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Open Focus What is Open Focus? Open Focus is a form of therapy which
was developed by Dr. Les Fehmi, the Director of the Princeton Biofeedback
Center, and a Co-Director of the Manhattan Clinic. I've included some quotes
below from the book 'A Symphony in the Brain' by Jim Robbins, and some quotes
from web pages. 'Ever Present' Stimulation "Though many of us may not experience
ourselves as stressed, we in fact are since stress is simply our bodies'
response to ever present stimulation (stressors) in our internal and external
environment. Some stressors facilitate human growth by preparing our bodies'
physiology for situations that require action. However, excessive and
prolonged stress, or poor ability to cope with stress, can negatively affect
our health, our personal lives and job performance; in ways that we may not
even imagine." Fixed Alert State "Eventually, many of us get stuck
in a fixed alert state no matter what the task or experience we are facing. This is the dominant pattern of coping which is
common for most people." Alpha
Synchrony "Fehmi found that when people
simply imagined space with their eyes closed, their production of synchronous
alpha instantly increased--it was a powerful relaxation technique. He
explained it like this: ·
When
someone is looking at an object, or even imagining an object, he or she is engaging
many different parts of the brain to make sense of that object-via memories,
senses, etc. In that state the brain is 'more desynchronized'--that
is, work is occurring at different frequencies in many different parts of the
brain. ·
As soon
as the eyes are closed and there is a complete absence of images--by
imagining space--the whole brain stops working hard and synchronous
alpha takes over." Book: Robbins, Jim. A Symphony in
the Brain. Grove Press, 2000. |