There’s the good kind of stress, where you’re doing 10 things at once and your body adjusts accordingly, turning you into a whirling dervish of efficiency.
But there’s the bad stress – the jittery, helpless feeling of the reins of your life slipping out of your hands, clouding your judgment and tightening your chest. Who doesn’t want to be rid of that kind?
Biofeedback is a wonderful, natural way to take control again. Though officially labeled an "alternative medicine", it’s been around for centuries, and is a key part of traditional yoga. Simply put – it’s the process of becoming mindful of your body, following its rhythms, and using that information to regulate and guide it. It’s powerfully effective. (Years back I suffered from asthma attacks, and a simple biofeedback technique helped me regulate my breathing so I could get air again. It works).
Nowadays, as you’d expect, the tools are rather sophisticated.
StressEraser is a natty little brushed-steel, credit-card-sized biofeedback regulator. Every day, for 15 minutes, you let it guide your breathing. It teaches your mind to regulate your breathing, through visualization, following the pulses of an on-screen sine wave. Combine it with meditation, and you have yourself a stress-busting boot camp. StressEraser has a good word-of-mouth, a loyal fan base and an award under its belt. It could even be used to treat insomnia without drugs.
If you decide to try biofeedback (there’s a 30-day trial offer with StressEraser), you might want to use it immediately to offset the spike of blood pressure that comes when you see the $300 price tag. The question to ask in response is”¦.how much is it worth if it really works for you?
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