Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain: Integrating Neuroscience Strategies for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression & PTSD

by Jeff Tarrant

Discover how to increase the power of meditation and mindfulness in your clinical practice. Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain takes a practical, individualized, brain-based approach to the practice of meditation. Author Jeff Tarrant, PhD, goes beyond traditional meditation practices to include a broad collection of mind-body strategies to effectively treat ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Over 50 worksheets, handouts, tips, scripts and exercises Matching the four styles of Neuromeditation with client needs and goals Yoga, meditation-in-motion and nature-based strategies Using therapeutic tools such as biofeedback, essential oils & virtual reality Everything you need to immediately begin using these methods in your practice

Genres: Spirituality

189 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2017

About the author

Dr. Tarrant is the founder and Director of Psychic Mind Science and the NeuroMeditation Institute in Eugene, OR. He is a licensed psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback. Dr. Tarrant specializes in teaching, clinical applications, and research combining technology- based interventions with meditative states for improved mental health. His research focuses on exploring brainwave changes that occur as a result of contemplative practices, technological interventions, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and psi related abilities. Dr. Tarrant is the author of the books Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain and Becoming Psychic.

Dr. Tarrant’s exploration of psychics and mediums has been featured on the Dr. Oz show, Coast to Coast AM, at national conferences, in the New York bestselling book The Light Between Us by Laura Lynne Jackson, and in an upcoming 5-part docu-series.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

The basic idea is to look at how different kinds of meditation affect the brain.

I found it very interesting as I hadn't really seen anything like this before.

I think this is a relatively new field and there is not a clear scientific consensus on the relationship between different patterns of brain activations and things like depression and anxiety and how meditation affects that.

The most important take away is that different kinds of meditation might have different effects by stimulating different frequencies of brain waves.

I am a little bit cautious on taking Tarrant's advice at face value since he is the only person I've seen giving these "Neuromeditation" recommendations.

If I see other therapists, psychiatrists and researchers coming up with similar conclusions I will give it more weight but for the time being I'll just keep meditating with my current practice.

But this certainly gave me food for thought and is something that I will be aware of as I meditate and see what (if any) impact my meditation has on my mental state, mood, etc.

[Joseph Schrock · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found “Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain” to be of interest. Meditation can be a highly beneficial practice, and this book offers considerable information concerning brainwave frequencies for different sorts of mental states, different meditation styles, etc.

The book discusses PTSD at length, and it offers meditation strategies for helping to overcome such disorders. The book did not directly lead me to make any lifestyle changes, but given my residual effects from childhood emotional abuse, I aim to overcome anxiety disorders that somewhat resemble PTSD. A book such as the one being reviewed is relevant to my situation, and is, for me, certainly of interest.

I would recommend this book for people with anxiety or stress disorders and who are disposed to engage in meditation practices.

[Sierra McElyea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super helpful for anyone approaching meditation to learn or trouble shoot methodically. Also a lot of great practices and exercises included.

[Joseph Hirsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

While conducting research on meditation, Dr. Jeff Tarrant, PhD, BCN (what the hell is BCN?) discovered something interesting: different forms of meditation produce different brainwaves. This matters because some of these methods of meditation “awaken” the mind and stimulate neural pathways, while others subdue the waves and calm the mind. Both awakening and calming can be good, but they can also be detrimental, based on what the patient needs.
Calming the mind of someone who’s deeply depressed is only going to color their world a deeper blue. Stimulating the brainwaves of someone already suffering hyperarousal is just going to add to the agony. We want to sing the body electric, not scream it.
Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain deals with each modality of meditation individually, and then deals with them in toto. It breaks down the various brainwaves calmed or stimulated during meditation, from alpha to theta, and also summarizes the most cutting edge research on the subject.
And while there is no cure-all for every psychic ailment, and some modalities can do more harm than good, general strategies helpful for all conditions are included. This mixture of specificity and a general path forward for mental wellness makes the book an ideal inclusion in the library of anyone—clinician or layperson—wanting another tool. Recommended.