What role does the heart play in the body?
The heart is the main command center of the body. It actually sends information to the brain and to the rest of the body — information that is essential to a person’s overall health and well-being. As a person learns about the communication between the heart and brain, and how to shift this communication, positive changes in how that person thinks and feels begin to take place. It’s really a shift in paradigm to say that it’s not just the brain, but that the heart also has a big role in how we think and feel. What is Heartmath? Heartmath is a system designed for high performance effective living that consists of concepts, tools, techniques and technology. In general, they all involve heart focus breathing — really focusing on the area of your heart and making an effort to activate positive feelings. how did Heartmath come about? Heartmath’s been around for the last 11 years, and began on the initiative of a man named Doc Childre. It started out through self-study. By his own admissio
