NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback

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During a NeurOptimal® session you will wear ear clips and two small sensors on the sides of your head. These pick up the delicate electrical activity of your brain. You relax and close your eyes and listen to music. NeurOptimal® processes your brain signals very rapidly (256 times a second) and when it detects them moving into an “instability”, the music pauses very briefly. That’s it. That’s all that happens. This is the “feedback”. Getting the information (or feedback) the brain needs to organize itself, allows the brain to release patterns that can get in the way of it functioning well.  Using NeurOptimal® is like having a “defrag” of your hard drive, it’s suddenly easier to get out of your own way and access your “A game”. Roadblocks can fall away and life can just seem easier, more in flow. 

NeurOptimal® is a training and not a treatment. Unlike other neurofeedback systems, it does not do anything to influence any outcome nor is it practitioner driven.  It is 100% safe and non-invasive and does not force brainwave or brain state changes. Nothing is added or forced.  No clinician or brain map is required. Instead, it is up to your brain to use the information it receives, or not. The software works on the premise that the individual brain is its own expert, which has been confirmed in neuroscience with discoveries surrounding neuroplasticity.  NeurOptimal®  has been tried and tested on all kinds of brains for over 20 years now with millions of satisfied users worldwide, and that number is growing exponentially. 

In 2018, the FDA designated the NeurOptimal® system as a General Wellness Product, safe to be used directly by consumers without the need of a doctor or healthcare provider's prescription or oversight.  There are no circumstances that preclude the use of NeurOptimal.  You don’t have to worry about doing anything wrong, and neither can you over train. If your brain gets tired it just ignores the information, just as you might ignore a television that is on in the background. Safe, and effective. 

Anyone with a brain can benefit from using NeurOptimal®.  It is used by pregnant mothers and babies to our oldest citizens, by the sick and the well, by those not functioning at their best to those who excel at what they do. We have yet to see a brain that cannot learn from NeurOptimal®. 

NeurOptimal® can help unleash your personal, social, spiritual, physical performance or academic potential. There’s little to lose and possibly much to gain! 

You will be invited to fill out a few quick forms that can be used to help you measure your progress. Diagnosis and evaluation of specific symptoms is completely unnecessary for NeurOptimal® to work effectively, saving you both time and money.

During a session you will sit in a comfortable chair and simply relax. Two tiny sensors are applied to your scalp and ear clips to your ears. These sensors allow NeurOptimal® to read the delicate electrical activity of your brain, much like an EKG reads your heart. You then listen to music and watch an ever-changing visual display, although you can close your eyes and tune out if you prefer. Children can play or even watch an ipad. There are very brief pauses in the music indicating NeurOptimal® is at work, invisibly guiding you through a complex mathematical dance during which the challenge to your brain is varied.

Despite the complexity “under the hood”, no effort is required from you during Sessions, at all! Simply relax and enjoy the 33-minute session while your brain re-organizes itself.

Every individual, their brain and central nervous system is different, for this reason it is difficult to predict the number of sessions you will need. Your personal goals and preferences play a large role in how many sessions you will ultimately decide to do.  You will know pretty early on when it is helping you. You may feel more relaxed, calmer, happier and more rested.  NeurOptimal's® website states "within six sessions you should know if it is helping, and often it can be quicker than that.” 

Much like going to the gym improves your physical fitness, strength and flexibility, the more sessions you do, the more the positive changes will stay with you resulting in more strength, resilience and flexibility for you brain.  The good thing is you can stop at any time and always pick it up again later if you so choose. Any training you have done in the past will always serve you well should you do more sessions in the future — no session is ever wasted. 

Many people find that once or twice a week is sufficient, but depending on your situation you may want to train as often as 3-4 times per week. Training can be done as frequently as once or even twice a day.    

NeurOptimal® is a learning task, like learning to ride a bike or learning how to read: once you know, you can’t “not know”, so the effects do remain with you. But your brain is also living tissue, and it can get “knocked off” by challenges, by hormonal changes, pollutants in the environment and the stresses of our everyday lives. When this happens, a session or two can help you get back on point, working at your optimal efficiency.

Even if you come back many years later, the brain recognizes the NeurOptimal® process and is reminded of the earlier shifts. It can find its way back relatively rapidly - much more quickly than the first time you did the training. So if you did a fairly complete initial training (say 20-30 sessions), and then have a major challenge like an illness, the loss of a job or a relationship, or even a head injury or anesthetic, your brain can quickly and efficiently use the information it receives from NeurOptimal® to reorganize itself and “find its way back.”

Please see the pricing page for the cost of NeurOptimal®. The more sessions you do, the more affordable they get. If you are unable to pay upfront, please reach out to discuss a pay as you go plan.

Because it is not a medical device but considered a general wellness product, insurance doesn't currently cover it. You can use your HSA/FSA cards, however.