Dr. Jay T. Wiles is an international speaker, scientist, clinician, influencer, and subject-matter expert and authority on the interconnection between the human stress response and health performance/optimization.

Dr. Wiles is a clinical health and performance psychologist with board certification in heart rate variability biofeedback and peripheral biofeedback and works as a leading consultant in psychophysiology to health influencers, professional athletes and teams, executives, and high performers. He has pioneered new and innovative means of using heart rate variability (HRV) and respiratory training as both diagnostic indicators of the dynamic nature of the human stress response, alongside therapeutic tools for regulating and conditioning this response for peak human performance.

In this episode, you'll discover:

-Why we should be concerned with heart rate variability (HRV)...05:20

-An overview of HRV and how it differs from your heart rate...10:46

-Where we often miss the point of tracking HRV...20:36

-Question: What is HRV training?...25:30

-Question: Should I be concerned with a comparatively low HRV score?...36:12

-Question: What ways outside of breathwork to build HRV?...46:03

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Wiles' overview of HRV on the Ben Greenfield Fitness podcast

Dr. Wiles' personal website

Hanu Health Waitlist

Atomic Focus by Patrick McKeown

Heart, Breath and Mind by Leah Lagos

Hanu Podcast w/ Dr. Leah Lagos

Hanu podcast w/ Dr. Nathan Bryan

@hanuhealth Instagram

@drjaywiles Instagram