20Q & Nintendo DS

Two other wildly popular items at my house this Christmas were Nintendo DS and the 20Q.

Nintendo DS is a personal video game system....my kids each got one for Christmas in 2006, but this year I got one from my Dad.

Nintendo DS is rising in popularity among adults. I personally know five adults who own one. They have created a number of games for it that appeal to many grownups - Brain Age 1 and 2, Brain Academy, New York Times Crossword Puzzles, etc...

I got my DS just before Christmas and for the kids and I purchased the My French Coach game for it. Both of my kids are in french immersion at school (they receive half of their teaching in english and half in french) and I would like to improve my French. So far, it's working!

I also really love the game Picross, and like to play against others with it, online.

20Q is an electronic "20 Questions" game. My kids were asking for it and I was dubious as to how much entertainment value it would have...however they got me to play with it in a store one day and I started to realize it was pretty fun.

What really surprised me, however, is how much my husband Kevin loves the 20Q game! Christmas Day I must have heard him say, well over a dozen times "I'm just going to play one more time."

Even today he's told me he's played it eight times so far (I suspect more! :-)).

You basically think of something and the game has to guess what you are thinking of. We have tried to stump it and have succeeded a few times (it guessed a "basketball" when we were thinking "globe"; "a grain of sand" when I was thinking of a pebble"; and "nightmare" when we were thinking "poverty" (well, in a way it could be right!)).

However, the vast majority of the time, the game guesses correctly and has successfully identified such things as an amoeba, a sea cucumber, and a parasite.

Yes, we are a family that loves gadgets and gizmos, it seems!

Having fun with Wii!

I purchased a Wii system for my family this Christmas!

We are having soooo much fun with it. For those of you wondering how I managed to get one - they were apparently VERY hard to come by this holiday season - I bought it back in October. Even then they were hard to find and I had a feeling it was going to get worse.

If you aren't familiar with the Wii, it's a video game system that requires movement.

For the sports games that come with the Wii (bowling, baseball, tennis, boxing, and golf) the wii remote acts as a baseball bat, tennis racket, or boxing gloves (there is a separate type of remote called a nunchuk that attaches to the main remote to be a second boxing glove). With bowling you have to be holding the remote and throw your arm back and then forward as if you were throwing a bowling ball.

We had a blast with it yesterday, all of us together, and the kids and their friends have taken over it today.

My husband and I noticed our muscles were sore today from it - for some of the games, especially boxing, you get a real workout.

If you or your kids love video games, this system actually involves exercise, so I feel better about my kids playing it. It's also just a lot of fun.

Answering Biofeedback Questions

I have received an overwhelming amount of interest in biofeedback!

I have not yet had the chance to add a biofeedback page to my websites, so for now am posting answers to some of the questions I am getting, here.

The fee for sessions, whether biofeedback, Zensight, or a combination of the two is $100 Cdn for a one hour session. When three hours are purchased at once, the fee is $285.

If you wish to combine Zensight with biofeedback, I recommend a 90 min session for the first session. If you are someone who has already been working with me and we already know each other and you simply wish to add biofeedback into existing sessions, this is likely not necessary.

And yes! The biofeedback system also works to correct the imbalances and concerns it identifies.

Within minutes of having my system set up, I treated my dog Maggie for her aggressive barking when people come to - or near! - the house.

About 20 mins later, the test of all tests occurred...the garbage truck arrived!

My husband and I actually peaked around the corner, watching the dog as the garbage truck arrived. Complete with deafening noise and not one but three people coming near and onto our property, this is one of Maggie's most hated events.

Maggie was lying on the couch. She lifted her head and looked out the window....normally at this point she would have catapulted herself off the couch and launched herself against the bay window, barking incessantly.

Instead, she looked up with mild interest...then put her head back down, apparently completely unconcerned!

During biofeedback sessions, I have the system send balancing frequencies to the client during the session. I also, at the end of the day when I am done using the computer for the day, set the system to again send frequencies to all of the people I treated on it that day. It works while I am asleep!

I then usually will repeat sending clients the frequencies again, on a daily basis for a few days following their session.

If you have more questions please contact me.

Inergetix-Core Biofeedback

I am now up and running with my new Inergetix-Core biofeedback system.

So far my experiences with the system have been amazing. I am constantly surprised by the level of detail that the system identifies concerns.

I recently treated an infant in Australia who had just come down with pertussis. During her treatment the machine kept identifying "musculoskeletal system" and giving the message "my back is hurting".

Given that I was treating a 7 month old for pertussis, these messages were a little confusing for me.

When I emailed the little girl's Dad however, he confirmed that the baby had fallen off their bed the day before, and did indeed appear to have hurt her back.

It also kept indicating "my ear hurts" and suggesting she had an ear infection. Again, her father confirmed this saying that they strongly suspected an ear infection but had not had this checked yet.

Later, I was treating my son after he started throwing up, with what appears to have been a stomach virus. When I immediately ran a scan on him, the messages "I can taste acid in my mouth", "my stomach hurts", and "my belly is swollen" came up.

It even informed me that my son has a loose tooth, which he showed me when I asked about it!

While he remained mildly sick for a day, throwing up once more, he did not get nearly as sick as he normally does with a stomach virus and remained happy and animated during the illness.

For my daughter, a treatment on her indicated "I have a rash on my elbow" and when I checked, sure enough she did! It also stated "I frequently have rashes on my abdomen" which she also confirmed.

Then during a Zensight phone session - during while I simultaneously ran the biofeedback system for a client regarding her relationship concerns - the system repeatedly identified financial concerns in connection with the relationship, specifically identifying in various ways that she needed to decide and put limits upon how much money she was willing to redirect to her partner, given that he was not working.

She had not mentioned to me that he was not working, or that there were financial issues of any kind in the relationship, but when I asked her about this, she confirmed that yes this was the case and it was of concern to her.

What is truly wonderful about working this way is that it can help me to zero in on treating - with Zensight, with biofeedback, or with both simultaneously - the issues for the client that are most pressing, whether the client has been consciously aware of them or not, or whether or not they have thought to mention them to me!

I am looking forward to many more adventures with my new system!

If you are interested in experiencing a biofeedback session yourself - or a session that combines Zensight with biofeedback, or if you are interested in purchasing a system yourself - please email me

Please note that biofeedback session can be done distantly - an office visit is not required. All that I need to do a treatment for you is your name, date of birth, location of birth and/or a digital photo.