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Biofeedback training is a research methodology and training
procedure through which people can learn voluntary control over
their internal physiological systems. It is a merger of mUltiple
disciplines with interest deriving from many sources-from basic
understanding of psychophysiology to a desire for enhanced
self-awareness. The goals of biofeedback are to develop an
increased awareness of relevant internal physiological functions,
to establish control over these functions, to generalize control
from an experimental or clinical setting to everyday life, and to
focus attention on mind/body integration. Biofeedback is explored
in many different settings. In the university, biofeed back
equipment and applications can be found in the departments of
experi mental and clinical psychology, counseling, physiology,
biology, education, and the theater arts, as well as in the health
service (student infirmary). Outside the university, biofeedback
may be found in different departments of hospitals (such as
physical medicine), private clinics, education and self-awareness
groups, psychotherapy practices, and elsewhere. Its growth is still
expanding, and excite ment is still rising as a result of
biofeedback's demonstration that autonomic functions can be brought
under voluntary control and that the long-standing arti ficial
separation between mind, body, and consciousness can be disproven."
Biofeedback training is a research methodology and training
procedure through which people can learn voluntary control over
their internal physiological systems. It is a merger of mUltiple
disciplines with interest deriving from many sources-from basic
understanding of psychophysiology to a desire for enhanced
self-awareness. The goals of biofeedback are to develop an
increased awareness of relevant internal physiological functions,
to establish control over these functions, to generalize control
from an experimental or clinical setting to everyday life, and to
focus attention on mind/body integration. Biofeedback is explored
in many different settings. In the university, biofeed back
equipment and applications can be found in the departments of
experi mental and clinical psychology, counseling, physiology,
biology, education, and the theater arts, as well as in the health
service (student infirmary). Outside the university, biofeedback
may be found in different departments of hospitals (such as
physical medicine), private clinics, education and self-awareness
groups, psychotherapy practices, and elsewhere. Its growth is still
expanding, and excite ment is still rising as a result of
biofeedback's demonstration that autonomic functions can be brought
under voluntary control and that the long-standing arti ficial
separation between mind, body, and consciousness can be disproven."
This workbook grew out of the practices assigned for self-growth
and development for (1) Holistic Health: Western Perspectives, a
course at San Francisco State Uni versity; (2) clients and
participants at the Biofeedback and Family Therapy Institute in
Berkeley; and (3) participants in peak performance training
programs. The goals of this workbook are to offer experiences to
facilitate life-long learning of skills to enhance health and
growth. We hope the reader will experience increased autonomy and
gain self-mastery skills through exercises that foster awareness
and control. The cascading program is based upon uncovering,
allowing, and encouraging the intrinsic drive toward integration,
wholeness, and health. Each year many of our students report that
practicing these skills has affected them deeply. The program
offered them prag matic skills to master stress, set goals, and
experience a deep change in their worldview and health. A number of
them have said that this was the most useful course they had taken
at San Francisco State University. The materials presented here are
part of a course offered by the Institute for Holistic Healing
Studies. It is also a requirement for a Holistic Health Minor and
fulfills a part of the general education requirement for integrated
and interdisci plinary learning. The development of this program at
San Francisco State Uni versity is due to the foresight and courage
of George Araki, Ph.D."
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