Deborah Rozman

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Baby Steps from the Heart
HeartMath
Empowering & Sustaining Behavior Changes
Deborah Rozman, Ph.D.
President & CEO HeartMath Inc.

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Who is HeartMath?
HeartMath
• Founded in 1991 to study the links between stress,
brain and heart function, health and performance.
• Developers of leading-edge learning and technology
solutions for empowering behavior change.
• Achieving sustained reductions in stress and stress-
related conditions providing significant ROI in
reduced health and other costs.

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Cost of Stress vs Other Risks
HeartMath
Lack of Exercise 10%
Blood pressure 12%
Smoking 20%
Obesity 21%
Blood sugar 35%
Stress 46%
Depression 70%
Percent of Higher Annual Health Costs
[3] *The Relationship Between Modifiable Health Risks and Health Care Expenditures. (Goetzel, Anderson, Whitmer, et.al., JOEM, (40) (10).
October 1998; 1-12).
Grinnell Regional Medical Center "HeartMath Anchors Employee Wellness Initiative"

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HeartMath
The Heart of the Solution
The heart is a primary generator of rhythm in the
body, influencing brain processes that control the
nervous system, cognitive function and emotion.
The heart provides an access point from which
system-wide dynamics and emotional state can be
quickly and profoundly shifted.

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HeartMath
Heart Power
“Put your heart into it”
“Play from your heart”
“Go to your heart for the answer”
“Listen to your heart”
“Follow your heart”

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Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
HeartMath
0.859 sec. 0.793 sec. 0.726 sec.
70 BPM 76 BPM 83 BPM
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HeartMath
HRV Pattern
Inhibits
Brain
Function
(Incoherence)
HRV Pattern
Facilitates
Brain
Function
(Coherence)

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HeartMath
Out In
of Sync Sync

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HeartMath
Coherence
Optimal state in which the heart,
mind and emotions are operating
in-sync and balanced.
Coherence is the prime enabler
of behavior change, unmanaged
stress is the prime disabler.

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HeartMath
Quick Coherence® Technique
Step 1
Heart Focus
• Focus your attention on the area around
your heart in the center of your chest.

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HeartMath
Step 2
Heart-Focused Breathing™
• Imagine your breath is flowing in and out of your
heart area (to calm and reduce the intensity of a
stress-producing reaction).
• Take casual slow deep breaths: Inhale for about
5 seconds — exhale for about 5 seconds.

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Step 3
Heart Feeling
• Activate a positive feeling or recall a
time when you felt good inside.

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HeartMath Baby Steps from the Heart
Phase 1 – Recognize ––emotional awareness of
stress response
Phase 2 – Do The Shift –– feeling shift from the
heart
Phase 3 – Acknowledge –– the benefit /appreciate

16. HeartMath ®
emWave®

17. ® Improvements in Well-Being
and Productivity
HeartMath
60%6 60%6
44%6 52%6 52%6 61%6
Before and 6 weeks after taking HeartMath® training
N=5692 (1400 still sustained results after 6 months)
()

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HeartMath
June 2012 release
Purpose:
• Enable users to easily and
effortlessly identify when out of
balance (off course) with
HeartMath feedback using
camera as a sensor.
• Provide anytime, anywhere
resources to help user return to
balance (get back on course),
lower stress and shift to positive
feeling states.

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HeartMath
Thank You!
Deborah Rozman
President, HeartMath Inc
drozman@heartmath.com
drozman@quantumintech.com
831-338-8707
(831) 818-2358 cell
www.heartmath.com