Biofeedback and What to Expect
Biofeedback is a relaxing, soothing and beneficial experience. Medical research shows that the benefits of biofeedback may include the following:
- Ability to relax more quickly
- Improved sleep
- Reduction of stress, tenseness and nervousness
- Improved general health and sense of well being
- Reduction of anger, fear, apprehension and gloominess
- Heightened muscle mobility, coordination, flexibility and sport performance
- Enhanced mental clarity, memory and improved attention
- Decreased pain and/or headaches
The INDIGO™ biofeedback system helps manage and retrain stress patterns, educates clients on crucial information about stress, and empowers them to make lifestyle changes to support overall health and well-being.
Biofeedback Session
During an INDIGO Biofeedback session, the client wears wrist and ankle bracelets as well as a head harness.
The sensors / electrodes comfortably read electrical impulses from the body and send the information to the computer which acts as a monitoring device. The biofeedback practitioner is able to educate the client as to what specific areas of the body / mind are most in need of stress reduction and re-education based on the information translated from the biofeedback device to the computer screen.
These data findings allow the client to better understand their reactions to stress and learn how to better control their
physiological responses.
During an INDIGO Biofeedback session, the biofeedback practitioner is also able to educate the client as to what specific areas of the body / mind are most in need of stress reduction and re-education based on the information translated from the biofeedback device to the computer screen. While the biofeedback process is completely non-invasive and gentle, this powerful stress management support system allows relaxation and increased ability for the body to heal.
The body is designed to heal itself! The process of biofeedback is not to heal – but to help the body remember the balanced and stress free state. When it is entrained to the healthier patterns of a relaxed state, this process of self-regeneration often happens naturally.
How many sessions are needed?
Biofeedback is an entrainment process. Entrainment is a well studied phenomenon within physics, by which two separate systems, operating at varying frequencies, will settle into a common frequency when situated within one’s field of influence. It may take the body multiple sessions to entrain or “relearn” healthier patterns. Some people respond very quickly, especially those whose lifestyle choices are already aligned with good health.
Others may need more education, training and support around improving nutrition, exercise and / or sleep patterns, or avoiding addictive substances etc. Generally speaking, the longer a client has held certain stress patterns which are causing them pain or illness, the more sessions they may need to begin re-balancing or re-training those patterns and reactions.
Generally, clients are recommended to make a commitment to their health by investing in multiple sessions in order to truly see and feel the results.
Testimonials
“The work April Blake and Indigo have done with me is nothing short of miraculous. When I began seeing her a few months ago, I was very fatigued. It was immediately apparent to me how powerful this work is. I have been going to see April three hours once a week for Indigo treatments and for Homeopathic Remedies. Both have been instrumental in alleviating my fatigue. This commitment of time on my part has enabled April and Indigo to do really deep work with me. I am feeling vital for the first time in 4 years. Believe me, it feels GREAT. I am committed to this work as a top priority because I want the underlying causes of my fatigue to be resolved so that this does not recur. Thank you, April.” – Ashley Warrenton-Smith
“I saw April Blake for the first time after I had had a road bike crash. It was 3 weeks before I was going to be in the Ironman, and I was ‘doored’ – which means someone opens the door of their parked car without looking when you are riding by, and of course the bike stops but you don’t. I had flown over the car door, rolled, cracked my helmet, and was bruised and battered, though no bones broken. (My bike was not so lucky.) I couldn’t really breathe or walk well. I was terrified after a year of training I would not be able to do my race. I went in for a biofeedback session and remember thinking ‘I’ll try anything- but I don’t know what this will do.’ I am a born skeptic. When the session was done, and I went to stand up – and I felt NO pain. NONE. I could stand upright for the first time in a week. I was sincerely amazed – and grateful to April. I subsequently have used Indigo to help with a major surgery I went through, to deal with stress, and now to support weight loss. You have to try it!” SJS, Marin County, California
“The treatments I’ve received from April effectively worked on a level that I can’t touch and deal consciously with myself. I’d been waking up at night and finding it impossible to return to sleep. Nothing I tried (medication, herbal remedies, stress reduction techniques) seemed to work. Now if I wake up at night I’m able to return to sleep with minimal effort. Also, as I’ve gotten older I was finding myself less and less able to cope with stress as I had when I was younger. But after April’s biofeedback treatments I regained a inner strength and calm I thought I’d lost forever. April clearly earned my trust with the thorough and comprehensive history and evaluation she did at our first session. And to top it off, her office has a wonderful garden like setting that is healing in itself.” -Cyril Hinds
“April is a healer of the first degree. I have known her for many years and always find her knowledge, understanding and loving care a great help in my life. There will be much to be gained by working with her on your healing process!” -John Bent
“2010 started out very bad for me, I lost a close friend to cancer, was taking care of a very sick dog and finally made the decision to let her go. I was also working full time and I think I was very close to a breakdown. Then I met April Blake and that changed my life. After one biofeedback session I felt calm and relaxed. So I have continued. My health has benefited in many ways. All my clients are noticing a big change in me. They think I look better than ever and I feel great! Thank you, April! I tell my clients, if you’d like to change your life, try biofeedback.” -Lise Nieman
“After a series of biofeedback sessions the arthritic pain in my left hip eased considerably and the tenseness in my body was completely gone. The overall anxiousness that I have suffered for years has greatly diminished. I sleep better, have more energy and just feel more relaxed about everything. Regular biofeedback has proven to be very supportive of my overall health and energy. I am so grateful to April and the for the biofeedback. I am eighty years old and feel like a new man!” - Jerry Wagner
“I feel really fortunate to have been referred to April Blake for biofeedback and consider her more than a biofeedback provider. April’s knowledge of health and how she has supported me to gain better health has been very monumental for me. I really value her professional manner, and at the same time, I feel the sincere caring and warmth as a person; it is what makes the whole process really ideal for me.” - Wendy Hromada
“My experience of biofeedback with April has been a key component in some badly needed changes to support my emotional and physical health. In conclusion: My asthma is history; my coughing and sinus congestion are gone; stress levels are greatly reduced, I have a greater ability to handle stressful situations, I sleep more soundly; I have way less gas; I’ve lost 12 lbs in two months; I have more energy and a more positive outlook on life; more clarity in my thought processes; and a transformed relationship to the stressors in my life. I hope this helps anyone reading this to make their decision to experience biofeedback for themselves and avail themselves of April’s generous wisdom and caring spirit.”~ Bill Manewal, RN