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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback for Peak Performance
Posted on January 21, 2020 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performanceHow can neurofeedback help you improve your game? Here are some of the ways: Stay in the moment (this means being in the “flow” state) Reduce performance anxiety and use that energy for your game Be able to let go of mistakes and refocus quickly Improved sleep When I first started as a NeurOptimal® trainer […]
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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback in an Elementary School
Posted on October 9, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, What to expectMy colleagues at NeurAlive Technologies, Inc., in Victoria, BC, Canada, made this terrific video about their use of NeurOptimal® in an elementary school. Parents, teachers and the children themselves describe the difference the training made. To learn more, please visit our website, or you’re welcome to comment here on the blog or email me. Catherine […]
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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback for Performance Anxiety
Posted on June 11, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress managementIn 2016, Science Daily published an article titled, Why your brain makes you slip up when anxious. What makes auditions, performances, giving speeches, just generally being on the spot, so anxiety-provoking? According to previous research, people literally exert more force when they know they’re being watched. The pianist presses harder on the keys when there […]
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Neurofeedback for Stress
Posted on May 8, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress management, What to expectNeurofeedback is one of the best stress-busters I know. Here are the kinds of things my clients say: I have time to respond now rather than react. It takes more to get to me. In the past I would have been up worrying about what happened. I just went to sleep. I had the same […]
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Neurofeedback – What to Expect
Posted on March 12, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Sleep, Stress management, What to expectWhen 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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What is Neurofeedback?
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Sleep, Stress management, The BrainYour brain is the most complex system on Earth. It possesses an amazing ability to organize itself. Neurofeedback works with the electrical activity of that system. What is neurofeedback? Via pauses in a sound stream that are precisely timed to register state shifts in the brain, NeurOptimal®® Dynamical Neurofeedback® gives your brain information on what it’s doing which your […]
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Neurofeedback for Peak Performance
Posted on November 27, 2018 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress managementA common use of NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® is for peak performance, in sports or on the job. I have a past client who had seen his success in playing pool increase from his NeurOptimal® sessions. I asked him whether he would be willing to write about that. He was, and here is what he wrote: I was initially […]
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Neurofeedback – What Kind of Changes Can Happen?
Posted on July 31, 2018 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Sleep, Stress management, What to expectBelow is a sampling of NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® changes my clients have reported Promotes healthy sleep habits and 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 […]
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NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® for Creativity
Posted on February 27, 2018 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performanceCan NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® be helpful for those who work in the arts? In my experience, absolutely. Neurofeedback for creativity could also be referred to as peak performance training. Some of the positive changes my creative clients have experienced are: Elimination or reduction of performance anxiety. Increased productivity. Greater understanding of their own creative process. Increased ability […]
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Neurofeedback behind the Wheel
Posted on December 19, 2017 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress managementWhat does “neurofeedback behind the wheel” mean? I don’t mean hooking up your brain and training while driving. That would at the very least get you some strange looks at stop lights. Here’s what I do mean: If you have ever arrived at a destination with very little memory of how you got there — while driving […]
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