Method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle
AssigneeCoherence LLC
InventorStephen Bennett Elliott
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Abstract
The invention consists of a broad method of presenting audible, visual, and sensory cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle, thereby achieving coherence of the heart rate variability cycle. A family of audible, visual, and sensory indicators is specified for purposes of communicating breathing phase, change of breathing phase, progression of time within a phase, and progression of the phase relative to the internal perception of the practitioner.
Claims21
A method of presenting cues to a human for synchronizing a breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing a heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle, thereby achieving coherence of the heart rate variability cycle:
- a) generating a human perceptible cue to identify inhalation and exhalation phases of breathing, changes between the inhalation and exhalation phases, progression of the inhalation and exhalation phases in time, and progression of the inhalation and exhalation phases relative to a period of time having a combination of the inhalation and exhalation phases;
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- b) providing the human perceptible cue to a human via an instruction device, thereby providing instruction to the human to align the breathing cycle with the generated human perceptible cue to synchronize the breathing cycle with the heart rate variability cycle to achieve coherence of the heart rate variability cycle.
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