HeartMath
Ease Stress Overload and Increase Your Resilience
It is 100% possible for us to self-regulate our own physiology.
Scientists used to think it was NOT possible to affect our physiology with our own free will. But, because of the unique fact that our emotional status affects our heart rhythms and physiology moment to moment, HeartMath has been able to show, based on 28 years of research, and 330+ peer reviewed articles...
that we are able to self-regulate by combining a specific emotional focus and breathing technique we are able to change our heart rhythms and thus our physiology and the status of our health moment to moment.
Simply put, in as little as a few minutes a day you can reset your baseline response to stress. We can do these techniques anywhere, anytime, in the moment.
Is Heart Math the same as Meditation?
Many people think they aren't good at meditating. They didn't feel the benefits, or have a concrete way to measure their progress. They thought, "Well, maybe I didn't give it a good enough try."
The major difference between HeartMath and Meditating is the state of your heart when practicing. During meditation there is more of a focus on a state of rest in the body and a focus on the mind.
In HeartMath the heart rate is not lowering and relaxing. It is practicing a calm state of balance between the push and the pull of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. This is a more active state than relaxation. When you reach coherence it does feel relaxing.
HeartMath Benefits
A major misconception, that science has disproven ages ago, is that the brain was the main source of command throughout the body. It is true that the heart does respond to messages from the brain.
BUT... did you know that the heart sends more messages to the brain than the other way around?
The messages that the heart sends to the brain impacts our emotional processing and our higher cognition, including: attention, perception, memory and problem solving.
The purpose of HeartMath is to gain coherence in the ANS (autonomic nervous system) as measured in heart rhythm. The ANS is made up of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.
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The sympathetic nervous system jumps in to save us when we perceive danger — pushing us into fight or flight mode. Our systems such as digestion shut down so that our body can use all attention and energy to live through the dangerous situation.
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The parasympathetic nervous system pulls us back to calm.
When these two systems are out of sync there is no coherence in the heart rhythm.
The regular stressors of life leave many of us living in that state of activated fight or flight response on a regular basis.
The great thing about HeartMath is that we can train our bodies to operate in coherence and return to coherence quickly if circumstances pull us out.
Scientific Foundation of the HeartMath System
HeartMath Institute Research Director discusses why heart coherence is essential in stress management and sustainable behavioral change.
Learn more at https://heartmath.org/science.
What is Heart Coherence?
It is a high performance and healthy state — physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually — that brings out the very best in us.
Learn five techniques for bringing heart and mind into coherence to respond to daily challenges with more ease, awareness, balance and clear discernment.
Available in 12 subtitled languages. http://addheart.me/experience
Exploring The Beneficial Bond Between People And Dogs
For centuries, dogs have enriched our lives with their joyful, supportive spirits. In recent years, researchers have looked deeper into the special bonds we share with our canine companions, and learned that the care that is shared between person and pup produces a long list of benefits. In this video we highlight a few studies that offer insight into the uplifting effects these symbiotic connections have on the health and wellbeing of all involved.
If you’re curious to learn more about the energetic communication that can occur between people, and people and animals, please visit: https://www.heartmath.org/research/sc....
The Fascinating Relationship Between the Heart and Brain
The relationship between the heart and brain is like a complex dance that sets the tone for how we experience life. In this short video we share some of the fascinating scientific discoveries about their dynamic, as well as how learning to bring them into coherence with each other especially benefits our mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
To learn more about the HeartMath Institute: https://www.heartmath.org