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Category Archives: Articles of the Heart

Coherence: Bridging Personal, Social and Global Health

September 21, 2012 Global Interconnectedness16,916 Views = 9

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 HeartMath185,657 Views = 86

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.

Heart Intelligence

August 7, 2012 The Math of HeartMath127,466 Views = 22

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 Kids17,265 Views = 5

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 Heart12,844 Views = 5

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.

Navy Gets The Coherence Advantage

April 20, 2012 Our Veterans & Military Service People12,179 Views = 5

HeartMath is teaching thousands of personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces how to use its science-based tools and technology to self-regulate their emotions and build energy and resilience, whether they are awaiting deployment or are in theater.

The State of Ease

October 6, 2011 HeartMath Tools & Techniques23,699 Views = 8

You may have heard a lot lately about ease, inner ease and the state of ease from HeartMath.

Merriam-Webster calls "ease" the state of being comfortable; freedom from pain or discomfort; freedom from care; freedom from labor or difficulty, etc.

You Can Change Your DNA

July 14, 2011 Personal Development395,056 Views = 87

When we are born, the deoxyribonucleic acid/DNA in our bodies contains the blueprints for who we are and instructions for who we will become. For example, it can tell our eyes to eventually turn from blue at birth to hazel later on, our length to grow from 20 inches to 70 and direct a multitude of other changes over the course of our lives.

Stress and Military Families

July 12, 2011 Our Veterans & Military Service People16,269 Views = 9

Moving frequently is cited as one of life’s greatest stressors, especially for children, but for military families, who typically can expect to move an average of every three years, the effects are magnified.

And yet, moving is only one of many stressors that affect military families, particularly in times of war, when fathers and mothers deploy to combat zones and are liable to be away from loved ones for as much as an entire year.

Increase Your Self-Compassion

April 27, 2011 HeartMath Tools & Techniques17,584 Views = 12

Self-compassion – it’s love, care and nonjudgmental self-acceptance. It supports and regenerates our system and is among the purest of human emotions and qualities of the heart.