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A willingness to explore everything

and anything that will help us

radiate limitless energy, focus,

health and flow in everything

we do.

Event Agenda

• 7pm – 7:30pm: Neurofeedback overview

• 7:30pm – 8pm: Questions & Answers

• 8pm – 9pm: Hands-on Neurofeedbackdemonstration

– EMOTIV EPOC+

– Brain Visualizer

– Mind WorkStation

– Neuro-Programmer 3 (NP3)

Housekeeping

• Bathrooms are downstairs, right side for men and left for women

• Wifi access:– Wifi name: Access

– Wifi Password: planLMS4634

• Water is available at the kitchenette

• Feel free to checkout the facility, it includes a gym, 2 steam sauna rooms, hot tub, networking areas, pool table, lounge

In a nutshell "it’s the emerging set of practices

that average people are adopting that help

manage one’s own biology using a combination

of medical, nutritional and electronic

techniques".

A BioHacker is therefore a human being who

“strives to optimize their life by continuously

improving themselves using new and better ways

as they gain more knowledge of themselves“.

Aren’t we all just BioHackers of our lives?

What is BioHacking?

Tap into more of your body’s innate abilities so

that you can enter and experience enhanced mental, physical, and emotional states reliably

and easily.

What other things does Biohacking do?

Improve cognition

Enhance creativity

Improve productivity

Increase concentration

Improve focus/attention

Improve quality of life

Reduce stress

Prolong life

Increase energy

Lose weight

Sharpen memory

Improve sleep

Neurofeedback

What is it?

How can it help me?

Can I try it?

Firstly, what is Biofeedback?

Biofeedback is a learning method based on

your own body and the signals it sends to

you.

Biofeedback can help you enhance and improve your life

By "reading" your own body and mastering its

messages and what it needs to improve its

performance, you can become more self-aware of your moment to moment state and your

options to change that state.

Biofeedback is non-invasive, and can translate

your body's distinctive signals into a variety of

forms - sound, visual, sensory as well as raw

data.

With advances in technology Neurofeedbackdevices have escaped from the hospital and undergone an explosive transformation

of functionality as well as reduction in price.

NeurofeedbackNeurofeedback is biofeedback focused on

signals and measurements of the brain.

EEG biofeedback is training to increase flexibility

and resilience of brain states based on electrical

brainwave patterns collected from a persons

scalp.

20 Channel EEG

$10,000-$20,000

Pro software = $9,500

Basic software = $5,500

You need approximately 12 – 20 (40 min)

sessions on average are required for results

$1386 for 12 sessions$2310 for 20 sessions

Psychologist/Clinical Counselling

$1300 to $2300

COST:

EEGElectroencephalography

Electroencephalography, or EEG, is the

measurement of electrical activity in the brain

using electrodes placed on the scalp.

EEG Brainwaves

EEG Brainwaves

Cognitive Decline with Age

Cognitive Training

Brainwave EntrainmentBrainwaves represent electrical activity in the

brain, and brainwave entrainment is a method of stimulating this activity using patterns of sound or light.

Through the brain entrainment procedure you

can causes one's brainwave frequencies to

synchronize with a periodic stimulus (sound,

vibration or light) having a frequencycorresponding to the intended brain-state (for

example, to induce a trance, dreams, sleep or

relaxation.)

Frequency Following Response

Brainwave Entrainment using Audio stimulus – Binaural

beats

Binaural beats

This is how binaural beating works:

•A sound played in the left ear is heard as a single tone. •A sound played in the right ear is also heard as a single tone.

•When played together the vibrato perceived is called binaural beating.

Brainwave Synchronization

Refined with over 50 years of research and development, and supported by numerous independent studies, reports, and articles,

the patented Hemi-Sync® technology has been scientifically and clinically proven to be effective.

This unique audio process works through the generation of

complex, multi-layered audio signals, which act together to create

a resonance that is reflected in unique brainwave forms

characteristic of specific states of consciousness.

When you hear these through stereo headphones or speakers,

your brain responds by producing a third sound (called a binaural

beat) that encourages the desired brainwave activity.

The result is a focused, whole-brain state known as hemispheric synchronization, or Hemi-Sync®, where the left and right hemispheres are working together in a state of coherence.

EEG-Driven Stimulation / Neurofeedback

EEG devices can be used as a guide for brain stimulation, enhancing the therapy by "driving" the brain towards certain states using brain analysis as a roadmap.

During EEG-driven stimulation, incoming data from EEG sensors is used by our software to observe the impact of the session as it is taking place.

The software can then automatically modify and optimize the stimulation based on information coming directly from the brain and body, allowing the session to adapt to the wide variety of physiological and psychological differences from person to person. The modular design of Mind WorkStation makes it easier than ever to accomplish.

EEG-Driven Stimulation / Neurofeedback

Mind WorkStation SoftwareMind WorkStation can connect to most

commercial EEG units. It can do this directly

through devices such as the NeuroSky, Emotiv

EPOC, Emotiv EEG, or through software such

as BioExplorer, BioEra and BioGraph.

As with biofeedback, Mind WorkStation can also

be used as an advanced feedback mechanism

for neurofeedback by affecting on-screen

visualizations or the audio. It can also be used

with the program's advanced 3D graphing

system.

Mind WorkStation Software

Graphing Biofeedback & Entrainment

Simple Biofeedback "Game"

Neuro-Programmer 3 (NP3)

Neuro-Programmer 3 (NP3) is capable of using

EEG devices to enhance brainwave entrainment.

Simply hook up an EEG unit and enable Bio-

Optimization in NP3.

While using NP3 it will record your neurological

response from the EEG and optimize the

stimulation based on your profile. In other words, it

will create a session uniquely tailored to you

and significantly more effective.

Emotiv EPOC+ wireless EEG

Emotive EPOC+

The Emotiv EPOC is a research grade,

high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition

and processing wireless neuroheadset.

It uses a set of sensors to tune into electric

signals produced by the brain to detect

player thoughts, feelings and expressions

and connects wirelessly to most PCs. Its 14

saline sensors offer optimal positioning and

accuracy.

NEUROFEEDBACKHANDS-ON DEMONSTRATION