- Increasing Self-Regulatory Capacity: The Scientific Basis of the Coherence Model 2h 45min
Heart Rhythm Coherence: Increasing Self-Regulatory Capacity
Heart Rhythm Coherence: Increasing Self-Regulatory Capacity
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Description
Rollin McCraty Ph.D., HeartMath Institute’s director of research, explores many of the key concepts embraced by the term coherence and the science that underlies the 10 key aspects of the Physiological Coherence Model. While the main focus is related to the physiology of how heart coherence is related to improved physiological, mental and emotional self-regulator capacity, it also includes an introduction to social coherence.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the fundamental physiology of heart-brain communication.
- Gain an understanding of the psychophysiological coherence state and its correlates.
- Understand how heart coherence improves a wide range of cognitive functions.
- Gain an understanding of how heart rate variability coherence feedback can improve patient outcomes.
Course Content
Instructor
Dr. Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., is the director of research at HeartMath Institute Research Center. McCraty, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, is a psychophysiologist whose interests include the physiology of emotion. One of his primary areas of focus is the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, health and the global interconnectivity between people and Earth’s energetic systems.
Findings from this research have been incorporated by HeartMath in the development of simple, user-friendly mental and emotional self-regulation tools and techniques. People of all ages and cultures can use these tools and techniques in the moment to relieve stress and break through to greater levels of personal balance, stability, creativity, intuitive insight and fulfillment.
McCraty has served as principal investigator in numerous research studies examining the effects of emotions on heart-brain interactions and on autonomic, cardiovascular, hormonal and immune-system function. The members of his research team regularly participate in collaborative studies with scientific, medical and educational institutions in the United States and around the world. They have worked in joint partnership with research groups at Stanford University, Claremont Graduate University, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Saudi Arabia and the University of Lithuania among many others.
He is a member of the American Autonomic Society, Pavlovian Society, National Association for Psychological Science, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and Society for Scientific Exploration.
McCraty has written extensively and been widely published in his areas of scientific interest. He has been interviewed for many feature articles in publications that include Prevention, Natural Health, Men's Fitness and American Health magazines. He has appeared in television segments for CNN Headline News, ABC World News Tonight, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, PBS’s Body & Soul and the Discovery Channel. In addition, he has been featured many documentary films, including I Am, The Truth, The Joy of Sox, The Power of the Heart, Solar Revolution, and The Living Matrix among others.
Continuing Education Approvals
Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)
1.375 CEUs total (up to 1.375 CEUs Category B) -Direct ApprovalNational Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (Provider #1583) (NCBTMB)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours Science) -Direct ApprovalNew Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)
2.75 CEUs total (up to 2.75 CEUs General) -Direct ApprovalVermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours General) -Direct ApprovalAlliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)
1.375 CPDs total (up to 1.375 CPDs Category B) -Assumed ApprovalArizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)
2.75 CMEs total (up to 2.75 CMEs General) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA)
2.75 continuing competence credits total -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
2.75 credits total (up to 2.75 credits Category B) -Assumed ApprovalColorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)
2.75 PDAs total -Assumed ApprovalConnecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)
2.75 hours total -Assumed ApprovalCouncil for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
2.75 CEUs total (up to 2.75 CEUs Category 2) -Assumed ApprovalDistrict of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)
2.75 hours total -Assumed ApprovalHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)
2.75 CEs total (up to 2.75 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalIdaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalKansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)
2.75 CEUs total -Assumed ApprovalMaine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalManitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours Category B) -Assumed ApprovalMaryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)
2.75 hours total -Assumed ApprovalMinnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)
2.75 contact hours total (up to 2.75 contact hours General) -Assumed ApprovalMontana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalNorth Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)
2.75 credits total (up to 2.75 credits General) -Assumed ApprovalRhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)
2.75 hours total -Assumed ApprovalSaskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours Category C) -Assumed ApprovalUtah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)
2.75 CEs total (up to 2.75 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalWashington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)
2.75 hours total (up to 2.75 hours Category 2) -Assumed Approval
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