Practical Wisdom: Hold. Don’t Broadcast.

This one is important, beloveds.  Its big, important work we can all do. I don’t usually ask you to share, but this message needs sharing. If we can learn to do THIS, we can improve our life experience and help others to improve theirs.

The world can roar sometimes.

Last week, I was in my living room, half-listening to a TV show, half-reading texts, and half-thinking about the email I hadn’t answered. It was the end of the day and I was tired. The doorbell rang to announce a package delivery, the phone buzzed at the same time, my son asked me a question, and suddenly a dozen unseen threads tugged at my mind. It all happened in seconds. I stood up, staring at the door, trying to remember what I was supposed to be doing.

Somewhere under all the noise, a small voice rose up inside: Hold your frequency.

I exhaled. One slow, deliberate breath.
My hand found my heart.

I imagined a sound inside me, a low, kind hum, like the tone a Tibetan bowl makes when struck and left to sing. My shoulders dropped. The air seemed to expand. Nothing outside changed. But something inside did. I felt myself inside myself.

That is what it feels like to hold frequency.

It’s about being the field, not broadcasting it.

Many people think of energy work as something we send out into the world, like broadcasting love, light, or healing. There is beauty in that intention, but holding frequency is different. It’s not a performance or a projection. It’s an embodiment.

When I hold a frequency – let’s say, the frequency of peace…I’m not trying to push peace into the chaos around me. I’m choosing to be peace, even in chaos. I become like a tuning fork, maintaining my tone regardless of what other sounds are present.

Think of a candle in a noisy room. It doesn’t compete with the voices. It simply burns. That steady flame transforms the space because of its constancy, not its effort. The light is there no matter what else is happening. Holding frequency works the same way.

And there’s science behind it!

HeartMath Institute has studied this phenomenon for decades. Their research shows that the human heart creates an electromagnetic field that can be measured several feet beyond the body. When our emotional state is coherent, meaning when our thoughts, feelings, and physiology align, then our heart field becomes stable and ordered. This coherence affects not only our health but also the people around us.

In studies, when one person entered a state of calm appreciation, others nearby unconsciously began to mirror that state. Their heart synchronizes, a process scientists call physiological entrainment. In other words, your inner frequency is contagious.

Neuroscience offers more evidence. Our brains contain mirror neurons that fire when we observe another person’s emotional expression. If you smile with genuine warmth, another’s brain responds as if they are smiling, too. When you hold a steady inner frequency, your nervous system becomes a model for others, showing them what calm coherence feels like without a single word spoken.

Even physics hints at this truth. Everything in the universe vibrates at specific frequencies …atoms, light, sound, even thought. Energy interacts with energy. When you hold a vibration of compassion, you contribute to the greater field of coherence that shapes our shared experience. It’s subtle, but it is real.

Holding frequency is not a mystical act. It is an everyday discipline of attention and presence. Here’s how to begin:

• Notice the static. When life feels overstimulating, pause before reacting. Acknowledge the tension in your body.

• Anchor the breath. Inhale slowly through your nose, exhale through your mouth. Do this until your breath feels like a tide rather than a gasp.

• Choose your frequency. Ask yourself, “What energy do I want to hold right now?” Choose one word; peace, love, justice, humor, grace.

• Imagine what that word feels like in your body. Feel it physically. Recall a memory that awakens that quality in you. Let your body remember how it feels.

• Imagine that frequency settling into your bones, your heartbeat, your breath. Stay with it for a few minutes.
  
  

The more often you practice, the easier it becomes. You start to recognize when you’ve been pulled out of tune, and you know how to return.

When you hold frequency, you become a calm center in a spinning world. Your very presence steadies conversations, meetings, and households. You don’t have to preach, force it outward, or prove anything. The energy you hold does the quiet work for you.

This isn’t passive spirituality. It’s conscious participation in how reality unfolds. Each of us contributes to the atmosphere of our surroundings. Holding frequency is how we choose what kind of atmosphere we bring.

So, the next time life feels too loud, remember that you have your own internal soundboard. Adjust your frequency. Tune it. Change it to something better.

The world will still spin, but you will be the still point, the breath of calm that others unconsciously seek. And that, in the end, is how we grow peace, love, compassion, justice, kindness: one coherent heart at a time.