We’ve all heard the conseil to eat well, get plenty of exercise, and avoid smoking to help prevent cœur, coeur disease. But there’s plus to that heart-healthy equation than most of us know. Since the cœur, coeur is the siège of ojas (the vital sap within us that gives us strong immunity, intelligence, compassion, and our “aura” ou energetic body), any time we feel out of balance with our essential self in any way (through stress, through unhealthy relationships with others and/or the world around us), our bodies, and particularly our hearts, suffer. “As the cœur, coeur is an organ of emotion, emotional causes of cœur, coeur disease should always be considered first,” says David Frawley, auteur of Ayurvedic Healing. This is not just the stuff of philosophers; scientists and researchers have found direct liens between what has typically been considered plus esoteric conseil and cœur, coeur disease.