Relaxation exercises are great for reducing stress and getting you through those difficult days feeling more energized and less frazzled. What you may not know is that stress reduction is as important in maintaining and repairing the health of your heart as proper diet, smoking cessation, and lowering your cholesterol. In fact, the right kind of stress reduction can help you prevent and even cure heart disease.

In The 15 Minute Heart Cure, cardiologist John M. Kennedy shows you how stress triggers a fight or flight response that can harm your cardiovascular system in a variety of ways. Then he helps you safeguard your heart health with powerful, easy to learn techniques for dispelling stress naturally, without spending a lot of time or money.

Dr. Kennedy explains the stress/heart disease connection for the four major types of heart disease and shows you how to stop stress in its tracks with his proven B R E A T H E (Begin, Relax, Envision, Apply, Treat, Heal, End) technique. Whether you have had a heart attack, have been diagnosed with a heart condition, or simply want to keep your heart in great shape, this unique, practical guide gives you the tools you need to make every day less stressful and mitigate the impact of each stressful situation on your heart.

You ll learn how to:

• Use guided imagery and breathing tech niques to induce a relaxation response




• Train yourself to find calm even in the most stressful situations




• Apply variations of the B R E A T H E technique to specific cardiovascular conditions




• Prevent heart attack, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, and valve disease




• Reduce and reverse the effects of an existing heart condition




• Avoid dangerous and costly heart surgery by maintaining your heart health every day

Complete with numerous real life examples of stress induced cardiovascular events and how these patients repaired their hearts through stress reduction, The 15 Minute Heart Cure is the book that could save your life.