slowly....slowly...in through your nose, that's it, now out through
your mouth. Again. And one more time. There. Now tell me what
happened. What frightened you so?"
Sound familiar? This is probably the earliest kind of human
biofeedback, not counting the tiger who killed the hunters because
she smelled their fear and they couldn't stop themselves in time!
In the illustration above, one person is giving feedback to
another. The observer notices a frantic brain state in an
individual and cannot find out why. The observer gives feedback
about the person's consciousness, coupled with a suggestion.
"You're overly excited. You're useless to me this way. Sit down."
When the hysterical person complies, the "feedback machine," in
this case probably a good friend, offers another observation and
suggestion. "You're breathing too hard. Slow your breathing. Inhale
deeply, now exhale. Do it again, very slowly." The frightened
individual is calming down. Speech might be possible. The "trainer"
offers another tip, "One more time."
Biofeedback is a fairly young science, as such, emerging in the
heyday of alternatives, the 1960s. Along with renewed interest in
all things retro, back to nature, and alternative medicine,
biofeedback is enjoying a resurgence in the beginning of the 21st
Century.
Medical personnel agree that 80-90% of all illnesses have an
originating component in the mind. This is not hypochondria, it is
not "thininking you are sick," but it is bad thinking, chiefly
stress. Someone cuts you off at an intersection and what you choose
to think about that can wreck your whole day--and your blood
pressure--or not. Stress is implicated in most of the diseases
plaguing industrialized nations. "I have this machine now to help
me work, but it's broken. I must now also reboot the machine."
Frustrating, isn't it?
Biofeedback can teach you to control your breathing; your heart
rate; your blood pressure, muscle tension and brain activity.
Breathing is usually voluntary. Some muscle tension can easily be
released consciously. But how can you lower your blood pressure
unless you get feedback on how well what you're doing right this
minute is working? (Think calming, peaceful thoughts. There. Are
you sure you've lowered your pressure?)
How many Western civilization medical conditions have to do with
tension, heart rate and blood pressure? Here's a partial list of
some of the conditions that seem to be effectively treated with
biofeedback:
In addition, pain management clinics are becoming more common and
surprising as it may sound if some part of your body feels like
it's being cut in two with a jagged knife, mental therapies are
very successful in reducing or eliminating chronic pain.
Most of what has been described here can also be treated with
binaural beats. Are binaural beats just like biofeedback? Not
exactly. Binaural beats do tell the brain how it is doing--or how it
should do--then keep on prompting the brain by repetition of the
binaural beat through a process called entrainment. The objective
is the same. But the method for getting there is very different.
Biofeedback is extremely dependent upon your conscious
participation. If you tune out the machine (or person) telling you
how you're doing and suggesting what to do next, you'll not have
good results with biofeedback. It is 100% dependent upon your
cooperation.
Binaural beat technology, on the other hand, requires very little
of your conscious cooperation. While people have demonstrated
better results through concentration, the beautiful thing about
binaural beat recordings, such as the ones from Total Tranquility
by Holothink, is that they work on the subconscious and even
unconscious level. Better if you're conscious, but you don't have
to try to achieve certain results. Just pop on the headphones with
the audio in the electronic device of your choice and chill out for
half an hour or so.
You'll could feel better immediately. And in a month or two, you
could actually be healthier. Permanently.
Please note: Holothink does not promise to treat, diagnose or cure
any physical ailment. There is a very large and powerful
organization known as the AMA, backed by mega-billion dollar drug
companies who ensure we don't cut into their interests. We have no
desire to fight their lawyers, who, right or wrong, will win.
Instead of suggesting that you could resolve any health condition
related to stress with something other than a pill, we appeal to
your common sense and nothing more.
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