This graph shows the impact of one 5-minute episode of recalled anger on the immune antibody IgA over a 6-hour period. The initial slight increase in IgA was followed by a dramatic drop which persisted for six hours. When the subjects used the Freeze-Frame technique and focused on feeling sincere care for five minutes there was a significant increase in IgA, which returned to baseline an hour later and then slowly increased throughout the rest of the day.

This graph shows how Anger/frustration produces sympathetically dominated system. Anger/frustration creates a disordered HRV waveform pattern. In contrast, appreciation/compassion produces increased parasympathetic activity. It is clear that appreciation/compassion creates an ordered sine wavelike HRV waveform indicative of the relaxation response.

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