Biofeedback

A bio feedback training session will enable you achieve a deep relaxation response. This response will positively assist physical, mental and emotional balance.

Biofeedback may be even more useful for emotional issues, such as stress and anxiety, than it is for physical issues.

This is because stress and anxiety are both highly affected by the environment.

Taking the time to focus on what is happening with your body in times of stress can help to relieve the associated symptoms.

Biofeedback is a powerful personal trainer and will assist the sufferer of anxiety and stress to regain control and certainty over their life.

Who can be helped?

People who exhibit symptoms that include:

• anxiety

• worry

• restlessness

• fatigue

• concentration

• muscle tension

• sleep disturbance

Many physiological processes in your body are hard to detect, but computerised monitoring allows you to notice them better. The monitored information is then "fed" back to you in an understandable form.

By being able to see this information on a computer monitor, you can learn how to control the processes better.

Why would I care about controlling my physiological processes?

Most people know that we control our body by using our mind.

For example, if we are agitated, we can use our brains (concentrated attention) to calm our body.

But did you know that many nerves that control our behaviour actually go from the body to the brain? (in particular the vegas nerve which is stimulated by diaphragmatic breathing).

If you can create a calm body, you can create a calm state-of-mind.

Please reply if you would like to follow up on this.

The sessions, 5 weekly or fortnightly, are 30-40min in duration and are conducted from L1, 459 Toorak Rd Toorak on Fridays ($65 per session).

Click here to view Biofeedback Research Results.

Most controlled, randomized biofeedback clinical trials have found that biofeedback reduces anxiety as much as popular relaxation procedures like meditation. They both may achieve comparable results because they correct core problems in attention, cognition, and physiological arousal. Stress management biofeedback may help patients control the events that trigger anxiety attacks.

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