Beyond Biofeedback

includes index and biblioraphy

Acknowledgments ............vii Foreword by gardner and Lois Murphy ............xi 1. Introduction ......1 2. Roots and sources .........5 3. Autogenic feedback training and voluntary control .............21 4. Biofeedback training .............42 5. Volition as a metaforce ..........58 6. The varieties of biofeedback experience .........72 Heart behavior Blood pressure Migraine headache Gastrointestinal disorders Asthma Neuromuscular disorders Tension headache Anxiety tension states Epilepsy Cerebral palsy The future of transducers 7 Theta training : Imagery and creativity ............118 Brain -wave research Reverie and creativity Three Meditators States of consciousness and reaction time Two theta trainees Theta pilot group Reverie and imagery project The use of hypnagogic reverie in psychotheraphy 8 Body consciousness 9. Homeostasis 10 Self -image and field independence 11 Self regulation : East and west ............194 Swami Rama Rolling thunder Jack schwarz 12 Research in india ............244 13 More roots and sources ..........276 14 The field of mind theory ............299 15 Mind training , Hypnosis, and the development of pssychic powers ..........316 16 What next ...........331 Appendix I Breathing exercises and autogenic phrases ............337 AppendiX II Mathematical model for visual intensity ...............339 Bibliography ........344 Index ........355