I’ve almost finished reading the book Sixty Seconds, One moment changes everything, by Phil Bolsta. Phil sent a copy of his book for me to review. My final review will be coming shortly.
Phil’s book is a collection of inspirational, uplifting, heartfelt stories from prominent people who openly share intimate moments that have been a turning point in their lives.
If you are someone who has been following my posts, you know how important synchronicities are… to me or to spiritual growth.
Here’s my personal, intimate story from today…
My brother (my only sibling) had heart surgery a couple days ago. To get his heart back into rhythm. The rhythm didn’t happen. Another procedure (cardioversion - ”the process by which an abnormally fast heart rate or cardiac arrhythmia is terminated by the delivery of a therapeutic dose of electrical current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle.”) was performed yesterday, twice. Didn’t take. Another one was scheduled for Monday.
Not his first. He just turned 45. At 20, my very fit, athletic brother developed an aneurysm on his aorta, right next to the heart. This part is a long story… he got flown to Houston; his aorta was replaced along with a heart valve. This was way back before technology developed to what it is today…
So, his heart keeps falling into fibrillation. The heart races, without a regular pattern as well.
After driving up to New Hampshire this morning and visiting with my brother for a while, I learned the ‘normal’ heart beats somewhere in the 70 beats per minute range. Athletes and yogis more in the mid to upper 50’s. His monitor showed between 110 & 124. And the pattern on the monitor looked more like someone was playing with an “etch-a-sketch,” there was no pattern to visualize.
Sitting in the visitor chair across from the bed, I started Reiki. My brother closed his eyes and just relaxed. Within 2 minutes the numbers on the monitor started dropping rapidly. When it hit 68 beats per minute I told him to look. It kept dropping… he smiled. The rhythm changed into a perfect pattern. We went to a 52 BPM and he experienced the meditative state.
We visited for hours, his heart stayed in rhythm, for the first time in a very long time.
Sounds like he’s being released tomorrow. Doesn’t need another cardioversion on Monday.
He wants to become Reiki certified. To help himself.
Before I left tonight he wanted to drop his heart beat back down to the 50’s, maybe to show my parents? maybe just because? It held it at a steady 54 before I said goodnight and I drove back home.
So, this is 60 seconds times 2.
We are living in such difficult times now, to have faith and hope in all that is good… is all that matters.
With love & light,
~Tania
And I offer my sincerest thanks to my Reiki friends who sent distance healing to my brother last night. And the wonderful doctors and nurses at the New England Heart Institute.
