HeartMath ® Baby Steps from the Heart Empowering & Sustaining Behavior Changes Deborah Rozman, Ph.D. President & CEO HeartMath Inc.
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HeartMath
®
Baby Steps from the HeartEmpowering & Sustaining Behavior Changes
Deborah Rozman, Ph.D.President & CEO HeartMath Inc.
HeartMath
®
• Founded in 1991 to study the links between stress,
brain and heart function, health and performance.
• Developers of leading-edge learning and technology
solutions for empowering behavior change.
• Achieving sustained reductions in stress and stress-
related conditions providing significant ROI in
reduced health and other costs.
Who is HeartMath?
HeartMath
®
Cost of Stress vs Other Risks
70%
46%
35%
21%
20%
12%
10%
Depression
Stress
Blood sugar
Obesity
Smoking
Blood pressure
Lack of Exercise
Percent of Higher Annual Health Costs
[3] *The Relationship Between Modifiable Health Risks and Health Care Expenditures. (Goetzel, Anderson, Whitmer, et.al., JOEM, (40) (10).October 1998; 1-12).
Grinnell Regional Medical Center "HeartMath Anchors Employee Wellness Initiative"
HeartMath
®
The Heart of the Solution
The heart is a primary generator of rhythm in thebody, influencing brain processes that control thenervous system, cognitive function and emotion.
The heart provides an access point from whichsystem-wide dynamics and emotional state can bequickly and profoundly shifted.
HeartMath
®
“Put your heart into it”
“Play from your heart”
“Go to your heart for the answer”
“Listen to your heart”
“Follow your heart”
Heart Power
HeartMath
® Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
0.859 sec. 0.793 sec. 0.726 sec.70 BPM 76 BPM 83 BPM
6
HeartMath
®
HRV PatternInhibitsBrain
Function(Incoherence)
HRV PatternFacilitates
BrainFunction
(Coherence)
HeartMath
®
8
HeartMath
®
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HeartMath
®
Outof Sync
InSync
HeartMath
®
Optimal state in which the heart,mind and emotions are operatingin-sync and balanced.
Coherence is the prime enablerof behavior change, unmanagedstress is the prime disabler.
Coherence
HeartMath
®
Step 1Heart Focus
• Focus your attention on the area aroundyour heart in the center of your chest.
Quick Coherence® Technique
HeartMath
®
Step 2Heart-Focused Breathing™
• Imagine your breath is flowing in and out of yourheart area (to calm and reduce the intensity of a
stress-producing reaction).
• Take casual slow deep breaths: Inhale for about5 seconds — exhale for about 5 seconds.
HeartMath
®
Step 3Heart Feeling
• Activate a positive feeling or recall atime when you felt good inside.
HeartMath
® Baby Steps from the Heart
Phase 1 – Recognize ––emotional awareness ofstress response
Phase 2 – Do The Shift –– feeling shift from theheart
Phase 3 – Acknowledge –– the benefit /appreciate
HeartMath
®
emWave®
HeartMath
® Improvements in Well-Beingand Productivity
44%6 52%6
60%6
52%6 61%6
60%6
()Before and 6 weeks after taking HeartMath® trainingN=5692 (1400 still sustained results after 6 months)
HeartMath
®
HeartMath
®
HeartMath
®
Purpose:
• Enable users to easily andeffortlessly identify when out ofbalance (off course) withHeartMath feedback usingcamera as a sensor.
• Provide anytime, anywhereresources to help user return tobalance (get back on course),lower stress and shift to positivefeeling states.
June 2012 release
HeartMath
®
Thank You!
Deborah RozmanPresident, HeartMath Inc
[email protected]@quantumintech.com
831-338-8707(831) 818-2358 cell
www.heartmath.com
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