EmWave Personal Stress Reliever will help you reduce the
negative effects of stress, allowing you to experience
greater health, more energy, and improved emotional balance
and mental clarity. The “em” in emWave stands
for empowerment; emWave empowers you to shift your emotional
state and experience stress relief.
The emWave
is based on hard science and incorporates the same patented
HRV measurement and coherence scoring process found in
the Freeze-Framer® Interactive Learning System, HeartMath's
award winning PC based product that is being used by ten's
of thousands of people in over 50 countries.
Here's why
it works. emWave shows the effects of stress on your body
by measuring the subtle changes
in your heart rhythms. This type of measurement is known
as heart rate variability analysis or HRV. The analysis
of HRV is recognized as a powerful, non-invasive measure
that reflects heart-brain interactions and autonomic nervous
system dynamics, which are particularly sensitive to changes
in emotional state.
However, emWave
does a lot more than just show the effects of stress on
your body. It reduces stress by training you to create
more “coherence.” Coherence is a term used
by scientists to describe a highly efficient physiological
state in which the nervous system, cardiovascular, hormonal
and immune systems are working efficiently and harmoniously.
Coherence is a state very similar to what athletes experience
when they are in what is called “The Zone”.
Heart Rhythms
and Coherence
When you experience stressful emotions such as tension,
anxiety, irritation, or anger, your heart rhythm pattern
becomes irregular and incoherent, which negatively affects
health, brain function, performance and your sense of
well-being (see the graph below).
Figure 1: heart rhythms when stressed
When you are
experiencing positive emotions such as appreciation, care,
joy or love, your heart rhythm pattern becomes more ordered
and coherent. (See graph below.)
Figure 2: heart rhythms when feeling a positive emotion
Ordered and
harmonious heart rhythms are an indicator of your “coherence
level”. High coherence is a state associated with
positive emotional attitudes which send signals to the
brain that reduce stress, improve brain function, hormonal
balance, immune response, coordination and reaction times.
emWave determines the degree of coherence found in your
heart rhythm patterns and displays changes in real-time
on a large tri-colored LED–the Coherence Level Indicator.
A red light
indicates low coherence which would be normal.
A blue light
indicates medium coherence which shows good improvement.
A green light
indicates high coherence the optimal high performance,
stress-free state.
The goal in using emWave is to reduce stress by achieving
and sustaining High Coherence (green). The Coherence Coach
CD (included) provides instruction on how to do the Quick
Coherence™ Technique to improve your coherence scores
with emWave.
emWave is easy
to use. Simply place your thumb on the sensor or attach
the Ear Sensor. After your pulse is detected a breathing
pacer which synchronizes to your heart rhythms begins.
As you practice the Quick Coherence Technique, breathing
with the pacer while at the same time activating a positive
feeling like the care you have for someone or the appreciation
you have for the good things in your life, your coherence
level (indicated in a large colorful LED) will begin to
change from red to blue to green.
emWave offers
four challenge levels to help you sharpen your coherence
building skills. You can change the brightness of the
LED displays and the audio feedback level. Additionally,
it incorporates an accumulated coherence scoring display
so you can track your progress during a session and an
advanced user mode.
For most people
in today's high stress world, it is rare for sustained
periods of coherence to occur. Now with emWave Personal
Stress Reliever you have a convenient, practical way to
help you reduce stress and shift into a higher state of
coherence anytime, anywhere. Your stress will diminish
and your feelings of well-being, balance and enhanced
energy will increase.
