HEART RATE VARIABILITY TRAINING (HRV)
HARNESS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
What If:
Managing stress and transforming it into peak performance didn’t start with talk therapy?
Our mental health and ability for peak performance began with training our heart muscle?
That sense of "flow" where we feel great and productive, was fostered by muscle memory? So, we could train ourselves to easily shift into it.
What is HRV?
Heart-rate variability (HRV) is measured by the time between your heartbeats. It reflects the flexibility of the autonomic nervous system to move between the sympathetic (“fight or flight”) and the parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) branches as needed. The HRV metric reflects how the body is recovering from stress throughout the day. There are many ways to record HRV from including Fitbit, Apple Watches to chest bands used by athletes. Each device has its own strengths.
HRV can be honed with tools and coaching that Grimard Wilson Consulting provides to help executives, physicians, professionals, creatives, athletes, and even parents. Our goal is to improve performance, especially in high-stress situations.
HOW CAN I GET STARTED?
We have individual and upcoming group coaching opportunities available for HRV. Diane Wilson provides individual counseling to enhance HRV and meet your goals. If you’re interested in setting up a consultation, please visit our scheduling page to book an appointment.
We are developing an intensive HRV group pilot program to begin in late fall 2022 or early 2023. If you are interested in being a candidate for it, please leave us your information. Who would be a good candidate? Almost anyone could benefit including elite and high-potential athletes, professionals in high-stress/high-performance occupations, frontline workers of all types, and stressed parents.
CURRENT RESEARCH
According to Harvard Health, our autonomic nervous system responds not only to a poor night of sleep, or that sour interaction with your boss, but also to the exciting news that you got engaged, or to that delicious healthy meal you had for lunch.
Our body handles all kinds of stimuli and life goes on. However, if we have persistent instigators such as stress, poor sleep, unhealthy diet, dysfunctional relationships, isolation or solitude, and lack of exercise, this balance may be disrupted, and your fight-or-flight response can shift into overdrive.
Source: Heart Rate Variability: A New Way to Track Well-Being. Harvard Health Blog