I Can Feel My Heart Pounding - A Guided Meditation for Heart Palpatations and a Racing Heartbeat.

Why Is My Heart Racing When Nothing Is Happening? — Heart Palpitations, Health Anxiety and the 5-10 Breath | 10 Minute Guided Meditation



You get that feeling right there under your hand. Too fast, too hard, too loud for a room this quiet — and yet nothing is happening. You're sitting down. You haven't run anywhere, you haven't climbed anything, and still your heart is going like you've just sprinted up a flight of stairs.



And here's the thing: the beating isn't the worst part. The worst part is the question that arrives behind it. What if this isn't anxiety? Tonight we answer that question — not with reassurance, not with someone telling you you're fine, but with your own body. This session is about a racing heart, heart palpitations, and a pounding heartbeat that will not slow down. Inside Anchored there are proper breathing tools — not a page of instructions to read when your chest is hammering, but an actual pacer, a shape that grows while you breathe in and shrinks while you breathe out. In the dark you don't have to count, you don't have to remember, you don't have to get it right.

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Today's breathing is longer than usual: in for five, no pause, out for ten, always out through the mouth — soft, like you're steaming up a window. A long exhale is the most direct lever you have on a heart rate you can't talk down. Then one hand flat on the chest, a warm amber light spreading under it, and a set of affirmations built around the idea that the alarm has been heard, and it can stop ringing now. Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett.



Please note: this session is for anxiety-related palpitations. If a racing heart is new for you, or comes with chest pain, fainting or breathlessness, please book in with your doctor and get it checked properly. Take care of you.



⏱️ Time Chapters



* 00:00 – Too fast, too hard, and nothing is happening

* 01:20 – Welcome from Martin

* 01:47 – Anchored: the breathing pacer for when you can't count

* 02:09 – One hand flat on your chest

* 03:56 – Today's breath: in for five, out for ten

* 04:29 – Letting go of the count

* 04:48 – The warm amber light

* 06:33 – Today's gentle affirmations

* 08:14 – Second pass: within the beauty of your mind's eye

* 09:09 – Your three daily caring tips

* 09:30 – Coming back gently

* 09:44 – Your heart carried you here today



🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations



Say these words with me, silently or out loud, whichever the room allows — but feel them, see them:



I am safe, I am here, there is nothing to fear right now.

This is anxiety in my body, and anxiety always passes.

I can feel my heartbeat and I do not have to be frightened of it.

Every out breath slows me down.

The alarm has been heard, it can stop ringing now.



💡 3 Daily Caring Tips



1. When you notice your heart racing, put one hand flat on your chest and breathe out for twice as long as you breathed in. Three rounds is usually enough to feel the brakes engage.



2. Cut caffeine out eight hours before bed. Caffeine alone can produce a pounding heartbeat that feels exactly like anxiety.



3. If a racing heart is new for you, and comes with any chest pain, fainting or breathlessness, do book in with your doctor and get it checked properly.



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The pounding, the fear, the what if — they move, they are loud, they are absolutely convincing. And yet they pass. They always, always pass.



Your heart carried you here through everything today, without ever once being asked. It's on your side. It always was. If you have 30 seconds, a review on Apple or Spotify helps more people find us.



Have a wonderful day, truly. Smile often, positive thoughts when you can, and then in everything …be kind.



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