The scientific value of the “hunches” BY ISMAEL CALA @CREEK
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t is said that “a hunch” made the creators of Batman decide to let the Joker alive, today become one of the most sinister characters in the cinema. Not for pleasure, the new film is presented as one of the great film premieres of the year. When we intuit something, we say we have a hunch. And it has been shown that the heart feels, thinks and decides. As you read. Recent studies confirm that the heart has its own brain. There are concentrated about 40,000 sensory neurons and a network of neurotransmitters with very specific functions, which communicate with the brain. They are called “the little brain of the heart.” collection of quantitative and qualitative data, it was shown that all the variables It happens that between these two organs improved considerably, and that each there is a communication that transcends individual reported a feeling of well-being the physical and takes us to the spaces of and relaxation after the workshop. intuition and soul. How do scientists explain this phenomenon? But, that the heart “thinks” does not mean Neuroscience studies are fascinating. The Heartmath Institute, an organization that has devoted 30 years to the study of the relationship between the brain and the heart, recently published an investigation on cardiac coherence, mindfulness, coherence, relaxation and mood of each individual. In the three-hour workshop, 13 people participated, between 26 and 62 years old. Thanks to the measurement and the
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The brain is our intellectual container, but it is the heart that drives action from love. That is why I share this idea of Nisargadatta, spiritual master of India: “The head builds the bridge, but it is the heart that crosses it.”
that it does so in the same way as the brain. In fact, both intelligences complement each other. While the brain orders, classifies and does a more structured work, the heart synthesizes and works with intuition.
If the mind-heart coherence is a real fact, endorsed by science, why live then divorced from the truth? Let’s be more empathetic, let’s listen more to what our heart has to say to the brain.
But how can we improve the balance between both organs? Well, practicing activities such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, chikung breathing and taichí, which precisely seek synchronization between brain and heart.
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