more than a rational organ, it is a purely sensitive organ capable of making decisions on its own, based on certain stimuli. Most interesting of all, as neurologists and cardiologists explain, the heart can act independently of the brain itself. Not only that, he also learns from experience.
Let’s see how you can do it through a series of connections the brain makes.
“To love with intensity, you must have peace in your heart
This fact undoubtedly invites us to think: of the total heart cells, 67% are nerve cells, the heart being the only organ capable of sending information to the brain independently depending on the organic stimuli it receives.
The heart takes care of homeostasis. What does that mean?, that among its various and vital functions is also to ensure our emotional balance.
To do this it inhibits stress and prioritizes the production of hormones, such as oxytocin, so the heart acts as another endocrine gland: in fact, are there suspicions that it may work?With the amygdala.
The heart is characterized by very powerful electromagnetic communication, in fact, it is 5,000 times larger than the brain itself.
Its electromagnetic field varies according to emotions. Thanks to various investigations carried out by the HeartMath Research Center, it has been proven that the quality of our emotions alters or controls the electromagnetic field that our heart generates.
This is undeniably fascinating, to the point that scientists have a clear appearance that we all confirm in the first person: positive emotions generate true psychophysiological coherence.
People are therefore a wonderful accumulation of energies, impulses, sensations and perceptions guided by two exceptional channels: the brain and the heart. The latter isn’t just the classic?Bomb?makes blood circulation possible, but it also gives life to what makes us human: emotions.