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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Obituary; Anna Wise, Neurofeedback Pioneer
Anna Wise, a leading neurofeedback trainer, who used the Awakened mind approach and mind-mirror technology for her work passed away March 5, 2010. She'd been teaching a course at her beloved Esalen, developed Pneumonia and the illness took her shortly after.

Friday, February 26, 2010
The Politics of Responsibility, Self Regulation & Optimal Functioning
Moving from an illness care model to a health and self responsibility model of health care.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Obituary: Brian Costello
Brian was an incredibly energetic Australian force of nature, inspired by and passionately working on new ideas and approaches to biofeedback, usually with his southern California colleague, Russ Cassell. It was very common to get an email blast from Brian, overflowing with new ideas, copied to dozens, all over the world, giving credit and kudos to many.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Crosstraining for Body, Mind & Spirit; Integral Life Practice: Interview With Terry Patten
This is a transcript of my Jan 24th, 2010 interview with Terry Patten, co-author, with Ken Wilber and others, of Integral Life Practice; A 21st Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening. Terry was, on an earlier leg of his journey, founder of Tools for Exploration.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Cross training Mind/Brain/Heart/Spirit and Shadow-- an interview with Terry Patten
brief summary of and link to a podcast interview with Terry Patten talking about integral life practice, mind tools, neurofeedback and more.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

An interview with Joe Kamiya Inventor of Neurofeedback / EEG Biofeedback
Rob Kall interviews Joe Kamiya, exploring the history and future of neurofeedback

Friday, January 15, 2010

Good "NEWS" For Futurehealth.org, Biofeedback Neurofeedback and Mind Body Alternative Health and Wellness
Futurehealth.org received notification yesterday that google news has approved our application to be included in their news "system." That's great news, obviously for futurehealth, but also for you, if you are in the field of biofeedback or neurofeedback. Here are some reasons why.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Rob Kall Futurehealth Radio Show; Joe Kamiya, Terry Patten, Paul Swingle and Patricia Norris
This show brings us extraordinary leaders in the mind/body bio/neurofeedback world.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Positive Perception: Learn to See the World You Want: Self Regulation of selective perceptual filtering
Taking Control of Creating A Positive Attitude and A Positive Way to See the World,

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Clues to Nintendo Biofeedback Plans
a new sensor, new trademark registrations point to another major biofeedback device on the horizon.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Washington Post Covers NIMH's First Funded Study of Neurofeedback.
It's rare that a major media operation publishes a full article on Neurofeedback or biofeedback Today's Washington Post has published a solid article pegged to news that NIMH is funding a double blind study on Neurofeedback for ADHD.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
American Character Strengths Threatened By Private Health Insurer Economic Policies
The American character has been undergoing a dangerous and effective attack that has, in my opinion, gone virtually un-noticed. The character values of self-reliance, self responsibility and self control are being seriously eroded by private for profit and non-profit health insurer policies.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Hottest Christmas Present This Year is an EEG-based Game from Mattell
the Wall Street journal reports that the hot game this holiday season is just about sold out, and it's based on EEG. This should be GOOD for the profession of bio/neurofeedback

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Your Biofeedback Practitioner's Hero's Journey
Joseph Campbell described a mythic pattern that any hero, any person going through a process of growth and increased personal awareness experiences. This model works very well for biofeedback practitioners, describing the stages, steps, experiences, problems, opportunities, challenges and rewards you can expect to encounter on your path to becoming a master of the world of biofeedback.

Saturday, November 28, 2009
Template Feedback of Athletic Force and Movement Patterns
Over 30 years ago, I developed a concept of using transducers and sensors to convert athletic force and movement patterns into electrical activity that could be used for biofeedback. Things have come a long way since then.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Handwarming from the Inside out; Thermal / Temperature Biofeedback
Have you warmed your hands lately? How about your feet? Thousands of people do it every day and they don't do it by putting their hands or feet under warm running water or by holding warm clothes, straight out of the dryer. They do it from the inside out. Why would they do it? To help symptoms of stress, anxiety, headache, high blood pressure, Raynauds, diabetes, arthritis and more.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Biofeedback and Locked In Syndrome-- in ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis /Lou Gherig's Disease)
links and some discussion on the use of neurofeedback and brain monitoring with ALS Lou Gherig's Disease (Amotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Review: Open Focus Brain-- a landmark book that explores how we pay attention and how to do it better
an important, groundbreaking book that promises to become a classic over the decades. More than any other book, it reminds me of Herbert Benson's RELAXATION RESPONSE. Just as Benson took a simple concept-- relaxation-- and created a landmark book on how to do it... simply, Les Fehmi, with co-author Jim Robbins, has laid out an approach to attention that is remarkable in its simplicity and power to change lives.

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Pain; Four Biofeedback Approaches
there are at least four different ways biofeedback can help pain sufferers.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Smile Anatomy: Emotional Self Regulation and Facial Expression Muscle Measurement and Training
(2 comments) an overview of the use of smile muscle training, smile biofeedback and a discussion of a number of the facial muscles involved in authentic and inauthentic smiling, plus discussion of smile psychomotor retardation-- people who have a hard time smiling and feeling good feelings

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Quotations By Thoreau on Finding the Best Within Ourselves and Living It
(1 comments) When it comes to peak performance and finding the best in one's self, Thoreau was an unmitigated genius. Here is a large collection of quotations. For example, from his journal, "We live but a fraction of our life."

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Living in The Vein of Gold and Falling out.
We all have veins of gold-- fantastic riches-- in our lives, every one of us. "Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps a few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of." Jonathan Swift

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Video: Coping With Stress - Biofeedback
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