Using HeartMath to Access Self-Healing and Reduce Anxiety

A More Balanced Nervous System with Stress Resilience Coaching

My name is Agnieszka. I am your Stress Resilience Coach and Reiki Therapist at Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness. 

I bring a practice of self-regulation / emotion balancing techniques developed by HeartMath® Institute, combined with yoga, lifestyle and wellness principles of Ayurvedic medicine, and Reiki – Japanese energy balancing therapy. Through such offerings, I hope to support you in your healing process, help enhance your body’s natural healing potential, as well as help you in maintaining your health in years to come. 

Today, before I invite you to experience a technique, I would like to start off with a couple of words about the focus of my practice. And that focus is – the HEART. The heart – that is not just the blood pumping organ, but a way more complex and powerful center of our intuitive intelligence. It is, as the science shows, a powerful GATEWAY to the body’s optimal functioning, which includes the body’s potential to self-heal.

So how do we unlock and walk through that GATEWAY in a way that supports us amongst our very busy, attention-demanding lifestyles, where it seems there is constantly not enough time for all that we need to do or what to achieve?

I will share with you a very simple recipe – that became an integral part of my own healing and a part of my living. It will not require much of your time, nor additional resources. Everything that you need, you already have, and that is your heart, your breath, your awareness, and the ability to feel.

You may ask, how can something so simple be so powerful? The reason is, when you focus your attention on your heart, breathe a little slower and deeper than usual, and contemplate heartfelt emotion, you literally change the rhythm of your heartbeat. It becomes more harmonized and more coherent. This harmony of the heart is communicated to the brain so it also becomes more harmonized in its functioning. You experience more clarity, more composure, peace within, and that allows you to more easily get out of the loops of recurring unpleasant thoughts or feelings of anger, frustration, fear, anxiety, hopelessness – or anything else that feels heavy for you, and helps you cut the edge of the intensity of the impact of any stressful situation you are going through. Additionally, most important of all, if you continue practicing with regularity, that growing harmony within you will support the healing of your entire body and help maintain your health in years to come.

You can observe and experience your own heart’s rhythms shape in response to applied techniques through a biofeedback device placed on your earlobe during our Stress Resilience Coaching sessions at Breathe. 

Now I would like to invite you to that “Heart Gate” opening technique. You can practice it whenever you feel in distress, expect a challenging situation or want to recover from it, or anytime you want to bring a feeling of inner peace. When one of these situations arise, stop for a brief moment, notice your feelings without judgment – simply acknowledge them, and apply a HeartMath® Quick Coherence® Technique as I guide you through it in the recording. Then, lengthen the amount of time you practice for as long as you wish. You can practice it anywhere and anytime. It only takes your intention to do it. This technique does not slow you down, it is balancing your inner energy, bringing composure, mental clarity, taking you into a state of active calm. I invite you to experience the feeling of being in the SPACE OF YOUR HEART.

Click the video below to practice together.

Thank you for taking a moment to practice together with me. Love, Agnieszka

Curious to learn more? Check out our Stress Resilience Coaching & Reiki Therapy Page. To schedule, call us at 515-255-3932 andset-up your appointment today!

This post is educational and not medical advice. Please consult your medical provider for information specific to your needs.

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