Peak Performance Training
Neurofeedback or EEG Biofeedback helps the brain regulate
itself and self regulation is key to optimal brain functioning. It is best
considered as mental fitness training that over time teaches the individual's
brain improved skills of managing attention, arousal (level of excitability),
and affective or emotional state. The individual's brain already manages
attention, arousal, and affective state to a certain degree, and the relevant
mechanisms are in place to do so. Simply exercising those mechanisms strengthens
and engages them, and allows the individual to have better control over his or
her own behavior automatically. And when your brain is performing in its optimal
manner, you are able to perform at your peak. Isn't this just what we all want.
Life is so much better and easier when our brain is working at its best. We are
calmer, more focused, attentive, confident and able to enjoy life more. When we
achieve this, we are just better at whatever we choose to do. Become a better
parent, a better spouse, a better boss, a better student, a better performer, a
better athlete, a better employee - A BETTER SELF. Become YOUR BEST SELF!
RELAX, ENJOY LIFE and ACCOMPLISH MORE.
Stress is a total body response to a real or imaginary
threat. It can save lives in emergencies by producing knee-jerk reactions which
were indispensable to our ancestors who routinely had to flee from predators.
However, in today's world, our survival is usually not at stake, and the
problems we face require a calm mind for creative solutions. Unfortunately, the
very parts of the brain that allow such reasoned response are bypassed under
stress. Instead, we make decisions based on fear. One of the goals of the
neurofeedback software is to evolve the reactive brain into one that is
interactive, and not only during a crisis but in everyday life.
When the human body and mind perceives a threat it goes
into flight or flight mode. When this happens stress chemicals flood the body
causing the heart to beat faster, the blood vessels to constrict, perspiration
and breathing to increase and muscles to become tense. In addition, during this
phase the auto immune system also becomes depressed making the body more
vulnerable to illnesses. After the threat goes away, your body and mind are not
quick to turn these responses off and often do not return to their original
state and in part the body and mind continues with this unhealthy response to
stress. The heart continues to be stressed and other muscles continue to hold
tension. This "normal" stress response is ideally suited for real life and death
situations. But when we have this response to other stressors in our lives that
are not life or death, this response is over kill.
After a while a person can get used to these stress
symptoms in their body, if they do not learn to cope with the stressors in their
lives these symptoms start to cause problems in the body, even though the person
may be unaware of it.
If someone does not pay attention to these signs and
symptoms they can evolve into anxiety, depression, headaches and other pains,
stomach and bowel problems and coldness in hands and feet. In addition the
stress hormone cortisol can make you inattentive, disorganized and unable to
remember simple tasks. The body and mind can no longer cope with the ongoing
physiological changes and you are receiving a strong warning to make changes to
your life.
Neurofeedback helps your brain to respond better to
stresses. It can calm down your "over the top" responses to everyday
challenges. Those things that you know shouldn't bother you, stop having an
effect. And irritations start to roll right off. You are able to calmly
approach your challenges, focus on your end goal and be your best.
For those who have high stress careers or high stress
demands on life, have you already begun to see the effects of this over the top
response to stress? Is it impeding your performance? Would you like to learn
how to respond to these stressors in a healthier way - one that shields your
mind and body from all of those disastrous effects and at the same time become a
winner in your field? Take charge of your life, by empowering your brain to
work at its optimum.
