Womb & Heart Connection?

How these organs relate from
traditional and modern perspectives

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Have you ever heard anything about the connection between your womb and your heart?

It may sound strange, like they are so different in their structure and function that it doesn't make sense, but in both traditional teachings from Chinese medicine and in current scientific research we see they are more linked than you may think.

Modern western biomedicine tends to separate and isolate body parts as if they don't have anything to do with each other.

As if the cardiovascular system is completely disconnected from our generative or reproductive organs. 

But in reality, this just isn't the case. 

I've seen how both our hearts and our wombs are powerful centers of intuitive knowing and also are both places where strong emotions show up. 

And when we look to the traditional paradigm of Chinese medicine, we see that this is not just a fanciful myth, but has a real basis in how imbalances arise in our wombs. 

And in modern science, we're also starting to see an actual physiologic connection between these two organs, particularly in the menstrual years, that may be a reason that cardiovascular risk is lower pre-menopausally. 

It's fascinating stuff, and worthy of all of our attention. 

Listen to the episode to learn:

• 3 different perspectives on the heart-womb connection
• how to start to connect to both of these powerful centers in your body
• some basics on Chinese medicine theory and how the Heart is protected by its relationship with the Womb
• why it's so important to work on healing your trauma and process your grief and some ideas on how to start doing so
• simple first steps you can take to encourage womb clearing and healing
• some of the emerging science around how our wombs may actually help to physically heal heart damage!

Resources:

• Register for the Sacred Pelvic Health Summit! 
  Get $25 off by using discount code LOVEYOURWOMB before Feb 28th! Sign up here.
• Download the FREE Womb connection and clearing visualization
• Episode 10: Traditional womb healing + clearing with Sondra Hamilton
• Episode 29: Fertility rituals + the mystery of time w/ Caroline Grace Ashurst
• Episode 34: What if your womb was an altar?
• Episode 43: Vaginal steaming w/ Julia Demillones Moore
• Episode 53: Honoring the loss w/ India Elyn
• In honor of Ayah Buonaugurio: Listen to her womb clearing meditation here

Reference:

Ludke, A., Hatta, K., Yao. A., & Li R. (2022). Uterus: A unique stem cell reservoir able to support cardiac repair via crosstalk among uterus, heart, and bone marrow. Cells, 11(14), 2182. doi: 10.3390/cells11142182 

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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