ABOUT THE HEART-MIND COHERENCE:
MINDFULNESS FOR STRESS REDUCTION WORKSHOP
Mindfulness for Managing Stress, Generating Positive Emotions and Cultivating Inner Peace
LEARN
The difference between Happiness & Positive Emotions
How acceptance is related to well-being
What is Heart-Mind Coherence
How to leverage the Heart-Mind connection to de-stress
Two practices to generate Positive Emotions
​
Erin will explain these concepts in an engaging and light-hearted lecture presentation supported by a visual Keynote slide presentation. The goal of this portion of the workshop is to provide you with information to support your understanding and implementation of concepts related to emotional wellness and the heart-mind coherence principles and techniques.
​
Erin will also explain the science, philosophy and theory behind the mantras which will be experienced. These will be presented from both a scientific and yogic healing perspective.
EXPERIENCE
Guided Heart-Mind Coherence Meditation
Healing Mantras and the power of sound
​
Erin will guide you through a heart-mind coherence meditation which is simple enough for you to do at home or to call up throughout the day during stressful moments.
​
Erin will also guide you through an experience of healing mantra chanting as she accompanies on harmonium and her husband Dan provides rhythmic support on hand drums.
HEART-MIND COHERENCE
In the human body, the heart generates the largest rhythmic magnetic field, one that is about 100 times the amplitude produced by the brain.
​
The heart communicates with the brain through neurological, biochemical, biophysical and electromagnetic mechanisms.
​
It is possible to intentionally engage the unique nervous system of the heart to create a state of well-being through a phenomenon called coherence.
Physiological Coherence is defined as a state in which entrainment, resonance and synchronization occur between the systems of the body resulting in a harmonious state characterized by increased parasympathetic nervous system activity.
(Heart Math Institute)
​
THE SCIENCE OF
HEART-MIND COHERENCE
"Positive emotions . . . were found to increase order and balance in the nervous system and produce smooth, harmonious heart rhythms.
"But these harmonious and coherent rhythms did more than reduce stress; they actually enhanced people‘s ability to clearly perceive the world around them."
​
Childre & Martin (1999). The HeartMath solution. San Francisco, CA: Harper.
