Mindfulness meditation may help ease stress and promote a healthier heart, but it’s not always easy to do. Stopping everything you’re doing and sitting in silence is a learned skill. I’m sure you can relate. It’s easy for your mind to start racing once you’re alone with your thoughts. Sitting in a comfortable, quiet space can get uncomfortable and loud inside your head. It can serve as a perfect platform for overthinking, which can boost stress. Too much stress is no good for your heart, especially if you’re feeling it all day, every day. Stress can boost heart disease risk by setting off a chain of physiological reactions that can have some dangerous effects. Your body releases adrenaline when you feel stressed. Adrenaline increases your heart rate and breathing and boosts blood pressure. When it continues, it strains the heart. There are also indirect effects. Stress may lead you to …