HOW DOES NEUROFEEDBACK WORK?
Neurofeedback therapy focuses on improving primarily the unconscious learning of the brain in order to promote re-regulation of brainwave patterns and support overall wellness.
During neurofeedback, the brain is learning about its habitual electrical activity. Electrical activity is one of the two ways the brain communicates internally; the second language is chemical activity.
Neural pathways are connected via electrical impulses going down through the neurons (like stomping down the path), and chemicals allow the message to continue from one neuron to the next.
Negative habitual patterns, such waking up too early, easily reacting with angry outburts, or not being able to focus on the task at hand and worrying, are reflected in our electrical brainwave activities. Unfortunately, the brain builds these negative pathways automatically, even though they are not helpful. Through the neurofeedback program we learn how to reset patterns.
Regulation of brain activity is when the brain is given responses that are accurate. This happens when the brain’s automatic functioning is in alignment with the individual’s outer and inner present-moment needs.
Going back to the examples from above, if the brain is awake at 5 AM but you’re feeling exhausted and wish you could go back to sleep, it is not self-regulating based on present needs. Likewise, getting angry and yelling at our kids is not usually the best action to meet the needs of our children or ourselves.
Negative habits, like yelling or waking too early, are reflected in habitual brainwave patterns connected with stress response. The stress response is one of our biggest brain habits, and is almost always connected with the things we want to change in our lives. Whether we want to be calmer, better able to manage sleep, or focus more at school or at work, we need to keep stress response under control.
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When you decide to try neurorfeedback brain training, you are addressing these old brain habits of well-worn stress responses. The training helps you learn how to be responsive to your current needs and goals, rather than react with old habits.
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