Thank you for your participation with the blog this year. It’s a pleasure to write and to hear back from you. Happy holidays from New York Neurofeedback! The holiday image is a fractal, just like many of the images on our website. Catherine Boyer, MA, LCSW-R New York Neurofeedback
Comments Off on Happy Holidays from New York Neurofeedback Continue Reading...It’s time for our annual holiday post, not directly related to neurofeedback – other than that neurofeedback makes most things in life easier to navigate – but useful this time of year. At family events, benefits from neurofeedback often mean more ability to choose how to respond rather than react. No one can get to […]
Comments Off on How to Survive the Holidays Continue Reading...The New York Neurofeedback Blog is Five Years Old I wrote the first post for New York Neurofeedback’s blog in September of 2009. It’s been a lot of fun writing for the blog. Researching and watching for interesting post topics has been educational for me and has led me in directions I wasn’t expecting. It’s […]
Comments Off on The New York Neurofeedback Blog is Five Years Old Continue Reading...It’s so important to get good sleep. There was a time when we believed that the brain just shut off during sleep, but that’s very far from the truth. Learning is integrated, hormones are produced, toxins are cleared out, and much more, all functions that happen during sleep. Sleep is a primary need During a […]
Comments Off on NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback for Sleep Management Continue Reading...Dr. David Steno, director of the Northeastern University Social Emotions Group, wrote an interesting article in the New York Times this summer titled The Morality of Meditation. Meditation has gotten a lot of good press in recent years, with research indicating benefits in everything from lowered blood pressure to improved job performance. Dr. Steno’s recent research […]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...Below is a sampling of NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® changes my clients have reported Healthier sleep habits and improved sleep management Having more fun being with their children. “They don’t get to me as much.” Worrying less Going for a walk and noticing more details and color Pleasant instead of stressful dreams A fight with a spouse and […]
Comments Off on What can Change with Neurofeedback? Continue Reading...Forbes Magazine recently published an interesting article titled Study: To The Human Brain, Me Is We. Here’s the heart of the article: A new study from University of Virginia researchers supports a finding that’s been gaining science-fueled momentum in recent years: the human brain is wired to connect with others so strongly that it experiences what […]
Comments Off on Our Brains are Wired for Connection to Others Continue Reading...The Personal NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback System I believe the NeurOptimal® neurofeedback home system is the best on the market. It’s so easy to use, you can be running sessions within an hour after you’ve unpacked the box. It comes with everything you need, and you get the same state of the art neurofeedback as the system […]
Comments Off on Personal NeurOptimal® Continue Reading...An interesting and helpful article by professional organizer Marcia Sloman of Under Control is titled Why People Hold onto Stuff and may help you understand yourself better. Personally, this office makes me feel something could fall on my head at any moment. Whereas this one makes me want to get to work. If this kind of change appeals […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...When you come for a NeurOptimal® neurofeedback session you’ll be sitting in a comfortable chair watching a graphic (or you can close your eyes) and listening to music. There will be very brief pauses in the music – this is the system giving your brain the opportunity to see what it is doing moment to moment. What do […]
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