NeurOptimal Neurofeedback - The CARE Approach to Neurofeedback
Since its creation in 1996, Zengar Institute Inc.'s models of healing have been based upon the principles of the inherent self-organizing wisdom of the body and psyche to heal themselves, given the right information. Our neurofeedback approaches have espoused safety, profound yet effortless and seamless change, simplicity of use, comprehensiveness of effect and permanence of results. Our work has culminated in NeurOptimal, which gives the brain the information it needs to create its own healing.
NeurOptimal and C.A.R.E. Neurofeedback Approach
C.A.R.E. stands for Comprehensive Adaptive Re-normalization of EEG.
It is the model of healing upon which the NeurOptimal neurofeedback system is based.
By definition, the brain is a non-linear dynamical system. NeurOptimal uses non-linear dynamical mathematics in a unique manner to give information to the brain about its own activity. Each microsecond the brain receives information about what it has just done. This information is used by the brain to “organize” or “de-fragment” itself, and when it does, a whole lot of unwanted "ouches" just drop away. Whether these “ouches” are emotional or physical does not matter -- you have only one nervous system. NeurOptimal helps your central nervous sytem be the best it can be. And when it functions well, everything else- physical, mental and emotional, falls into place.
Training with the NeurOptimal neurofeedback system is a bit like going to a gym for the brain. You use all the pieces of equipment in a circuit and the result is increased flexibility and resilience. In the case of training the brain it is not necessary, indeed not desirable, to try to decide ahead of time what you think the brain needs rather than working dynamically in the moment with the brain microsecond by microsecond. Another mistake is to try to target individual frequencies, telling the brain whether to produce more or less of them. Doing this can destabilize the brain, resulting in unnecessary side effects. NeurOptimal works in 16 different targets simultaneously, each frequency bandwidth balancing off another, so you never go 'too far" in any one direction. Training with all these frequencies also manifests in broad based peak-performance changes. Naturally.
NeurOptimal neurofeedback trainers don’t concern themselves too much with WHY a client consults them. Some clients want relief from a specific problem, some want their whole life to transform and some want peak performance in their chosen field. In all cases, the approach to training with the NeurOptimal neurofeedback system is the same. This does NOT mean that each person is getting the same training – far from it. It is impossible to replicate even a minute of training, as the NeurOptimal neurofeedback system adjusts to where your brain is, each moment. Stability is assessed continuously across sixteen dimensions, making the neurofeedback training particularly transformative and powerful, whatever the presenting complaint.
The practical benefits of the C.A.R.E. approach include a more powerful neurofeedback training that is quicker, with fewer side effects and more broadbased transformation.