The Power of Heart Coherence^™

Health professionals around the world, including physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, and trauma specialists, use HeartMath’s simple, evidence-based heart rate variability (HRV) technology to teach self-regulation and emotional management skills quickly and effectively. This helps people see, in real time, that they can manage their thoughts and emotions and take charge of their health and wellness.

The HeartMath system has been embraced by professional, amateur, and Olympic athletes to synchronize their heart and brain to achieve optimal performance and enter the “zone” state on and off the field. Clients include the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, Premiere League, Olympians, and university and high school teams.

Athletes have talked about “getting in the zone” for years. But what the “zone” actually is and how to access it has been vague and a bit mysterious.

HeartMath Institute's research over the last thirty years has led to new understandings on the interactions between the heart, brain, emotions, and nervous system and how these interactions affect reaction times, hand-eye coordination, and performance. HeartMath identified a measurable state that underlies optimal performance and emotional stability called coherence—a state of synchronization between the heart, brain, emotions, and nervous system—and a proven method to access it. This measurable physiological state is an entry into zone performance in sports and in life.

Healthcare leaders and staff implement HeartMath in their organizations to improve the health and well-being of their employees, affecting job satisfaction and burnout while positively impacting their patients' lives. HeartMath's science–based approach has transformed hospital cultures for both staff and patients with a measurably positive impact on the organization's bottom line. Multiple case studies cover these and other outcomes.

In difficult times, such as the pandemic and various natural disasters, nurses, doctors, and other hospital employees risk their own health and safety for the well-being of others. The mission of our division is to take care of the caregivers and those they care for.

“Healthier, happier, and more productive employees clearly impact the quality of our care for our patients.”
– Medical Center CEO/President

HeartMath programs have been delivered to corporate executives and employees worldwide. Our science-based approach empowers the individual and facilitates organizational culture change. Measurable outcomes include improvements in employee engagement and satisfaction, productivity, teamwork and communication, and intuitive decision-making.

The client organization's internal trainers are certified to deliver the HeartMath system in a flexible, modular format that is easily integrated with existing company initiatives. Our case studies highlight successful outcomes in many industries, including aerospace, IT, semiconductor, hospitality, and petroleum: https://www.heartmath.com/organizations/.

The HeartMath system is used globally by teachers and students from K1 through college. Students practice simple self-regulation techniques that increase their emotional balance and capacity to learn and make wise decisions. Applications have included prepping for tests, improving test scores, practicing self-regulation to stay out of trouble, and helping kids get along better with their peers.

HeartMath’s hundreds of interventions in schools also include English Second Language students in Alaska, elementary children profiled with autism learning to manage anxiety better, urban elementary school students to gain greater self-management and focus on boosting their math and science achievement, first-year students at a major university to offset stress and burnout, and preschoolers from impoverished families to strengthen their academic engagement and confidence.

HeartMath training has been delivered to over 100,000 first responders, law enforcement, and service members in the United States, Canada, Colombia, Nepal, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, and the United Kingdom. Participants learn to maintain focus and composure under high-pressure situations and to quickly reset and recover.

HeartMath has trained officers from the Netherlands, where exceptional outcomes led HeartMath to become an Official Partner of the Police Academy. Watch the video.

In the US, HeartMath has been working with police officers for 20 years, including training officers through Blue Courage and publishing studies on resilience.

Blog article: Police Officers: In Search of Coherence and Resilience

Research paper: Applying Resilience Promotion Training Among Special Forces Police Officers

Thousands of independent and organizational coaches, mentors, and trainers across a wide range of industries, including corporations, health care, education, first responders, and government, are seeing measurable improvements in their client's resilience, performance, health and productivity, stress levels, and emotional well-being.

This global community of certified HeartMath professionals offers heart coherence techniques for both personal and professional growth. HeartMath Certified Professionals are delivering the HeartMath system on six continents, presenting these research-based concepts both in person and “live” online. Interested in becoming certified?

HeartMath trainings provide practical tools to cultivate heart-centered awareness, intuition, and inner coherence, which can enrich and support spiritual and personal growth practices. It offers a scientific framework and techniques that integrate well with various spiritual traditions and personal development practices while not being inherently religious or culturally specific.

HeartMath is a practice that is appealing to a diverse audience because it is proven to be effective and can be embraced by individuals of various backgrounds regardless of specific religious or cultural beliefs.

Numerous humanitarian and disaster relief agencies around the world have integrated HeartMath interventions for their staff and volunteers to prevent burnout and secondary trauma, as well as for their beneficiaries in crisis to mitigate and prevent PTSD. Because HeartMath tools are on-the-spot applications that are easy to use for all ages and education levels, they lend themselves to being best-in-class tools for disaster relief and response.

HeartMath tools have been applied successfully in violent conflict zones, wildfire evacuation shelters, and firefighting teams post-earthquake recovery, with global refugee populations, flood survivors, survivors of human trafficking, families of those who have died in mass shootings, and more. As a result of the proven efficacy of HeartMath science and techniques in both human-caused and natural disasters, a proposal was accepted for presentation to G20 countries to include such interventions in all rapid response emergency and crisis notifications and communications, as well as education materials and evacuation warning messages for responders and citizens.

HeartMath has worked with all four branches of the U.S. military: Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines, as well as European defense forces. Service members trained in HeartMath include military elite tactical teams as well as the U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC).

Military service members have used HeartMath practices to reduce symptoms of operational stress and promote sustained resilience and performance in high-stress operational contexts. The HeartMath Institute developed the Coherence Advantage^™ stress resilience and optional performance training for the NECC as core training to assist with their highly demanding missions.

For 30 years, HeartMath has been serving the global nonprofit sector with emotional self-regulation techniques and services. Communities served include health and wellness centers, health and human service departments, foster youth agencies, nonprofits, elder care service agencies, and veterans/military family support programs.

HeartMath also works with home and hospice agencies, tribal health centers, and government agencies at various levels, including municipal, county, regional, national, and international entities such as the United Nations and the C20/G20. Outcomes have included increased resilience, renewal, and empowerment in underserved communities in addition to promoting social coherence and collaboration across different groups, leading to greater personal and collective effectiveness and accelerated progress towards all measures of sustainable development.

HeartMath is currently helping veterans better manage their physical, mental, and emotional issues, including PTSD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic pain, blood pressure and blood sugar issues, depression and anxiety, addictions, and other health issues in many VA Medical Centers. HeartMath intervention is indicated for over 25 diagnoses in the VA’s Whole Health programs.

Hundreds of the VA’s multidisciplinary health professionals across the continuum of care are certified in HeartMath programs and use our heart rate variability (HRV) technology and emotional self-regulation techniques to care for veterans.

We’ve also jointly created special programs with Whole Health, uniquely crafted for the veteran population, that help care for chronic pain, addiction, and recovery. Our technology has been approved by the VA Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services.

The VA system is also providing HeartMath techniques and technology to their staff.