Warm your Heart - with DHEA

DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone!) is our anti-stress hormone. It is the opposite to adrenalin and cortisol, calming us down following a stressful event, lowering blood sugar and helping with our immune response. Eastern therapies often view people with very low DHEA levels (and usually very high adrenalin & cortisol levels) as having empty heart chakras. We often try to do too much and end up giving all of ourselves away, leaving us feeling stressed, tired and a bit resentful of nothing in particular.

The good news is that we can increase our DHEA levels by practicing a little exercise for just a few minutes a few times a week. This exercise can help with stress, anxiety and panic attacks, and has also been shown to lift your general mood.

1. Take a moment to observe how you feel, without comment or judgement.
2. Try to name what is causing you stress
3. Place your hand over your heart and feel the warmth of your hand
4. For a minute or two, imagine a person, event or place that always makes you smile or feel uplifted and imagine having that feeling in your heart.
5. Bring somthing to mind that allows you to feel unconditional love or appreciation; a child, pet or a very special place. Hold that feeling in your heart for 5 or 6 breaths, holding your hand over your heart.
6. note how you feel now and how your emotions have spiralled upwards.

Practice this regularly to lift your spir