A New Relationship

Excerpt from the book Super Brain written by Deepak Chopra M.D. and Rudy Tanzi Ph.D.. Find out more at http://www.amazon.com/Super-Brain

The adrenals are responsible for sending the message that slows down a racing heart. So if a patient stops taking a steroid drug all at once rather than tapering off, the body may be left with no brakes. The adrenal gland hasn’t had time to regrow. In that event, somebody could sneak up behind you, yell “Boo!” and send your heart racing out of control. The result? A heart attack. With such possibilities, suddenly feedback loops start to become fascinating. To make them mesmerizing, there are extraordinary ways to use the brain’s feedback. Any ordinary person hooked up to a biofeedback machine can quickly learn to control bodily mechanisms that usually run on automatic. You can lower your blood pressure, for example, or change your heart rate. You can induce the alpha- wave state associated with meditation and artistic creativity. Not that a biofeedback machine is necessary.

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