Audience: all experience levels welcome
Format: Live, In Person
Cost: $850
Dates: September 16-18th, 2022
Time: 9am - 5pm PST
Instructor: Jeff Tarrant, PhD

In this workshop, we will explore five different styles of meditation practices based on the role of attention, intention, brainwave states and brain regions involved; these styles include Focus, Mindfulness, Open Heart, Quiet Mind, and Deep States. This class includes hands on practice and instruction with BrainMaster EEG equipment.

Based on client goals and concerns, we can identify which practices might be best suited for each individual. For example: Focus practices impact the brain networks in ways that specifically encourage improved concentration and reduced distractibility. Mindfulness practices have the greatest impact on stress and anxiety. Open Heart targets mood concerns and empathy building. Quiet Mind strategies may be ideal for addictions, affect regulation, and personality-based concerns. Deep States can be helpful in relaxing defense mechanisms and integrating subconscious material. This workshop will help attendees learn how to select a meditation style based on client presenting concerns and provide a host of practical strategies to approach each of the meditative styles.

As part of this workshop, you will receive both 2-channel and sLORETA neuromeditation protocols for each meditation style and have multiple opportunities to practice with each one. The approaches to EEG NeuroMeditation taught in this workshop can be used immediately to achieve deeper states of meditation or as a treatment intervention for mental health conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, or PTSD.

Please note: Registration is limited to 12 people to support deeper learning and practical application. Thank you for your understanding.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Which Neurofeedback Systems Can I Use? This class is specific to BrainMaster hardware and software for 2 channel amplitude and sLORETA training.

Can I attend if I have never done neurofeedback before? Yes. During the course of this workshop you will learn the basics of neurofeedback as applied to neuromeditation. We have specifically created a training format to accommodate both novice and experienced practitioners. Contact us for help in purchasing equipment.

Cost: $850

CEU's 22.5 CEU's are available through R. Cassidy Seminars and must be purchased separately ($40)

Evaluations and Certificates are available by email and online following course completion at

www.ceuregistration.com

Location: Alluvium, 810 W 3rd Ave Eugene, OR 97402

Questions or Concerns? Contact us at info@neuromeditationinstitute.com

Keep Scrolling for an Overview of Agenda and Instructor Description

Dr. Jeff Tarrant is a licensed psychologist, board certified in neurofeedback. He is the founder and CEO of the NeuroMeditation Institute (NMI) and provides certification training for NMI therapist and instructors. Dr. Tarrant is the author of, “Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain.” Other recent works include the book chapter, "Neuromeditation: An Overview and Introduction" in The Handbook of Clinical Qeeg and Neurotherapy. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and has a private practice in Eugene, OR, USA where he specializes in the use of EEG NeuroMeditation

Agenda:

Day 1 – Friday

9:00am – 9:15am – Introduction & Orientation

• Pragmatics for the Workshop

• Introduction of Attendees

• Introduction & Background of Instructor

9:15am --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

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30 – 4:30 – Hands-On Practicum 

• Working with Focus Protocols

4:30-5:00 – Wrap-Up

Day 2 - Saturday

9:00am – 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 --12:30am –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

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30 – 4:30 – Hands-On Practicum 

• Working with Mindfulness & Open Heart Protocols

4:30-5:00 – Wrap-Up

Day 3- Sunday

9:00am – 10:00am –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 – 12:00am – Altered 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

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 4:00pm – Hands – On Practicum

• Working with  Quiet Mind and Altered States NeuroMeditation Protocols

4:00pm – 5:00pm – Final Comments 

• Questions/Concerns

• Wrap Up

• Bringing this into your practice-next steps

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