HeartMath – a well-kept secret
Awarding winning sports columnist for the Independent on Sunday, Alan Hubbard writes about Beyond the Barriers Director Anna Hemmings MBE and the power of HeartMath.
In his blog for Inside the Games Alan discusses the highlights of Anna’s canoeing career but most importantly gets to the heart of the matter when he sheds light on Anna’s ‘revolutionary project’ that is HeartMath. This is a set of tools and techniques that are based on 20 years of research and backed up by science that allow athletes to access a high performance state often known as the zone. The HeartMath institute in California have identified a psycho-physiological state in which interactions between the heart, brain and nervous system become synchronised. In this state the brain is functioning at its most efficient, which allows for greater clarity of thought, quicker reactions, better co-ordination, improved decision-making and as a result better confidence and concentration leading to optimal performance.
Hubbard goes on to discuss the various sportsmen and the different sports that are adopting Heartmath as well as the success stories from other walks of life.
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