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June COHERENCE Newsetter
SIX BREATHS - SIX BRIDGES
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Drs. Richard Brown & Patricia Gerbarg
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Valsalva Wave: Available 8-5-09
See Biometrics & Screens
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The Valsalva Wave - The Changing Landscape of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback
ISNR - September 3rd, 2009, Indianapolis
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Meng-Sheng Lin, O.M.D., L.Ac.
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Stephen Elliott at Acupuncture Center
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The Behavioral Medicine Report
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Chicago, June 19, 2009
The Art & Science of Coherent Breathing
Introducing the Valsalva Wave
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Elsa Baehr, Ph.D., BCIA-EEG
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COHERENCE February Newsetter

The "Tai Chi Diaphragm"
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Dee Edmonson, R.N., BCIA-EEG
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What is Heart Rate Variability?
HRV is the degree to which the heart beat rate changes. We count this difference in "beats". We call the variation "HRV amplitude", or sometimes simply, "HRV".
Technically, the term "HRV" relates to any change in heart beat rate, for any reason. However, it is "breathing induced" HRV that we are interested in cultivating, as it is key to blood flow and its result, autonomic nervous system balance, health, well-being, and performance.
Why does heart rate change as we breathe? Because the very act of inhaling and exhaling pumps the blood, and when it does, the heart helps out, speeding up to fill the lungs with blood during inhalation and slowing down as the large volume of blood leaves the lungs during exhalation.
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Dr. Stephen Larsen, Stone Mountain Center
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The human is designed to persist in a state of balance - we call this "homeostasis". Homeostasis is defined as "the state of physical and psychological equilibrium in the absence of perturbation".
The issue is, that for many of us, we do not return to this state even in the absence of external stressors. A primary reason for this is that we do not breathe (as we should).
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Rae Tattenbaum, LCSW, Psychotherapist
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What is the Arterial Pressure Wave?
In the early 1900s, arterial and venous blood flow was of intense interest, specifically its relationship to breathing.
Early researchers discovered that respiration plays a central part in circulation. This comes as no surprise, as a key function of circulation is blood gas exchange.
In fact, "breathing" functions as a slow pump, moving both air and blood. When we inhale fully, blood rushes through the venous system, the right heart, and into the lungs. When we exhale fully, blood rushes out of the lungs, through the left heart, and into the arterial tree. (See above figure.)
Why should we care? Because when breathing is moving the blood, the heart and vascular systsem don't have to. The psycho-physiological consequences of this are many.
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Oscillometric Measurement of The Respiratory Arterial Pressure Wave

Elliott Patent #7458937
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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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Fundamental Musical Interval for Heart Rate Variability Synchronization

Elliott Patent #7311658
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USA Today, December 8, 2008
"Children breathe more air than adults."
The article was about toxic air and America's schools.
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Characterization of Current Flow and Impedance Between Human and Earth

Elliott Patent #7349194
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Stephen Elliott at Chi Arts
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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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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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What is COHERENCE?
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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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