How can Neurofeedback enhance meditation practice?
The Way Of Neurofeedback (WON):
Claiming one’s true nature of inner freedom and happiness
Principal Investigators: Dr. Stella J. Wuttke
The “Way Of Neurofeedback” (WON) project explores how contemporary neurofeedback technology, combined with techniques described in ancient Vedic texts, can together inform and accelerate people’s innermost urge for spiritual unfoldment.
In the past few decades, the perception of meditation has changed dramatically, from being considered a hippy-dippy new-age phenomenon to something that everyone from movie stars to highly successful businesspeople on Wall Street engage in. The reason for this revolution is simple: the manifold benefits of meditation practice, such as higher resilience to stress, improved concentration, and emotional balance, are now widely known and studied.
Although these “side effects” of meditation are highly desirable, some of them can only be gained after years or even decades of regular meditation practice. In this project, we propose the “Way of Neurofeedback” (WON), which proposes that meditation progress can be accelerated by neurofeedback training. Through the WON approach, we expect that the beneficial effects of meditation can be experienced more powerfully and spiritual growth will be enhanced to a greater extent than through meditation practice alone.
The aims of this project are to strengthen the positive public image of neurofeedback and communicate the Way of Neurofeedback (WON) through three avenues: Publishing books, teaching the WON philosophy in theory and practice, and conducting scientific research to test our WON hypothesis that neurofeedback can enhance the benefits of meditation and related practices.
This 5-year-project started in January 2019 and is on-going.
