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This study used a biofeedback intervention that taught patients how to synchronize their heart rhythm with their respiration and their alpha brain waves in order to lower their levels of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activation. In essence, subjects learned how to create more integration between th...
This study used a biofeedback intervention that taught patients how to synchronize their heart rhyth...
Inner Dignity: Yours to Nurture A water carrier in a desert land who is always pleasant and never brash; a working mother who never complains. What is it in our makeup that drives us to persevere in virtually any circumstance? What makes us get up, dust ourselves off and move forward regardless of f...
Inner Dignity: Yours to Nurture A water carrier in a desert land who is always pleasant and never br...
Police Officers: In Search of Coherence and Resilience Editor’s note: Police departments nationwide and abroad face closer scrutiny in the wake of highly publicized officer-involved shootings. This article looks at efforts to study the effects of and implement coherence and resilience training desig...
Police Officers: In Search of Coherence and Resilience Editor’s note: Police departments nationwide...
Smart Brain Wise Heart™ e-Learning Program for Boys & Girls Clubs We are excited to introduce our new social and emotional Smart Brain Wise Heart™ e-Learning Program for Boys & Girls Clubs, ages 8- to 12-year-olds. The primary goal of this program is to have participating youth...
Smart Brain Wise Heart™ e-Learning Program for Boys & Girls Clubs We are excited to intro...
Bibliography Gahery, Y. and D. Vigier, Inhibitory effects in the cuneate nucleus produced by vago-aortic afferent fibers. Brain Research, 1974. 75: p. 241-246. Wölk, C. and M. Velden, Detection variability within the cardiac cycle: Toward a revision of the ‘baroreceptor hypothesis...
Bibliography Gahery, Y. and D. Vigier, Inhibitory effects in the cuneate nucleus produced by vago-ao...
Health Outcome Studies “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” Hippocrates An estimated 60% to 80% of primary-care doctor visits are related to stress. HeartMath’s easily learned mental and emotion self-regulation techniques and practices can provide an effectiv...
Health Outcome Studies “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” Hippo...
Establishing a New Baseline At the HMI Research Center, we have found that the heart plays a central role in the generation of emotional experience and therefore, in the establishment of psychophysiological coherence. From a systems perspective, the human organism is truly a vast, multidimensional i...
Establishing a New Baseline At the HMI Research Center, we have found that the heart plays a central...
Coherence Definitions of Coherence Clarity of thought, speech and emotional composure The quality of being orderly, consistent and intelligible (e.g. a coherent sentence). Synchronization or entrainment between multiple waveforms A constructive waveform produced by two or more waves that are phase-...
Coherence Definitions of Coherence Clarity of thought, speech and emotional composure The quality of...
Heart Rate Variability: An Indicator of Self-Regulatory Capacity, Autonomic Function and Health The autonomic nervous system (ANS) (Figure 1.1) is the part of the nervous system that controls the body’s internal functions, including heart rate, gastrointestinal tract and secretions o...
Heart Rate Variability: An Indicator of Self-Regulatory Capacity, Autonomic Function and Health...
Two 2015 pilot studies conducted independently in neighboring European nations shared similar objectives and reached similar conclusions about the potential benefits of cardiac coherence training for two populations of mentally disabled patients. One of the studies used HeartMath emotion self-regula...
Two 2015 pilot studies conducted independently in neighboring European nations shared similar object...