Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRV)

When you experience stress, your body is “out of sync.” Negative emotions, such as anger, helplessness, irritation, and worry lead to increased disorder in the heart’s rhythms and in the nervous system. In contrast, positive emotions like joy, appreciation, care, and kindness create harmony in the heart’s rhythms and the nervous system. This harmony within the heart and nervous system is called coherence. Because coherence leads to more mental clarity, creativity, and better problem solving abilities, it is easier to find solutions and better ways of handling stress, and… it feels better!

Research at the Institute of HeartMath has shown that emotions are reflected in the beat-to-beat changes in the heart’s rhythms. This is called heart rate variability, or HRV. New clinical research identifies HRV as a key indicator of preventable stress and shows a relationship to a wide range of health problems.

Using the Freeze-Framer ® Learning System, you can learn to create new levels of coherence and reduce the effects of stress. The program consists of placing a sensor on your finger and then monitoring your heart rate variability on a computer display. In conjunction with additional tools you can learn to find and maintain physiological coherence. Regular use of the HeartMath system has resulted in significant stress reduction benefits for people with AD/HD, anger, anxiety with panic disorders, arrythmias, asthma, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, diabetes, digestive disorders, hypertension, and sleep disorders.

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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRV)

Last modified: August 28, 2008