What would your life be like with less chaos?

Your heart is more than a physical pump. And yes, by itself, this is quite fantastic! Like many organs in your body, your heart has its own system of communicating with the rest of the body. The heart however has the strongest energy field,  extending out from the body 12-15 feet.  It also initiates communication with the entire body to bring about stress relief and personal transformation. Whether you connect with your heart in prayer, meditation or through the system of Heartmath™, your heart provides a deep source of wisdom, peace and balance. Your thinking brain has limits and is unable to unhook you from the fast track trigger that gets initiated with the stress response. It is actually WHY you are triggered in the first place!

Your heart communicates with the rest of the body in a way that was once not thought possible. Think about it, most people have been taught that knowledge comes through an intellectual pursuit. If you wanted to connect to a deeper wisdom, you pursued religion. Today both science and the wise mystics recognize the heart has a language and is able  to "persuade" the rest of the body when engaged.  If the world today were not in such a gridlock of time and demands, the heart's message might be more easily heard.

In another amazing research project, Dr. Pearsall, psychoneuroimmunologist, identified 5 "Brain Fallacies" indicating that the brain tends to dominate at the expense of better, more meaningful interactions with the world around us. With heart disease the number 1 killer in this country, it would seem that the sooner, we can accept and connect with the dominion of the heart, the better we are as individuals and society in general.

Drs. Schwartz and Russek, researchers on dynamic systems memory theory, which says that our body is constantly communicating with itself, capable of transforming or altering itself in the process.  Their research continues that  the heart sends out patterns of info-energy throughout the body so that every cell is influenced by this. The field of cardio-energetics contributes information and research regarding the heart's responsiveness.

The "notion" of an intelligent heart is now more than that with decades of research and researchers recognizing that the heart communicates with the rest of the body both energetically and through thousands of messenger molecules relaying information throughout. Now that we know this communication takes place, why not deliberately and with purpose communicate for the highest good? This is the nature of a heart based approach to communication, leadership and stress management.

Heartmath™, a leader is the research and development of a heart centered stress intervention system, defines Heart intelligence as, "the intelligent flow of awareness and insight that we experience once the mind and emotions are brought into balance and coherence through a self initiated process. This form of intelligence is experienced as direct, intuitive knowing that manifests in thoughts and emotions that are beneficial for ourselves and others." Voyage to Heart Intelligence, p. 5.

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Pearsall, Paul, PhD, The Heart's Code, 1998

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The Institute of Heartmath has been a leader in the research of the intelligence of the heart and the development of a system of stress intervention tools. Neutral, Heart Lock in, Quick Coherence and Freeze Frame are all tools within this system of stress intervention.  Using heart focused breathing, the tools generate a shift in feelings, attitude and ultimately connect one to a deeper core self.

Neutral is the use of heart focus and heart breathing to unhook from the drama of the stressful thoughts.  Neutral, increases your internal resources and provides for better problem solving and interpersonal interaction. Heart lock in is being able to breathe while staying focused on the area around your heart. In this reverie, one can de-stress, restoring the nervous system, mind, emotions and spirit to balance.

Quick coherence is the use of heart focus, heart breathing and heart feeling to bring about a change in the stress response with physiological shifts in hormones and the nervous system. The longer one can sustain this the greater increase in DHEA the anti aging hormone and the less cortisol, the stress hormone,  known to contribute to many health problems when in excess as happens during a prolonged stress response.

Freeze Frame is the process of using Quick Coherence to shift from one negative and energy draining thought to an attitude that is more adaptive, harmonious and ultimately better.

Dr. Howard is a licensed Heartmath™ Provider and uses these tools in 1:1 coaching.

Heartmath, Freezeframe, Heart lockin are registered trademarks of the Institute of Heartmath. Quick Coherence is registered trademark of Doc Childre. Heart intelligence is a trademark of Quantum Intech, Inc.

Did you know that pendulum clocks all begin to swing in rhythm after a period time? Entrainment is the gradual modification of natural rhythms in the body based on a specific rhythm. Most people still consider the brain the dominant force in maintaining balance. Research from the past 2-3 decades shows that it is the heart that actually will entrain or modify your overall rhythms and not the brain.  When the heart does this you actually experience greater resilience and power than if you simply "think" your way out of your stress.