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Heart Zones

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This is essentially New Age Music, but with a difference: the music is very relaxing & at the same time, very energising! [I am aware that a lot of people have negative connotations about New Age music. In reality, New Age music is simply electronically synthesised music. Because of its amplitude, the music has much more subtle variations, thus making it much more relaxing &/or energising to listen to.]

It's actually part of a collection of 3, known as the HeartMath Collection (the other two are 'Quiet Joy' & 'Speed of Balance'), produced by HeartMath, a research outfit that is at the cutting edge of peak performance technologies. Their clinical research work is often cited in journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Innovative Management, The American Journal of Cardiology, Stress Medicine, and Journal of Advancement in Medicine. They have apparently earned global recognition for their unique research-based techniques & proprietary technology to transform the stress of change & uncertainty, & bring coherence & renewed energy to the workplace, & at home.

To really appreciate the music in the HeartMath Collection, I would suggest readers to read their publications first (& also personally experience the suggested stress-reduction exercises first hand!):

- Freeze Frame: One Minute Stress Management, by Doc Lew Childre;
- The HeartMath Solution: The Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart's Intelligence, by Doc Lew Chidre;

I have used the HeartMath Collection regularly in the office, in the car & at home, ever since I bought it in the mid-90's.

There are only four types of music CDs in my personal collection. They are:

- 'Relax with the Classics', the whole collection from the Lind Institute;
- The HeartMath Collection;
- The Hemi-Sync Music Collection, from the Monroe Institute;
- Steven Halpern's Inner Peace Music, also the whole collection;

Doc Childre composed this music as part of his work in helping people to access their heart intelligence in times of stress or emotional disturbance. It is also designed to help counteract fatigue and access intuitive intelligence. Much of New Age music is relaxing, but this music is relaxing and energizing at the same time. I find it delivers on the above promises, especially when combined with simple exercises devised by Doc Childre. This album is beautiful listening music with a variety of tempos and styles.

I didn't find the music relaxing or energizing. I was too distracted by the fact that it reminded me of bad early 80s music. But on the plus side, it made me want to put on a shiny leotard and leg warmers.