Awakening the Heart: The Ultimate Way to Total Holistic Health with Kimberly Snyder & John Pisani
This weekâs topic: The Science Of Upgrading Your Health and Relationships From The Power of Your Heart.
Hi everyone and welcome back to our Monday interview show. I am so excited that this is launch week for The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, my new book on awakening the heart through five stages. I cannot wait to get this book in your hands. Of all the books Iâve written, this one has changed me. It has awakened my heart and as weâll get into heart coherence today, which you probably have heard me talk about over the last few months and years. It ties together gut health, energy, our emotional wellbeing, our mental clarity, our relationships. Itâs so impactful. And so in celebration of this very special week, I have with me John Pisani, whoâs been my long-term business partner and has been with me since the first book. And we have done all these books together going back to the Beauty Detox Solution, which was published in 2011.
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Episode Summary
In this conversation, Kimberly Snyder discusses her new book, âThe Hidden Power of the Five Hearts with longtime business partner and Solluna co-founder John Pisani. The conversation focuses on the concept of heart coherence and its significance in wellness. Kimberly shares her journey of writing the book, the inspiration behind it, and the importance of understanding the stages of the heart. The discussion delves into emotional awareness, the impact of heart coherence on relationships, and the collective power of individuals in creating a heart-centered society.
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Episode Chapters
00:00 The Launch of a New Journey
02:50 Heart Coherence: The Core of Wellness
06:12 The Inspiration Behind the Book
09:07 Understanding Heart Coherence
11:53 The Stages of the Heart
15:08 The Power of Emotional Awareness
17:59 Fear and Forgiveness in Heart Work
20:51 The Impact of Heart Coherence on Relationships
24:11 Creating a Heart-Centered Society
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Transcript:
Kimberly Snyder (00:01.144)
Hi everyone and welcome back to our Monday interview show. I am so excited that this is launch week for The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, my new book on awakening the heart through five stages. I cannot wait to get this book in your hands. Itâs going to be shipping even today possibly or definitely tomorrow, 917, which is the official pub date. Of all the books Iâve written, this one has changed me. It has awakened my heart.
And as weâll get into today, this heart coherence, which you probably have heard me talk about over the last few months and years, is some aspect of our lifestyle and wellness, which ties everything together. It ties together gut health, energy, our emotional wellbeing, our mental clarity, our relationships. Itâs so impactful. And so in celebration of this very special week, I have with me John Pisani, whoâs been my long term business partner and has been with me since the first book. And we have done all these books together going back to the Beauty Detox Solution, which was published in 2011. So itâs been quite a journey, Welcome to the show. Itâs so great to be in the studio, live in person, not on Zoom. we had a book launch event the other day in Venice and I was saying to everyone,
Wow, I think back to our first book launch party, which was a very different type of book launch party. was, you know, lots of press. It was at the London and West Hollywood. Channing Tatum was the host. And thereâs been all these different parts of the journey, but you know, youâve been with me on this incredible journey. You and I have been on our own individual journey. Weâve been on this journey to share more and more. And here we are today talking about the heart.
So, you know, I have my glowing green smoothie right there on the table. And all these aspects of wellness are important, how we eat and how we live. But here, you know, the hard work, as I mentioned earlier, this coherence, the syncing up of your heart, brain, your nervous system, and spiritually into the deepest part of who we are, awakens everything. And whatâs amazing as we reflect back is that the mission is the same, but itâs the, you know,
Kimberly Snyder (02:22.154)
the peeling the layers of the onion were just getting deeper and deeper. And here I feel like weâre really in the core now. Yeah, you know, whatâs interesting, I felt at that party was it was very reminiscent of the first book launch and the fact that it felt so fresh and new. It was kind of like when youâre ahead of a little bit ahead of the curve of the information. And this is something that is, itâs breaking a little bit.
Itâs been out there, but it isnât well known. Yes. Just when we did the first thing. You could feel the energy in the room of people discovering and feeling it for the first time. It has that kind of pixie dust of this really powerful energy of bringing something new and fresh and powerful. needed. And needed. In this day and age, this by far is really, really needed in the world we live in today. I thought it was interesting.
Iâd love to know from you, because itâs always interesting when you write your books, because you donât try to force it. You let it come to you organically what your subjectâs going to be and what inspires you. How did this come to you and how did you first become inspired to go into this field? Iâve been talking about this a little bit on other shows, but Iâll go into more detail here on our show since weâre having this.
conversation with our inner feel good podcast community here, our Saluna community. So I think one of the attributes of wellness and as we unfold is receptivity, right? And I think thatâs one thing thatâs been my through line since the first book is Iâve always been curious. Iâve always said, you know, what else is there to learn? How could I feel better? And thatâs been my through line since
started backpacking around the world. I started learning about how to make blended foods and green smoothies. Iâve just been receptive to what is coming through. And then once I come across something that feels really potent, and in this case, it was a piece of research around the heart brain, I pay attention. Itâs like breadcrumbs, right? And I think thatâs partly because this awareness comes because of
Kimberly Snyder (04:45.12)
Iâve been a meditator, so Iâm more attuned to awareness of like, whoa, this actually did make me feel something. So thereâs that aspect of it. When I was writing, Are More Than You Think You Are, and researching some of the, thereâs a chapter in You Are More Than You Think You Are called You Are Magnetic, those of you that have that book. And thereâs some scientific reference in that book, although nothing like this book. And I came across a piece of research from HeartMath.
And it was how they had been measuring the magnetic field of the heart by sensitive equipment known as magnetometers. It was also about how the heart has 40 ,000 neurons and is a brain and does send more messages to the brain up here. So it started a spark of how come I donât really know about this? First of all, was like, is this true? And then I dug deeper and saw there was over 500 published research papers and really respected journals like the American Journal of Cardiology.
And the number two, I thought, how come I donât know about this? And Iâve been really diving pretty deep. And the number three, I said, well, everybody needs to know about this. So that was happening. And at the same time, I started to feel that I was, and Iâll say this, how do I say this? Well, I also feel that when we open ourselves up, spirit uses us as a channel in different ways.
And Yogananda, who many of you know who brought yoga to the West has always been such an important being, more than a teacher, guru, however you want to say it, his teachings have helped me so much. And then I started feeling tuned into Swami Sri Yukteswar, who is Yoganandaâs guru. And he ran an ashram in India and was said to be very stern, but had the love of a thousand mothers. And he
was a Vedic scholar. I was anyways, I was going into the hard math research. And then I just felt called to go down this rabbit hole with his book. And he only wrote one book was called the Holy Science. And I remember being in Hawaii. And I think I told you this and I certainly told John, my husband, I was reading this book over and over again. Did I tell you this? I think you told me this. Well, tell me again, because Iâm trying to remember. I remember itâs a fairly succinct book. And itâs basically written in sutra style, sort of like
Kimberly Snyder (07:11.308)
you know, the Bhagavad Gita or ancient texts. thereâs, you know, Sanskrit, thereâs the writing in Sanskrit, thereâs a translation in English, and then thereâs a little bit of explanation. So I was, I just felt called in and you know, itâs hard to put these things in words, but I feel like I was just being drawn into the heart in so many ways. And in this book, he talks about the five stages of the human heart. And this really spoke to me because I had never heard and Iâd read, you know,
some of the other translations of other texts, but this was so clearly saying dark, propelled, steady, devoted, and he says clean heart. He also talks about the clear heart in that book. So I went with clear heart in my modern interpretation, these five states, and it was all lining up. The science was really lining up with these heart stages that he was laying out. So it was my favorite place to hang out, which is the intersection of spirituality and science.
where I think itâs really important to bring forward truths that are shown for the discerning mind in science. But these spiritual teachings that I feel like are so necessary in todayâs world for health, for coming together in more unity as a community and the larger community of the world, for our own peace and fulfillment. And so it all came together very organically. I never saidâŚ
to myself. I did get an email from Hay House, my publisher, some months earlier. They were like, hey, whatâs your next book going to be about? And to be honest, I just said to them, and I always say this, you know, Iâll let you know when Iâm ready. Itâs not me. Itâs just like something coming through me. And so I just stayed open and I was receptive to messages I was getting and the heart is what came through. Yeah. But I remember how quick it like you, when you get that inspiration, it seemed like this one, really, you were in it and it just kind of
So one of the things that heart coherence shows is clarity comes. Heart coherence is this syncing up basically the heart, brain, the nervous system. And what it means is clarity. thatâs one of the biggest, most incredible things that Iâve experienced through increasing my own heart coherence and this work. Itâs sort of like looking, I described this in the book, looking through to the bottom of a clear lake. So once I got
Kimberly Snyder (09:35.66)
this inspiration, know, Sanskrit would say sponda to, okay, youâre going to be writing about the heart. It was, all right, here we go. I had, you know, a very clear vision. I wanted it to be the heart stages. I wanted the science to be woven in with the teachings. I presented it to Hay House. I just wrote a little thing about the book and they approved it. know.
proven author, this is my eighth book, Iâd already done a book with them. So they didnât really give me any restrictions. And so I was off to the races. I also had it in my mind that I wanted it to be a succinct book to, first of all, pay homage to Swami Shri Yukteswarâs book, which was very succinct. I wanted people to get through the book. So I wrote the book and then I ended up cutting out 20 ,000 words, mostly science.
because I said to myself, okay, I think Iâm going a little bit too deep down the rabbit hole. And you know, youâve read the book, John, there is a lot of science in it, but as a, you know, as a Well, you love your science too. But Iâm saying you could get through the science thatâs left in the book. Absolutely. And I think thatâs always been one of your strengths as a writer is taking these sometimes more complex science and stuff and presenting them in a way that is so relatable and understandable for the average person.
And I was going to say, one of the strengths of this book is there is all the science backing this, but you present it in a way that connects to everyday life. And in all the stages, thereâs, when I was reading, was like, wow, there I see me. I see me in this one. You know, you so, I think thatâs one of the powerful things, the book that you do is you present it in a way where if the reader can really take away so much from, because it really is written in a way that is easily understandable and relatable.
You know, itâs interesting this morning, I did a growth day Zoom with Brendan Bouchard. So if you know who he is, is a, donât know how to classify him. Heâs a motivational speaker. Heâs a entrepreneur coach. He does stuff with Oprah. He does a lot of mindset coaching, I think. So he loved the book. We talked about the book. And one thing he said to me is, did you plan?
Kimberly Snyder (11:53.698)
for the way you wrote the heart stages, towards the end, it gets like really elevated. So if you remember, you flow through from the dark heart to the propelled, and then it gets to the light of the clear heart. And there is a lot of light in it. And I said, well, you know, the opposite of light or clear or transparent is dense and dark. And that was the first heart stage. And this is where we are more heady and stuck in patterns. And this is, you know, Iâm laying out the stages so it makes sense. There isâŚ
more science in the beginning. So you understand what Iâm talking about when I say heart brain. You understand what Iâm talking about when weâre talking about coherence and incoherence. And so the way itâs written, yes, thereâs more information in the beginning. Thereâs science in all the chapters, but by the time you get to the clear heart, and Iâd love to read a little paragraph on it, I feel like it really sings. I got to be honest with you guys. I mean, for me, the devoted heart and the clear heart chapters are my favorite.
I love all the, you have to get through all the heart stages, but thereâs something I want to read to you. The clear heart is the ultimate stage of the highest heart coherence where the heart, brain and mind find clarity and become one. Because of this, the clear heart is also the humble heart. It brings you to the realization that no one is better than anyone else. All souls are equal as Yogananda says, all hearts are fundamentally equal.
The clear heart is just more transparent. So, and then I go on to say these hard stages arenât, you know, sequential, like you get to one and then you never go back. We, we flow in and out. So even though this is, you know, the state of heart, brain harmony, these are moments we tap into when youâre doing the dishes and youâre not thinking, youâre just sort of out of time and space, or you look into your dogâs eyes or loved oneâs eyes, or youâre looking at the sunset and youâre just feeling this oneness.
And so whatâs really powerful about these teachings in the book is that youâre learning to whatâs called increase your coherence capacity. So your baseline with these tools gets higher and higher so that youâre able to experience more times in the clear heart and the devoted heart. Youâre actually training yourself and over time it just gets higher and higher and higher. So thereâs nothing, this isnât random. This isnât saying, some of us have better karma and some people are just
Kimberly Snyder (14:16.364)
I mean, yes, thereâs a truth. Some souls may come in a little bit lighter. They donât have as much trauma in their childhood. They have more joy. But whatâs so powerful about this work is that you can go in, you can start to blast through old patterns and you just start to clear things out. And then you spend more time in these higher heart stages. Thatâs so true. When I first read it, I see I spent time in a lot of different stages, depending, you and you can go in and out.
But what else is interesting is the way you set that and you said where you start with a certain order of it. gives you a, reading those and having those, by time you get to the clear heart and reading that, you have such a broader base of understanding the different stages that it makes it more powerful and more understandable, easier to understand. If you just went to that first, you wouldnât quite have as powerful experience as you read the other chapters first.
Well, itâs crucial actually. And again, theyâre quite succinct, but to read all the stages because we can all be in, letâs say youâre in a steady hard stage where coherence starts to grow and you feel more anchored in yourself, but maybe you see something on the news or something triggers you on social media or somebody says something that is stored somewhere in one of your amygdala reminds you of a wounded child. Boom, youâre back in frustration or anger or whatever, from the dark heart.
What this work has done for me is you pull out much faster. It doesnât mean youâre not in the lower heart stages, but Iâm not in there as long. Now, John, you have known me so long and you can see, and Iâve been saying this to everyone, this has made such a big difference in my life, but can you share what a difference youâve seen in me as another person? yes, because I think now you have the ability to pull out.
where before you would stay in those stages. not even be, I wouldnât be in them as often and also not have the awareness. Exactly. You wouldnât even know youâre in that. You know, itâs just now it brings. Vision grows. What Iâve noticed like in you doing this is that you can, youâre much more aware of when youâre in those different stages and pulling out of those stages and trying to better the way you handle when youâre in those stages.
Kimberly Snyder (16:33.942)
So yeah, thereâs that aspect. And then for me personally, which I guess no one else can really know, we donât know how we are on the inside except for ourselves, right? Itâs just how much lighter I feel day to day, how much more peaceful. Because even before thereâd be times where Iâd be doing something, you youâre at your childâs birthday party or whatever, but there could be thinking or there just could be like ruminating over something. I actually talk about you in the steady heart.
where I say, you remember how many times I would call you and be like, is everything gonna be okay? Like youâre going to this outside source to get that validation. I would say me calling you and talking through stuff. I, you know, as I talk about in the book, sometimes it would be for hours and hours, especially when I started to become more of a public figure. And, you know, I remember something happened when I was on Good Morning America. One time there was, you know, a group of
registered dieticians, I was talking about diet soda and stuff and I sort of felt attacked for the first time. And I just, it just was really hard for me to handle. So anyways, for years, was a lot of this, again, I think admit, you know, I speak for myself going outside of ourselves to feel okay, whether thatâs people complimenting us on social media or having someone literally say that itâs okay or having to always be in a relationship or whatever it is.
I talk about this story in the book, if you remember, where itâs probably down 80%, 85%. yes. Maybe 90%. Well, yes. I think that thatâs the power of the book because it gives people, readers, the opportunity to learn because the biggest thing is weâre unaware if weâre doing any of this. Weâre unaware of all of the stuff thatâs going on within our heart and how powerful that
our hearts are as far as for our emotions and what weâre feeling. by having, you know, a book like this where you can just say, okay, hold on, stop. I recognize that Iâm, Iâm in this certain stage. Iâm doing these behaviors. It gives you the tools and with the heart of mind meditation too, really, which is such a life -changing meditation that the only meditation I think Iâve ever done in my life to where I can physically feel differently immediately after doing it.
Kimberly Snyder (18:57.848)
Yeah, well, itâs so itâs what youâre describing is that physical shift and Iâll show the graph again for any of you watching this on YouTube. Otherwise, as you get your copy of the book, this is going to be on page 29. See, this is the pattern. This is important to point out. Itâs the pattern, not just the number of your HRV. This is an anger and then this is appreciation. So as you said, John, you feel differently in your body.
but itâs not just your body. We can tune into the body, but since the heart is the main biological oscillator, itâs setting the rhythms. And Dr. McCready, who is who we did the heart aligned meditation study with, one of the things he says over and over again is emotions run the show. Emotions run the show. Emotions are at the root of why stress disables us. Itâs not the traffic, itâs not the childâs tantrum, itâs the feeling of frustration and
overwhelm and time pressure that create the cortisol spikes, right? That create the fight or flight in our nervous system. So when youâre feeling it in your body, itâs actually awakening this incredible pathway of the heart brain. so that neuroplasticity doesnât just refer to the neurons and the pathways in the brain, but between the heart and the brain. So what this means is we change our perceptions. So you said,
You start to be more aware. You start to be aware of what others are saying and doing like more deeply. This is where emotional intelligence grows. You can start to see context versus being really literal, which is something I used to do. Like, but you said this. So you no, no, no, I actually meant this. So you can start to not be so literal because you start to soften into what real communication is. But you also see yourself more. And so what that means is, you know,
as the heart awakens, and this is one of the spiritual truths that Yogananda and Triyukteshvara teach, your third eye opens. So youâre able to see, youâre able to perceive the heart aligned meditation and the tools in the book also increase your coherence capacity. So over time, and now Iâve been doing this a few years, I can just say, Iâm so grateful to feel lighter and just more joyful and blissful in my day -to -day life. You know, that propelled heart stage, which is stage two,
Kimberly Snyder (21:20.31)
which is where I spent a lot of my life, like a lot of my life. And I think most people, as I just become aware of these hard stages and you see that thereâs a lot of suffering because the propelled heart is restless. Itâs never enough, never content, always on how do I appear to other people? Do people like me, am I too fat? Am I too this? Am I too that? My plans, trying to control life. I mean, itâs exhausting even talking about it. So.
When you come in and you start to create this coherence, we start to realize the truth of what Sri Yukteswar says when he says, the real necessities of the human heart have nothing to do with anything outside of himself. Nothing. So this means the self fulfillment, the self worth, the self love, the self, peace, everything actually coming from inside of you. I feel, you know, also John, I feel really peaceful.
Another thing, since you know me well, this is our eighth book launch together. I feel so much more peaceful going into a launch where typically itâs like running around and like, whatâs going on here and are we doing enough? And just these feelings of lack and pressure. I just feel so peaceful because I know no matter what happens, you know, first of all, Iâm just so grateful. Number two, Iâve benefited so much myself. And number three, itâs more like this gentle
offering out versus like, need you to get this book. You know, listen, this is amazing. And if people want it, they can have it too, but itâs not the neediness of the propelled heart. Yeah. And I think youâve let go of the attachment of success, you know, what we deem as success. Yeah. Thatâs what the propelled heartâs attached. And then the steady heart is, you know, connected, self -fulfilled. Yeah. And Iâve watched you on this even at our
book launch event, you were so calm. I think just the nature of the subject matter and youâre taking it and living it. think thatâs where I feel like watching people as they discover this. Itâs almost like youâre living it and they feel it. When we did that study, we had them for a month.
Kimberly Snyder (23:41.44)
I would talk to all the different people setting up the, and I could feel the changes and you could feel talk, just talking to them and even them telling us how much they changed over one monthâs time of doing the meditation. And thatâs just in one month. Well, whatâs amazing is in that study as well, we had ex -military, we had busy moms, we had all different types of people. We had artists. I know of one, at least one artist who was in the group and two of the people in the group,
were professional women. One was a doctor, one was a high level producer who wanted to find a partner and eventually want to have a family and had been on all the different dating apps and had been unsuccessful for years. Within a few weeks of doing our study, both of these women have found their life partner. One of them recently got engaged and o
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