Brain-Heart Coherence: The Ultimate Biohack
Bruce Cryer
VYBRATO? * Reinvention Mentor * Global Connector * Stanford Adjunct * Keynote Speaker/Performer * Heart-Brain Coherence * Optimize Health & Performance
Biohacking – the science of finding shortcuts and new modalities to enhance health and well-being -- has gone increasingly mainstream since its origins a couple decades ago.
Biohacking includes a wide array methods and technologies, such as breathwork for nervous system regulation; brain training for improved cognition and memory enhancement; and sleep tricks to deepen rest and enhance the body’s natural capacity to recover and heal.
The biohacking field has spawned literally thousands of products from wearables like the Oura Ring, the Apple Watch and Polar straps, to ingestables like functional mushrooms, nootropics and MCT oil, to therapeutic devices designed to lessen the impact of electromagnetic overexposure like red light, PEMF; and physical adaptation practices to boost immune function like cold exposure therapy, and a myriad more.
Behind all of this dazzling exploration and experimentation, the researchers and entrepreneurs of the biohacking field have especially been looking for ways to optimize brain performance and improve cardiovascular and autonomic nervous function for improved quality of life and life extension. These two interdependent operating systems are absolutely critical to every health issue we may encounter.
Brain-Heart Coherence ????
Brain-heart coherence is a measurable psychophysiological state in which the brain and heart operate in a synchronized and harmonious manner. That can sound abstract, even pseudo-scientific.
But it’s a core evolutionary concept and may be the key to humanity's survival.
The term brain-heart coherence embraces a set of mind-body-heart-awareness practices that have already proven to be life-changing in the recovery from serious health conditions, improvement in cognitive function at all ages, improved balance and regulation of nervous system function, increased energy, deeper more restful sleep, and many other potential benefits.
The concept of heart coherence originated with the HeartMath Institute in the early 1990s, and arose out of its study of Heart Rate Variability, the study of the beat-to-beat changes in heart rate. https://www.heartmath.org
Natural variations in heart rate were discovered, by researchers at HeartMath, to be directly related to one’s emotional state and the corresponding changes in autonomic nervous system function.
In simple terms, the heart’s rhythmic patterns look jagged and chaotic during moments of stress, (labeled “Frustration” below).
However, when a person is experiencing positive feelings such as appreciation, peace, or compassion (labelled “Appreciation” below), the rhythmic patterns of the heart look like a sine wave, smooth and efficient.
Scientists looked at the changing wave patterns of the heart and dubbed them “coherent” when the individual was in a positive emotional state, and “incoherent” when a person was in a stressful, frustrated, anxious or angry state.
Heart-Cortex link
Earlier research had established a direct link between the heart’s changing rhythmic patterns with functioning of the Cortex, which represents roughly 80% of the brain. It was already known that chaotic heart rhythm would “desynchronize” the cortex, which researchers described as cortical inhibition. This is not a positive effect and certainly puts us at increased risk of poor decision-making, ineffective communication skills, and even physical coordination problems.
However that same research showed that when the heart rhythms were smoother, more "sinusoidal" and efficient, the effect in the cortex was the opposite. Cortical function was enhanced. Researchers described this as cortical facilitation.
Thus the HeartMath Institute began to establish the idea that when a person is in a state of heart coherence, they are approaching optimal performance and alignment of the entire brain-body-heart system.
More importantly heart coherence is a highly trainable state.
Dr. Joe Dispenza, a noted researcher, New York Times bestselling author, and neuroscientist, expanded this concept of coherence to include the brain. He suggests that brain coherence underlies the release of human capacities never before researched and proven, but that when achieved, align brain wave patterns, create new states of personal empowerment and even elevate the capacity to heal.
Dispenza's work emphasizes the connection between brain coherence and heart coherence, and how achieving heart coherence can accelerate the process of achieving brain coherence. https://drjoedispenza.com
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???Mastering Brain-Heart Coherence: For Longevity, Health and Performance -- starts July 23 ????
I’m leading a dynamic four-week online course on consecutive Tuesdays starting July 23 to take a deep dive into the key research findings, tools, practices and applications of Brain-Heart Coherence.
Each class is held live on Zoom for 90 minutes, starting at 12pm ET, 9am PT, 5pm UK, 18.00 CET.
Every class will be recorded with video replays sent to class members the same day. If you have to miss part or all of a class, you’ll be able to watch the recording.
The tools and practices you will learn in the course can be applied to every aspect of your personal and professional life, from health, to fitness, to relationships, to strategic clarity, to purpose, to career, to finances.
Register now. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mastering-heart-brain-coherence-for-health-longevity-and-performance-tickets-927306928987
6 CEs available for Nurses and Health Professionals
The course has been approved for 6 CEs for nurses, psychologists, LCSW, LMFT and allied health professionals. To gain the CEs, be sure to purchase a ticket that includes the CE fee.
Interest in building one's own Brain-Heart Coherence has never been higher. With the release of Dr Joe Dispenza's documentary, Source, in late June 2024, the momentum to learn about our innate superhuman operating system is accelerating.
Join me for Mastering Brain-Heart Coherence and register now.
gratefully,
Bruce Cryer
For a Deeper Dive into the Heart ....
Explore this powerful conversation I had on Heart Coherence, with famed podcaster and biohacker Luke Storey.
Luke and I are two men who have deeply explored the wisdom, intelligence and healing power of the heart in our lives of deep challenge, dark nights of the soul, tragedy, and doubt. The heart showed us each the way. https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/heart-coherence-finding-a-higher-power-within-living-your-truth-w-bruce-cryer-472
Register now for Mastering Brain-Heart Coherence. 6 CEs for health professionals.
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6 个月Thankfully, we’ve returned to the age of the Heart. The overreliance on the mind is an old paradigm that no longer serves humanity or the planet.
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