Anger makes the heart rate variability erratic. Caring , love makes it smooth and regular. The program is implemented in conjunction with a patients cardiologist and family physician, while focusing on emotion and stress-control to reduce the free radical damage to the coronary arteries. In either case, the sequence is the same. During this meeting, a video camera is focused on the patient to objectively record spoken responses and body language.
Sensors record the physiological occurrences that are taking place.
Marriage counseling plays a large part in the treatment at this stage. The patients are encouraged to make the changes themselves. Patients involved in bio-feedback training, also called cybernetics, watch their life functions, such as respiration, brain waves, heart rate variation, muscle tension, hand temperature and emotional sweating on a computer screen. They watch in realtime the positive effects of using heartfelt resonant imaging, meditation and imagery, breathing, muscle relaxation and self-disclosure. They then begin to learn to relieve stress and heal the heart discovering by themselves what works for them.