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.. emWave PC Stress Relief System (formerly known as Freeze-Framer®) Description from the Institute of HeartMath: Much more than a heart monitor this revolutionary technology guides you on how to achieve higher, more creative energy levels, less stress, and optimal health. HeartMath research has shown that emotions are reflected in our heart rhythm patterns. The analysis of Heart Rate Variability (HRV), or heart rhythms, is recognized as a powerful, non-invasive measure that reflects heart-brain interactions and autonomic nervous system dynamics, which are particularly sensitive to changes in the emotional state. .. .. emWave PC is a software and hardware program which collects pulse data through a finger or ear sensor which plugs into your computer. The program translates the information from your heart rhythms into user friendly graphics displayed on your computer screen.     * Watch your heart rhythms in real time.     * See how emotions affect your heart rhythms.     * Discover which emotions you can activate to more effectively manage stress and boost vitality. With emWave PC, you learn to build a buffer against stress by accessing a high performance state called "coherence." Coherence is a mental and emotional state that people experience when they are "in-sync" or in the "zone"--when the heart, brain and nervous system are working in harmony. Simply stated, more coherence equals more energy and less wear and tear from stress. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mind Tools - Essential skills for an excellent career Mind Tools outlines more than 100 of the most important thinking skills in nine essential areas. These skill areas are: * Time Management    * Stress Management    * Memory Improvement * Problem Solving   * Decision Making   * Project Planning & Management * Information Assimilation   * Communication Skills    * Practical Creativity ~ ~ ~ ~ The Power of Positive Habits e-book, PC program, Apple I-Pod audiobook Based on two years of research in Cognitive Re-Structuring *If greater success, improved self-esteem and happiness are your life destinations, The Power of Positive Habits can take you there. This is a simple but powerful program that can transform your life.* – Jack Canfield - Best-selling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul *Wherever you are in life, your habits determine 95% of your thoughts, feelings and actions. This program shows you how to develop the lifelong habits for great success.” – Brian Tracy, Motivation Expert and Author program author Dan Robey: During the 2 years that I was developing the program, I researched literally 100's of medical and scientific studies, journals and books. I interviewed the top Doctors and Scientists at such prestigious institutions as Harvard Medical School, New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Medical Association just to name a few. I researched the top books and scientific references on Success, Motivation, Self-Esteem and Relationships. I was in search of valuable information that could easily be "actionized" into a new permanent habit, routine or thought pattern in your life.           > related article Positive Habits - by Dan Robey ~ ~ ~ ~ .. ..The Wild Divine Project An "inner-active" biofeedback computer adventure you play using your thoughts, feelings breath & awareness.. for total mind-body wellness. "The Journey to Wild Divine is a very practical program that allows people to get in intimate touch with the inner-most core of their being."     ~ Deepak Chopra, M.D. .. .. related article: What if video games could teach us to be more grounded?  - by Justin Hall [Yoga Journal] "As a rather hyperactive computer entertainment aficionado, I found the Wild Divine puzzles that require calmness or a steady energy level to be most challenging – and most rewarding. But perhaps the highest calling for Wild Divine is this: It trains us to relax our bodies and mind in our thoroughly modern situations." ~ ~ ~ ~ BrainSpeak Using the power of pure sound patterns, BrainSpeak is designed to stimulate your brain by increasing brain wave activity and synchronizing both right and left hemispheres. "Using Whole Brain Sound Technology I noticed an immediate effect. Every day I experience fewer limits and more choices since incorporating the system into my life." - Marta G., Teacher “I’ve noticed tremendous amounts of success and change… I’m always looking for ways to use my brain more efficiently and this is a great tool!” Luis C., Chirporactor ~ ~ ~ ~ Mental enhancement through brain wave entrainment Centerpointe Research Institute currently uses a sound technology called Holosync to entrain brain wave patterns, giving us the ability to influence or create tranquility, pain control, creativity, euphoria, excitement, focused attention, relief from stress, enhanced learning ability and improvements in mental and emotional health. Michael Hutchison, in his book Megabrain Power, sums up this revolution in neuroscience: "New breakthroughs in neuroscience and microelectronics have permitted scientists to ‘map’ the electrical and chemical activity of the brain in action. "Scientists have used the new technology to monitor the brains of those meditators, artists, and other rare individuals who are able to enter peak domains at will and to map their brain activity during those peak states." According to Hutchison, these scientists’ first findings were that those peak states are not mysterious and unpredictable phenomena, but are clearly linked to specific patterns of brain activity. > from article The Science Behind Holosync and Other Neurotechnologies - A Revolution in Neuroscience: Tuning the Brain -- see related article How Holosync Works. ~ ~ ~ ~

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Over 40 years since Robert Monroe's first research and exploration efforts began, Hemi-Sync® remains one of, if not, the most advanced sound technology available in the market today.

So popular and effective, many professionals in all walks of life, including allopathic and alternative medicine practitioners from all over the world, use Hemi-Sync® in their own lives. Many more have integrated Hemi-Sync® in their practices and services.

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Idebenone enhances brain levels of serotonin while increasing brain levels of nerve growth factor.  A CoQ10 analogue, Idebenone has been shown via numerous Alzheimer's studies to increase the right left hemispherical information transmission while protecting your brain from free radical damage.

Cognition enhancement -- Human and animal studies have demonstrated that Idebenone can enhance serotonin production, even under far less than optimal conditions... Idebenone has been shown to enhance general cerebral metabolism... > available from HBC Protocols

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items from nutraceutical company PhysicianFormulas [via Amazon.com] - formulated by Ray Sahelian, M.D - author of Mind Boosters: A Guide to Natural Supplements that Enhance Your Mind, Memory, and Mood - and Bottom Line's Mind Boosting Secrets!

Mind Power Rx - combines a delicate balance of brain circulation agents and neurotransmitter precursors with natural brain chemicals Tryptophan - an essential amino acid.. converts into 5-HTP (5-hydroxy-tryptophan), and then to serotonin. Serotonin is involved in mood, appetite, sleep and behavior.

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Brain.com Keeping your brain healthy through screening and mental fitness will help you maintain a clear mind and Brain.com offers many products to help keep your brain healthy and enhance your thinking ability! > Brain Fitness is a holistic mental fitness package that uses 28 different exercises to give your brain a complete workout. With only 20 minutes a day you can improve your thinking ability and cognitive functions!

 

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American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine  "dedicated to slowing the aging process and promoting longevity research... Over 7000 physicians and scientists that agree aging is not inevitable."

American Psychological Association / Division 47   (Exercise and Sport Psychology)

Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology

Cognitive Enhancement Research Institute

    includes..Smart Life News - The Newsletter of Cognitive Enhancement and Longevity

The Creative Athlete

EmpowerMag.com  "..particularly interested in how people overcame personal adversity and challenges."

Futurehealth

Gold Medal Psychological Consultants   site of Shane Murphy

The Hardiness Institute

The International Society for Mental Training and Excellence

The Journal of Excellence

The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation

Los Angeles Sports Psychology Network

Mastering Stress    program created by Roger L. Gould, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA - computer assisted counseling - "..help thinking clearly and systematically about whatever is bothering you... This program will guide and stimulate you to: Look at your problems from different perspectives; Recognize that you have options; Choose appropriate actions.."

The Mental Athletics Programme    "Athletes do well to study the physical body. Maximum outputs comes from awareness.
Similarly, a Mental Athletics Programme should turn inward to take a peek at our mental powerhouse."

The Mental Edge

Mental Equipment  [concentration on tennis performance]

Optimal Functioning Central

Psychwatch: Sport Psychology

Win-Win Resource Center  [from site:]  "A Site For Entrepreneurs, High-Performance Business Women and Men, Leaders, and all Self-Directed Individuals Who are Looking for Unlimited Motivation and Personal Growth Through Education"

World Peak Performance

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**biofeedback / neurofeedback - sites & articles :
 

The Anna Wise Center

EEG Spectrum / Mental Fitness Training

A Symphony in the Brain   site for book by Jim Robbins and related material "The technique of training the brain is now called neurofeedback, EEG biofeedback or neurotherapy. Simply defined, neurofeedback takes subtle electrical information from the brain and displays it on a computer, which allows a person involved to function in frequencies they don't normally use. This strengthens the brain, in the same way that lifting weights strengthens muscles." 

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**more articles:

6 Steps to Super Mindpower - By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
You might have also thought that you can't grow new brain cells (neurons) once you reach adulthood. Whether or not that is true (the decision is still out) does NOT really matter. ... The secret to a lively brain is NOT your number of neurons -- it is the diversity of interconnections between those neurons. ... an unusual supply of interconnections is NOT inherited. No one is born with such a brain -- it is created. ... Your brain follows the same rule as your muscles -- use it or lose it. Unused neural interconnections actually shrink and die. But if you engage in regular mental workouts, those interconnections then expand and strengthen.

Challenge Your Brain - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Modern neuroscientists claim that genius-level mental functioning is primarily all about the ever-changing maze of interconnections among your neurons (brain cells.) The scientific evidence is this: The more you stimulate and challenge your brain, the more connections it is forced to create so that your neurons can communicate with each other. And the more interconnections you have between your  neurons, the closer you move toward genius-level creativity and thinking.

Creativity and Flow Psychology*- by Douglas Eby
The author of "Flow - the Psychology of Optimal Experience" and a number of related books, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says we can facilitate the conditions for this quality of optimal functioning, and that it may be found in a wide range of careers and activities.

Helping Athletes Go For the Gold - by Robert Epstein, Ph.D. (Psychology Today) - about sports psychologist Richard M. Suinn - author of book Psychology in Sport

Ordinary Olympians - The secrets of superior performance - by Marilyn King

The Remarkable Advantage of Creativity  by John Murray, PhD

Right Brain Left Brain - By Steven Gillman
Most of us seem to favor one style or another of thinking, and this may be an indication of the dominance of one or the other hemisphere. ... You have probably noticed that left-handed people, who presumably have a more developed right hemisphere, are more often artists. If you want to be more "whole brained" in your approach to things, you can start by working on your weakest areas, using some of the tips above. Also, you can bring both sides into whatever you do.

Sports & Performance Psychology articles   Self-Help & Psychology Magazine

Total Fitness  by Kurt A. Krueger

What is Sport Psychology?  "...the study of the psychological and mental factors that influence and are influenced by participation and performance in sport, exercise, and physical activity, and (b) the application of the knowledge gained through this study to everyday settings... to enhance personal development and well-being throughout the life span."

The Wheel of Excellence  by Terry Orlick

You Can Control Your Emotional Wellness

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> More mental fitness articles

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**books :

Stephen J. Bull The Mental Game Plan

Michael Clarkson Competitive Fire  [on elite athletes]

Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Finding Flow : The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life
"When a person's entire being is stretched in the full functioning of body and mind, whatever one does becomes worth doing for its own sake; living becomes its own justification... Optimal experience is thus something we make happen."

Edward De Bono Edward De Bono's Super Mind Pack: a mixed media set from the pioneer of `lateral thinking' techniques.

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Supplements : mental & physical health.........Stress resources

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