to discomfort or dis-ease. It has
sleeplessness and many brainbased
disorders are actually
originating in our gut. In 1996,
Dr. Michael Gershon coined the
our mood, weight, hormones
and even genetic expression.
Microbes in our intestines help
to produce neurotransmitters
that are needed for proper brain
function. Neurotransmitters are
how our cells communicate and
they play a major role in cognitive
development, psychological health,
sleep patterns and stress response.
The gut communicates with our
cognitive brain via the vagus nerve
Having an awareness and
understanding of how your 3 brains
function and interact can be life
changing. Tri Brain ® Coaching, Tri
Brain Yoga® and Tri Brain® Wellness
are educational and wellness
programs designed to enable you
brain works, your heart informs
you and your intuition guides you.
Over the next several issues of
Verve, I will be sharing more about
our three brains with the intention
that the information will serve to
enhance your understanding of self
and others.
Elizabeth Markie, Founder of
WeImagine, Inc.® and Author of Tri
Brain® serves as an experienced
coach and strategic business
advisor. She brings keen insight and
support to personal and professional
development that leads to clarity,
Expressing her commitment to selfdiscovery,
leadership and authentic
from the NeuroLeadership Institute,
The Academy of Neuroscience and The
HeartMath Institute.
In the 1990’s Dr. Andrew Amour
discovered that the heart has its
own complex nervous system
allowing it to act independently of
the cranial brain. It has the capacity
to learn, remember and even feel
and sense. The fact that the heart
has its own intrinsic nervous system
is what allows a heart transplant to
work.
Research at The HeartMath®
communicates to the brain in four
ways; Neurologically through the
transmission of nerve impulses,
biochemically via hormones and
neurotransmitters, biophysically via
pressure waves and energetically
interactions.
of our heart and cognitive brain.
Renewing emotions such as love,
appreciation, and gratitude produce
a coherent heart rate variability, or
HRV. HRV is a method for assessing
on your body. It is measured as the
time gap between your heartbeats.
Research links a coherent pattern
of HRV to good health and a high
pattern of HRV is linked to stress
and fatigue. Depleting emotions
such as anger, frustration or fear
send our HRV into an incoherent
pattern. Evidence based research
has demonstrated when our HRV
is in an incoherent pattern the
hearts communication to the brain
or prefrontal cortex and we become
reactive rather than responsive.
You can build resilience to prepare
for and recover from stress by using
HeartMath techniques.
Trust your gut? . Is your stomach
belly? Using your gut brain to
become aware of non-conscious
emotions can help to identify
thoughts that may be contributing
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