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EEG NeuroMeditation: Online Workshop


Audience: all experience levels welcome
Format: Virtual, Synchronous
Cost: $725
Dates: Fridays: July 9, 16, & 23
Time: 8am - 12:30pm PST
Instructor: Jeff Tarrant, PhD

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This workshop will help attendees learn how to select a meditation style based on clients presenting concerns and provide a host of practical strategies for each of the meditative styles. Our approach can be used on many different neurofeedback systems, including Brain Master, New Mind, and BioTrace+.

The format of this training will include:

  • 3 group meetings spread out over 1 month

  • 2 semi-private mentoring sessions (2-3 people).

  • Each of the group meetings will be 4.5 hours in length, cover the basic didactic material and provide demonstrations of the protocols discussed.

  • Group-size will be limited to 12 people to allow in-depth discussion, questions, and interaction during the meetings.

  • As part of the training, you will receive all of the BrainMaster protocols along with handouts, and a PDF of the PowerPoint deck.

Between meetings, you will work with the meditation styles covered in the previous session and participate in semi-private mentoring sessions with the Instructor. The mentoring sessions will be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time(s) and designed to help clarify, fine-tune, problem solve, or consult based on your specific needs.

Dates and Topics for the Group Sessions (conducted through Zoom):

Friday, July 9th, 8:00-12:30 PST: Introduction, Overview, Choosing a Style, Focus Style

Friday, July 16th, 8:00-12:30 PST: Mindfulness & Open Heart Styles

Friday, July 23rd, 8:00-12:30 PST: Quiet Mind & Deep States Styles

Required Equipment Access & Volunteer Subject:

Because of the distance format, it will be important that you have the equipment and volunteer subjects to work with between sessions. We currently have pre-designed protocols for BrainAvatar (2-channel and sLORETA), BioTrace+ and New Mind systems. In addition, the protocols can be created in any 2 channel EEG software that allows you to do amplitude training.

If you don’t already own equipment, you may purchase a kit directly through us.

Dates of Live Online Training: July 9th, 16th, & 23rd

Please note: Registration is limited to 8 people to support deeper learning and practical application. Thank you for your understanding.


CEU’s: CEU’s are available through R. Cassidy Seminars and must be purchased separately ($40). Click the link below to purchase.

Agenda:

 Day 1 – Friday July 9th

 8:00am – 9:00am – Introduction & Orientation

  • Pragmatics for the Workshop

  • Introduction of Attendees

  • Introduction & Background of Instructor

 9:00am --10:00am -- Your Brain on Meditation

  • Meditation as Mental Training

  • Meditation Defined

  • How Meditation Changes the Brain

  • The 4 (primary) types of Meditative Practices

    • Meditation Brainwave Basics

  • Matching Meditation with Goals and Needs

    • Mental Health Implications

  • Choosing a NeuroMeditation style

    • Self-Assessment: NeuroMeditation Style Inventory (NMSI)

 10:00am – 12:30pm – Introduction to Focus NeuroMeditation 

  • Focused Attention Basics

    • Tips and Strategies

    • Guided Practice

  • Focus Meditation and ADHD

    • Research evidence: meditation improves attention and cognitive functions

    • Meditation changes theta/beta ratio

  • Brain Networks and Focus Meditation

    • Primary brain regions involved in Focus Practice

    • Focus NeuroMeditation protocols: 2 channel and sLORETA

  • Focus Meditation Coaching Strategies

Day 2 - Friday, July 16th

 8:00am – 10:30am –Mindfulness & Anxiety

  • Anxiety and Stress: the Link

    • The Mind Creates Stress

    • Predicting the Future

  • Mindfulness Defined

    • Ways to Practice

    • Mindfulness Begins with the Body

    • Mindfulness & Grounding

  • The Story-Telling Mind

    • Thoughts are not facts!

    • Challenging the Storyteller

    • Daily Mindfulness

  • Mindfulness Meditation Basics

    • Mindfulness Tips: RAIN

  • What about PTSD?

    • Mindfulness as a Trigger

    • Relaxation as a Trigger

    • Trauma Informed NeuroMeditation

  • The Anxious Brain

    • Brain Regions

    • Research

  • Brain Networks and Mindfulness Meditation

    • Overlap with Focus

    • Salience Network

    • Mindfulness Brainwaves

    • The Research

  • Two Forms of Mindfulness

    • Thoughtless Awareness

    • Thoughtful Awareness

    • Mindfulness NeuroMeditation Protocols

  • Related Strategies to Quiet the Brain

    • Virtual Reality

    • RSA Breathing

 10:30am --12:30pm –Open Heart & Depression 

  • The Depressed Brain

    • Frontal Asymmetry

  • Lovingkindness/Compassion Meditation and the Brain

    • The Research: Brain Regions

    • The Research: Brain Waves

    • Lovingkindness vs. Focus Meditation

  • Virtual Reality + Neurofeedback

  • Open Heart NeuroMeditation protocols

    • 2 channel

    • sLORETA

  • Accessing Positive Emotions

    • Appreciation

    • Gratitude

  • Deepen the Positive

    • Taking in the Good

Day 3 - Friday, July 23rd

8:00am – 10:00pm –Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation

  • Quiet Mind Basics

  • Quiet Mind Brainwaves

    • Zen

    • Transcendental Meditation

  • Quiet Mind Tips and Strategies

    • Open Focus

    • Audio Visual Entrainment

  • Quiet Mind Brain Regions

    • The Research

    • Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation Protocols

    • 2 channel

    • sLORETA

  • Additional Strategies

    • Supplements

    • Essential Oils

    • Music

    • Vibroacoustics

10:00am – 11:30am – Deep States NeuroMeditation

  • Insights from Psychedelic Medicine research

  • Psychedelic medicine and mental health

  • Consistent brain patterns of the psychedelic state

  • Altered States Brain Waves

  • Altered States Brain Regions

  • The Entropic Brain

  • Altered States Neurofeedback

  • Preliminary Data

  • Applications

  • Adjunctive Strategies

11:30am – 12:30pm – Final Comments 

  • Questions/Concerns

  • Next steps/certification

  • Wrap Up

Earlier Event: July 6
Online Meditation Class: Open Heart
Later Event: July 15
Free Qigong Meditation in Eugene