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Reduce Stress With HeartMath^®

HeartMath^® is a world leader in providing scientifically-based stress reduction and emotional wellness programs. The HeartMath system engages the power of the heart to create the inner balance needed to lead a healthy and successful life through aligning heart, mind, body and spirit.  When you learn how to intentionally engage and feel a positive emotion, your heart rhythms immediately change. A shift in heart rhythms creates a favorable cascade of neural, hormonal and biochemical events that benefit the entire body.  The HeartMath system is a proven, natural approach for stress reduction.  The Institute of HeartMath has researched techniques for managing stress for more than 15 years.  By recognizing a stressful situation and taking a quick timeout using a simple HeartMath technique to shift your emotional attitude, you can change your physiology from a "fight-or-flight" stimulated state to one of calm. The result is a decrease in stress hormone production with a resultant decrease in blood pressure and heart rate.

Age Defy offers HeartMath’s personalized training Programs to learn heart-focused, coherence building techniques for stress reduction and health and to create longer-lasting improvements in the skin’s tone and appearance.  Age Defy also offers patients the opportunity to learn biofeedback for both optimal performance (e.g. used by top athletes) and to help treat conditions such as hypertension, migraine, insomnia, chronic pain, depression and anxiety.  HeartMath’s emWave^® provides feedback on your physiological state to help you better manage stress.  

HeartMath 1-1 Coaching Program

Dr. Arlene Noodleman is a certified HeartMath 1-1 Provider who offers personalized coaching session.  Each session is based on your specific needs and goals.  You can choose to focus on isolated portions of the Course content or explore the full spectrum of tools and applications.  Sessions cover the following topics:

• Session 1 – We’ll begin by discussing your personal and professional goals(s), your core values (the heart of who you are and what’s important to you) and the interplay of your values in your daily life.  As the sources of stress is uncovered, you’ll be able to experience how stress is largely a function of how you perceive life and your mental and emotional reactions.
• Session 2 – We will review the science of HeartMath’s tools and techniques and how they differ from traditional approaches to stress reduction.  I’ll guide you in learning a technique to help you quickly feel a shift in your physiology
• Session 3 – During this session you’ll learn the Heart Lock-In^® technique and its applications and benefits.  We’ll explore the use systematically applied positive emotions and see how they change everything.  You’ll also learn intuitive listening techniques and guidelines.
• Session 4 – This session will present a process-oriented tool to incorporate the qualities of the heart – more care for self and others – with Heart Mapping^®, a project planning tool.  Together, we’ll review your experience to help you gain further insight into your use of the tools and develop a plan for you to achieve your goals and live your life with “leveraged intelligence”.

HeartMath High Performance Executive Fitness Program.  In addition to measuring blood values and taking serial blood pressure readings, this comprehensive Program consists of 1) a 24 Hour Holter Heart Monitor to measure heart rate variability; 2) An Adrenal Stress Index and; 3) An Autonomic Assessment Report.  Medical Director Dr. Arlene Noodleman is certified to perform these evaluations and review the results with you and your treating physician.  To schedule a HeartMath consultation, please call our healthy aging partner, Healthstyle™ Integrative Medicine Center at 408-369-4250 or visit their website at healthstylecenter.com for more information.

HeartMath Products:

emWave^® Personal Stress Reliever is a scientifically validated, handheld stress reliever that uses audio feedback and a powerful stress relief technique to help you significantly reduce your stress and increase your feelings of well-being.  The emWave is easy to use. Use just minutes a day and you will learn to change the way you react to stress. Available for sale at Age Defy Dermatology and Wellness - call for more information.

emWave^® PC Stress Relief System. Much more than a heart monitor, this revolutionary technology guides you on how to achieve higher, more creative energy levels, less stress, and optimal health. HeartMath research has shown that emotions are reflected in our heart rhythm patterns. The analysis of Heart Rate Variability (HRV), or heart rhythms, 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 the emotional state.  emWave PC is a software and hardware program which collects pulse data through an ear or finger sensor which plugs into your computer. The program translates the information from your heart rhythms into user friendly graphics displayed on your computer screen.  With emWave PC, you learn to build a buffer against stress by accessing a high performance state called "coherence." Coherence is a mental and emotional state that people experience when they are "in-sync" or in the "zone"--when the heart, brain and nervous system are working in harmony. Simply stated, more coherence equals more energy and less wear and tear from stress. Available for sale at Age Defy Dermatology and Wellness - call for more information.