The #1 Evidence-Based Stress Reduction System

Your heart knows how to calm your mind. We’ll show you how.

HeartMath has studied the heart-brain connection for over 35 years. With the Inner Balance sensor and HeartMath App, we turn that science into a simple daily practice to help calm your nervous system and find your balance.

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The Research

35 years of heart-brain science.
From stressed to steady — and the data to back it up.

For over three decades, the HeartMath Institute has pioneered the study of heart rhythm patterns (HRV) and the heart-brain connection — research that has been replicated again and again, in labs, practice, and in everyday life.

80+ peer-reviewed studies 12K+ Certified Professionals Pioneering HRV research SINCE 1991
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How It Works

Three steps. A few minutes a day.

HeartMath Inner Balance sensor makes your heart rhythm visible — then, in just a few minutes, helps you guide your nervous system out of stress and back into balance. The more you practice, the easier that shift becomes.

See your heart rhythm in real time

Step 1

See

Clarity in real time

Clip the Inner Balance sensor to your ear. Open the HeartMath app to see your heart rhythm (HRV) in real time — see the state of your nervous system, right now.

Train your heart rhythm with guided breathing

Step 2

Train

5 min/day or more

Follow the on screen breathing guide. As you breathe, shift your emotion. Watch your heart rhythm settle into a smooth, steady pattern — a calm state you can actually observe.

Improve resilience with regular practice

Step 3

Improve

Calm that lasts

With regular practice, you will be able to find calm on your own — for better sleep and greater resilience when stress hits.

Heart Coherence - The Optimal State

Find the HeartMath path that fits you.

Whether you want to improve your own well-being and performance, support others, or create a healthier and higher-performing organization, HeartMath offers practical, science-based tools to help people regulate their emotional state and perform at their best.

For Individuals

Feel better. Perform better. Live with more balance.

Discover Heart Coherence and unlock a more joyful, peaceful and confident you. Learn practical techniques to regulate stress, build resilience and create greater emotional balance.

For Professionals

Help others create lasting change.

Bring HeartMath into your work as a coach, trainer or healthcare professional. Develop your expertise in emotional self-regulation, heart coherence and HRV, and become a certified HeartMath professional.

For Organizations

Create resilient people and high-performing teams.

Help employees and leaders manage pressure, improve resilience and perform with greater clarity and effectiveness. Our evidence-based programs bring emotional self-regulation and coherence into leadership, teamwork and organizational performance.

New to HeartMath? Start here.

What is the ideal first step.

Experience the HeartMath method for yourself and learn the essential techniques for emotional self-regulation and heart coherence.

You can start by purchasing the Inner Balance sensor. In the accompanying HeartMath App, you will find multi-day programs and guided techniques to help you get started.

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Would you prefer a more in-depth training then we recommend the online HeartMath Basics Pro training. During the training, experience and learning go hand in hand.You will discover how your emotions influence your physiology, well-being and performance, and how you can consciously restore your inner balance at the moments when it really matters.HeartMath Basis Pro provides you with a practical and scientifically based foundation, whether you want to use HeartMath for yourself or are considering taking the next step towards becoming a HeartMath professional.The Inner Balance sensor is included with this training.

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Good questions. Honest answers.

Because that’s where the research points. Most stress tools focus on the brain — but the heart sends more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the heart. Those signals directly shape how you think, feel, and respond to stress. Heart coherence — a measurable state of optimal heart-brain communication — is what HeartMath trains. The nervous system benefits are real and well studied. But the heart is where the change begins.
HRV — heart rate variability — is the variation in time between your heartbeats. It’s one of the most reliable windows into nervous system health. High HRV means your system is flexible and resilient. Low HRV often means it’s stuck in a stress pattern. HeartMath’s HRV biofeedback takes that measurement and makes it actionable — showing you your heart rhythm patterns in real time so you can see your nervous system responding as you train and learn to shift it on demand. Most people have seen an HRV number. Very few have been able to actually do something with it. That’s what HeartMath’s biofeedback is built to change.
Most HRV wearables measure your HRV overnight, give you a readiness score, and tell you whether to push or rest. That’s useful information. But here’s what none of them do: actually helping you to train to improve your HRV. They’re sophisticated observers. HeartMath is a training system. Where other devices give you a number to react to, HeartMath gives you a real-time practice that actively shifts your nervous system toward coherence — and over weeks, can raise your baseline HRV. Whether your HRV is low and you want to raise it, or high and you want to push it further, the question is the same: are you just tracking, or are you actually training? HeartMath is the only tool built to do the second thing.
Not only does it work with meditation — for many people, it makes meditation significantly more effective. Getting into heart coherence before you meditate primes your nervous system, so you can settle into a deeper state faster and stay there longer. The mental effort of “trying to settle” is replaced by a body that’s already settled. And for the first time, HeartMath’s biofeedback lets you see how your meditation is affecting your physiology in real time — whether your practice is moving your nervous system toward coherence or not. Most meditators have never had that feedback. It changes how you practice. HeartMath doesn’t compete with meditation. It deepens it.

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