A Single Cherry Blossom Tree

A single cherry blossom tree is a HRV biofeedback installation piece responsive to your levels of stress. As your levels of stress decrease, the blossoms on the trees slowly bloom. Stress levels are measured through Heart Coherence, a deviation of heart rate and heart rate variability, using the emWave Pro by HeartMath.

The project blossomed from this question: how do you stay relaxed, awake and aware during the stresses of your waking day? In the demo, I show a version that operates as a standalone program which you connect to and has 3 modes:

• Tutorial: Blossoms are directly responsive to your coherence level. The higher your coherence, the more blossoms will bloom.
• Mode 1: Blossoms slowly grow as time passes. The higher your coherence level, the faster your score will accumulate.
• Mode 2: Blossoms will “fall” slower if you are more coherent. The fastest they will fall is 15 mins, and the slowest is 45 mins. After all the petals fall, you are encouraged to take a break.