A Tree's Response to Love

A good gardener treats their plants like family members, ensuring they’re fed, watered, and get sun exposure. A great gardener knows that love is an essential nutrient, and new science from the HeartMath Institute is showing how.

HeartMath

The HeartMath Institute is known for their study of coherence: a specific state where people feel a deep connection with themselves and all living things.

Researchers examine how this coherent state can positively transform one’s individual physiology. When one is coherent, the effects can expand to families, workplaces, and communities.

In the new TreeRhythms project, they show how a focused use of this state can improve the health of trees.

TreeRhythms

Previous research has found that trees can generate a voltage of 200 millivolts when electrodes are placed in their trunks.

The HeartMath Institute developed new sensors that can measure this voltage and provide a reading on a tree’s health. The measurements can then be broadcast over the internet to the TreeRhythms platform.

HeartMath invited participants from around the world to become citizen‑scientists, asking them to connect the sensors to their favorite trees.

This system now reads the rhythms of ~100 trees, and anyone can see them live on a chart here.

Below is a snapshot of the rhythms of seven trees from different parts of the United States, Europe, and South America.

A Tree’s Response to Love

Seeing the rhythms is cool, but HeartMath wanted to answer the question: can our love impact the biofield of these trees? They embarked on two studies.

Study 1: Eight people gathered in front of a sugar gum maple tree (Tree #4) and sent love and appreciation every day for 10 minutes across 6 consecutive days.

Three other trees served as controls, and the the chosen tree (Tree #4) showed an amplitude gain of 40 mVolts in its circadian rhythm.

What’s noticable is the almost immediate peak in voltage starting from the first day of the experiment and the sustained peak on days 3-5.

Love Knows No Bounds

Study 2: A large group of 380 people sent love and appreciation over a video conference 10 minutes a day to 4 Sugar Gum Trees for 4 days. These people were non-local, not close to the tree.

Participants were guided through a 10-minute heart focused meditation, where a live video of the tree was spotlighted to help participants energetically connect.

Again, the chosen tree started to show major signs of life starting from Day 2, while the other trees stayed the same or even dropped.

Conclusions

The results are amazing and show concentrated attention can affect other living things—even from thousands of miles away.

We are beginning to see the measurable impact of heartfelt attention, or praying for someone in need.

These are much more than customs of the digital age; it’s the innate knowing that all life is connected.

Even if we can’t be there to lend a helping hand for those in need, we can make a difference with our consciousness.

Learn More

#TBOT Asks: How do you think you could use this information in your life?

With the results of this study, it might serve you to learn how to achieve coherence to support the things you love.

There are a plentitude of free resources on the HeartMath website, including education for all ages, materials to deal with stress, and information for parents.

Sign up for free HeartMath Experience training.

Sign up for free HeartMath Experience training.

HeartMath Training Programs

Learn about the Global Coherence Initiative.

Want to learn more?
Check out my interview with Howard Martin, core member of the HeartMath institute.

This is a segment from #TBOT Show Episode 19. Watch the full episode here!

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