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Ways to Keep your Brain Regulated and Reduce Stress

Posted by Natalie Baker, LMHC on Apr 28, 2016


Keep your Central Nervous System (CNS) separate from the dys-regulation around you — whether it’s an anxious aunt or a parent who knows how to say just the right thing to trigger you, remind yourself that your CNS/brain is entitled to stay regulated and calm. It’s yours and you can protect it.

 

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    Take space — a great way to help your CNS stay separate from others' is to get up and move. Go to the bathroom, take a short walk, volunteer to do the dishes! When your CNS experiences room to breath, it willcalm down.

  2. Stay in touch with your body — we get angry, fearful or worry when we lose track of our felt experience then get triggered and believe the triggered feelings are meaningful about the here-and-now (they’re not; they’re old). Breathing deeply is a good way to stay in touch with feelings and help calm us. Cold compress on the back of the neck is good calming tool.

  3. Focus on the people you enjoy — our brains want to focus on the people whom it considers dangerous or that need to be 'monitored' This habit will just lead to the same old bad feelings. Encourage yourself to focus on relating with the people who are open, cheerful, or kind. That may mean you’re on the floor playing with the kids for an hour! The other option is to focus on mutually enjoyable subjects and get up and excuse yourself when difficult topics are brought up.

  4. Come in for a tune-up neurofeedback session or rent a neurofeedback for home use — neurofeedback training is a great antidote to the stressors. Neurofeedback helps your central nervous system stay open, calm and out of those fight/flight/freeze feelings: anger, worry, and hopelessness. Learn all you need to know about home neurofeedback in this article.


 

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Regulated Brain - How to Relieve Stress Levels Naturally

Training your brain with the NeurOptimal® system can help you reset,  alleviate your stress levels, and improve your focus. 

How Can Neurofeedback Help My Brain?

NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback trains the brain to function optimally using present-moment information rather than habituated, often maladaptive, response patterns. During training, the brain uses visual and auditory information offered by NeurOptimal to re-organize itself and release old patterns of “stuckness.” The result is effortless transformation. Clients train for various reasons: peak performance, emotional issues, learning or focus problems, and personal/spiritual growth. The benefits of neurofeedback are feeling calmer, less hypervigilant and nervous, more at ease, and more motivated and able to accomplish tasks. 

Top 5 Neurofeedback Benefits 

 

Brain Training with NeurOptimal® helps you enhance...

  1. Learning capacity and executive functioning mental acuity (feeling more alert, focused, calm)

  2. Sleep management (more restful sleep, waking up feeling refreshed)

  3. It helps you de-stress and manage stress better

  4. Improves executive functioning and mood and lets go of worries

  5. It can help with anti-aging and brain fitness (peak performance, performance anxiety)

 

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Neurofeedback at Home - How to Start With NeurOptimal® Brain Training

Teen neurofeedback session-1Is it possible to do neurofeedback at home?

Yes. The latest generation called Dynamical Neurofeedback, which is fully automated and uses real-time data to provide feedback does not require setting protocols and, therefore, is appropriate for home use. It is designed to be used by clinicians and directly by consumers. Currently the only Dynamical system is NeurOptimal®.

Is every neurofeedback session at home the same?

NeurOptimal® neurofeedback was designed with a unique technology called AutoNav. AutoNav allows for each session to be uniquely designed to give feedback to the client in real time based on the dysfunction shown in the EEG output of the brain. AutoNav does not require the user to set any protocols; the system software calculates when to give feedback, so running successful sessions every time at home or in an office is possible.

Is neurofeedback at home efficient?

Yes. However, neurofeedback at home is not efficient, though, if we don’t make the time to run sessions! Setting a schedule like you would if you had an office appointment is a good strategy. Home neurofeedback is also not efficient if you are training on an inferior product that is not designed to create specific long-term improvements.

 Brain training in general, is most successful when the gains from neurofeedback are supported by lifestyle changes that are good for brain health. Home guidance often includes discussing diet, sleep, and exercise changes that can augment the training. A skilled neurofeedback trainer will wait until there are gains from the neurofeedback, such as greater calm and ability to organize and focus, before discussing tweaks to lifestyle.


 

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How can I get started with neurofeedback?

braintraining-neurofeedback-homeIf not close to our neurofeedback clinic in New York, renting your own home neurofeedback system is the number one choice. This is especially true for families and partners who want to train together. It's also the most cost-effective neurofeedback option. Depending on what monthly plan you choose, the cost of a neurofeedback session at home can be as low as your insurance co-pay. See this page to learn more about the cost and how to get started.

The Neurofeedback Home Kit provides the exact same effective neurofeedback training as in our office sessions. The system is fully automatic and easy to use. Our team of experienced neurofeedback trainer coaches are standing by to help if extra help is needed.

Why Rent From Neurofeedback Training Co.?

  • We've been renting out home systems successfully since 2011
  • All systems are up-to-date and include the latest version, NeurOptimal 3
  • Guaranteed Rental Experience: We will arrange a remote support call with a NeurOptimal technician if a rental system is not running properly. If the problem is not resolved, we’ll put your rental period on "pause" until we have sent you a replacement system.
  • Experienced Neurofeedback Rental Coaches who are also training themselves. Read Amy's experience and neurofeedback results.
  • Receive customized neurofeedback training tips. As a renter, you are entitled to a 20 min call with a trainer each week.
  • Training as a family? Read this article to get the most out of your home neurofeedback experience.

As a sales representative for NeurOptimal, one can buy the system directly from us.  Learn more about buying a neurofeedback machine for home or for professional use. 

 

 

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ABOUT AUTHORNFT-NYC-neurofeedback-trainer-natalie-neuroptimal-advanced-trainer-1

Natalie N. Baker, LMHC, is the founder of Neurofeedack Training Co. and certified Advanced NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback trainer. She holds a Master's Degree in Counseling and has been working as a psychotherapist since 1999. As a practicing Buddhist since 1991 and a meditation teacher since 1998, Natalie combines her Western and Eastern approaches to bring a broader perspective to mental health and wellness. In 2010 she added neurofeedback therapy to her practice as additional support for optimizing wellness.

Expertise: Psychotherapy, Neurofeedback & NeurOptimal Trainer Representative. 

Location: New York City, 32 Union Square, E1017, NY 10003
Email: natalie@neurofeedbacktraining.com
Phone: 347-860-4778