Tending to Your Heart

In the midst of heartbreaking situations, it is important to look at how you are tending to your heart. This means that in the loss of a person, pet, income, relationship, or any destabilizing event it is important to nourish yourself. Even the gut-wrenching grief and exhaustion from processing the violence in the news make it important to give compassionate support to your own wellness and well-being .

We know that your heart is affected by emotions. Heart rate, pressure, and even shape and size change with the intensity of grief, heartbreak, sudden change, or loss. Our hearts break.

So what can we do to give tenderness to our hearts in the midst of all of the cacophony? This article will offer some simple and natural modalities related to foods, herbs, essential oils, teas, stones, sound, acupressure, and energetic contacts for tending to your heart. Please use any that call your name. Your heart carries the wisdom, intuition, memory, and compassion needed for this time. For additional support related to anxiety, trauma or overwhelm you can also get more ideas here.

Modalities for Tending to Your Heart

Modality	Specific Modalities	How to Use
Energetic Contacts, Sound, and Color to Treat Your Entire Body-Mind-Spirit System	Harmonizing Contact Medical Qigong Under Healing Blue Skies	https://kimberlyrex.audioacrobat.com/download/kimberlyrex-harmonizingcontact.mp3 Listen to calming music https://www.windowstotheheart.net/medical-qi-gong-under-healing-blue-skies/
Aromatherapy and Essential Oils	Clary Sage for grounding and coming back into center Rose for grief and broken heart	Diffuse in the room, inhale, surround yourself with fragrant roses, or apply to acupressure points with a carrier oil
Teas Water	Green tea for serotonin; Lavender or Chamomile tea for calming; Bergamot or Linden tea for anxiety; Chai or Tulsi tea for grief Hawthorn Tea for your heart Rose petal tea	Teas for Stress and Depression: https://senchateabar.com/blogs/blog/best-tea-for-stress-and-depression Solar infuse rose petals in water and drink tea Stay well hydrated.
Herbs	Sage, Hawthorn, Rose, Linden, Motherwort, Mimosa, Holy Basil (Tulsi)	https://www.onlymyhealth.com/herbs-for-grief-and-sorrow-1577506013
Foods	Eat dark leafy greens; Omega 3 foods; foods with Tryptophan (a precursor for serotonin). Eat root vegetables for grounding.’ Cook with sage associated with relieving sorrow.	Foods with Omega 3 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-omega-3-rich-foods Foods with Tryptophan https://www.livestrong.com/article/247974-list-of-foods-high-in-tryptophan/
Acupressure Points	Kidney 2: (brings warmth, joy, and love); Conception Vessel 17 (Ren Vessel): relieves anxiety; Lung 1 (Letting go); Stomach 36 (grounding); Gallbladder 20 (insomnia and clears brain); Governor’s Vessel 24.5 (center of the forehead above eyebrows and below hairline)	Acupressure Point Locations https://www.acupuncture.com/education/points/
Exercise	Take a walk, stretch to relieve anxiety, tone, and sing	Walk next to or near water or in the forest. Spend time in a garden.
Stones	Rose quartz for unconditional love; obsidian for absorbing negativity; Amethyst for restoring balance*	Carry the stone with you or wear the stone; use it in your bath water or make solarized water with stone; hold it in your hands (sub chakra of your heart) or near your heart.
Meditations	Grief Meditation 3 Meditations for Keeping Calm and Carrying On	https://kimberlyrex.audioacrobat.com/download/kimberlyrex-griefmeditation.mp3 https://www.windowstotheheart.net/three-meditations-to-stay-calm-and-carry-on/

Now is the time, more than ever that you take good care of yourself by tending to your heart. Be well, sleep well, and eat well. Think well, and love yourself well. We are at a turning and tipping point as we move forward with the potential for significant change. Let’s use our hearts to create new opportunities for sustaining life, love, and compassion starting with ourselves, and hold this space for tangible and sustainable possibilities!

If you have any questions about how to use these modalities in this article, feel free to contact me at kimberly@windowstotheheart.net. If you are experiencing heartache at this time and would like a personal Resonance Repatterning session, this is also the place to make contact.

From my heart to yours,

Kimberly