One of my students, in fact, is a researcher in the area of bio-feedback, specializing in measuring brain activity through EEG machines. He was very skeptical about the claimed benefits of Brain Wave Vibration, like many other scientists might be. But he gave it a try anyway because he was suffering from a number of ailments and wanted to find a quick stress-relief exercise that could fit his schedule. After a few weeks of practice, his focus improved, his headaches disappeared, and his shoulder pain subsided. He is now thoroughly convinced that brain waves can be influenced through movement of the body.

It is also clear that even the kinds of thoughts we have can pertly affect our physical health. The effect of the mind on the body was demonstrated by scientists more than a hundred years ago. In one experiment, scientists showed take flowers to highly allergic people. Almost invariably, the subjects, not knowing that the flowers were fake, had allergic reactions when seeing the flowers (Sapolsky). And for centuries physicians have noted the placebo effect, in which a patient’s beliefs about a given medicine may create as much healing as the medicine itself. It stands to reason then that all sorts of negative thoughts and beliefs may have a detrimental effect on the body and that positive thoughts may assist in the healing process.