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and supportive manner. It enables an First, it begins with heart-focused
individual to move from a depletive breathing. This is a manner of breathing
state to an energizing state almost that feels much slower than how you would
instantaneously. normally breathe, averaging around 5-7
breaths per minute. It also helps to imagine
The foundation of this technique is based your breath coming in and out of the body
in the science of heart energetics. In short, from your heart space. Some clients prefer
it is a way to create synchronization and to rest one or both hands over the heart
harmony between the electromagnetic while practicing this breath to deepen their
rate and rhythms of the heart and the connection with their heart.
brain which then creates a cascade of
events throughout the body to help Once you feel you are in a more balanced
someone feel more peace, clarity and rhythm of breathing from your heart,
renewed vitality, which over time can then you then want to invite the mind to
create new baselines for how we respond come along for the ride and think about
Renewed & Restored, to stressful situations or patterns. something or someone you feel deep
appreciation or gratitude for. This is
Think about the last time you felt stress in where the magic starts to happen.
Inside and Out your life. What was the trigger and how did
you react and respond? Furthermore, how You see, gratitude is considered to be
long did it take you to come back down one of the most powerful emotions
“Renew thyself completely, each day.” – may go through in life, we can always to a more neutral state and feeling less we can experience as humans. It is an
Henry David Thoreau choose to claim our power and respond stress? Some individuals would agree that emotion that is capable of shifting and
to life in a way that elevates and refines stressful triggers can be a slippery slope changing our network and framework
What comes to mind when you hear, rather than regress and confine. which leads us to having more exaggerated of perceptions, not just in the short-
see, and speak the word “renew”? What and prolonged responses to stressful events term, but in long-term methods as well.
feelings does it evoke? One of the most powerful ways that I have long after the trigger has left. Countless experiments have shown over
learned to reset and restore myself is by and over again the way we can improve
For me, it brings on a sense of a fresh start, using a tried and true method developed The QUick Coherence Technique is an our physical, mental and emotional
a clean slate and new beginnings. It makes by the HeartMath Institute known as the effective strategy at re-educating the mind health patterns by practicing gratitude.
me feel like no matter what kind of shape Quick Coherence Technique. and the body via the heart, to respond
I am in right now, I can pivot and shift to to stress in a more productive and As a practitioner, I have seen how this
come out the other side looking, feeling, The Quick Coherence Technique is constructive way. With some practice, the practice has helped clients with anxiety,
and being more polished and refined. a simple and powerful tool that can individual will notice they can feel more depression, sleep irregularities, chronic
be used by anyone at any time. This renewed and restored, inside and out any pain, and more.
Some may find it hard to believe, but we technique is a great way to create better time they want. How cool is that!?!
actually are able hit the reset button more energy resilience and shift underlying Back to the technique…so we start with
often than we think. No matter what we physiological processes into a restorative So, how does it work exactly? heart-focused breathing in a slow, deep, and
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