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Nourish Your BrainHolzkirchen, Germany
June, 2008
Brain ResearchInstitute
and
BrainMatrix, Inc.
Alarik Arenander, Ph.D.
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GenesExperience
You!
Your brain is plastic
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Pascual-Leone etal, Ann Rev Neurosci 28:377, 2005
Power of Attention
Aging
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We chose everything in life!
Our choices make us who we are!
• Most important area• Last to develop• Longest development• Most vulnerable to
aging• Loss of executive &
memory functionsG. Bartzokis, Neurobiol Aging, 25:5, 2004
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Connectivity
1. Nourishment2. Information3. Transmission
Glia Control
Self-Ref FunctionCognitive Function
Self & Aging
Alzheimer’sDisease
A Disconnect!
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RiskOccupation
Education
Injury
Toxins
Disease
NutritionAGE
Age–Related Myelin Breakdown
G. Bartzokis, Neurobiol Aging, 2004AGE
Early
LateQ
DisconnectConnect
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Prevent your brain
from ‘Drying Up’
Alzheimer’sLoss of brain coherence!
Stam etal…
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Protracted development
Myelin breakdown
Disrupted impulse traffic
Loss of synchrony
Cognitive & memory loss
Network disconnection
G. Bartzokis, Neurobiol Aging, 25:5, 2004
Doing
Being
TM
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Global Brainwave Coherence
TM
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Over 90% of people have not reached their full potential
Self Development
Age of Sample
Mea
n Sc
ore
E5 Norm
123456
987
Cohn, In Personality Development, Westenberg, 1998
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NeuromuscularEfficiency
Self-Awareness
AcademicPerformance
DecreasedAnxiety
Self-Development
InnerOrientation
MoralReasoning
ConceptLearningEmotional
Stability
DecreasedNeuroticism
Intelligence
ComputationalEfficiency
Creativity
CEOBrainwaveCoherence
Increase brain coherence to reduce risk of Alzheimer’s
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RiskOccupation
Education
Injury
Toxins
Disease
NutritionAGE
TM Reduces
Risk Factors
SelfUnified Field
VataPitta
Kapha
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DoshasVata
(motion, communication)Pitta
(transformation, metabolism)Kapha
(structure, stability)
AgingToo much Vata!!
Small, dry = shrinkageCommunicate = DisruptionMovement = Agitation
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AgingToo little Kapha!!
Nourish = Metab dysfunctionStable = Tangles, plaquesUnctuous = Myelin lossSweetness = anxious, anger
Decreased KaphaLoss of lubrication,stability, sustaining
Increased VataToo much drying,
agitation, disruption
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Natural BalancingVitamins (Bs, folate)
Pepper, brahmi, gotukola, shankapushpiGhee & Omega FAsMind & Consciousness
Nourish Your Brain & Life
MoreBrain
Coherence
More Happiness &
Success
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Leadership
Creative Potential
Coherence
Experience
High Performance
Brain Plasticity
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Three Fundamentals of
High Performance
Awareness
Decision-Making
Motivation
Self-controlValues
Creativity
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Who do you want as a leader?
ReactiveTruth (Personal)
Part (Fragmenting)Control (win/lose)
Efficiency(do the thing right)
Path-followingObject-Referral
ProactiveTruth (Universal)Whole (Unifying)
Collaboration (win/win)Effectiveness
(do the right thing)Path-findingSelf-Referral
Conventional Post-Conventional
Self-Control
Decision-Making
Creat-ivity
Values
E9
E8
Aware-ness
E7
E6
E5
E4
Moti-vationStage
Upgrading the Executive Brain
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Upgrading the Executive Brain
HigherBrain
Coherence
HigherLeadership
Performance
Higher Creative Potential
AvailableSummer
2008
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Are all meditations the same?
1 sec
Travis and Pearson, Intern. J. Neuroscience, 100: 77, 2000
Restful Alertness
Transcending
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F.Travis, et al, in press, 2007
s
Long-Range Alpha Synchronization
Herbert, etal NeuroReport, 2006
Control SubjectEyes-Closed RestGlobal distribution of alpha zero phase-lag synchrony
Comparison of alpha synchrony with normative database
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Herbert, etal NeuroReport, 2006
Long-Range Alpha Synchronization
Comparison of alpha synchrony with normative database. Note, significant deviations are all long distance pairings.
MeditatorTM practiceGlobal distribution of alpha zero phase-lag synchrony
Active outer awareness (Waking)or
Loss of outer awareness (Sleep)
A Fifth State of ConsciousnessEnlightenment
Silent, inner awareness (Self)
co-existing with
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Sum
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Rare Occasional Continuous
Human Development
Reported Co-existence ofTranscendental and Waking States
F.Travis, et al, Biol Psych, 2002
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PFCX Broad-Band EEG Coherence Global Theta-Alpha EEG AmplitudeGlobal Simple-Choice CNV Difference Scores
Reported Co-existence ofTranscendental and Waking States
Brain-based Integration Scale
F.Travis, Tecce, Arenander, et al, Biol Psych, 2002
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Decreased Medical Care UtilizationTM practitioners vs. the Norm
Other GroupsTM
Age
Doctor Visits
Out
patie
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0 M
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rs
0–18 19–39 40+0
100
200
300 p< .0001
Hospitalization
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Age0–18 19–39 40+
p< .0001
Patie
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ays/
1000
Mem
bers
D. Orme-Johnson, Psychosomatic Medicine, 49:493–507, 1987
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R. Herron, etal, J. Soc Behav Personality, 2001
Reduction in Health Care CostAnnual inflation-adjusted payments to
private physicians for treatmentCanada, >65 yrs age; all settings; N=163
p = 0.0017
Vastu
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VĀSTU
Perfection of Natural Law at the Inception
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OrientationPlacementProportionBuilding elements, Site elements Slope and shape of land Exposure to rising sunElements in the environment
Your Cognitive Map
Space-time frameworkTimeline of lifeMemory contextIdentity construct
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Constructing a model or map of the Self
Creating realityCreating space-time
Place(spatial location, 1971)
Head Direction(internal compass, orientation, 1984)
Grid(path integration, 2004) A
k
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Establish FieldRishi Value
‘Grid’ Cells
Crystalline triangular grid pattern that covers the entire environment
‘Grid’ CellsPath Integration
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Flow of AttentionDevata Value
Head Direction Cells
PointChhandas Value
Place Cells
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Human Place Cells
InvincibilityBrain designed toremember experienceacross all states ofconsciousnessRegister and storeexperience of TC
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InvincibilityDuring Transcending, Grid
cells would have alternative firing pattern corresponding to increasing degrees of SR and decreasing values of OR
(space-time) configuration
Spatial firing patterns related to non-spatialvalues: goals, reward…PFC neurons phase-locking to the hippocampaltheta rhythm; working memory
PFC
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Change brain activity
Change connection to self
and the world
Maharishi Sthapatya Veda®
Connecting individual life with Cosmic Life
Individual intelligence with Cosmic Intelligence
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Invincibility
Maintain identity, integrity, stability
in midst of change
Invincibility
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Ability of the system to resist disorder based on coherent collective
functioning
Invincibility
Handle changeby handlingnonchange
Invincibility
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Self-Referral Consciousness
Invincibility
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Transcendental Consciousness Self
Transcending
ActionPotential
‘A’
‘k’
Na+ K+
A wave consciousness
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Two ModesBurst
Silent
‘A’
RelayDynamic
‘k’
Area 1
‘Local’ Coherence
Area 1
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‘Global’ Coherence
Area 1 Area 2
“Local”
“Global”
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World CEO
Front
Back
Waking Meditation
TM
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