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Heart Math: A Life Changing
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The premise of this method is stress can be “transformed” by changing emotions and perceptions through heart-focused exercises. The heart as an intelligent and feeling center plays a pivotal role in this technique.
Benefits
Heart Math is scientifically proven and has been implemented and tested on five continents. It is used in the corporate world, medical community, sports and education. The benefits include but are not limited to:
· Reduction in stress
· Transforms negative emotional and mental energy into positive attitudes and feelings
· Increases energy and positive emotions
· Improves relationship with ourselves and others
· Can be performed on the spot
In the Beginning
The Heart Math method was pioneered by Doc Childre. The perception of the growing anxiety of society and the world around him sparked this crusade. Doc’s research of stress and performance sprang from his compassion for the wearied masses he saw everyday.
Through studying different religions, philosophies and psychological beliefs, he found the heart was the seat of intuition and connectedness to others. He wanted to find out how the heart was related to our health and happiness.
He created a simple, easy-to-use system based on listening to the heart as a “source of intelligence.” We all think of our brain as the source for intelligence. Doc discovered through research that our heart rhythms and beats actually control how our brain perceives the world around us.
Work with Your Heart to Reduce Stress
It was discovered that heart patterns, rhythms and rate reflect a person’s emotional state. The more erratic the pattern and rate are, the more negative the emotion or stress that is occurring. Our heart pattern and rate affects our immune, hormonal and nervous systems and pain sensitivity.Stress comes from negative perceptions of people, places and situations. If we can change our perceptions, we can change then “transform” stress. The Heart Math method shows us how by:
· Changing our heart rhythm and rate by feeling more positive emotions
· Building emotional energy reserves for times of stress
· Clearing old negative emotions and beliefs
· Breaking the stress habit
The three techniques that follow are tools to accomplish these goals.
Quick Coherence
Quick Coherence is called such because it brings about emotional balance and clarity. It connects one with the heart’s energy zone. It allows you to access higher intelligence and improve focus, intuition and mental clarity.It is an easy three-step process of heart focusing, breathing and feeling.
Step 1) Focus your attention to the heart area.
Step 2) Breathe through your heart five or six times
Step 3) Feel a positive emotion such as gratitude, compassion or love.
Attitude Breathing
Use this method for highly charged stressful situations. It allows one to shift attitudes in times of stress and changes the stress pattern permanently over time.This is a four-step process of heart focusing, breathing, feeling and shifting.
Step 1) Focus on your heart as breathe in and focus on your solar plexus as you breathe out.
Step 2) Perform this breathing pattern for thirty seconds or longer.
Step 3) Choose a positive feeling and really feel it. As you breathe, visualize that you are storing the positive energy from this positive emotion.
Step 4) Shift your attitude by choosing a positive emotion that reverses the negative one that you felt before starting this exercise. Continue doing this for a few minutes.
Freeze Frame
This technique helps in finding a new solution to a stressful problem. It slows down mental and emotional reactions in order to think more clearly.This is a four-step process of pausing, shifting, activating and sensing.
Step 1) Pause the stressful thoughts and feelings you are experiencing.
Step 2) Shift your focus to the area around your heart. Breathe in through the heart and out through the solar plexus.
Step 3) Activate a positive emotion or feeling. Ask what would be a better way to handle to stress you are feeling.
Step 4) Try to sense any perception or intuitions you have about your question. Hold that sense in your heart and write it down.
As you can see, the Heart Math techniques are simplistic and take little time. With time and with practice, they can be used to shift your deeply embedded thought patterns. This can totally change your life.
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