The Heart Math Institute is a terrific organization. It has been researching heart intelligence, stress and emotional management for more than 19 years and applies its findings to practical, easy-to-use tools that have been scientifically developed and tested. This article ,written by the founder of Heart Math explains why it is important to live in a state of ease and gives great tips on how to increase your heart connection in your interactions and reduce stress.One of the first things most of us do when children (or adults) are overwhelmed with inner turbulence is: we instinctively try to calm them down into a state of ease be- fore starting to sort out solutions. Why do we do this? Because we intuitively sense that the state of ease helps us to get back in our heart which helps to re-stabilize the mind and emotions—this re-connects us with our reasoning capacity and clear view. As we grow into adults we occasionally remember the wisdom of such practices, but it’s often after the fact and after much personal energy drain. This article suggests a few advantages of accessing our state of inner-ease, not just for bailing out of emo- tional turbulence, but to use throughout the day for maintaining connection and coherent alignment between the heart, mind and emotions. [Read more…] about The State of Ease- By Doc Childre Founder of Heart Math