In the Clinic

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Mindfulness & Biofeedback: antidotes for the stress epidemic

• World Health Organization: ‘stress is at epidemic levels, and worldwide distribution’
• Lack of downtime is a major source of our stress
• Many of us live in a state of constant partial attention
• All major systems of the body and mind are affected, and most, negatively so
• Contemplative Biofeedback™ directly targets these imbalances
• Biofeedback shows the shifts, mindfulness provides the guidance

Biofeedback as Sense-and-Display System

• Evidence-based medical technology refined over half a century
• Real-time display of heart, breath, muscles, perspiration, temperature, other basic bodily systems
• Practical sequence: 1. display, 2. sense internal triggers, 3. discover control, 4. sustain benefits with enjoyable practices
• Witness exactly how YOU truly are the first-responder to any health issue
• Take control using practical knowledge, focused trainings, and expert guidance

Mindfulness as Missing Piece of Self-care

• Mindfulness is attention training
• Ancient Eastern attention training is unequaled in the West
• Nalanda University: the seat of ancient learning, virtually unknown today
• Massive blind spots in our Western-centric training
• Contemplative Biofeedback™ recovers and combines the best-of practices from both East and West

Essence of Self-regulation

• Attention is limited, consequential, and therefore precious
• Training must be practical, focused, and relevant
• Shamatha: rarely taught, highly effective style of attentional training
• Perfect fit for guiding real-time shifts seen during biofeedback sessions
• Comprehensive approach requires a hybrid training

Brief excerpt from lecture by Jim Cahill: "Contemplative Science: Empirical Approaches to

Understanding the Mind"

Presented Oct. 5, 2018. Featured by USC Viterbi School of

Engineering W.V.T. Rusch Undergraduate Engineering Honors Colloquium