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Category Archives: Articles of the Heart

Heart-Brain Interactions

October 7, 2012 The Math of HeartMath 36321 Views = 7

What do researchers mean when they talk about heart-brain interactions?

Researchers with the HeartMath Institute and other entities have shown that the human heart, in addition to its other functions, actually possesses the equivalent of its own brain, what they call the heart brain, which interacts and communicates with the head brain.

HeartMath Helping Students at StarShine Academy

September 26, 2012 The World of Kids 6225 Views = 3

The headmaster of the Phoenix, Ariz., campus of the K-12 StarShine Academy says HeartMath has been a hit with many of the school’s 105 students and has helped at all grade levels.

“The kindergartners through second-graders stop me on campus wherever they see me, asking ‘When is Mr. BearHeart coming back?’ ” Headmaster Joan Sarin said.

Children and Media Technology

September 24, 2012 The World of Kids 8620 Views = 4

The amount of time children spend using media technology today, including computers, cell phones, video games and MP3 players among others, is setting off alarms. The fear is not only that this technology is replacing traditional children’s activities, but that it also may be diminishing social-interaction skills, the ability to relate to the world around them and their empathy for others.

Coherence: Bridging Personal, Social and Global Health

September 21, 2012 Global Interconnectedness 12551 Views = 8

It is one of the most talked about human physiological processes today – at research centers like the HeartMath Institute, in hospitals and science labs, and in the offices of educators, corporate leaders and sports managers. It has cropped up in professional journals, popular magazines and doctoral dissertations, and is frequently a featured topic in panel discussions, conferences and soon to be, perhaps, water-cooler conversation.

Heart-Focused Breathing

August 20, 2012 The Math of HeartMath 132857 Views = 80

Q. When the HeartMath Institute recommends that I do heart-focused breathing, what exactly is that? You can’t actually breathe with your heart. Right?

A. That’s right. You still breathe with your lungs. Heart-focused breathing is certainly about breathing, as the name implies, but HeartMath places great emphasis on the heart, and years of research says you should, too.

Be Healthy and Happy: Forgive

August 10, 2012 HeartMath Tools & Techniques 21772 Views = 12

Researchers say the anger, resentment and blame people hold on to, often for years, accounts for a lot of today’s health problems, and learning how to forgive could prove to be curative and preventative.

Heart Intelligence

August 7, 2012 The Math of HeartMath 74454 Views = 19

Heart intelligence is the flow of awareness, understanding and intuition we experience when the mind and emotions are brought into coherent alignment with the heart. It can be activated through self-initiated practice, and the more we pay attention when we sense the heart is speaking to us or guiding us, the greater our ability to access this intelligence and guidance more frequently. Heart intelligence underlies cellular organization and guides and evolves organisms toward increased order, awareness and coherence of their bodies’ systems.

emWave Technology Helping Children on the Autism Spectrum

June 10, 2012 The World of Kids 13723 Views = 4

One in every 88 children in the United States has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.

Global Advances in Health and Medicine Journal

June 2, 2012 Science of the Heart 10332 Views = 4

Over the years, the HeartMath Institute has actively pursued a variety of avenues to inform people about its tools, programs, technology and the HeartMath System generally, especially through professional peer-reviewed journals and its own publishing services. Among recently published materials were a pair of articles this spring in an international medical journal and a new emWave^® technology manual for professionals and parents who care for children with ADHD.

Patience, Art of Intelligent Waiting

April 25, 2012 HeartMath Tools & Techniques 18574 Views = 9

Life unfolds in spite of our impatience. The misfortune of it is that because of our impatience we don't fully appreciate the joy and beauty of watching it unfold. And then there's all the stress and discontentment along the way.