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"Biofeedback is a process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance."

--- Opening sentence of consensus definitiion of Biofeedback by the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB), Biofeedback Certification Institution of America (BCIA), and the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR).

 

The Biofeedback Wellness Training and Informational Library

Regardless of whether you are interested in stress relief, meditation techniques, relaxation, or information about our expert guides or our stress relief, biofeedback, and neurofeedback products, we welcome you to our site! We hope that our wealth of information on the subjects of stress, meditation, relaxation, biofeedback, and neurofeedback, as well as the detailed descriptions of our product line and expert health and wellness guides helps to point you down the path towards a happier, healthier life!
Click the corresponding links on the left to find out more information on each topic!
Under "Stress," the following topics are explored:

  1. The Definition of Stress
  2. Stress Management Techniques and Managing Stress Tips
  3. What the Signs of Stress are
  4. Stress Relievers; How to Relieve and Reduce Stress
  5. How to Reduce Stress in the Workplace
  6. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and what are the Symptoms?
  7. What Causes Stress
  8. Ways to Cope With Stress
  9. Natural Stress Relief Techniques
  10. Effects of Stress on the Body and Your Health
  11. Stress Relief Games; Fun Ways to Relieve Stress
  12. Stress Relief Gifts; Solutions for Stress

Click on "Meditation" for more information on the following:

  1. What is Meditation and what are the Benefits?
  2. Learn to Meditate with Meditation Techniques
  3. Guided Meditation Techniques
  4. Meditation for Beginners; Beginning Meditation Techniques
  5. Guide to Different Types of Meditation
  6. Effects of Meditation on the Body and Mind
  7. The History of Meditation; Why We Meditate
  8. Buddhist Meditation Techniques
  9. Zen Meditation Techniques
  10. Vipassana Meditation
  11. Mindfulness Meditation; What is Mindful Meditation
  12. Transcendental Meditation Program; the History of Transcendental Meditation
  13. Benefits of Meditation and Relaxation

Under "Relaxation" learn more about:

  1. The Benefits of Relaxation and Stress Relief
  2. Relaxation Techniques that Help Reduce Stress and Manage Stress
  3. How to Relax with Guided Relaxation Methods
  4. Guided Imagery for Relaxation
  5. Muscle Relaxation Exercises for Stress Relief
  6. Relaxation Products; Stress Relief Games, Relaxation CDs, and Software
  7. Relaxation Therapy Techniques and Training Methods
  8. Relaxation Response and Stress Management Techniques

Click on "Biofeedback Neurofeedback" for more information on the following:

  1. What is Biofeedback and Neurofeedback
  2. Healing Rhythms Biofeedback Machine: IOM Biofeedback Equipment
  3. Stress Management Techniques with Biofeedback Therapy
  4. Benefits of Biofeedback
  5. Biofeedback Products; Biofeedback Software and Machines
  6. Biofeedback Software; Healing Rhythms, Journey to Wild Divine, and Wisdom Quest
  7. Benefits of Biofeedback for Stress Management and Stress Relief
  8. Biofeedback Treatment and Therapy with Healing Rhythms CDs
  9. Treat ADD and ADHD with Biofeedback Treatment
  10. Autism and Biofeedback Therapy
  11. Biofeedback and Blood Pressure
  12. Biofeedback and Hypertension
  13. Biofeedback and Constipation
  14. Biofeedback and Depression
  15. Biofeedback and Migraines
  16. Biofeedback and Pain Management; Therapy for Chronic Pain
  17. Neurofeedback Treatment and Therapy
  18. How Neurofeedback Therapy Can Help You
Biofeedback is the gradual and continuing process of becoming increasingly aware of various bodily functions and processes using scientific instruments that provide information on the activity of those same systems, with a goal of being able to alter our states, feelings, thoughts, emotions, and some physiological functions.

Some of the processes that can be learned to be controlled include various levels of brainwaves, relaxation, skin conductance (sweat gland activity), heart rate and pain management.

Biofeedback is often used used to improve health, relieve anxiety or depression, or increase performance, and the physiological changes often occur in conjunction with changes to thoughts, emotions, and behavior. The goal is to modify various behaviors and functions, and to carry the benefits into regular life without the use of extrernal biofeedback equipment.

In simple terms, biofeedback is a method for gaining control of our body processes to develop a propensity towards relaxation, assist in the relief from pain, and develop healthier, more balanced life patterns. Biofeedback provides information about ourselves with the use of external instruments. Using a thermometer to take our temperature is the most common application of biofeedback. Clinical biofeedback uses the same basic principles, using specialized instruments to monitor various physiological processes while they occur.

Some older systems display graphs on a computer monitors and sound basic audio tones that go up and down "reflect" changes as they occur in the person being measured. Biofeedback training familiarizes us with the activity in our various body systems so we may learn to control this activity to relieve stress and improve health. Trying to change physiological activity without biofeedback is like throwing darts in the dark - we can't see whether we are hitting the mark or not.

Biofeedback gives us the active feedback that lets us know when we are changing our physiology in the desired direction. Biofeedback itself is not a treatment. Instead, biofeedback training is a process of education and learning for specialized mind and body skills. Learning to recognize these responses and alter them is not unlike learning how to write or play the guitar - it requires practice. Through repetition, we become more familiar with our own unique patterns and responses to stress, and learn to control them rather than having them control us.

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