Clarify & Deepen your meditation
Early meditators often complain that they do not know if they are “doing it right” or give up before realizing any significant benefits. Experienced meditators often hit a plateau in their practice and have difficulty moving through it to deeper states of meditation. Incorporating neurofeedback into a meditation practice can potentially help with these concerns, increasing motivation, interest, and impact.
By providing the meditator with immediate feedback on their brainwave state during a meditation, we can help define and refine the process. In addition, because meditation and neurofeedback are both involved in the training of mental states, these practices can be used to enhance each other as a treatment intervention for specific mental health conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation: Reducing Activity in the Default Mode Network to Help Quiet Internal Self-Talk
In general, the various types of meditation can be categorized into five basic “styles.” Because each style has a different impact on the brain, there are specific implications for their ability to both positively and negatively influence mental health symptoms. Once we understand the five styles, it becomes much easier to identify which one(s) may be a good fit for each individual’s specific goals and needs. The five styles include Focus, Mindfulness, Open Heart, Quiet Mind, and Deep States.
Quantitative EEG (Brainmap) Images Used to Identify Specific Brainwave Patterns
Dr. Tarrant will work with you to help clarify your goals and concerns related to meditation as well as conduct a 19-channel quantitative EEG to help assess your baseline brainwave patterns. This process can be very helpful in clarifying which NeuroMeditation styles might be best suited for you. Subsequent sessions will combine neurofeedback with meditation instruction to help you focus your attention in the specific way each meditation style requires. Think of it as meditation training wheels! Typically, sessions will occur once weekly for 6 to 12 weeks, with practice at home to reinforce the skills involved in this form of mental training.
Read more about the use of neurofeedback to facilitate meditative states in the Psychology Today Blog:
Pricing and Packages (first session includes Qeeg Brainmapping)
Package of 6 sessions: $1,050 ($175/session)
Package of 8 sessions: $1,280 ($160/session)
Package of 12 sessions: $1,740 ($145/session)