emWave Personal Stress Reliever

by HeartMath

Product Features

• A portable and convenient way to reduce stress, balance emotions and increase performance anytime, anywhere
• Helps you control feelings of anxiety, depression and anger
• Helps you get a more restful night's sleep
• Stop emotional eating and reach your desired weight
• Super bright LEDs, sound control, four challenge levels, coherence scoring and advanced user mode

Product Description

Color: Metallic Blue

EmWave Personal Stress Reliever provides a portable and convenient way to reduce stress, balance emotions and increase performance. This effective and powerful, handheld stress reliever uses colorful LED displays, audio feedback and a powerful stress relief technique to help you significantly reduce your stress and increase your feelings of well-being. EmWave personal stress reliever is easy to use. Simply place your thumb on the sensor or attach the ear sensor. After your pulse is detected a breathing pacer will synchronize to your heart rhythms. Follow the Quick Coherence Technique, included with the emWave and you are on your way. EmWave Personal Stress Reliever Benefits: Stress reliever transforms the physiological response to stress and quickly re-balance mind, body and emotions. Be less reactive, think clearly and make good decisions, especially under pressure. Improve health, stamina and well-being; maintain personal balance and avoid stress and burnout in chaotic and changing environments. Maximize creativity and innovation. Boost performance and overall intelligence. EmWave Package Contents: EmWave Personal Stress Reliever Unit, Ear Sensor, Carrying Case, Battery Re-charger, Coherence Coach CD, emWave Owners Manual, Quick Start Guide,Jump Start Card.EmWave Unit Specifications:Size: 85mm x 55mm x 14mm,Weight: 2.2 ounces,Internal Re-chargeable Lithium Ion battery,Super bright LED light bar and display indicators,Finger sensor and two-way finger operated control button,EmWave Package Contents Specifications:Size: 5-5/8: Wide x 3-1/2" High,Weight: 1 pound,Standard AC adapter for 110/220v outlets,Durable black leather carrying case with belt clip and display cutouts,Ear sensor with 5 foot white cable.EmWave Color Options: Silver and Metallic Blue.

Product Details

Book Excerpt Stopping Emotional Eating: The emWave® Stress and Weight Management Program [PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.6 x 3.5 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000Q7QTBG
• UPC: 827912036695
• Item model number: 6300-BL
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,760 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

340 of 347 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EM Wave versus Stress Eraser, January 24, 2009

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C. Logsdon (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: emWave Personal Stress Reliever (Health and Beauty)

I bought a stress eraser last year and liked it a lot, so I gave it to my son who was stressed out in law school. Instead of replacing it I decided to give EM Wave a try. I think many people have trouble choosing between these two similar items. Maybe I can help. First, I can tell you that both are useful. You probably won't go wrong with either. However, they are quite different and you may prefer one.

Stress Eraser- strengths
Stress Eraser provides true biofeedback in the form of a continuous graph that you can influence by changing your breathing or even thinking. If you follow their instructions you can learn to control the graph and doing so you learn to relax. The unit is solid. It is scientifically valid and it seems like it due to the accurate feedback.

Stress Eraser- weaknesses
To use the stress eraser you must look at the graph that forms on the unit. I can't see it without my glasses. You must also have your finger in the correct position on the unit. That makes it hard to position the unit so that you can see the graph while lying down. Thus, if you want to use it to help go to sleep it is difficult. Another thing which may be a weakness or a strenght is that it is more or less a one trick pony. No bells and whistles. But it does what it does very well.

EM Wave- strengths
EM wave is more complicated, but not hard to use once you read the instructions. The unit is light weight and has colored lights, which you may like or feel is too much like a toy. I prefer the graph of Stress Eraser if I am using the unit during the day (it is more rapidly responsive and just seems more scientific), but at night trying to go to sleep the EM Wave is better because you don't need to see it very accurately...just follow the blinking lights. Another advantage of EM Wave is that you either put your finger on the unit (like Stress Eraser) or you can attach an ear monitor. The ear unit is great because you don't need to keep your hand on the unit. To use EM Wave thre are three different modes. In the basic mode the unit has a panel of lights that indicates a breathing pattern for you to follow. This pattern is not actual feedback, just a suggested breathing rate (you don't need to spend this much money for that). In the Heart Rate mode (HR)it follows your heart activity similarly to Stress Eraser- so this is actual feedback. In either mode there is another light that changes color depending on whether or not you are in "coherence". Essentially I take it to mean that you are relaxed, though they talk about it in New Age speak, so it is unclear to me what exactly it signifies. In the third mode you only see the "coherence" light, which saves batteries and removes all of the distractions. Actually the unit is even more complicated than this, but those are the essentials.

EM Wave Weaknesses
The unit seems flimsy compared to the Stress Eraser. It is unclear exactly what the "coherence" indictor actually indicates. The coherence coach CD is hardly worth watching. The website and other information is a bit non-scientific with all the talk about "heart breathing". All of that new age stuff will work, but depending on your personality you might find it a bit much.

Final comments
OK so it sounds like I like the Stress Eraser more...but actually I find the EM Wave more useful due to my intended use of falling asleep with it. If you use the HR mode on the EM Wave it is more similar to Stress Eraser..real feedback. If you don't wear glasses or don't expect to use the unit while lying down, Stress Eraser is probably better. EM Wave is more interesting, with colored and blinking lights and multiple modes, but it doesn't have the same degree of biofeedback. Nevertheless, EM Wave does give enough biofeedback and if you use it you will learn to relax. Again, both are good...just different.

95 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Biofeedback stress reliever review, September 5, 2007

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LJ "Stressed Out" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: emWave Personal Stress Reliever (Silver) (Health and Beauty)

This device didn't work the first time it was sent and I had to get it replaced (which was done VERY efficiently, I might add). The new device works, but it is complicated to do anything but the basic breathing exercise. Also, I have difficulty getting the ear piece working. However, even the basic breathing exercise has been very helpful. In fact, I am now able to simulate usage of the device while on the golf course (and other times of stress) by breathing and imagining the read-out on the device. It calms me down and is definitely a stress reducer. I just need to take the time now to figure out all the other things I can do with the device. NOTE: It could use better instructions. That could help quite a bit.

69 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very multi-functional, January 19, 2008

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Ariel Stone "Voracious reader" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: emWave Personal Stress Reliever (Metallic Blue) (Health and Beauty)

I'm a Reiki practitoner who meditates, and also deals with anxiety and depression.

I have so far been able to use this to effectively and successfully control anxiety, stress, and anger at home or when I'm out. Before I work with Reiki, I can make sure I'm in the proper "zone" to get the most out of it. When I meditate, I can make sure I'm in the proper zone there too. It helps me get to sleep faster, and stay there. I know there's more uses; I'm experimenting as much as possible.

I purchased this to help me work through quitting some nasty anti-depressants. I give it two thumbs up for how much it's helped with that, and 2 big toes up for everything else it's helping me with.

It seemed pricey, but not after I calculated the annual cost of meds and doctor visits, and then thought about the lack of side effects associated with this biofeedback method.

Oh, and it's insanely easy to use, especially if you take the time to read the user's manual and work through the 30-minute (free!) online tutorial. If you're still confused, you can join a free teleclass.

So if I need to use it to, say, control an impending panic attack, I can fire it up and use it immediately - no flipping through the manual looking for that set of instructions I thought was "right there, dammit!"

I'm so glad I can finally move on with my life, drug-free.

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