Neurofeedback is becoming part of the training programs of more and more Olympic athletes. The Wall Street Journal talks about it in this article titled Mental, Physical Training for Olympic volleyball. Neurofeedback and the Olympics – training for them – is becoming more and more commonplace. It makes sense. Among other ways it can aid performance, neurofeedback improves […]
Comments Off on Neurofeedback and the Olympics Continue Reading...This interesting Wall Street Journal article, Why Relaxing is Hard Work, talks about how our plugged in way of life makes it hard to “power down,” even on vacations. I’m hearing about this a lot from my counseling and neurofeedback clients. 24/7 availability to work and, for some, the desire to have a clean inbox – […]
Comments Off on Why Relaxing Is So Hard Continue Reading...Meditation reduces the experience of pain, a University of Manchester study confirms, as reported in the journal Pain. Because meditation builds the ability to stay in the present moment, meditators anticipate pain less and are less bothered by it. This makes sense to me, and perhaps on a physical level as well. If we’re not worrying […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Probably more than you think. Here’s a personal example. I first heard of neurofeedback in relationship to my own sleep problems. Sleep improved quite quickly, but then I also noticed other things were getting better. My husband was also reporting positive changes that he saw in me. I asked him what he’d noticed and he […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Below is a sampling of changes my clients have told me about just in the last two weeks. Sleeping through the night instead of waking up two or three times Having more fun being with their children because of being really with them instead of distracted Worrying less For the first time in this person’s […]
Comments Off on Neurofeedback – What Kind of Changes Can Happen? Continue Reading...The bottom line with people is usually: Can neurofeedback help me with what I want to see change? Because it works with the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), neurofeedback has the potential to affect a broad spectrum of the things people want more of or less of. So stress reactions, low mood, […]
Comments Off on What Can You Expect from Neurofeedback? Continue Reading...Your brain is the most complex system on Earth, and it possesses an amazing ability to reorganize itself. Neurofeedback works with the electrical activity of that system. Neurofeedback has been around for about half a century, gradually becoming more and more comprehensive and sophisticated. If you want to perform at your best or improve your […]
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