Neurofeedback

A Balanced Mind

Creating Harmony in Mind, Body and Spirit

	Joe Dispenza, D.C., has spent decades studying the human mind – how it works, how it stores information, and why it perpetuates the same behavioral patterns over and over. In the acclaimed film What the Bleep Do We Know!? he began to explain how the brain evolves – by learning new skills, developing the ability to concentrate in the midst of chaos, and even healing the body and the psyche. Evolve Your Brain presents this information in depth, while helping you take control of your mind, explaining how thoughts can create chemical reactions that keep you addicted to patterns and feelings – including ones that make you unhappy. And when you know how these bad habits are created, it’s possible to not only break these patterns, but also reprogram and evolve your brain, so that new, positive, and beneficial habits can take over.
	Imagine a procedure versatile enough to treat epilepsy, autism, attention deficit disorder, head injuries, addictions, and depression with no drugs or side effects, and to improve everything from golf scores to opera singers’ voices. These are only some of the claims made for neurofeedback, a controversial but effective treatment that is revolutionizing the way an incredibly diverse range of medical and psychological conditions are treated. In A Symphony in the Brain, Jim Robbins traces the fascinating, untold story of the development of neurofeedback, from its discovery by a small corps of research psychologists, to its growing application across the country and around the world, to present battles for acceptance in the conservative medical world. Offering a wealth of powerful case studies, accessible scientific explanations, and dramatic personal accounts, Robbins journeys through a remarkable field, which he brings to the public eye for the first time.
	With Train Your Mind Change Your Brain, expert science journalist Sharon Begley challenges past truisms and outdated scientific paradigms by discussing: the new science of neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to change; the brain's ability to heal and renew after severe injury and debilitating illnesses such as strokes; how training the mind can reduce mental illness such as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder; how Buddhist practices such as meditation give us hope for training our mind to change our brains in order to achieve higher happiness and improved emotional and social intelligence. In reality, this is a well-documented summary of previous studies, experiments, and research on the mind's ability to influence brain development. It is a hopeful look at harnessing the power of our minds in order to create a compassionate and healthier world.
	This book explores a much less invasive but highly effective technique of restoring brain function: the Low Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS). Developed by Dr. Len Ochs in 1992, it has had extraordinary results using weak electromagnetic fields to stimulate brain-wave activity and restore brain flexibility and function. The treatment works across a broad spectrum of human activity, increasing the brain’s abilities to adapt to the imbalances caused by physical trauma or emotional disorders--both on the basic level and in the more subtle areas of cognitive, affective, and spiritual processes that make us truly human. While the treatment has had remarkable results with individuals who have experienced severe physical trauma to the head and brain, Stephen Larsen sees it also as an important alternative to chemical approaches for such chronic behavioral disorders as ADHD and monopolar and bipolar depression.
	Ritalin is not always effective, it often has side effects and it does nothing to treat the cause of attention deficit disorder (ADD). Yet four million children take Ritalin to control ADD or hyperactivity. There is a better alternative, called neurofeedback, which the authors, a psychiatrist and a psychologist, have found effective for up to 80% of the hundreds of clients they have treated. Neurofeedback is a scientifically proven form of brainwave biofeedback that teaches patients how to overcome the slow brain wave activity that is at the core of ADD. Neurofeedback teaches the brain how to increase and maintain its speed permanently. Thus, it corrects the problem rather than treating the symptoms. In addition, it is quick, noninvasive, and cost-effective. Getting Rid of Ritalin gives you all you need to know about the subject, including the role of nutrition, the need to eliminate toxic substances, the health effects of too much television, and the need for sensitive parenting. Neurofeedback: it works better, it is safer, and it corrects the problem.
	We all want good health, live life creatively, avoid suffering, experience deep personal relationships and live our lives fully as possible. We want time and opportunity to enjoy this marvelous earth and be valued by our society. What are we will to do (or not do) to improve the quality of our day to day lives? The Process takes on the challenges of transforming the commonplace into the extraordinary, of bringing about healthy change in as many lives as possible, of learning and practicing together the art of adventuring into the unknown, of changing periods of second hand consciousness into a fuller awareness and expression of the original life, of allowing the greatest potentials of the mind/body to unfold. The mission of The Process Project is to make the art and science of self-actualization and self knowledge available to as many as possible. The Decade of the Brain has opened onto the Century of the Mind. Your personal horizons may be infinite.
	In his work treating patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Dr. Jeffery Schwartz made an extraordinary discovery: by focusing their attention away from negative behaviors and toward positive ones, his patients were able to make permanent changes to their own neural pathways. In The Mind and the Brain Schwartz explores this power – the power of the mind to shape the brain. Through research and case studies, he demonstrates the brain’s ability to be drastically rewired, not just in childhood but throughout life – a paradigm-shifting discovery that could transform the treatment of every neurological dysfunction, from dyslexia to stroke. Schwartz’s landmark book challenges the idea that we are merely biological programmed automatons and proves that we have the power to shape our brains and, consequently, out destiny – a revolutionary insight that continues to provoke debate among those who care about the future of man’s role in the universe.
	Neurofeedback techniques are used as treatment for a variety of psychological disorders, including attention deficit disorder, dissociative identity disorder, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and brain injury. This it the first clinical book to be published on Neurofeedback and lays the groundwork for the development of this technology.
	While this may have been written and illustrated for children, the explanation about the brain is detailed in such a way that everyone can enjoy learning about what our brain is and how it functions. In this book, we see extraordinary views of the brain and nervous system, which allow the readers to understand and appreciate this wonderful "machine".