Infinite Well-Being

by Barbara B. Brown

Examines the impact of stress on health and discusses the use of biofeedback training to learn to control the body, reduce tension, and prevent disease

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1985

Reviews

[Elysia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really dense read with a lot of information in it, that I will honestly be coming back too in order to properly digest some of the more intense parts. The ONLY reason I didn't give 5 stars, and I am considering changing my review later, is because some information repeats within the book (I think, primarily because the book may be a series of essays, or that it is laid out very deliberate and scientific manner, so while explaining later principals the earlier language needs to be reiterated so that there is no confusion with lexicon)

I would recommend reading the Mindbody Prescription by John E. Sarno beforehand, as alot of Infinite Wellbeing speaks of similar concepts but in far deeper detail into the understanding behind it with reference to numerous scientific literature (of the time this book was released, which while dated, is still utterly extraordinary with far reaching implications for the human organism).

The most simplified synopsis I could give would be: Infinite Well-Being is a book about biofeedback, and how we can train our brains into different brain states by being presented with the reality of our inner workings as they happen (such as through an EEG monitor). The book also explores how what we define as 'stress' is experienced in the body as tensing of muscles, including our responses to social or psychological stress. There are some seriously fascinating implications, from some of the studies presented within, about our ability to control what we may currently consider to be automatic processes within the body. I am not doing the book justice at all from this review, and I would recommend anyone who is even remotely curious to have a really good delve into what this book is about.