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Biofeedback video game to promote stress management in MAROUBRA, New South Wales for sale

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This is so much more than a game.
The Wild Divine Iom is a patented scientific instrument that functions as an alternative input device. In practical terms, it acts similar to your mouse, keyboard, or joystick as the connection between you and your computer. As a simple example, let's say something on the screen requires you to move your mouse left. In Wild Divine, you might have to relax your muscles and calm down to move left on the screen. The Iom makes that possible. It picks up your body's extremely subtle signals of emotion, stress, calmness, tension, happiness, and lets you progress based on your ability to control yourself. You get instant feedback on changes in your thoughts, emotions, breathing, posture, and levels of calm or stress. The Iom is very simple to use, it plugs into any standard USB port on Mac or PC computers, and interfaces with Wild Divine software to give you an interactive experience like no other.
This game is a biofeedback video game system promoting stress management and overall wellness through the use of breathing, meditation and relaxation exercises. The graphics and interface resemble Myst. The designers refer to the product as "biofeedback software", considering it an entertaining training tool for mind and body health, rather than a "game".
The first program in the series, The Journey To Wild Divine: The Passage, comes with a USB-based biofeedback reader. The device attaches to three fingers, and measures heart rate variability and skin conductance level. Heart rate variability measures the amount of variability between heart beats, which has been reported to be associated with various pathologic conditions. Skin conductance level indicates the amount of perspiration on the skin surface, which is a measure of stress in the body.
In The Journey To Wild Divine: The Passage, users navigate through a series of adventures in a video-game type interface. The user must adjust these levels in their body to move through the game. The purpose is to develop meditation skills and to gain greater control of unconscious bodily processes by observing and reacting to the changes in the game's various activities, which reflect the body's current state.
Current research suggests that stress management can be beneficial to individuals with a variety of physical and mental ailments including high blood pressure and Raynaud's disease, according to the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.[1][2] Research by EEG Info Research has shown it to be effective for helping individuals with ADD/ADHD, PTSD, autism and chronic pain.
The Science behind Wild Divine. Dr. Bob Whitehouse is a psychologist certified in biofeedback, and former board member for the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
"Active Feedback uses electronic equipment to monitor internal physiological states and gives feedback that helps the recipient learn how to control these states; to activate, balance, release or to recover from them. Usually this also involves a coach, who guides the process, interprets the results, and makes suggestions. In Wild Divine programs however, the guide/coach is included in the game, and the game itself gives you personalized information about your progress."
Wild Divine measures a player's Skin Conductance Level (SCL) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Increased SCL indicates increased autonomic nervous system activation, which is associated with increased energy-both positive, like excitement, and negative, like fear.
This was purchased for $400. Selling it for $175 ono. Includes journal notebook, dvd and music. An excellent gift for yourself or someone you care about.