(This is an excerpt from HOTELS blogger Anna Bjurstam: this one focused on her expereince with the Seattle-based 40 Years of Zen program)
I recently participated in 40 Years of Zen in Seattle for five days of brain performance optimization. My Facebook posts generated a large number of inquiries, so I thought I would share the story.
It is a fully immersive, very intense, five-day experience utilizing state-of-the-art neurofeedback equipment and programs, combined with expert guidance and coaching, to harness the brain’s full potential and teach the brain to work coherently with itself.
There is really an outstanding expert team there, including a functional medicine doctor, acupuncturist, neuroscientist and a doctor of neurology to ensure that the program is executed in the absolute best and safest way possible.
The goal is to increase alpha brain waves (you can read more about our brain waves here). Neuroscientists recently made a correlation between an increase of alpha brain waves either through electrical stimulation (quick) or mindfulness and meditation (slower), and the ability to reduce depressive symptoms and increase creative thinking.
We are electrical and magnetic beings and our brains are a powerhouse of electricity. Every time we have a thought we produce electricity. In this type of neurofeedback, the electricity is measured, turns into sound, plays back to the brain and sends information if we are able to produce alpha waves or not. After many, many hours in the pod (below) learning how to produce alpha brain waves, I now have incredible knowledge so that at any time during the day I am able to generate alpha brain waves. They are also associated with the flow state that we all want to be in, something that is well known in athletes when they outperform.
Read on at Bjurstam’s blog: The Worldwide Web of Wellness