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Primary school students suffer from high levels of anxiety and stress. Having emotional regulation abilities can help them to manage challenging emotional situations. Conscious and slow breathing is a physiological, emotional regulation strategy that is feasible for primary school students to learn....

During this month's Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman and guest Peter Fox, the leader in online sports instruction, Managing Director of SportsEdTV's Learn to Win peak performance training, powered by HeartMath research and technology, and founding Executive Producer of ESPN, will talk about how a...

Welcome to the Global Coherence Initiative’s Full Moon synchronized Care Focus. In order for GCI members around the world to participate at a convenient time, we have chosen 4 a.m., 12:00 p.m. (noon), and 8 p.m. Pacific Time (GMT/UTC minus 7 hours) when GCI members can do the Care Focus together. Pl...

HeartMath Institute has dedicated over 25 years of scientific research into the study of the physiology of learning, resilience and performance. Most of us have been taught in school that the heart is constantly responding to "orders" sent by the brain in the form of neural signals. However, it is n...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Police Special Forces (a.k.a. special weapons and tactics ) officers are tasked with responding to the most critical situations, including incidents that require specialized skills and equipment beyond typical policing activities. In this study, we tested the feasibility of applying Arnetz and colle...

Everyone worries occasionally, but constant worry could signal unhealthy stress and anxiety levels. HeartMath Institute understands that when anxiety becomes an ever-present condition it’s time to take care. Excessive or chronic anxiety can be paralyzing, though maybe not in the normal sense. People...