Newsletters from
Institute of HeartMath

Below you will find current and archived IHM newsletters.

Each issue covers IHM’s major activities in the fields of education and research and also provides you with knowledge about reducing stress and improving your personal performance. You will find information about the latest scientific findings from our on-going research activities, new "math" that has yet to be published in the HeartMath books, and updates on HeartMath products and services including how they are being incorporated in schools, businesses, and social service programs.

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2013 Newsletters

• Spring

  GCI HRV Study in Saudi Arabia Produces Exciting Results; Appreciation Is Good For You; HeartMath Tools, Techniques Used to Treat Anxiety, Stress; Travel Advisory: Expect Delays Getting Involved: Create A New Way of Life; What’s New? Inner Balance App and iOS Sensor; HeartMath Definition: What is the Nature of Stress?; What People Are Saying: HeartMath Helps New Vision Wilderness Reach At-Risk Youth In Rural Wisconsin.

2012 Newsletters

• Winter

  Emotions Can Change Your DNA; Precious HeartBeats; Violent Video Games Stress People Out, Make Them Aggressive; Study Says HeartMath Tools Help Boost Reading Skills Getting Involved: 2012 Highlights; What’s New? 20th Holiday Celebration Thanks Thousands of Veterans; HeartMath Definition: Prep, Sustain and Reset; What People Are Saying: HeartMath training was a big success for impoverished youth in South Africa.

• Fall

  Accessing the Heart’s Intuition: A Key to Global Coherence; Learning to Be Heart Vulnerable; Shift or Miss: 9-Year-Olds Explore Science of Emotions Getting Involved: How You Have Helped; What’s New? Tropical Heat^® Game; HeartMath Definition: A Closer Look at Heart Intelligence; What People Are Saying: HeartSmarts^® Used in Swedish School.

• Summer

  Finding Social and Global Coherence, Be Happy and Healthy: Forgive, emWave^® Technology Helping Children on the Autism Spectrum, Today’s Stress Is Different Getting Involved: HeartMath Tools Offer Hope to Marine; What’s New? New Published Materials; HeartMath Definition: Heart Intelligence; What People Are Saying: HeartMath for Communities Project Sponsors Doctoral Candidate.

• Spring

  Patience – The Art of Intelligent Waiting; Program Launched to Train Police, Firefighters, Other First Responders; New Video Tells Story of Global Coherence Initiative, Navy Latest Military Branch to Offer HeartMath Resilience Program Getting Involved: Research Fund Appeal; What’s New? Research Video and Campaign; HeartMath Definition: Rhythm Master; What People Are Saying: Swimming Pen Elementary School – making good use of emWave^® Desktop.

2011 Newsletters

• Winter

  Increase Your Self-compassion; Researchers Make Connection Between Brain and Emotions; Happy Holiday Wishes and Heart Connections From Everyone at IHM; Test Relief for College Students Getting Involved: Looking Ahead; What’s New? HeartMastery Program and Heart Moments Calendar; HeartMath Definition: HeartMath Tools for Well-Being; What People Are Saying: Letters of Gratitude.

• Fall

  International Day of Peace: Celebrate it Within; GCMS Sensor Site Built in UK; HeartMath Helps After Treatment, Breast Cancer Study Shows; Building Tolerance in Children Getting Involved: A Quantum Leap Forward; What’s New? The Resilience Advantage™ – Skills for Personal and Professional Effectiveness; HeartMath Definition: The State of Ease; What People Are Saying: HeartMath Tools Helping Special Needs Children.

• Summer

  You Can Change Your DNA; Stress and Military Families; English Nurse Uses HeartMath With Multiple Sclerosis Patients; Solutions Sought for Bullying Getting Involved: IHM’s Mission Today; What’s New? Nourishing the Heart and emWave^®2; HeartMath Definition: Heart Rate Variability; What People Are Saying: HeartMath Helping at StarShine Academy in Phoenix, Ariz.

• Spring

  Children and Media Technology; Inner Ease, Inner Monitoring and Self-Talk; New! HRV Recording Device; The Heart of Grinnell: What Makes a Healthy Community? Getting Involved: IHM’s Mission Today; What’s New? Dual Drive™ Pro; HeartMath Definition: Heart-Brain Interactions; What People Are Saying: HeartMath/Safe Place Programme in northern Ireland.

2010 Newsletters

• Winter

  Thank You; Research of Stress, Emotions Conducted Worldwide in 2010; Coherence: Bridging Personal, Social and Global Health; HeartMath and Hypertension Getting Involved: The Legacy Society; What’s New? HeartMath Holiday Gifts for Children; HeartMath Definition: Heart-Focused Breathing; What People Are Saying: Renew Your Resolve for Better Health.

• Fall

  New Study Supports Intuition; Welcome to IHM’s New Website; Increase Connected communication; Video Travels Road to Coherence Getting Involved: Giving From the Heart; What’s New? De-Stress Workshop Instructor Program; HeartMath Definition: Heart-Based Living; What People Are Saying: Take a Wild Ride to the Heart™.

• Summer

  The Energetic Heart Is Unfolding; HeartMath Techniques Help Pair on Home Front and in Afghanistan; IHM, HeartMath LLC, Quantum Intech Improve Lives Getting Involved: Introduces HeartMath for Communities Project and Matching Gift Program; What’s New? IHM’s New Wish List; HeartMath Definition: What is Intuition?; What People Are Saying: Mom Uses HeartMath for Home-Schooling Fun.

• Spring

  Pets: Making a Connection That’s Healthy for Humans; Resilience Picks You Up, Keeps You Going; 3-Year-Old Shines With Children and Adults Getting Involved: Helping People Connect with Their Hearts; What’s New? Building Waves of Change: An IHM Approach; HeartMath Definition: Coherence; What People Are Saying: Positive Feedback on Early HeartSmarts^® Program.

2009 Newsletters

• Winter

  Childhood Obesity and Emotional Eating; A Tool Called "In-Between"; New IHM Monthly Giving Option; Revitalize You! Program for Reformed Church in America Looking Ahead: Together WE Can Make A Difference; What’s New? New Products and Resources; HeartMath Definition: Take the Significance Out; What People Are Saying: emWave^® Lends a Helping Hand in Pain.

• Fall

  Each Individual Impacts the Field Environment; Commentaries Track Story of Global Coherence Initiative; HeartMath’s Training Program Offer High Return on Investments Looking Ahead: Heart-Based Education Sponsorship Fund; What’s New? The emWave^® Mac; Wild Ride to the Heart; HeartMath Definition: The "Heart-Brain"; What People Are Saying: Quick Coherence^® Fires Sparks of Genius.

• Summer

  Stop Emotional Eating: Announcing Weight Loss Pilot Program Results; New Density Dissipation Lock-In Tool; Researching Early HeartSmarts^® Looking Ahead: A Gift of Art For Donors; What’s New? Scientific Monographs; HeartMath Definition: Emotional Self-Management; What People Are Saying: From the Mouth of Babes.

• March/April

  People Helping Each Other as world Weathers Changing Times; Psychologist Using emWave^® at South Korean Orphanage; IHM Has Fan Following on Twitter, Lots of Friends on Facebook; GCI Surpasses 10,000 Members, Will Take to world Stage in 2009; Researchers Analyze Obama Inauguration Period Looking Ahead: Green Dot Schools/HeartMath Pilot Project; What’s New? HeartMath Military Warrior Initiative Training Video Fund; HeartMath Definition: So What is Stress?; What People Are Saying: Canadian women Keeps Returning to HeartMath.

• January/February

  Relationships and Stress: Add Care and Compassion; Dr. Rollin McCraty Speaks at Saudi Arabia Heart Conference; Salt Lake City Schools Pilot Early HeartSmarts^® Program; emWave Personal Stress Reliever^® Wins People’s Choice Competition at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show Changing Lives: Free De-Stress Kit Offers Timely Advice to World in Need of Care; HeartMath Definition: Test Anxiety: It Affects Most People, But You Can Learn to Overcome it; What People Are Saying: Returning Combat Veterans Use HeartMath Technology.

2008 Newsletters

• November/December

  Rewire, Sharpen Brain with Practicing Coherence Webinar; Children Grow with Shift and Shine^®; Free, Powerful Stress & Well-Being Survey; Mississippi Clinic Loves emWave^® A "Thank You" to Our Supporters: Another Great Year for You and HeartMath; Did You Know?: Golden Record of Life on Earth Continues Journey; Changing Lives: Miss Ohio Valley Outstanding Teen Talks Stress Management; What’s New: Dad in Malaysia Donates to HeartMath, Daughter Finds New Friend; HeartMath Definition: Perception: How Are You Responding to the World You Perceive?; What People Are Saying: Student in India Finds His Focus with Power of Neutral^®.

• September/October

  University Athletes Link Up and Lock-In; Experience the Planetary shift on an Uptilt; New Web Pages Packed With Advice for Educators; Experts Reveal Secrets of Living Longer Did You Know: Nobel Candidate Saved Children; Changing Lives: Students, Parents De-Stress; What’s New: Early HeartSmarts^® Program Taking Young children From Home to Classroom; HeartMath Definition: Overcare – Make Sure Your Care is Helping, Not Hurting; What People Are Saying: Young Equestrian Shares Success Story.

• July/August

  Global Coherence Initiative Website Announcement; PTSD May Be Greatest Injury of War today; HeartMath in special Education Did You Know?; Changing Lives: Two Master’s Students; What’s New: HeartMath Interventions Program; HeartMath Definition: Electromagnetic Field; What People Are Saying: A Special Tool for Special People.

• May/June

  Getting Around Our New Website; Stress Can Impair Your Mental Process; IHM founder Launches Heart-Based Living Website; Mother-Baby Study Supports Heart-Brain Interactions Did You Know?; Changing Lives: HeartMath Programs Produce Results with Students; What’s New: HeartMath Announces emWave PSR, Meditation/Prayer Guide; HeartMath Definition: Negative Response Pattern; What People Are Saying: Astounding Changes.

2007 Newsletters

• Winter

  Making an International Heart Connection: IHM’s All-New Website New Licensing Program for Healthcare Providers Enhances Treatment Programs, HeartMath Offers Breast-Cancer Survivors Hope and Wellness, Programs for Giving: Together, We Are Doing It!, HeartMath Energy-Savers: The Treatment Formula, New Products: Emotion Visualizer Pro, Students Teaching Students.

• Fall

  Independent Research Studies In Progress: Emotional Frontier Investigated Promising Results for Students: TestEdge^® National Demonstration Study Summary, Epigenetics, A New Biology, Programs for Giving: HeartMath Military Service Appreciation Fund, HeartMath Energy-Savers: Soft Heart: A Place of Ease, New Products: Transforming Depression, Timely, Transformative and Fun: Introducing HeartSmarts TM Curriculum for Grades 3-5, A Coherent Heart Makes All the Difference.

• Summer

  New Research Project: Global Coherence Monitoring System™ Global Outreach: HeartMath Goes to China, Using the Coherence Coach and emWave^® PC/Mac with Students, Empowering Heart-Based Leadership in Healthcare interview with Bruce Cryer, CEO of HeartMath LLC, Programs for Giving: Launch of the Heart-Based Education Sponsorship Fund, HeartMath Energy-Savers: Making a Commitment, New Products: The emWave^® PC/Mac Stress Relief System: New games, Techniques and Advanced Features Including the Emotion Visualizer.

• Spring

  Global Coherence-One Person at a Time Classrooms Making Notable Progress, New Research: The Effects of Compassionate Presence on People in Comatose States Near Death, Is Stress Affecting Your Sleep?, Global Outreach: HeartMath in Sweden; Programs for Giving: Reasons for Giving Online; HeartMath Energy-Savers: Attitude Replacements, Key Findings from the TENDS Study, testimonial: The Results Were Staggering.

2006 Newsletters

• Winter

  Altruism: A Remedy for Stress Students’ Drawings Provide Insights About High-Stake Tests, Performers Experience Anxiety (Music), Benefits of Altruism, Gift Idea: Getting in Sync…for Test Success, Global Outreach: HeartMath in France, Programs for Giving: Projects in Progress, HeartMath Energy-Savers: Make Your Holidays More Enjoyable with Segment Math and Take the Drama Out, New Products: A Cardiologist’s Solution for Hypertension, New Product: New Ways To Experience HeartMath, Testimonial: Sincere Appreciation and Comments From Our Customers.

• Fall

  New Protocol to Measure Intuitive Ability What Is Intuition and Why Develop It?, Benefits of Developing Your Intuition, Inspirations for Education, Meaning of New Logo, HeartMath Resources: An Array of Resources Talking About HeartMath’s Work, Returning Home-Soliders, Global Outreach: HeartMath Keeping People Alive and Healthy in Australia, Programs for Giving: A Design for the Future, HeartMath Energy-Savers: The Power of Prep Tools, New Products: The Coherent Heart: Heart-Brain Interactions, Psychophysiological Coherence, and the Emergence of System-Wide Order, Intuition Papers Generate Big Stir, Testimonial: How I Use My emWave Personal Stress Reliever^®.

• Summer

  Is Stress Making You Fat? Qualified Instructor Program—Making A Global Impact, Nurturing Hearts and Minds—HeartSmarts: A New Parent-child Learning Program for Preschool and Kindergarten, HeartMath For L.I.F.E. – Life Tech Transitional Facility, Health Consequences of Being Overweight or Obese, Global Outreach: Hunter Kane Brings HeartMath to the UK and Beyond, Programs for Giving: A Legacy, HeartMath Energy-Savers: Simple Power Games, New Products: emWave Personal Stress Reliever^®, Testimonial: A New Way of Life.

• Spring

  New Meaning to "Horse Sense" Students’ Scores Are Suffering, Heart Rhythm Coherence Feedback, What Is Contemporary Stress? Global Outreach: HeartMath Alliances, Programs for Giving: What’s a Deferred Gift Annuity?, A New Arena, Peace in Prison, HeartMath Energy-Savers: Truth of Your Feeling, New Products: New TestEdge Interactive CD – Coming Soon, Testimonial: Some Students Were Scared.

2005 Newsletters

• Winter

  HeartMath Eases Stressful Times for Hurricane Victims $25,000 Grant Will Provide Preschoolers Tools, New Program for the Educational Field: The Qualified Instructor Program, Medical Professionals Work with Patients Using HeartMath Tools, The Resilient Educator: Do Teachers Realize How Valuable They Are?, A Bioelectromagnetic Gesture of Touch, HeartMath Asked, You Don’t Have To Be Wealthy To Make A Significant Gift to HeartMath, Heart Intelligence: An Essential Skill for Elementary School Children, New Math: Three Levels of Appreciation, Quantum Intech Announces Nokia Investment in HeartMath Technology, Happy Holidays.

• Fall

  A Breakthrough in Math Performance New Measurements of the Heart’s Energetic Field, IHM Education Partner Boasts Success With Promotion and Integration of HeartMath Technology, New Study Shows HeartMath Techniques Help Improve Memory, The Power of Joy: An Update from HeartMath LLC, Department of Education RETAIN Study Gets Underway, Dedication to Wendy Rickert, Programs for Giving: Discover the Benefits of Giving Wisely, New Math: Clearing – Conceptual vs. Emotional Alignment What is It? Stress, Testimonial: Real Changes.

• Summer

  Fifth Graders Experiment with the emWave^® PC/Mac Stress Relief System The TestEdge National Demonstration Study, HeartMath Programs Produce Dramatic Results for Government and Health Organizations, HeartMath Advantage in Sports, Tips for Traveling with Children, Programs for Giving: Charitable Gift Annuity, New Math: Higher Male, Soberness, and Ease, The Ultimate Decision – The Ultimate Stress, Keeping Teachers on the Job and Students in School.

• Spring

  Stress Freedom United – A New Strategy in Fighting Stress IHM Receives Second Federal Education Grant, New Help for Children with ADD and ADHD, Heart Rhythm Coherence Feedback Improves Mental Health, New Product Update: TestEdge—Getting in Sync for Test Success for Grades 9-12, New Math: Creativity, Deploying to Iraq with HeartMath Tools, New Product Update: Transforming Stress: The HeartMath Solution for Relieving Worry, Fatigue, and Tension, Programs for Giving.

2004 Newsletters

• Winter

  Costa Rica’s Peace Army – Teaching Non-Violence Update on the TestEdge National Demonstration Study, Changing the Learning Environment with TestEdge, Mathematics Made Easier, Medical Applications for the emWave PC/Mac Stress Relief System, A Message of Thanks from the Staff of the Institute of HeartMath, Teaching Children to Give, Thoughts on Intuition, Special Gift for a Teen: TestEdge CD-ROM, Stocking Stuffer:The Inside Story, Programs for Giving: Including IHM in your Will, New Math: Celebration, "Hands Free" emWave PC/Mac Stress Relief System.

• Fall

  IHM and Clemson University to Collaborate A Heart Discovery Tour for Boys, New IHM Research: Studying the Effects of Stress, Going Too Fast?, Hope in Prison?, Family Emotional Management Self-Survey, Family Exercises for Emotional Coherence, Robert A. Rees Appointed as Visiting Scholar, Programs for Giving: Endowment Gifts, New Math: Becoming a Rhythm Master, Product Update: The Resilient Educator.

• Summer

  Update on the TestEdge^® National Demonstration Study How the emWave^® PC/Mac Helped Alex Improve His Behavior, Activating a Positive Emotion: Finding What Works, A Remarkable Recovery, Pain Management Improved with the emWave PC/Mac Stress Relief System, Product Update: Upgrading Your emWave PC/Mac Product, Programs for Giving: Cash/ Securities, Summer Vacation Stress: How to Beat It, New Math: Becoming Genuine—Finding Earnest.

• Spring

  The Value of HeartMath Stress Reduction Tools for Patients with Heart Disease Music in Our Lives, Stress and What You Eat, When Children Overeat, HeartMath for Children of the Netherlands, Correctional Peace Officers Get Much Needed Stress Relief, Programs for Giving: Fulfilling an Obligation through a Trust, New Math: Heart Vulnerability, Tips for Parents: What Are You Teaching Your Children About Emotions?

2003 Newsletters

• Winter

  What’s New in Research – An Interview with Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. Got the Holiday Blues?, Successful Truancy Program Involves Parents and HeartMath, College Students De-Stress with HeartMath, Tips for Parents: Helping Kids Handle Holiday Stress, New Math: Bringing "New" to the New Year.

• Fall

  HeartMath Benefits Students with Autism – A Case Study Talking with Children about their Feelings, Blood Pressure Study Published, Preparing Inmates for a Better Future, Intuition Research and Planning Meeting Report, New Math: Adding Care, TestEdge National Demonstration Project Plans in Progress.

• Summer

  Key to Human Potential – Positive Emotions Activate a Positive Feeling: 3 Easy Tips, Massachusetts Students Manage Stress with HeartMath, Ph.D. Students Studying HeartMath at Claremont Graduate University, Tips for Parents: Encouraging Tolerance, New Math: Heart Earnest, How Happy Couples Interact, Research Alliance with University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Backster Research Foundation, The HeartMath Techniques: Creating New Patterns that Last.

• Spring

  Helping Kids Get in Sync Tips for Getting in Sync, De-Stressing to Ease Chronic Pain, IHM’s New Education Initiative, Doc Childre Launches Quantum Intech, Researching Intuition, New Math: Anchoring, Test-Taking Tips for Students.

Selected Key Articles

• Be Healthy and Happy: Forgive

  2012, Summer

• emWave^® Technology Helping Children on the Autism Spectrum

  2012, Summer

• Finding Social and Global Coherence

  2012, Summer

• Heart Intelligence

  2012, Summer

• New Published Materials

  2012, Summer

• Navy Gets The Coherence Advantage

  2012, Spring

• Patience, Art of Intelligent Waiting

  2012, Spring

• Increase Your Self-Compassion

  2011, Winter

• The State of Ease

  2011, Fall

• Stopping the Bullying

  2011, Summer

• Stress and Military Families

  2011, Summer

• You Can Change Your DNA

  2011, Summer

• Children and Media Technology

  2011, Spring

• The Heart of Grinnell: Researchers in Iowa Town Ask: What Makes a Healthy Community?

  2011, Spring

• Inner Ease, Inner Monitoring and Self-Talk

  2011, Spring

• Increasing Connected Communication

  2010, Fall

• New Study Further Supports Intuition

  2010, Fall

• Take a Wild Ride to the Heart™

  2010, Fall

• The Energetic Heart Is Unfolding

  2010, Summer

• HeartMath Techniques Helps Pair on Home Front and in Afghanistan

  2010, Summer

• 3-Year-Old Shines With Children and Adults

  2010, Spring

• Pets: Making a Connection That’s Healthy for Humans

  2010, Spring

• Resilience Picks You Up, Keeps You Going

  2010, Spring

• Childhood Obesity and Emotional Eating

  2009, Winter

• Take the Significance Out

  2009, Winter

• Each Individual Impacts the Field Environment

  2009, Fall

• An Appreciative Heart is Good Medicine

  2009, Summer

• Early HeartSmarts^® Study

  2009, Summer

• Weight-loss Program Participants Learn Self-Management Techniques For Success

  2009, Summer

• Global Coherence Initiative

  2009, March/April

• Returning Combat Veterans Use HeartMath Technology

  2009, January/February

• Shift and Shine^® Prepares Children For Life

  2008, November/December

• Webinar Explains Coherence, How to Rewire Brain

  2008, November/December

• Experience the Planetary Shift on an Uptilt

  2008, September/October

• HeartMath Technique Helps Canadian Rider Become Champion

  2008, September/October

• Overcare – Make Sure Your Care is Helping, Not Hurting

  2008, September/October

• Women’s Volleyball Team Serves Up Court Lock-In

  2008, September/October

• PTSD May Be Greatest Injury of War Today

  2008, July/August

• Mother-Baby Study Supports Heart-Brain Interactions

  2008, Spring

• Negative Response Pattern: The tendency to automatically respond negatively to a given situation

  2008, Spring

• Anchor Your Insights in Four Steps for Sustained Positive Change

  2007, Spring

• Attitude Replacements

  2007, Spring

• Study Shows HeartMath Techniques Help Improve Memory

  2005, Fall