"The patterns and rhythms in the EKG as well as EEG, when they are coherent, reflect the innermost harmonic principles of life in a measurable way. The subtle but powerful energies contained herein form a dynamic and ever evolving equilibrium between vitality and individual focus. This reciprocal balance is our unique formulation of wellness".

Life-force universally flows where attention is focussed, and vice versa. But either of the two is unstable all by itself. Wellness is created when emotion and action are coherent and harmonically inclusive. This will tune them from blindly flowing energy, into mutually stabilizing, uplifting and empowering:

  • Emotional coherence creates vitality, expansion, resourcefullness, empowerment
  • Coherent action and perception creates awareness-focus, empathy (brain ánd heart-intelligence!), belonging, confidence, clear decision making.

The HeartTuner measures and visualises Heart Rate Variability (HRV tacho, spectrum and pie-chart histogram) and Internal Cardiac Coherence (ICC) simultaneously. HRV is the heart's indicator for vitality and longevity, whereas ICC (awareness-focus) is measured by the HeartTuner's proprietary cepstrum algorithm.

Some basics for getting started with the HeartTuner you can read here.

The HeartTuner PRO-04 series offers state of the art measurement of Internal Cardiac Coherence (ICC), Heart Rate Variablity (HRV tachogram, spectrum and histogram), cross-hemispheric brain coherence, various biofeedback options incl. games, as well as professional data storage, replay and printout options for client data and research.

The HeartTuner is used worldwide by therapists, medical practitioners, healers and coaches for training, biofeedback, during healing sessions and as a reliable guide and reference (sometimes as a "lie-detector") during existing practice. Read some testimonials here.

Internal coherence measurement, especially in combination with (traditional) HRV gives powerful and direct insight in the emotional and vital patterns underlying health and wellness. Based upon an ever growing insight in the inner "physics of life" and many years practical experience, the HeartTuner evolves therapeutic, coaching and biofeedback practice from an emperical, into a scientific standard.



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Please click on the links for further information and backgrounds, read HeartTuner users testimonials, download our fully functional demo software or visit our webshop for the different versions and for online ordering. If you have further questions please contact us by email or phone.

Thank you for your interest and visit to our website!

sincerely,
Heart Coherence team

Frank van den Bovenkamp
research, co-ordinator, sales

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Running HeartTuner under Vista and on a Mac

! important information on Google search / "Statements about the Heart Tuner.." / Stan Tenen (Meru Foundation) etc. here


Easy EKG hook-up at the wrists using gel-free electrodes; the brain set is customized for our purpose, is simple and is usually operated gel-free. See user guide for proper electrode placement (P3 / P4 for EEG)

site updated feb. 2008


12 Reasons to use the HeartTuner in therapy and biofeedback

Wellness is the optimal adjustment of life force (vitality, felt as bliss), and awareness-focus ("self-awareness"), together traditionally called "Consciousness". Both are measurable and entrainable with the HeartTuner as resp. optimised HRV Spectrum and Internal Cardiac Coherence ("ICC") simultaneously, offering todays most advanced scientific description and assessment of what wellness is

The optimization of Internal Cardiac Coherence (ICC) and HRV Spectrum is also called Harmonic Inclusiveness, and reflects our most contemporary understanding of how life force and self-awareness function inside, and relate to our physical body. Internal Cardiac Coherence resp. Harmonic Inclusiveness should not be confused with regular breathing training measured through the autonomic response

The newest insights of harmonic inclusiveness have resulted in an advanced and yet very transparent method of Heart-Brain Coherence training

The principle of the HeartTuner honours ancient as well as contemporary traditions of physical, psychic and spiritual health, but only the HeartTuner makes it measurable, based upon a sound scientific basis

Compared to the direct measurement of Internal Cardiac Coherence plus HRV-Spectrum (harmonic analysis), other methods are either (bio-) mechanical, subjective, indirect, or simply inadequate. The HeartTuner gives an uncompromising instantaneous biofeedback reward for emotional coherence, awareness focus and bliss process

The HeartTuner is successfully adapted for therapeutic use and self-empowering bio-emotional health entrainment

Especially for those not yet accustomed to really "be in their Heart", coming in touch with, and playing with their emotions, and balancing head and heart, the HeartTuner is like taking an X-ray of your inner-I-feeling, and offers a flawless "lie-detection" for those who tend to cheat their therapist, their spouses or themselves

Other therapeutic fields closely related to what the HeartTuner measures are e.g. kinesiology and sacro-craneology. The HeartTuner proves a valuable guide and indicator to quicken and deepen our insight of how succesfull a treatment is

Besides the Power Spectrum and Internal Cardiac Coherence ("Cepstrum") displays, the HeartTuner ofers HRV and ICC-history and HRV-spectrum and -histogram, all in one package

The HeartTuner has two channels and can thus be a great indicator, or "lie-detector" during consensus process between two people, already before being married or having signed an employment contract

Further functions include a module for EEG - cross-hemispheric neuro feedback and various bio feedback games

The HeartTuner is often used for feedback and reference during existing training or therapy. Besides for therapeutic use and self-empowerment, The HeartTuner was frequently choosen as an extremely affordable tool e.g. for dream, pineal, or consciousness research

Working with the HeartTuner means: working with a deep scientific understanding of the true nature of Health, Wellness, and Bliss

 

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The HeartTuner PRO-04 (- HRV) is available in the following editions:
(note: all functions for 2 channels = 2 persons heart, or 1 person heart + brain, or 1 person cross-hemispheric)

HeartTuner PRO-04 Lite Edition:
Basic EKG + ECG raw data, Spectrum and Cepstrum (Internal Cardiac Coherence)

HeartTuner PRO-04 Medium Edition:
all functions of the Lite Edition + ICC - History module (averaged) + five ICC/ Heart Rate biofeedback games

HeartTuner PRO-04 - HRV Professional Edition:
all functions of the Medium Edition + 1 hour raw data export and fully functional replay + ICC/Heart Rate data export (unlimited) + HRV (tacho, spectrum and histogram), advanced screen and data printing options


Excerpt from our testimonial page:
"The HeartTuner is a computerized biofeedback program which shows the music of the heart and opens the door to heart coherence. Heart Coherence holds the secret to mental clarity, physical health and heart-oriented relationships. When coherent, the biological heart, harmonizes the autonomic nervous system to create peace within. Simply observing your own heart harmonics expands consciousness. It is fascinating to observe the response of the heart to important questions. In counseling we use the HeartTuner to identify issues that are calling for greater clarity and to confirm when that issue is resolved"... read more here



The complete set: high-end EKG / EEG monitor (customized for Heart Coherence team), 2 x EKG sensors, 1 x EEG sensor set (for both hemispheres), software and user guide CD, sports-type wrist- and head straps


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HEARTTUNER PROFESSIONAL EDITION


NEW - HEARTTUNER NOW RUNNING UNDER MAC OS-X!



click to view HeartTuner on Apple-Mac

Apple enthousiasts - admittedly having the most sophisticated hardware & OS - can now run the most sophisticated HRV - Internal Coherence biofeedback on their recent Intel-Dual Core machine!

Install "PARALLELS" Virtual Desktop for Mac*, newest version with usb support. Download free trial or purchase at http://www.parallels.com/

* activate "usb" - "C++" under menu item "Devices"



HeartTuner PRO-04 Professional Edition
MAIN SCREEN OVERVIEW

showing 1 channel (1 person) EKG, in this example doing a basic regular breathing excersise to show autonomic response of the heart rate
- probably the first thing you will like to test! - showing up as a peak in the HRV spectrum and regular tacho wave.
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Explanation of the modules (left to right, top to bottom): Main control menu including record / replay (statistics module not shown) - raw data EKG (resp. EEG) - EKG resp. EEG spectrum - HRV Spectrum and histogram - EKG resp. EEG Cepstrum (Internal Coherence) - History Module combining Internal Coherence and Tachogram.
All screens have various waterfall plot, gain and / or other options (real time); more settings can be adjusted in the Advanced Settings menu

All modules can freely be resized, maximized and arranged on the screen; the use of a second monitor is supported, allowing for example a biofeedback game to be viewed by a client, whereas the trainer sees the physiological data.
The popular "Butterfly biofeedback game" (medium and professional ed.) optionally showing Internal Cardiac Coherence and Heart Rate simultaneously - especially kids love it!
(click on picture for true scale)

The Advanced Settings menu (tabs: General - Input Settings - Spectrum+Cepstrum - HRV+History - Export Options) allows you to customise the HeartTuner for your specific needs
(click on picture for all tabs and true scale)



The Statistics Module allows you to interactively assess averaged and Standard Deviation over any interval
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DOWNLOAD FULLY FUNCTIONAL DEMO OF THE
HEARTTUNER PROFESSIONAL EDITION

More Software from Heart Coherence team


Caducceus Breathing Trainer CBT-1.0


Breathing yourself into focus
Experience the empowerment of breath control -
run it on your screen together with the HeartTuner
to see the instantaneous result!

The CBT-1.0 comes FREE with HeartTuner PRO-04 Professional Edition

more info + download


Cardiac Synthesizer CS-1.0


Interactive Learning + teaching tool for
EKG - HRV - Internal Coherence -
Educative and Fun!
Make your own EKG-like wave and apply various HRV-patterns
(monotonic - chaotic - fractal) to see how this affects the
Spectrum and Internal Coherence peak - very helpful to better
understand and teach the HeartTuners unique formula of making
wellness measurable



(click on picture for true scale)

The CS-10 comes FREE with HeartTuner PRO-04 Professional Edition

download and userguide




Internal Cardiac Coherence (ICC) in therapeutic and biofeedback practice
- an introductory guide to the HeartTuner -


> read more


backgrounds

Clearly, "consciousness" subtly controls this world by rewarding that which makes existence sustainable, rather than by any mechanical interference. This is what
healers, shamans, homeopathists, yogiis and intuitional researchers have known
for ages. The time is now to come to make it scientific beyond the personal,
emperical procedure.


A Healthy Heart is a Fractal Heart
"The healthy heartbeat is one of the most complex signals in nature"
prof. Ary Goldberger, Harvard University
article by Barry A. Cipra, www.siam.org/pdf/news/353.pdf

download complete article as .pdf
more articles from Ary Goldberger

 

Backgrounds on Heart Rate Variability
American Heart Association
(original link no longer available)

The last two decades have witnessed the recognition of a significant relationship between the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular mortality, including sudden cardiac death. Experimental evidence for an association between propensity for lethal arrhythmias and signs of either increased sympathetic or reduced vagal activity has spurred efforts for the development of quantitative markers of autonomic activity. HRV represents one of the most promising such markers. The apparently easy derivation of this measure has popularized its use. As many commercial devices now provide an automated measurement of HRV, the cardiologist has been provided with a seemingly simple tool for both research and clinical studies. However, the significance and meaning of the many different measures of HRV are more complex than generally appreciated, and there is a potential for incorrect conclusions and for excessive or unfounded extrapolations.

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Life and Wellness - A dynamic equilibrium of life-force and self-awareness. The innermost working principle of biology and of all life is truly "infinite" in the sense that it operates outside the arena of normal actions and reactions. When we have a bliss- or telepatic experience, this does not mean an expanded connection with "outside" world, but instead a withdrawal from our externally oriented action-and-reaction patterns, resulting in a deeper connection with the inner, cause-less or "eternal" flow of life itself. In the picture, the flower figure forms a matrix for harmonic fluctuations in golden-mean ratio's, which are understood to form the universal container and source of life force. The external results are for example fractality and Fibonacci ratios in physiology and in biological rhythms. The individual effect is a feeling of infinite connectedness, inspiration and bliss. The nested sine waves, when in proper phase-alignment,
together form a regular pulse stream, creating a flow of continuity. This flow - "that which we hold on to" - forms the back-bone of individual existence and causes a feeling of time and space, substantiation, segregation and body and senses. Life-force is attractive or centre-seeking, and initially tends toward indiscriminate action (or thermo-dynamics in physics). Self-awareness is expansive and transforms into emotion (or inertia in physics). Allthough opposite in a certain way, only when these two universal, creative aspects come together, forming equilibrium, life can be created. When they get coherent and more and more harmonically inclusive in the heart and brain, physical and psychic wellness are the result, and ultimately spiritual realisation.



Pattern recognition in EKG and EEG
and its use in biofeedback, therapy and coaching

The various patterns and rhythms in the EKG and EEG, and generally all biological fluctuations, when they are coherent, reflect the innermost harmonic principles of life in a measurable way. The basic concept is that the powerfull, sentient energies contained herein are not expressed directly, but instead in the form of a dynamic and sustainable interaction between life-force and self-awareness.

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Unified Field Theory linking Physics, Life and Consciousness

A. From a classical viewpoint, life-force and self-awareness are effects emerging from a material process. Nevertheless they play a crucial role in all creation. Unified Field theory should therefore include these effects, which are traditionally considered "subjective", besides the classical, "objective" laws of physics.

B. (Sensory) perception is an intrinsic part of physics. The classical viewpoint is, that individual perception is caused by the objective sensory organs plus nervous system. Unified Field theory should be able to describe the phenomenon of perception on a more fundamental level.

This implies first of all that a Unified Field theory linking physics, life and consciousness should start with a proper, and not confused philosophical outlook.

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- the following is for recommendation only -


We recommend Yaatri's spiritually inspired music at www.brainheartmusic.org
to help make the Brain - Heart Connection.

if you click the "STAR" CD cover you may enjoy the wonderfull music
while returning to the Heart Coherence website
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