I started doing a twice-a-day-for 30-days neurofeedback regimen for myself because I had the system home with me, and suddenly I had the time! I have done it twice before, a few years ago, and it was a powerful reset. The times are so intense now, I thought I could use another round. I typically go for my first session in the morning after breakfast, and the second before dinner, though the timing of each session is really whenever I can get them in. 

I’m about two weeks in right now and wanted to share my results thus far.

The first thing I’ve noticed is that the weight of an intractable anxiety I normally have lodged in my chest has lifted. I generally walk around with a feeling of vague overwhelm, a feeling of “this life is too much for me.” I think this is just part of my wiring — for those of you familiar with Human Design, it’s part of having an open Spleen center, which I have. So, okay. It’s always there, to some degree, but I try to just let it be without adding fuel to it with made-up stories. 

During the last month and a half though, when the pandemic was slowly gathering momentum and we were beginning to see the incredibly comprehensive impact the virus was going to have on every single thing in our lives, world-wide, and for a long time to come, that feeling of overwhelm was, well, overwhelming. The normally effective tools I have for keeping myself relatively balanced were having trouble keeping up with the intense cumulative effect of this massive upheaval.

But now, the intensity of that weight has dissipated. The world will probably always feel like it’s too much at times, but now I can find more times when it isn’t. It feels easier to regulate the ongoing stress of life unfolding the way it is. 

And as I noticed in my previous twice-a-day for 30-days neurofeedback sessions, the noise in my head, the prickly discomfort that has me searching for ways to distract myself, to get away from it, has quieted down. It’s possible for me to peacefully sit and just look out the window. I can stop and look at the wind in the trees when I’m out for a walk with my dog and appreciate nature’s beauty. I can hear the birds sing and feel peace. I can just stop and take a deep breath without feeling the urge to distract myself or hurry to do the next thing, whatever that is.

Already the shift feels powerful — I’m looking forward to what deeper levels of shifting are possible in the next two weeks!