Brain Makeover, Day 4: Changing My Tune

29th July, 2010 - Posted by Elaine Alpert - 3 Comments

Marty of Neurotherapy Centers for Health told me on my first day of brain entrainment that my Alpha brainwaves were too low and the Beta ones, too high– backwards from where I’d want them to be.  That was no surprise… I’ve had  a number of high-stress years in a row.

Not that I haven’t done all kinds of purposeful personal work around the events in my life, I really have. But several months ago, something began to feel different inside my body, like I wasn’t getting to the core correction that I needed.  I delved into neuroscience.

Alphas are the relaxed waves and Beta waves (when out of whack) are indicators of stress and tension. We do need our Beta waves, though, for logical thinking, setting goals, being more social, having energy. But sometimes the Alphas have a really hard time gaining traction, particularly following trauma, or living life at high speed with too much information.

Eyes closed, I wear electrodes, listening for the pleasant Tibetan bowl kind of “gong” each time my brain reaches the Alpha state. At some points, I hear a whole series of gongs….and think,  OK, I’ve got it now! Of course the gongs disappear. Aaarg. I slowly breathe in again and feel my chest relax just a bit more; yes, that particular spot is becoming more familiar… Gong… I can’t help but think about Brad, co-founder of More To Life and my mentor of over 20 years. He used to say, “Take 3 conscious breaths,” every time he felt tightness in a group, in an idea or within a human heart.

I begin to feel more grateful, appreciating my life. It just rolls forward from within me…Gong… Gong… Gong… and I smile inside. My satisfied internal chatterbox says,  This is proof that gratitude is the key!” … and you know what I’m going to say, don’t you? Yep. No Gong.

Once again, I bear witness to:  There is no Right Way.

With a deceptively simple 8 sessions of Neurofeedback, my waves have changed places–the Betas are coming more under control and the Alphas are quietly cheering! This, I’m told, is a permanent crossover in the brain.

You’re letting go, at the cellular level, ‘lainey. What in the world will these next several days deliver?

Elaine xx

Elaine: Elaine Alpert