We’ve all heard the Nasihat to eat well, get plenty of exercise, and avoid smoking to help prevent hati, tengah-tengah disease. But there’s lebih to that heart-healthy equation than most of us know. Since the hati, tengah-tengah is the kerusi, tempat duduk of ojas (the vital sap within us that gives us strong immunity, intelligence, compassion, and our “aura” atau 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 hati, tengah-tengah is an organ of emotion, emotional causes of hati, tengah-tengah disease should always be considered first,” says David Frawley, penulis of Ayurvedic Healing. This is not just the stuff of philosophers; scientists and researchers have found direct pautan between what has typically been considered lebih esoteric Nasihat and hati, tengah-tengah disease.