Heart Variability

HEART RATE VARIABILITY:

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the basis of a new science that is built on a breakthrough in the understanding of autonomic nervous system balance and its relationship to subtle heart and breathing rhythms.

Heart-Rate-Variability
EKG showing heart rate variability

HRV reflects the variation in the time interval between heartbeats. It is measured by the changes in the beat-to-beat interval during breathing. HRV monitors coherence which is a state of internal synchronization between the heart, breath and brain. Many people experience coherence as a sense of inner calm and balance and increased focus, while others experience coherence as a relaxed state.

There is growing acceptance within the broad medical community that HRV coherence is a key indicator of overall health status. This is based on research that also shows the heart, rather than the brain, to be the master organ of the body.

Heart Rate Variability, as developed by Heart Math, is one of the biofeedback measures used at New Hope For The Brain to teach people to manage their stress.