About HeartMath
What is HeartMath®?
For more than 30 years, the HeartMath Institute has been researching the heart-brain connection and learning how the heart and emotions influence our physical and mental health. They, and others, have discovered that emotions are constantly informing the nervous system and the body, altering hormone levels, digestive function, brain function and heart rhythm patterns.
HeartMath techniques and heart rate variability biofeedback help you recognize when you're dysregulated, and teach you techniques to harness the self-empowering skills of emotional and physiological regulation for the treatment of trauma and other causes of nervous system dysregulation.
To learn some of the techniques HeartMath has to offer, check out "The HeartMath Experience", their free 90-minute online video program.
HeartMath Techniques
HeartMath's self-regulation techniques are a unique combination of breathing exercise and emotional awareness that helps to shift the nervous system away from dysregulation and towards a state of regulation, or "coherence". These are simple techniques that any child or adult can use in the moment to reduce feelings of fear or anxiety, increase mental clarity, and improve social connection. Over time, these techniques can help to rewire the nervous system, providing a greater capacity for emotional regulation and resilience.
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback
When we’re stressed, we feel poorly, our brain goes off-line, and our body's nervous, cardiovascular and digestive systems don't function properly. This leads to the symptoms of nervous system dysregulation.
Based on years of scientific research, The Coherence Plus Trainer from HeartMath is designed to teach you how to shift your emotional state in the moment – and then observe how this affects your body in live-time.
This technology uses heart rate variability biofeedback to tell you when your nervous system is regulated, and when it's not. A quick and easy 3-5 minute session a few times a day is enough to build your emotional awareness, and reset the balance in the nervous system and the body.
Over 400 independent studies have shown that daily practice for > 4 weeks can help you experience better sleep, improved mood, greater mental clarity and more energy in your day.
Click below to purchase the HeartMath HRV sensor that connects via Lightning Cable (rather than BlueTooth). This sensor will only connect to iphone 14 or older. This device will not connect to the newer iphone 15 or Android mobile devices.