As we enter the Holiday Season and your thoughts turn to giving, rememberthat one of the best gifts you can give is the opportunity for personalgrowth. So I've combed through the products we've reviewed over the pastyear for 12 unique, top quality personal growth technologies particularlywell-suited for gifts. Here they are, twelve gifts worth giving!
1) Special $20 Off -- Journey to Wild Divine Featuring Complete Bundle --Both Software Games -- The Passage, Wisdom Quest Plus Biofeedback Hardware
I've been playing (or maybe I should call it meditation training) withWisdom Quest, the newest biofeedback game from the people at Wild DivineProject. They outdid themselves with part two of their Wild Divine gameseries. It's hard to believe meditation can be so much fun.
Wild Divine is now offering a bundle with their original biofeedback gamepackage -- which includes the first game software title, The Passage, plusThe Lightstone biofeedback hardware which interfaces between yourthoughts, body states, the game display AND their newest game software,Wisdom Quest! Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/11/special_20_off_.html
2) Beyond Being: Altered States Collection
As the developers of this software say, “Beyond Being Collectionstimulates brainwave patterns at which spiritual, paranormal,transformational and other altered states are most commonly reported.Based on decades of research, the Beyond Being Collection uses soundpatterns to affect your neural rhythms and reproduce these complexpatterns in your brain.”
Using powerful entrainment technology, this collection “gives you easyaccess to some of the rarest and most intense mental states known tomankind.” Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/02/beyond_being_al.html
3) AV3X - The Innerscape Adventure" Digital Meditation DVD Turns Your TVInto a Brain Machine!
AV3X is brainwave technology that is a complete sensory experience. Whenyou have something that stimulates you with Sound AND Light, you canrelease stress, access deep states of consciousness or simply have anextraordinarily pleasurable experience. And…as a result of using sound ANDlight to over flood the short-term memory aspect of your brain, watchingAV3X becomes an experience that never gets old no matter how many timesyou watch it because it’s impossible for the brain to remember everythingthat you’ve watched. This gives the illusion of a new film every time youuse the technology. Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/08/av3x_the_inners.html
4) The emWave Personal Stress Reliever Teaches The Art of Relaxation!
HeartMath Freeze-Framer® v2.0 (USB) is biofeedback device that plugs intoa USB port of your PC and interacts with a specially crafted softwareprogram. The Freeze-Framer software measures your stress levels andteaches you new emotional and physical responses, leading to greaterrelaxation and emotional balance.
Imagine holding the coherence building power of the Freeze-Framer programin the palm of your hand and taking it with you wherever you go. Now youcan do exactly that. HeartMath has just released emWave, a handheld devicethat allows you to monitor and shift your coherence levels anytime,anywhere! Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/08/the_emwave_pers.html
5) Just Released! Tom Kenyon’s “BioPulse™” Technology CD -- The UltimateBrain
Tom Kenyon has spent the last 20 years studying and experimenting withharmonics and frequencies that can make positive changes in our brains.His long anticipated The Ultimate Brain has just been released! TheUltimate Brain collects together for the first time this psychoacousticpioneer’s most potent and successful tools for helping listeners unlockthe full potential of their own minds. The underlying foundation of TheUltimate Brain is Tom Kenyon’s “BioPulse™” technology — a subtle frequencythat leads the brain naturally into different states to promote learning,creative visualization, and cognitive growth. By applying this innovativeacoustic frequency in a wide array of programs, Kenyon created a complete“gymnasium” for the brain. Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/06/just_released_t.html
6) Brainbuilder 3.0 for Windows and Mac: Neurobic Software That BuildsBrain Power!
BrainBuilder Version 3.0 is a proven software tool for building brainpower. This is a member of the group of programs called "neurobic"software. The term playfully compares this brain exercise program toaerobic exercise, with the "neuro" being short for neuron. Read more atthis link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2005/10/brainbuilder_30.html
7) SleepKey Insomnia Treatment: Hand-held Computer Might Be Your Key To AGood Night's Sleep
SleepKey is a small hand-held computer that uses cognitive behavioraltherapy in a self-help format to treat insomnia. SleepKey isscientifically based and its development was funded in part with grantsfrom the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NationalInstitutes of Health.
SleepKey works in three stages: Stage 1 (1 week): SleepKey records yoursleep pattern while in bed based on your response to a low volume beep,and helps you develop a regular wake up time. Stage 2 (about 2-4 weeks):Based on your sleep pattern, SleepKey sets your bedtime and prompts you toget out of bed if not sleeping so that most of your time in bed is spentasleep. SleepKey then gradually adjusts your bedtime until you are gettinga full night's sleep. Stage 3: SleepKey helps you maintain a full andrestful sleep pattern for as long as you wish. Read more at this link . ..
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/05/sleepkey_insomn.html
8) Introducing Healing Rhythms -- The Innovative New BiofeedbackTechnology from the Wild Divine Project! -- Updated with Free ShippingCoupon
Introducing Healing Rhythms a complete in-depth mind-body and meditationtraining system taking a quantum leap to a new biofeedback technology. Byartfully combining beautiful biofeedback activities with effectivemeditation and breathing techniques, Healing Rhythms allows you totransform the rhythms of your mind and body as you watch them playtogether on your computer screen. In the program are techniques by notedhealth and wellness experts such Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr.Dean Ornish and others making this a truly breakthrough technology! Readmore at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/09/introducing_hea.html
9) Brain Age for the Nintendo DS: Incredible 'Brain-Training' Craze inJapan Moves Across the Ocean
Brain Age, a Nintendo game sensation in Japan is about to make its ways tothe United States. The game is a series of mental stimulators,collectively known as "Brain Training," developed by Nintendo inconjunction with Japanese Neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima. Read more atthis link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/04/mind_age_for_ni.html
10) Test and Improve your Memory Now In DVD Box Edition
Test and Improve your Memory: Special DVD Boxed Edition is a personaltrainer for the mind. There are 12 different interactive exercises andlevels of challenge increase as your memory gets better.
Engage, challenge, and train your memory as it is a crucial area of thebrain that is important to your life. Scientifically-based memory gamestest your logic, language, and attention skills. Monitor your mentalworkout and track your progress -- watch as you become more creative andconfident. Three modes of play provide better training flexibility, whilecoaching tools give you feedback and improve your performance. Read moreat this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/02/test_and_improv.html
11) Access New Ideas, Creativity and Heightened Imagination with the BrainEnhancement CD
Brain Enhancement is a specially crafted brain entrainment audio CDdesigned to activate the brain frequencies most associated with new ideas,and creativity. The CD uses brainwave entrainment to create a state ofintense creative focus, or what some might call a creative "zone", whereyou not only have access to a greater range of ideas, but also have thefocus and energy to put those ideas into action. Read more at this link
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/03/brain_enhanceme.html
12) PlanPlus for Outlook IS Outlook on Steroids With Version 4.0 PLUS NewCoupon
So many planning software titles get reviewed here that people probablywonder what software I use myself for tasks and contacts. PlanPlus forOutlook Version works so well with Microsoft Outlook that it might bedescribed as Outlook on steroids. Read more at this link . . .
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2006/11/new_planplus_fo.html
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