I've been doing practices with the EmWave gadget to bring more coherence into my heart brain connection and also to lower my blood pressure...(read article excerpt below - meant to inform not as advertisment for the Emwave gadget -my sister calls it bio-feedback on steroids...)
In the process of testing my blood pressure (with a wrist cuff) in conjunction with focused breathing techniques and concentration on my heart center, I've discovered some very interesting things.
When I concentrate with my breath in and out of my heart center on gratitude and thankfulness - feeling these feelings, my systolic (the upper numbers) values tend to go up while my diastolic (lower numbers) values tend to go down.
When I concentrate with my breath in and out of my heart center on what I call my Happy place - feeling happy feelings, my systolic (the upper numbers) values tend to go down while my diastolic (lower numbers) values tend to go up.
I wasn't able to find a space- feeling in my heart to able to move both values down at the same time...and my practice with the EmWave gadget trying to focus on these heart qualities just wasn't consistent enough, I was having a difficult time staying in the "Coherence zone".
Until I was guided to the http://eventtemples.com/ site and downloaded the
" The Rising Heart" paper and did the practice described in it. AMAZING is all I can say! Within 3 breaths I was in the "Coherence" zone with the the EmWave and was able to stay in the zone the whole time that I had alloted for the session. and measuring with my wrist cuff showed that my blood pressure dropped significately after doing the Practice from the Rising Heart with both values dropping together consistantly ..
Blew me away!
So I'm focused now on doing the Rising Heart Breath Practice as much as I can to entrain it to be automatic. Bringing myself back to it when I notice that I've strayed away from it.
This practice may not be for everyone so please check with your personal guidance...
I can also highly recommend the Living from the Heart Paper from the EventTemple site also.
I would include these papers here if I could but they are too long and would violate the copyright as they are in PDF format. so I can only encourage you to go to the Event Temples site - click on downloads and then on the 2 papers.
Be careful what you ask for, for ye shall receive! :)
Love & Blessings
Li Lan
The Science Behind emWave and Heart Rhythms
The heart is a primary generator of rhythmic patterns in the human body, and possesses a far more extensive communication system with the brain than do other major organs. In addition, the heart plays a particularly important role in the generation of emotion. With every heart beat, the heart transmits complex patterns of neurological, hormonal, pressure, and electromagnetic information to the brain and throughout the body. As a critical nodal point in many interacting systems - physiological, cognitive and emotional - the heart is uniquely positioned as a powerful entry point into the communication network that connects body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Doc Childre and the research team at the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) have shown that techniques which combine intentional heart focus with the generation of sustained positive feelings lead to a beneficial mode of physiological function they have termed psychophysiological coherence. Correlates of psychophysiological coherence include a sine wave-like pattern in the heart rhythms, increased heart-brain synchronization (alpha rhythms become more synchronized to the heart) and entrainment between heart rhythm patterns, respiration, blood pressure rhythms and other physiological systems. Although psychophysiological coherence is a natural state that can occur spontaneously while people are feeling genuine positive emotions and during sleep, sustained periods are generally rare.
During states of psychophysiological coherence, our inner systems function with a higher degree of synchronization, efficiency and harmony which correlates with improved emotional balance, quality of emotional experience, health, and cognitive performance. HeartMath studies conducted across diverse populations have associated increased psychophysiological coherence with reduced anxiety and depression, decreased physical symptoms negative effects of stress, enhanced immunity, reduced cortisol and increased DHEA.1-5 IHM has collaborated with Stanford University and other institutions in studies which have shown that heart centered techniques and psychophysiological coherence facilitate the body's healing processes and improve physical health outcomes. For example, improvements in clinical status have been demonstrated in individuals with hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma and AIDS.6-10
The emWave Personal Stress Reliever, is a unique heart rhythm coherence training device. It objectively monitors your heart rhythms and confirms when you are in the coherence mode. It helps you learn to self-generate coherence and track your progress. With practice you learn how to shift into coherence at will, even in difficult situations which previously would have drained your emotional vitality and buoyancy. You will readily see and experience changes in your heart rhythm patterns as you practice emotional stress management techniques. Your heart rhythms generally become less irregular, and sine wave-like as you send more heart-felt love and appreciation through your system.
Get more in-depth research information on stress, heart rate variability and psychophysiological coherence at http://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart.html
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