• The Heart Speaks
  by Mimi Guarneri, M.D., FACC, Touchstone — January 2006.
  A heartwarming book that references the little brain in the heart and talks about IHM’s research on how the heart communicates with the brain and why HeartMath’s techniques work. It cites a HeartMath study on the effects of anger versus compassion on the immune system. The author also tells the story of a patient who suffered a stress-induced heart attack and how she taught her patient the HeartMath techniques.
  


• Megatrends 2010
  by Patricia Aburdene, Hampton Roads Publishing Co. — September 2005.
  Includes HeartMath as part of The Wave of Conscious Solutions, which is one of seven megatrends she predicts. The author refers to HeartMath’s work with many corporations throughout the book.
  


• Every Shot Must Have a Purpose
  by Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott, Gotham — September 2005.
  Discusses HeartMath’s research on how emotional reactivity and stress lead to cortical inhibition and impaired reaction times, coordination, and thought processes. The authors teach their golf students HeartMath’s Quick Coherence^® technique and how to use the emWave^® PC/Mac Stress Relief System technology to help them get coherent and back on track on the golf course or in any area of their lives where they get stressed.
  


• The Translucent Revolution
  by Arjuna Ardagh, New World Library — June 2005.
  Includes information on HeartMath’s research, programs, products, and techniques and refers to HeartMath as "having a dramatic translucent influence on a wide range of businesses." It discusses in detail HeartMath’s work with organizations and hospitals to reduce stress and improve performance, health, and wellbeing. The author interviews HeartMath’s CEO, Bruce Cryer, about our work with multinational corporations.
  


• Field Notes on the Compassionate Life
  by Marc Ian Barasch, Rodale Books — March 2005.
  Talks in depth about IHM’s research on the heart, brain and emotions. The author came to IHM’s Research Center to meet with several researchers, as well as founder Doc Childre, and he describes his experiences and interviews. He mentions HeartMath’s work with corporations and schools using the Heart Lock-In^® technique and speaks about his own experience with the emWave^® PC/Mac technology.

• Anti-Inflammation Zone
  by Dr. Barry Sears, creator of "The Zone" diet, Regan Books — December 2004.
  Recommends HeartMath’s emWave^® PC/Mac technology as a way to measure one’s success in eliciting a relaxation response during meditation.
  


• The 8th Habit
  by Stephen R. Covey, Free Press — November 2004.
  Includes an excerpt from From Chaos to Coherence, by Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer, on the effects emotions can have on intelligence capacity, as well as HeartMath’s research on the connection between emotions and health—specifically how emotions can affect the immune system.
  


• The Instinct to Heal
  by David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., Rodale Books — February 2004.
  Discusses how IHM has researched and developed techniques and practical applications for cardiac coherence and refers to IHM’s research on the role of positive emotion in heart-brain communication and overall physiological coherence. The author provides a detailed account of IHM’s research as well as the significant results seen in corporations that have incorporated HeartMath’s programs and techniques. Includes focus on the value of the emWave^® PC/Mac technology.
  


• The Change Champion’s Fieldguide
  edited by David Ulrich, Louis Carter, Marshall Goldsmith, Jim Bolt & Norm Smallwood, Best Practice Publications — June 2003.
  Describes HeartMath’s work with organizations and the tools/programs implemented by major corporations and health systems to help improve the organizational climate, as well as the significant resulting outcomes. It talks about IHM’s research on the heart, brain, and emotions and it’s implications for business leaders, as well as IHM’s scientifically validated tools to improve the stress/performance ratio.

Go to: www.heartmath.org/resources for a comprehensive list of books and resources discussing HeartMath’s work.

Jake Kubetz, a young lawyer and National Guardsman from New York, was featured in our Spring 2005 newsletter, which described how he used HeartMath tools to deal with the stress of preparing for his deployment to the war in Iraq. Recently returned from his tour of duty, Jake agreed to share some of his experiences while abroad and coming home, and how HeartMath was helpful in his reintegration. Jake says:

"When I arrived in Iraq, there were new situations and new stressors to deal with minute by minute. The moment we landed, I had to present myself before superior officers to assess what role I would play when a mortar attack hit! My first day, and already they were that close, trying to kill us! At the same time, I was being evaluated by the other officers and had to put my best foot forward. Talk about a stressful job interview! There was only one place to go: I shifted to my heart. With the Quick Coherence technique, I handled the situation with calm and poise. I got in touch with the knowing that I could handle it, and keep my cool. I wish everyone had been as prepared as I was to deal with the stress that we were under. Thanks to HeartMath, I made it back in good spirits; it was the best weapon I had over there, and the only one I brought back with me and continue to use.

"Thanks to HeartMath, I made it back in good spirits; it was the best weapon I had over there, and the only one I brought back with me and continue to use"

Since my return, everyone seems to want to talk to me about the war and give me their opinion about the whole thing. From my vantage point, I did what I had to do there to stay in integrity with myself, and all I want now is for all my friends to come home alive—for everyone to come home intact. I would worry about the soldiers who are still there, but I send heart to them instead. I know that the only reason I got to come home is because some other guy took my place, so I send him a lot of appreciation.

You would think that getting home would be the easy part, but it’s had its own stressors. The heart tools helped me to readjust to life in the States and the culture shock of coming back.

Reconnecting with my family and girlfriend—everyone wanted me to make special time for them. HeartMath helped me communicate my care to them, without getting overwhelmed by their demands.

Having practiced HeartMath on a real battlefield, now I use it in courtroom battles all the time. Just recently, I had to do a deposition with victims and witnesses of an ugly sex crime. As I approached the court room, I could feel the stress creeping in. I did the Quick Coherence technique and it helped me line up with my care for the people, which made it easy. HeartMath helps me focus on what I really need to focus on, bringing perspective to my life that also empowers me to let go of what doesn’t matter.

The life experiences I’ve had over the last two years, when met with HeartMath tools, have left me with a lot more appreciation for the little things in life. My life is a lot simpler now. I appreciate just getting to go to work, just being with my family and my girlfriend, growing a garden in my backyard with herbs and tomatoes and soy beans, and walking my dog on the beach. The heart empowers me to appreciate these little things—which are really the important things—so much more, and to let go of what just doesn’t matter.

Other people deal with extremely stressful situations in their lives. I am not special. I just had the HeartMath game plan for dealing with the stress. And from my vantage point, everyone else would be better off if they did too."

—by Peter Storey and Maria Thompson,
HeartMath Australasia.

We launched HeartMath in Australia in 2001, creating a "bow wave" of awareness of the HeartMath system. The quality and authenticity of the products of HM USA ensured that HeartMath was a winner in this region "Down-under".

We are "moving full steam ahead" with the HeartMath courses and materials. The efficacy of the HeartMath tools and training materials have been proven here both qualitatively and quantitatively in trials of some hundreds of users. We have now reached thousands of end-users, including office workers, train drivers, sports people, mums and dads, students, teachers, and the list goes on. The organisations we work with include the largest ones in the region, such as Telecom, Internal Revenue–Taxation Dept., Government Rail, international banks, schools, hospitals, and the Department of Defence.

We have also reached hundreds of psychologists, counsellors, coaches, therapists, and other health professionals. To date we have licensed more than 60 of them as HeartMath Providers, who work with us to bring HeartMath skills to their clients. The HeartMath course we are providing to doctors is in association with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Their RACGP study of the conditions that GPs face resulted in a book; Keeping the Doctor Alive. The HeartMath skills and technology are being employed as a key deliverable in the program to keep the doctors well and to help them reduce their stress levels and build greater resilience.

An exciting part of our work is to disseminate the HeartMath emWave PC/Mac software system and other educational materials into schools and health systems. Presently an Australian government educational body is looking at incorporating the materials into the Australian school curriculum for all schools. The new handheld emWave Personal Stress Reliever^® unit is already opening up a whole new set of applications in every market, and so the coming year will be sure to be a full one.

To learn more about HeartMath Australia   go to: www.heartmath.com.au

• Pre-Care and Pre-Treat. You can "pre-care" about anything or anyone to improve the environment with care. Pre-care by sending care, from your heart, before a phone call, appointment, meeting or event. You can "pre-treat" your attitude and energy by sending pre-care to yourself and to your intention to take energy responsibility.
  


• Pre-Care can turn an uneasy situation into a breeze. Take a minute or two before a meeting or uncomfortable situation and send genuine care from the heart. Then keep reminding yourself to increase your care during the meeting or situation, as this will help you stay smooth during challenges that might arise and give you more intuition and creativity.
  


• Pre-Treat and Pre-Care can ease the delivery of shocking or surprising news. Pre-Treat yourself to find your higher intelligence, take energy responsibility, and keep your pitch up before and during the situation. Pre-Care with meaningful intent and compassion for the person to whom you are conveying the news.

A new scientific monograph, The Coherent Heart: Heart–Brain Interactions, Psychophysiological Coherence, and the Emergence of System-Wide Order, by Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., Mike Atkinson, Dana Tomasino, and Raymond Trevor Bradley, Ph.D., offers an in-depth understanding of the role of the heart in system-wide coherence and a new perspective on heart–brain interactions.

This 65-page monograph is an all inclusive account to date of the Institute of HeartMath’s contribution to the study of the psychophysiology of emotions and heart–brain interactions. This work explores communication within and among the body’s systems through the generation and transmission of rhythms and patterns of psychophysiological activity. Using the pattern of the heart’s rhythmic activity as the primary physiological marker, six different modes of psychophysiological function are identified, distinguished by their physiological, mental, and emotional correlates.

IHM’s research on the psychophysiology of emotions is synthesized for the first time in a typology—a conceptual "map"—of psychophysiological interaction, which is presented graphically

IHM’s research on the psychophysiology of emotions is synthesized for the first time in a typology—a conceptual "map"—of psychophysiological interaction, which is presented graphically.

Explored in depth are the characteristics and benefits of the psychophysiological coherence mode, associated with sustained positive emotions and a global shift to increased synchronization and harmony in psychophysiological processes. Topics covered include how coherence aids in pain reduction, the interactions between heart rhythms and respiration, how heart coherence affects emotional experience, and how coherence improves cognitive performance.

Another section of the monograph focuses on the heart’s role as a central nodal point in the psychophysiological network. It discusses four major communication pathways through which the heart transmits information to the brain and body, leading to an understanding of the heart as the "global conductor" in the human symphony. This section includes new data showing how the structure of the heart’s electromagnetic field changes during different psychophysiological modes, as well as a new theory of how the heart encodes and distributes energetic information in a holographic-like process.

Important note: This monograph is intended primarily for researchers, medical professionals, students of psychophysiology and related fields, and laypeople who desire a deeper understanding of HeartMath’s research.

For more information or to order, go to: www.heartmath.org/coherentheart

• to recover from stressful episodes.
  


• for monitoring my heart rhythms so I can change my stress patterns.
  


• when I practice golf and for other golf clients.
  


• at work to re-energize between major tasks to keep anxiety and overload to a minimum.
  


• to help me finally stick to my diet.
  


• to de-stress and relax before going to sleep at night.

• as a coach for the Army Rifle Team–World Championships.
  


• when waiting in bank lines, traffic jams, airport or construction delays.
  


• to monitor my meditation depth.
  


• before playing in a music concert for performance anxiety.
  


• for recovery from stressful situations or long business meetings.
  


• to facilitate my healing and recovery from an injury.

• before giving a presentation.
  


• before I get out of bed in the morning to set the tone of my day.
  


• to realign myself when I am fatigued and nerves are frazzled.
  


• before my workout to get more gain.
  


• before I watch the evening news, helping me to not over identify and stress out.
  


• for my chronic pain.