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  • November 2006: Practitioner courses will be completed in Sydney and in our Perth Practitioner training Centres.
  • August 2006: Another Practitioner pre-work study course commences.
  • August 2006: Our HeartMath Sydney team exhibits the HeartMath technology and training at the premier event: the Natural Health Expo Sydney Darling Harbour 2006, a trade event designed for health professionals and practitioners and including seminars workshops and exhibitors hall.
  • July 2006: The Australian Defence Force engages the HeartMath Consulting team to provide training and HeartMath technology to their training colleges and programs. The Defence wish to expand the use of our programs and technologies to benefit their constituents.
  • July 2006: The EmWave Handheld portable HeartMath unit is released in Australia to high levels of interest. In a few short weeks this technology has broken all sales records and is being snapped up faster than stock can be obtained. The EmWave handheld is companion to the award-winning emWave PC Freeze-Framer Interactive learning System. and is a key part of the EmWave range of personal and professional technologies. Recommendation: try it for yourself and start to gain the health balance benefits
  • July 2006: The first 2006 HeartMath Practitioner training is completed at our Sydney Practitioner Training Center in Chatswood
  • June 2006: We have released an updated guide to using the EmWave Freeze-Framer Interactive learning system. This patented and advanced technology continues to attract growing interest from all sectors of Australian organisations including industry, business, education, and health sectors. A powerful tool for PC and laptop based learning systems to assist people with regaining/ promoting a more natural breathing, attention and emotional, & cognitive function.
  • February/ March 2006: Royal Australian College of GP's books more courses for their Doctors to assist with encouraging resilience, stress management and global wellness. Doctors study the HeartMath stress-management techniques to assist themselves & their patients, they also employ the HeartMath EmWave Freeze-Framer Technology to monitor Heart Rhythms and display improvements gained through learning and practice
  • February/March 2006: Another pre-work course for 1:1 practitioner training commences
  • November 2005: The last Practitioner accreditation of 2005 is completed with the Nov 4,5,6 training in Sydney. Next course commences February 2005 (also Sydney.)
  • October 2005: SOCAP Annual Conference Gold Coast. MI presented a workshop and a plenary session at The Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals Annual Conference.
  • Annual Safety Conference -Homebush Bay Sydney- We present information on improving worker safety and health through use of our innovative programs.
  • September 2005: New Courses run for Doctors-- helping Doctors cope with work Pressure.
  • Terrapinn Contact Centre World - Gold Coast. MI presented one of 2 major workshops for attendees at this major international conference event. Feedback was extraordinary.
  • August 2005: Our Stress relief programs are being proposed for use by Tsunami stress Counsellors in Banda Aceh. Used by UK , USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, NZ, feedback shows our approach is considered to be one of the most effective and well researched approaches to effective stress management.
  • The Tour de France is on. One of the leading coaches at this world event France uses our wellness program to improve athletic performance.
  • July 2005: RCSA recruitment organisation has show-cased our work and seeks our services for its member organisations.
  • June 2005: Australian case study data shows highly statistically significant results for improvement in stress reduction indicators, and personal health benefits of our key course offering. Research publication produced and distributed in Australia.
  • February 2005: Helping doctors cope with work pressure

    The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Macquarie Institute (Aust) Pty Limited announce agreement to offer courses for their members based on our proven resilience-building training and learning programs. These courses are designed to alleviate stress, build resilience and overall wellness. These proven research-validated courses have been successfully provided to more than 100,000 executives, business-people, educators and health professionals world wide. The course being offered is called the 'Resilient Doctor' workshop.

    The first workshop is to be run in conjunction with the RACGP conference on 7 May at the Crown Plaza Coogee Beach in Sydney, with the full day workshop conducted on 8 May. Category 1 development points apply to RACGP members. ( as it is Mother's Day a special invitation is extended to spouses as well.)

    Click here for a full description, or to download a pdf copy of the workshop brochure and registration form. www.racgp.org.au/nswact/events/resilientdr

  • January 2005: Harvard Business Review Article

    Macquarie Institute (Aust) Pty Limited announces an updated case study on the reduction of stress, improvement of health, wellness and leadership attributes in Executives.

    The core of this case study was published in the July 03 edition of the Harvard Business Review, and has now been updated to include all Australian data on program effectiveness. Request a copy of the updated HBR based case study

  • December 2004: Our Courses for educators have been broadened & revised.

    Macquarie Institute (Aust) Pty Ltd announces additions to our popular HeartMath range of courses and programs. We now offer an exciting 'Resilient Series' of coaching, workshops and resources: starting with the Resilient Educator a revised IQM course designed for assisting teachers and other educators.

    The workshops provide delegates with a set of techniques and tools that can be put to use immediately to help build personal resilience, stress management and peak performance competencies.

    Download a Fact Sheet here for the Resilient Educator. We also offer a key resource kit to build resilience with, at it's heart, our award-winning and patent-approved Interactive Learning System. Still available is our certification course popular with teachers and counsellors and others working 1on1 with clients.

  • December 2004: Interactive Learning Sensor Kit now available in USB version in Australia.

    Provides new options for connecting to your PC, or Laptop computer. Provides other benefits & options. See online catalogue in store for more details.

  • November 2004: Another Practitioner Certification Completed

    Congratulations to all those health providers who completed their certification and gained their HeartMath License in November. At this course we welcomed our aussies friends as well as friends from New Zealand. This course is a combination of distance learning, self-study, telephone coaching and 3 day face to face training to complete a proven program of study enabling 1on1 provider status. Now more than 300 professionals have completed this course in Australia and North America. ( more than 60 in Australia & NZ covering most cities and regions)

  • 13-15 October 2004: The Safety Conference, Sydney
    Macquarie Institute present case study data from our HeartMath programs. Macquarie Institute provides our paper 'We Need Clarity and Focus, Not Relaxation' unravelling the mystery of stress, and explaining through examination of current 'best practices', why relaxation has nothing to do with managing personal and organisational performance. www.thesafetyshow.com
  • 12 Sept 2004:, International Society for Neuronal Regulation Conference Sydney,
    2 day annual conference at The Cambridge Inn, 212 Riley Street, Sydney.

    We will be an exhibitor at this exclusive professional conference --the focus is 'Comprehensive Evaluation of Brain Function & The Law’. Visit us to see the Freeze-Framer Interactive Learning System in action, and discuss its applications, and view other HeartMath offerings & products.
  • 9 Sept 2004: Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (RCSA) annual conference, Crown Towers Melbourne. Macquarie Institute will present a paper on best practice in the management of stress in the recruitment sector.
  • 3 Aug 2004: SWAP meeting (Crows Nest, Sydney) presentation on latest news coming from our Research Partners in USA.
    Understand how the very latest information on brain function critically affects your decision-making ability while under stress. Hear how, 'smart people do dumb things'.
  • 1 July 2004: HeartMath release a new free e-booklet 'No More Stress'
    This booklet explains what stress is and how stress impacts our performance, then explains how our systems solve the stress problem.
    E-mail your questions and ask for your free copy of 'No More Stress', info@macquarieinstitute.com.au

  • 1-4 June 2004: Help Desk and Call Centre Institute (HDI/CCI) annual 'Pac Rim' conference.
    In association with HDI we will present our core HeartMath workshop, 'The Power to Change Performance'. This full day workshop will teach four key skills to help people manage stress 'in the moment' it occurs. HeartMath is becoming accepted as one of the most advanced stress management systems available in the world today.
  • June 2004: New practitioner certification course scheduled for commencing September 2004.

  • June 2004: The Customer Service team have embarked on a program to educate and enlist an additional number of practitioners who wish to become resellers and Affiliates of our training and coaching solutions. Already more than 50 providers have been trained in HeartMath tools and techniques across Australia and New Zealand.

  • June 2004: HeartMath Training New: New orders coming in for May and June for our training and consulting services from Corporate and Government markets include Price Waterhouse, State Rail, Telstra, ANSTO amongst others.
  • May 2004: V2 of HeartMath FreezeFramer software now released. Its proving very popular. Click on FreezeFramer to see more details. Also released is an upgrade kit for those who already have an earlier version of the kit. Contact us by email or phone to find out more.

  • April 2004: Nurses, Psychologists, Doctors, continue to approach us for material, projects, programs exclusive to our offerings, backing up the research-based and scientifically-validated approaches of the HeartMath.com and heartmath.org materials.

  • December 2003: The Weekend Australian published an article about our flagship courses and many readers have followed up with contact and enquiries.

  • 12 November 2003: New workshops and additional services planned for 2003.
    More Journalists find our work newsworthy and want to know about our courses. Several new interviews to be published in the press in the coming months.

  • November 2003: Win for manufacturing sector.
    MI Enterprises wins contract to provide technology service to large Australian manufacturing organisation. Macquarie provides highest level of customer service in the areas of consulting, training, coaching, design, installation and facilities management.

  • 18 Oct 2003: Visit by International spokesperson Howard Martin from USA office Heartmath LLC.
    The upcoming visit in mid November by Howard Martin is attracting a great deal of interest from Press and organisations. MI is hosting a leader's briefing provided by Howard at the Westin Hotel on the Monday evening of 11/11/02. Last years's 2001 visit's talks and workshops were sold-out in Sydney and Gold Coast. MI leads globally at the forefront of learning, and enterprise.

  • Information Sessions assist corporates to assess the value of our programs in a risk-free environment. Next sessions 11 November, 11 December and 20 January. Large multinational assesses flagship course as "the only staff development course that works".

  • August 2003: Two of the largest city Councils in Sydney request start to run pilot programs for eventual rollout of staff devlopment programs.

  • July 2003: Harvard Business Review, HeartMath Featured in Harvard Business Review. After working with more than 50,000 workers and managers in more than 100 organizations, HeartMath Corp. have found that learning to manage stress is easier than most people think.
    E-mail us to learn more.

  • June 2003: Published article in Quality Council magazine June issue. Click here to read the full article:

  • June 2003: Largest Catholic School in Canberra buys more than 20 copies of award-winning software for learning simple yet powerful stress management techniques facilitating nervous system balance and peak performance in the zone.
  • 1 June 2003 HeartMath article published in the Harvard Business Review. 'Pull the Plug on Stress' describes through a case study of a UK executive how stress works, and how it can be beaten. The resutls showed that the executive had significantly lowered his blood pressure and became a more capable leader. Contact us for a copy.

  • May 2003: This month we complete another course for 1:1 health practitioners and counsellors bringing the number of licensed practitioners to 35 and allowing coverage of all major cities and regional centres of Australia and New Zealand with high level support.

  • April 2003: Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 2 April 2003. New tool promises workers less stress. Yoga and meditation in the workplace are already old hat. Stress management is going high-tech, with a new system that allows workers to monitor and regulate their heart rhythms at their desk. New tool promises workers less stress Click here to read the full article:

  • January 2003: Our USA & UK partners offices reports greatest interest and orders received for organisational development courses in their 10 year history. Softskills such as stress management and personal peak performance top the list of business solutions required in the new millenium.
  • Venues include Sydney and Melbourne CBD for business people, includes refreshments. Mornings and evenings are popular. Places are limited so please contact us and book early.
  • Public courses and in-company courses available running regularly.
    For info about next public course please e-mail us
  • One on One Licensed Facilitator Courses
    Course 1 commences annually first quarter and finishes mid year.
    Course 2 commences annually in 3rd quarter and finishes in November.
  • September 2001: Full-day Seminars to be run in Sydney and Brisbane for more than 600 people providing skills in resilience and stress management.
  • May 2001: The One on One Licensed Facilitator Course for the first 25 professionals will commence in May 2001

    These will undertake our new training course provided in conjunction with our US training partners HeartMath LLC.



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