The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590306120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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The included CD is terrific! common reader I approached this book with pure skepticism. I thought it would be boring, and, as a scientist, I could not believe that a few simple exercises could begin to alleviate the mental and physical pain of stress and depression. But I was wrong!Fehmi combines his years of research and experience with a forthright and simple presentation. His humanism shines throughgout the book.The text is simple and clear, and I found myself, wanting to learn more with each chapter I read. In addition, the included CD is terrific, especially, as I love to listen to audio books. My favorite exercises, "Expanding Your Awareness of Visual Space" an. VLD said TRULY REMARKABLE!. From co-author Jim Robbins; "The premise is that we all hold on to emotional stress that we have carried with us since infancy and childhood. Because this stress -- which moves through our body as well as our mind -- is painful, we shut it down reflexively to keep from feeling it. To keep our stress from surfacing we stay in a type of attention called narrow objective. This fear lives on in our stomach, our chest, our heart and other organs and muscles and causes a host of problems, including anxiety, depression, chronic pain, ADD, ADHD and many other things. It also contributes to an overall physical and emotional numbness.. Meditation 2.0 I have been searching for a modernist form of meditation having meditated for 12+ years and having had meager results despite several liberating experiences in my past unrelated to meditating. Like many other modern people who live in our heads, I simply could not find an angle on the standard types of meditation that actually worked consistently. Eventually it dawned on me that despite all the grand non-dualistic talk on non-doing and all effort being egoic, I realized that this ego-syntonic state of consciousness had a vice grip on consciousness and only an altered state would cause any noticeable change.Searching for some
According to Dr. The Open-Focus Brain features eight essential attention exercises for improving health, along with an audio CD in which the author guides the reader through fundamental Open-Focus exercises that can be used on a regular basis to enhance our health and well-being. Fehmi • listeners learn how to "train the brain" to reduce stress, anxiety, chronic pain, and more • safe and effective techniques used in Dr. Fehmi has offered to thousands of clients—the same drug-free, safe, and effective techniques that have led to remarkable and long-lasting results.The Open-Focus Brain offers readers a revolutionary, drug-free way to: • alleviate depression, an
All rights reserved. These mental techniques help you to experience your body and even your heart in a new way and change how you perceive the space around you. Fehmi grounds his plan in research and patient anecdotes showing the techniques can reduce pain and improve relationships and athletic performance. From Publishers Weekly Alongtime clinician and researcher in biofeedback, Fehmi (with the assistance of science writer Robbins, author of A Symphony in the Brain) advances his program for learning to relieve stress by attaining what he calls open focus—a more diffuse, flexible form of attention that, paradoxically, allows one to focus better and in a more relaxed way. (The accompanying audio CD was not heard by PW). . (July 10)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Fehmi draws on his experience with neurofeedback (brain-wave biofeedback) to explain how we can shift our brain waves to at
Jim Robbins is an award-winning journalist and science writer, with frequent contributions to the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Discover, and Psychology Today. . In connection with his reporting, he has appeared on ABC’s Nightline and on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition