Health related meditation

I've always had a rather high resting heart rate (~93bpm) for someone of otherwise great health (sustained 6:30 mile) and normal blood pressure (118/81 I think). I eat well, don't have any stress disorders, do cardio exercises, and have skimmed into meditation techniques to lower my resting heart rate. This is a bit ironic since I've been wading through Capra's homeopathy for the last month or so and tend to be a bit of a skeptic; but I'm wondering who here knows of meditative techniques that they've seen create a physiological change. I have experience in the health field, so don't dumb it down.

• What sort of supplementary physical exercises can I do? I mostly just run and bike cardio-wise
• What relaxation techniques have you tried: meditation, yoga, self-hypnosis, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Type metronome in google search and (on a PC browser) it has its own tock sound thingee, which can be set and played, leave it running at 50 or 60, perhaps you'll get some entertainment happening!? After a while if you vary the speed you might even 'feel' a funny off balance feeling! Something to experiment with anyway, perhaps, I'm not a scientist or in medicine so just a laypersons idea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment_(biomusicology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwave_entrainment
Though there might be a health reason why its elevated maybe which would be better found and sorted.

How much aerobics do you do (min/hours a week)? over training? caffeine, alcohol? Are you high strung? hyper active?

Deep lower breathing meditations. Oxygene is an important part of health Improve your breathing which increases proper blood supply flow which allows your heart to beat more naturally and not work so hard.

Just what I would do anyways.

Heart rates differ. In my experience, one can influence the heart rate. But if you lower your heart rate, your blood pressure, or at least the stroke volume, needs to go up to keep the same exchange of gases and circulation going. What lowers the heart rate is vagus nerve. For example, if you compress your abdomen for a bit, then release and relax, the heart rate goes down. This can also be done willfully if practiced, by deep relaxation. If your internal perception is developed, there's also influence on the tension of capillaries, which you can relax. That also exerts influence on the circulation, as it eases the blood flow. If you relax your heart region too well, for example via meditation, and you're not used to it, chances are that your heart rate goes up, as there is less support from the surrounding structures. I guess that depends on your collagen structures.

Circulation is something complex. If your doctor's fine with your resting heart rate, you should be too. The real test for the health of your heart is the drop off after exercise that happens within a minute. If your peak heart rate is also higher, then who cares.

Best wishes
Kc

This was written about 20 years ago, and I find it works quite well for relaxation:

Calming Breath

One of the first known Jedi websites, called Jedi Praxeum and run by Kharis Nightflyer, contained some of the simplest yet most crucial teachings for the Jedi community. One of the those teachings helped many begin their exploration of meditation, using a fundamental breathing technique, called the Calming Breath.

Basic
Close your eyes and begin focusing on your breathing.
Inhale and count to 4.
Exhale and count to 4.

Advanced
Inhale and count to 4.
Hold your breath for a count of 4.
Exhale and count to 4.
Hold your breath for a count of 4.
Repeat

I too have a high resting heart rate (somewhere around 100 bpm), so anything to help with slowing that down has been my focus for a long time.