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Most people understand that certain people in our lives can have a profound influence on us: our parents, friends, teachers, co-workers, spiritual and world leaders, philanthropists, musicians and artists among others. There are, however, more subtle interactions between us that also affect us. Whet...
Most people understand that certain people in our lives can have a profound influence on us: our par...
Is there a greater bond than that of mother and baby? The preliminary findings of a recent study provide evidence of another facet of that bond and demonstrate further that electromagnetic waves produced by one person’s heartbeat can be detected by the brains and nervous systems of others around the...
Is there a greater bond than that of mother and baby? The preliminary findings of a recent study pro...
We have frequently received reports from students, professionals, and other practitioners of the HeartMath techniques that the tools help significantly to increase focus, mental clarity, and the ability to retrieve information from memory. Now, a study, conducted by researchers in the UK, provides i...
We have frequently received reports from students, professionals, and other practitioners of the Hea...
Objectives This study aims to contribute to a scientific understanding of intuition, a process by which information normally outside the range of conscious awareness is perceived by the psychophysiological systems. The first objective, presented in two empirical papers (Part 1 and Part 2), was...
Objectives This study aims to contribute to a scientific understanding of intuition, a process by wh...
Deciphering the relationships between emotional states and physiological processes is critical to broadening our understanding of consciousness. The purpose of this study was to explore the neurophysiological correlates of specific states of consciousness associated with the experience of sustained...
Deciphering the relationships between emotional states and physiological processes is critical to br...
While psychology has primarily focused on improving health and well-being by reducing negative emotions, relatively little research has explored the impact of positive emotions on physiological processes and psychological functioning. We have found that sustained states of appreciation lead to a dis...
While psychology has primarily focused on improving health and well-being by reducing negative emoti...
While much psychological theory and practice has focused on improving health and well being by eradicating negative emotions, relatively little research has explored the impact of positive emotions on physical and psychological functioning. We have found that sustained positive affective states lead...
While much psychological theory and practice has focused on improving health and well being by eradi...
This work utilizes the measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) as a vehicle to show that continued practice of certain specific techniques involving an intentional shift of focus to the area of the heart, and invoking specific feeling states such as love and appreciation, automatically manifests...
This work utilizes the measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) as a vehicle to show that continu...
Sometimes healing begins with a pause, a gentle shift in attention, a moment when we choose to reconnect with our deeper heart. Not just the physical organ, but the inner place where love, compassion, and wisdom live. Across cultures, spiritual traditions, and, recently, more than 30 years of scient...
Sometimes healing begins with a pause, a gentle shift in attention, a moment when we choose to recon...
New year's energies provide momentums we can use to support positive commitments. Yet, this year seems to be calling for much deeper practices of Love, kindness and compassion to help resolve separation and restore the rapidly shrinking baseline of our collective dignity. We need to ask ourselves ho...
New year's energies provide momentums we can use to support positive commitments. Yet, this year see...