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I have had heart disease for about 10 years. In the very early stages, when they suspect they’ve got a problem with a cholesterol level in my blood that’s heading towards high or even very high, I turn in bed for a few minutes and then start exercising.

I put on my weightlifting clothes and check my pulse, to see if it’s fluttering away because I’m trying too hard to get my heart going. Then I wear an electrode on my chest that measures the electrical impulses from my heart to see if they’re accelerating. And finally, I check to see if I’m loosening the tension in my chest and breathing out properly. That’s what I do every evening. vlxx

I have a son, who is now 14, and I also have a daughter who is 11. My weightlifting clothes are comfortable and easy to clean. sextop I take them every day. I keep the heart monitor by my bed. When I am thinking about exercising, I listen to an exercise programme on my iPod and I use my body to hear my heart beat.

When I get up in the morning, I place my little plastic heart monitor in my right hip and I play a bit of yoga music and begin to feel my heart beat. As I practise breathing, my internal clock ticks forward.

When I get to work I walk to the bus stop every day so I can check my heart rhythm. The rhythm is always the same – a heart that sounds like church bell. I take this as a sign that I’m healthy, that my heart is getting healthier. viet69 Sometimes I drive into the city and I wear the special heart monitoring vest and I’ll keep listening to the new Danish zither or something and put my feet up. It’s very relaxing.

My message is: Take good care of your heart. It’s an important organ. I encourage other people to keep a heart monitor close to their bed so they can feel it.

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Soleil Moon Frye is a yogi and fashion designer. There are many places you can find the heart monitor. You can buy one through Sky Online.

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