Kees Blase introduced HeartMath into the Netherlands in education through APS-International, a licensee of the Institute of HeartMath. Together with Robert Erdbrink he takes the initiative for HeartMath Netherlands, delevering services also in health and business. Kees is trainer of APS-International in authentic leadership, joyful learning and heart focus in competence management, and an author, director and musician (Netherlands). Speaker Web Site Kees Blase, Ph.D. In 2003 the HeartMath research was awarded with the TMC labs innovation award for the Freeze Frame biofeedback system. HeartMath has developed a unique training program called Peak Performance, which goes beyond the theory of behaviour management and has been shown to deliver measurable improvements globally in personal performance, staff turnover, personal health and thereby organisational effectiveness. Kees Blase studied Medical Physics and Social Sciences at the University of Utrecht. As a cocreator and founder of several organizations, for instance the National Centre for Stressmanagement in the Netherlands he is always building bridges between science and society, eastern and western wisdom, music and management, neurocardiology and biofeedback tools in schools. He wrote more than ten books (Vitality in education, Self-management) and many training programs ( Inspirational School Policy, Authentic Leadership). Since 2000 he is leading the project of heart-brain schools in the Netherlands in cooperation with the Institute of HeartMath and one of the partners of HeartMath Netherlands. He is international trainer and keynote speaker on self-esteem, sustainable partnerships and emotional management in learning and peak-performance, in UK, Germany, Albania, Hungary, Croatia and Belgium, and is attracted by reconciliation processes in war affected areas. Session Information: Heart Focus Key Concepts: Heart Focus is a way to obtain selfcontrol of emotions on the physiological level, by biofeedback of Heart Rate Variability. Emotions play out in the theatre of the body. Emotions precede feelings. Emotions that are negative for the body influence the process of learning and performance. Representative of Heart Math in Europe, Dr. Kees Blase guides the audience step by step into the physiology of performance and learning, introducing recent brain research, the role of the amygdala, and the remarkable role of the heart in learning and peak performance. It has been successfully in healing traumas and emotional effects after situations of violence. It has been successful in companies like Shell, Boeing and BP. It has been successful on schools in health, and in sport. In this workshop, you will experience the Heart Focus method to gain wisdom from emotions. Robert Erdbrink, engineer has worked fourteen years in management in Unilever, and traveled around the world for two years. He is trainer and adviser personal and organisasional development and founded the Centre for Leadership Development in the Netherlands.