Product Description

Stress.

It's the quintessential buzz word of modern life. It hangs on everyone's lips from the first miles of the morning commute until the screeching alarm clock starts yet another day. Countless articles and studies tell the same story: lives controlled by unmanaged stress end early and none too well. This book describes a simple, straightforward method readers can learn and practice to literally transform stress by shifting the heart's own rhythms.

At the core of the HeartMath method of emotional regulation is the idea that, by focusing on positive feelings such as appreciation, care, or compassion, anyone can create dramatic changes in his or her heart rhythms. These changes precipitate a series of neural, hormonal, and biochemical events that dissipate stress and anger and lead to greater well-being. The benefits from using this system are remarkable and far-reaching: blood pressure drops, stress hormone levels fall, immune system activity increases, and anti-aging hormone levels rise. Through its interactive learning system, this book teaches readers to use the HeartMath method, enabling them to see and experience in real time how thoughts and emotions affect their heart rhythms. It teaches them how to engage their hearts to bring emotion, body, and mind into balance, and helps them stay in a zone of focused clarity, optimal health, and high performance. Changes brought about through this method are fast-acting and long-lasting-the perfect antidote to our chaotic and fast-paced lives.

(HeartMath is a registered trademark of the Institute of HeartMath.)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29058 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Amazon.com Review
This follow up to The HeartMath Solution and Transforming Anger reveals how becoming aware of the heart’s innate intelligence can dramatically reduce stress and tension. Based on over thirty years of research showing that it is possible to shift the heart into a "positive rhythm" that signals the brain, causing both of them to synchronize to more effectively respond to stress. In this book, the authors provide readers with the tools to not only respond to stress more resiliently, but to literally transform stress into positive emotions and creative energy. The keys to doing so are the transformative exercises developed by Childre and his team of researchers at the HeartMath Institute. The scientifically-validated techniques they share are easy to understand, and with regular, committed practice, as evidenced by the many illustrative case histories throughout the text, offer many benefits. Far more than just another book on stress management, Transforming Stress offers readers the means to more consciously create joy and contentment in their lives, while regaining the energy and enthusiasm that are normally sapped by life’s daily stresses and tension.--Larry Trivieri Jr.

From the Publisher
Written by the leaders of the renowned HeartMath Institute, this book offers scientifically-proven techniques that alter the body's physical response to stress, and shows readers how to attain a peaceful, positive state of being.

About the Author
Doc Childre is the founder and chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Institute of HeartMath, the chairman of HeartMath, LLC, and the chairman and CEO of Quantum Intech. He is the author of seven books and a consultant to business leaders, scientists, educators, and the entertainment industry on Intui-Technology(r). His HeartMath System and proprietary heart rhythm technology for coherence building, called the Freeze-Framer, has been featured in USA Today, NBC's Today Show, ABC Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, CNN Headline News, CNN.Com, Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0, Industry Week, Prevention magazine, Psychology Today, Golf magazine, Golf Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Self, New Woman magazine, Muscle and Fitness, Men's Fitness, Army Times, New York Newsday, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and numerous other publications around the world. Doc is also the acclaimed composer of three albums, whose concept of "designer music" became internationally recognized through his first album, Heart Zones, which spent 50 consecutive weeks on Billboard Magazine's music chart.

Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author, and editor with thirty years of experience as an educator and business executive. She is co-Founder, President and CEO of Quantum Intech, overseeing strategicalliances and the expansion of HeartMath technologies worldwide. She serves on the Institute of HeartMath's scientific advisory board and Physics of Humanitycouncil. She is a key spokesperson for the HeartMath system, giving media interviews and keynote addresses on heart intelligence and Intui-Technology(r) for executives, scientists, and health professionals throughout the world. She is listed in Who's Who in California.

Customer Reviews

must buy!
we all have stress and anxiety and it's killing us slowly whether we know it or not. the heartmath approach to dealing with stress and anxiety is excellent. highly recommended for ALL! :)

Heartmath
Most effective stress reduction method I have ever used. My favorite of the HeartMath books--other people have commented to me that it's their favorite, too.

Did we read the same book?
The last two reviewers seem to have read two different books - and none of them are the book that I read!
I only give two stars, because the book did not add much to what I already knew about the HeartMath solution. I own the EmWave and am working hard to recover from serious stress, and here there was too little practical help. In stead, the book is postulative ("after reading this book, you will be cured") so much that you start to wonder if they are trying to hypnotize you to get better.
I still have high hopes for the heart coherence technique, but this book was not the 'home run' I had hoped for. But maybe people who are deeply stressed really need personal coaching by HeartMath 'professionals' in the initial phase?