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The HeartMath Solution; The Heartmath Institute's Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart's Intelligence

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Authors: Doc Childre, Howard Martin
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9

ISBN: 0062516051
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780062516053
ASIN: 0062516051

Publication Date: May 1, 1999
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IThe HeartMath Solution/I may easily be written off as a book too eccentric for widespread public consumption, and that's unfortunate. The title's a bit misleading--it's not about cardiac care and it's not about calculus, but rather how 30 years of research have shown that the heart's "intelligence" affects emotions and physical health--especially when it comes to handling stress--and specifically what you can do to balance heart rhythms, reduce stress hormones, and boost your immune system. Yes, it sounds complicated, especially when you read that cardiologists worked with physicists and psychiatrists to develop the HeartMath program. But it's worth brushing off your skepticism and exploring the concepts in the ISolution/I, as many employees of Fortune 500 companies have already done.p The "intelligence" that the authors focus on refers to both the heart's "brain," or the 40,000 neurons found in the heart (the same number in the brain itself), and the intuitive signals the heart sends, including feelings of love, happiness, care, and appreciation. When such positive emotions are felt, they "not only change patterns of activity in the nervous system; they also reduce the production of the stress hormone cortisol." When there's less cortisol, there's more DHEA, the so-called fountain of youth hormone known to have anti-aging effects on many of the body's systems.p IThe HeartMath Solution/I outlines 10 steps for harnessing the power of the heart's intelligence, including ways to manage your emotions and keep energy levels high. One of the most important is the "Freeze-Frame" technique for calming the nervous system, improving clarity of thought and perception, and boosting productivity (which is one of the many appealing features for those Fortune 500 companies). Each step includes references to data proving its effectiveness, with handy summaries of the key points to remember at the end of each chapter. This is a book that takes a bit of scientific understanding and a lot of time to wade through, but one that could help you prevent stress from ruling your existence. I--Erica Jorgensen/I

Product Description
What if you could easily...P Make better decisions?P Gain control of your emotions?P Enhance creativity?P Reduce high blood pressure?P Increase personal productivity?P Slow down aging? PYou can, simply by understanding your heart's intelligence--which has more impact on our emotions, our mind, and our physical health than was ever thought possible. And what if you learned that there is something you can use--potent tools that can channel your heart's intelligence--to live a healthier life with greater potential than ever before?PBreakthrough scientific research proves that the heart is the control tower of the body's systems and overall health. Pioneers of this research--based at the prestigious Institute of HeartMath--have developed a program to harness the power of the heart with simple, proven techniques. These life-altering techniques will show you how to deepen the qualities long associated with the heart--wisdom, compassion, courage, love, strength, and joy.PHailed by the medical community, the institute teaches its techniques to individuals and corporate clients all over the world, from Fortune 500 companies, such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and Royal Dutch Shell to all four branches of the U.S. military. Here, for the first time, The HeartMath Solution presents a comprehensive view of their groundbreaking work including:PThe research that is the foundation of their program--from the institute's team of cardiologists, physicists, psychiatrists, and other experts in the medical field;PTheir easy-to-learn, scientifically proven techniques, including FREEZE-FRAME, CUT-THRU, and HEART LOCK-IN; andPThe amazing results that balance our heart rhythms and hormone levels, increase DHEA, and boost our immune systems.

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A compelling book and tools to get you to coherence February 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is an excellent book and it spells out the scientific proof of the power of the heart to help us find solutions to the complexity of our emotional lives and situations.br /br /I have practised meditation for many years and the tradition I have worked with pints to the power of the compassionate heart to resolve issues and attain insights. This book gives clear evidence along with practical, straight to the point techniques that shows that you don't have to meditate for years to get back to a life of coherence and flow. So many insights and realisations from this book. Many thanks.

5 out of 5 stars

Spiritual Practices with a Secular Coating, I Think August 23, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

This book offers three practices. The practices all begin with "breathing through the heart" and then apply the resulting state in various ways:br /br /- "Freeze Frame" interrupts and redirects useless thought-feeling patternsbr /br /- "Cut-Thru" slowly or quickly dissolves longstanding problemsbr /br /- "Heart Lock-In" allows one to rest in, and to share, profoundly good experiencebr /br /Each of these practices ends with "listening to the intuition of the heart," which may give either insights or next steps to take.br /br /All three work with "the heart," which seems to be both the physical heart whose rhythms can be measured and the experiential heart. Heartmath both works with subjective experience and measures it objectively. From that both-ness comes the surprising name, Heartmath.br /br /I find from trying them that all three practices work. The Freezeframe interruptor really does break into unfortunate cycles of thought and feeling. CutThru does give an easing of long-term issues, though it does not undo them suddenly. And the unfortunately-named Heart Lock-In does seem to be a resting and recharging meditation.br /br /The practices have all been tested empirically. The book is full of graphs of the results, and some of the studies has been published in journals. The authors have been careful to use business-language, speaking of the "efficiency" and "coherence" of different feeling states. br /br /The language and the testing seem to be ways of making very old spiritual practices palatable to skeptical people of our time. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all understand the importance of the breath and the heart to the living being, and so do Hinduism and Buddhism. It appears the creators of Heartmath have translated old wisdom into new and practical forms for our times. Bravo to them!br /br /

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent idea May 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I find the idea of breathing through the heart extremely helpful in reducing the negative voice in my head. It also helps to get in touch with one's own feelings. Highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars

must buy! May 7, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

we all have stress and anxiety and it's killing us slowly whether we know it or not. the heartmath approach to dealing with stress and anxiety is excellent. highly recommended for ALL! :)

5 out of 5 stars

An Answer to Many Questions April 13, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is a very well thought out and presented book on the nature of the heart, and has many implications for the body/mind principle. br /br /Someone mentioned that the authors did not provide research outside their own internal findings. That doesn't mean that the research is wrong. br /br /Someone mentioned the focus on marketing their own products. I'm 80% done with the book and not one mention of buying any products, although I'm already aware of their personal biofeedback devices which by themselves have great value. br /br /The information provided in this book will enable anyone to step back and reassess how they are responding and reacting to the world around them and inside them. It is a great first step for many of us looking to eliminate our reactions to the stress we experience, and is complimentary to every other form of self-help stress reducing techniques out there.br /br /The hard part is, as with any type of improvement course, is to find the courage in yourself to take action and to actually PRACTICE the methods that may have benefit for you. And then to maintain that practice until you have reached the point it becomes automatic, and practice has become perfection.br /br /If you have read or watched "The Secret" which has garnered worldwide media attention, then this book will answer many of the "whys" we are left with after being introduced to the power of intentions.br /br /I have only tried to put into effect the techniques in the book for a few days and already have seen improvement in how my own stress is being handled. Granted, it will take many days and weeks, maybe months, to rewire my automatic responses to my outside AND inside world - but I'm confident that this little book will be a great roadmap in addition to all my other traveling tools.br /br /A+

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