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Respire-1 by Coherence

RESPIRE - 1

The 6 Bridges are the 6 anatomical areas via which we have conscious access to the autonomic (subconscious) nervous system. They are the face, tongue & throat, hands, diaphragm & intercostals, pelvic floor, and feet. The bridges serve as both thermometer and thermostat and are extremely instrumental in guiding autonomic status. This recording is expressly designed to unwind or relax each bridge, facilitating parasympathetic prominence.

Six Bridges - Evolution

Rainy Day

Rainy Day (Melody from The Eagle Will Rise Again by Alan Parsons) The sound of gentle rain has a primordial effect on the human psyche, literally eliciting a parasympathetic response. The background of this piece is a breezy, rainy spring morning with the occasional roll of distant thunder. The foreground is the rhythm from Alan Parson's The Eagle Will Rise Again.

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Taiji Diagram

Coherence Clock

Coherence Clock by Coherence. The first audio-visual Breathing Pacemaker for the PC or compatible device! The second hand moves from 12-6 signaling exhalation and from 6-12 signaling inhalation. A

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Horizontal        Pratyahara

Horizontal Pratyahara by Coherence - This first recording of its type is optimized for breathing meditation while lying on your back in a horizontal position. Because the autonomic nervous system optimizes the frequency of resonance based on body inclination, a slightly slower rhythm is optimal when horizontal. It also incorporates a binaural beat at 6.5 Hz. (upper theta band) against a soothing water background.

Clock & Tibetan Bell

Tibetan Bell &        Marimba

Tibetan Bell and Marimba by Coherence - The single strike of a Tibetan bell alternating in left and right channels is preceded with a short Marimba sequence. The strike of the bell indicates when to begin inhalation or exhalation. This recording facilitates group synchronization.

Tibetan Bell &        Chime

Vocal Instructive        Sequence (Aqua)

Vocal Instructive Sequence (Aqua) by Coherence - Steve Elliott provides a 30 second introduction followed by ~25 minutes of verbally directed inhalation and exhalation on top of a soothing background of running water. This recording is produced especially for beginners and those that find vocal direction easily accessible.

2 Bells

Mountain Brook &         Chime

Mountain Brook & Chime by Coherence - Sounds of a babbling brook in a high altitude mountain meadow. A single chime fades in. The strike of the chime indicates when to begin inhalation or exhalation. This recording has slight wind noise and does not repeat seamlessly.

Single Chime

4 Bells

4 Bells by Coherence - 4 bells repeat in a melodic sequence every 5.88 seconds. Begin inhalation or exhalation coincident with every 4th strike.

 

                                                       June 28, 2008

COHERENCE Workshops

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COHERENCE Newsletter - June 2008

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Stephen Elliott and Dee Edmonson will be presenting The Respiratory Arterial Pressure Wave - Cardiopulmonary Mechanics Behind The Heart Rate Variability Cycle at the 16th Annual Conference of The International Society for Neurofeedback And Research San Antonio, Texas, August 28th.

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Have A Healthy Mind - State of the Art information on complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches to mind health. Drs. Richard Brown M.D. and Patricia Gerbarg M.D.

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CHICAGO WORKSHOP

March 28-29, 2008

Hosted by Advocate Medical Group

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Stephen Elliott and Dee Edmonson conducted the half day workshop: Respiration, Arterial Pressure, Heart Rate Variability, and Autonomic Nervous System Governance: Theory and Practice at International Society for Neurofeedback & Research 2007. Find the presentation here.

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Stephen Elliott and Dee Edmonson conducted the half day workshop: A New Science of Breathing, at Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 2007 "Biofeedback: Challenging the Boundaries of Technology", held in Monterey, California, February 15-18, 2007.

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"The great thing then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally as opposed to our enemy."

William James, circa 1857.

Regulation of breathing is the primary means we have of accomplishing this. (S.E.)

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It is said that inside each of us, we carry the sea...........

We're just beginning to understand how true this really is. (SE)

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Dear Reader,                                                    

We are at the brink of a revolution in our understand- ing of breathing and its relationship to human health and well being. This New Science of Breathing quite possibly represents the most significant breakthrough in recent times for it promises a unifying theory of health based on autonomic nervous system balance, autonomic nervous system function underlying virtually every aspect of health and well being. The fact is this......

While in the state of rest or semi-activity, the human autonomic nervous system takes its cue from the frequency and depth of breathing. The average adult breathes at the rate of 15 breaths per minute, a rate that the autonomic nervous system interprets as "fight or flight". In other words, even though you may be sitting quite still reading this page, if you are breathing at the typical rate of 15 breaths per minute, your autonomic nervous system is shifted toward "sympathetic emphasis". Generally, sympathetic emphasis involves activation of bodily systems resulting in increased heart rate, increased muscle tension, and the production of biotransmitters associated with threatened survival. Because most adults breathe at this rate much of the time, most adults persist in a relative state of chronic "sympathetic dominance" and related psycho-physiological stress. The emerging medical understanding is that many modern day maladies are rooted in autonomic nervous system imbalance. What has not been understood is the root cause for this imbalance.

COHERENCE asserts the theory that the root cause of autonomic imbalance is in fact sub-optimal breathing. Click here to view the relationship between breathing and autonomic nervous system balance. The good news is that just as sub-optimal breathing results in imbalance, optimal breathing results in balance. Consequently, via proper breathing, sympathetic dominance and its myriad affects may be averted. (No claims are made regarding specific health benefits.)

COHERENCE promotes Coherent Breathing, a specific breathing modality wherein the intrinsic autonomic nervous system rhythm is synchronized with the breathing rhythm resulting in autonomic nervous system balance and cardiopulmonary resonance. The practice and ongoing maintenance of Coherent Breathing is supported by the Breathing Pacemaker, a simple yet highly effective audio/visual device with which the breathing cycle is consciously synchronized. Various Breathing Pacemaker products are presented in compact disc (CD), downloadable MP3, and Flash Projector formats. See "The Science" for a comprehensive discussion of the science behind the method and the products.

I wish you wellness,

Stephen Elliott

Founder & President

COHERENCE

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Coherent Breathing

Coherent Breathing - The Definitive Method - Theory & Practice

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Written as a companion to The New Science of Breath, Coherent Breathing – The Definitive Method – Theory & Practice delves deeper into the science of cardiopulmonary operation with specific focus on the mechanics behind the heart rate variability (HRV) phenomenon. Elliott and Edmonson make the novel argument that the HRV cycle is an outcome of autonomic nervous system regulation of the known but little recognized respiratory arterial pressure wave which rises and falls by 20mmHg during resonant breathing. The impetus for the arterial pressure wave is the changing intra-thoracic pressure as a function of diaphragm movement. During inhalation blood flows through the right side of the heart filling the dense pulmonary capillary bed, blood and air meeting across the thin alveolar surface of the lung. During exhalation blood exits the lungs flowing through the left side of the heart, thereby resulting in cyclic blood flow with each cycle of respiration. The autonomic nervous system synchronizes with the action of respiration resulting in the heart rate variability cycle. The Coherent Breathing method posits that we should strive to breathe with 40-60% of diaphragm range, this yielding an HRV amplitude of 20-30 beats, and with it the advantages of increased blood flow, autonomic balance, and well-being.

The authors cite compelling research conducted during the mid 1900s by notable scientists including Nobel Prize winner Andre Cournand, and discuss an advance in instrumentation that allows the respiratory arterial pressure wave to be observed directly. Written in workbook format, the book is rich in theory and practice and is suited to both health care professionals and serious health enthusiasts.

 

The New Science of Breath - Coherent Breathing for Autonomic Nervous System Balance, Health, and Well-being, by Stephen Elliott with Dee Edmonson.

The New Science of Breath   2nd Edition   

This second edition incorporates many small changes and one significant update/correction. The correction has to do with the physiological relationship between the heart rate variability (HRV) cycle and instantaneous arterial pressure. The first edition describes the arterial pressure wave during resonance, as varying with the heart rate variability cycle, peaks and valleys of the HRV cycle correlating directly with peaks and valleys of the arterial pressure wave.

While the aforementioned description is understood to be representative of the relationship that exists between heart rate and blood pressure during typical non-resonance, at resonance, heart rate variability and blood pressure cycles are 180 degrees out of phase, blood pressure falling as heart rate rises and visa versa. This revised understanding is based on the work of leading researchers, Vaschillo, et al., as reported in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback , Volume 27, March 2002, Note and again referenced in Volume 31, June 2006.

I would like to thank Michael Duquette, CTRS, BCIAC, of the National Institutes of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, for bringing the matter squarely to my attention. It comes at a time when, with the assistance of Carol Elliott, L.Ac., I have been studying “blood stagnation”, a common symptomology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, attempting to understand its relationship to breathing. Reconciling the phase relationships between the heart rate variability cycle and arterial pressure has led to an important advancement in my own understanding that I have incorporated into the writing of the 2nd edition.

I would also like to thank the many readers of the first edition of The New Science of Breath for your strong interest, enthusiasm – and criticism. As of this writing, there are in excess of 1000 copies in circulation in half a dozen countries.

The New Science of Breath

In 1905, the Yogi Publication Society published Yogi Ramacharaka’s “Science of Breath”, which to this day remains one of his most popular and respected works. 100 years later, Stephen Elliott, accomplished student of Eastern yogic and martial arts, engineer, inventor, and life scientist, asserts a “New Science of Breath”.

With it, Elliott offers us a revolutionary new theory of health based on breathing for autonomic nervous system balance, autonomic nervous function underlying all aspects of health and well being - body, mind, and spirit. Importantly, this “new science” sheds a light of hope on today’s pandemic health challenges ranging from stress, anxiety, and chronic muscle tension, to hypertension and attention deficit disorder. The emerging medical understanding is that these conditions are rooted in autonomic nervous system imbalance - what has not been understood is the root cause of this imbalance. Elliott posits that the root cause is in fact suboptimal breathing.

The New Science of Breath (ISBN 0978639901) introduces “Coherent Breathing”, a specific breathing modality that promotes autonomic nervous system balance and cardiopulmonary resonance. Autonomic balance yields peace of mind, well being, and enhanced biological function.

The therapeutic efficacy of Coherent Breathing is supported by the work of integrative neurotherapist Dee Edmonson, RN, Fellow BCIA - EEG. Dee presents a dozen compelling case observations where Coherent Breathing was applied adjunctively with conventional forms of neurotherapy, all with profoundly positive result.

This book is must reading for health care professionals, educated health enthusiasts, and serious athletes. For yoga and meditation enthusiasts, when combined with relaxation and stillness, Coherent Breathing directly results in meditation.

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