Tutorial - Getting Started with emWave PC

The key to transforming stress lies in your power to regulate
your emotions and perceptions. That power comes from your heart.

This section of the Tutorial will help you get started with some of the major applications of emWave™ PC. The sections below will help you work with the main screen and understand the many options available to you. For ease of use you can print this document and use it while working with emWave PC.

1. Choosing an Application

Science
Health and Well Being
Health Professionals
Sports Performance
Workplace Performance
Learning and Testing

Choose the application that best suits your situation and needs. For example if you are interested in lowering your overall stress levels, then you could to choose the Health and Well Being section. If you desire to increase your level of performance at work you would want to choose Workplace Performance and so on.

When you have decided on an application, click on the corresponding button. This will take you to that specific application’s Homepage. Within each Homepage, specifically tailored content exists to help you fully utilize and transform the system for your needs.

At this point you can set this specific application page as your Default Homepage, so the next time you open emWave PC it will open on this page. From the top menu just click on: Settings > Homepage> Set As Home
To undo this setting click on: Settings> Homepage > Reset Default Home

Navigating the Content
Categories:
Notice the three buttons directly below the emWave PC logo. These serve as the navigation for the Application Specific Homepage.

How To: Information on using emWave PC for your specific application.
Results: Stories and Results of how others have used and benefited from emWave PC.
Resources: Other complementary information for use in conjunction with emWave PC.

Clicking on one of the buttons will change the content within the ‘Content Window’ in the picture to the right.

2. Running the Coherence Coach™

The Coherence Coach is an audio/visual training tool to help you learn to shift out of stress and into high performance. From the Toolbar you can click on the Coach button
. Also, from the Main Home Page you can open the Coherence Coach by clicking the Coherence Coach button in the Activities section.

To start a session with the Coherence Coach make sure you are connected to the sensor and that the volume of your computer is set to an audible level.

To start a session just click the play/pause button . After pressing play the Heart Rhythm Display screen will open, the sensor will start calibrating and then the ‘Coach’ will walk you through the Quick Coherence technique. Just listen to the Coach, follow along and enjoy this new interactive feature.

You can pause the Coach at any point by just pressing the play/pause button.
However, to stop a session you need to press stop on the Heart Rhythm Display.

3. Playing the Games

Playing the games is a fun and interactive way to work on your coherence-building skill.
To access the games:

Click on the games button in the Activities Section.

Click on the Games icon in the Toolbar.

After clicking one of these buttons the Games Homepage will open. From here you open up each game. Read the introduction and the corresponding information next to each game icon to learn about each specific game.

Just click on the image of the game you want to play and it will open up. To start the game just click on the green start button on the lower right hand corner.

Notice the 3 bars to the left of the start button. These bars indicate your coherence level red (normal), blue (high) or green (optimal).

To stop the game, click the stop button in the lower right corner.

While you are playing a game, the Heart Rhythm Display Screen is also running in the background, so you have access to the same information and functionality as you would if you ran a regular session.

4. Operating Emotion Visualizer™

The Emotion Visualizer is new to emWave PC and gives you a fresh and exciting coherence-building visual experience. To go to the Emotion Visualizer Homepage:

Click Emotion Visualizer button in the Activities section
or
Click the Visualizer icon in the Toolbar.

After clicking one of the buttons you will find yourself at the Emotion Visualizer Home Page. From here, read through the information describing the 4 different visual environments.

Before clicking on a visualization, make sure you are connected to the sensor.
When you do click on an image, the Emotion Visualizer will open and you will begin a session.

The Visualizer has its own Toolbar:

The buttons from left to right:

∙ Brings the Heart Rhythm display to the front
∙ Toggles between the various visualizations
∙ Play button
∙ Stop button
∙ Opens your Heart Rhythm information (pattern, score and current level) on the bottom of the visualizer (shown below)

∙ Context help

When you are finished you can stop the visualizer by pressing the stop button in the Toolbar. When you press the stop button the Heart Rhythm display comes to the front and the Visualizer moves to the back. You can now view your heart rhythm information. Closing the Emotion Visualizer window will not close emWave PC.

Just like the games, while you are running the Emotion Visualizer, the Heart Rhythm Display Screen is also running in the background, so you have access to the same information and functionality as you would if you ran a regular session.

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