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Internal Cardiac Coherence (ICC) in therapeutic and biofeedback
practice
- an introductory guide
to the HeartTuner -
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as .PDF
by ing. Frank van den Bovenkamp, Heart Coherence
team, www.heartcoherence.com
original article: April 17, 2005 - updated Jan. 2007
Preliminary note: the insights in the
relation between HRV and ICC have much developed since the
first release of this article. The suggestions below however
are still valid; for more on HRV vs. ICC please refer to other
articles listed on the info
page.
Introduction
Over the past decade, Internal Cardiac Coherence, shortly
ICC, has become an increasingly valued and introduced
phenomenon in the practice of biometrics. Yet, it's actual
clinical, (alt-) therapeutical and biofeedback potential is
still a developing, and indeed challenging field.
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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
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complete article as .pdf
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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,
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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,
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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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