Het coherente hart als omvattend brein en medicijn
28 Mar, 2022
Heartmath werkt met emoties en die blijken een aanzienlijk sterker effect op het tempo en de regelmaat van de hartslag en overige lichaamscellen te hebben dan gedachten 1. Zou het hart naast de darmen ook wel eens ons tweede brein kunnen zijn? Hart Ritme Variatie (HRV) en hartcoherentie (hoog HRV) zijn Heartmaths parameters. De Heartmath-technieken kunnen eenvoudig door iedereen worden toegepast. Daarmee levert de methode een bijdrage aan wellicht één van de meest ondermijnende fenomenen van deze tijd: stress.
Het Heartmath Instituut verwoordt het mooi: ‘A change of heart changes everything’. Maar wat houdt hun methode precies in en wat doet het? Waar kan het meerwaarde hebben in jouw dagelijkse praktijk? Sinds haar oprichting in 1991 doet het Amerikaanse Heartmath Instituut onderzoek naar achtergrond, werking en impact van de Heartmath-methode op onze algehele gezondheid 2. Het instituut heeft tevens een ‘curriculum’ aan technieken ontwikkeld, dat individuen in staat stelt hun HRV positief te beïnvloeden 3. Er is inmiddels een grote hoeveelheid wetenschappelijk materiaal geproduceerd, dat de kracht van een hoge HRV blootlegt.
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www.heartmathbenelux.com
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