When sleep isn't coming easily, you may find yourself lying awake at night, waking frequently, waking too early or simply getting up in the morning without feeling refreshed.

Sleep challenges can affect more than just your nights. You may notice changes in your energy, concentration, memory, mood or ability to manage everyday demands.

Understanding Your Sleep

Everyone's sleep experience is different.

You may have difficulty falling asleep because your mind feels busy. You may wake during the night and have trouble settling back down. Or you may sleep for what seems like enough hours but still feel tired when you wake up.

Stress, changes in routine, lifestyle and many other factors can influence how we sleep.

Rather than assuming that everyone needs the same approach, Brain Awakening begins by looking at your individual brain patterns and your goals.

Supporting Your Brain's Ability to Find Balance

Neurofeedback provides your brain with infromation about its own activity through real-time auditory feedback.

During a session, sensors detect electrical activity from your brain while you listen to gentle sounds through headphones. The process is passive—you don't have to concentrate on a particular task or consciously try to change your brain activity.

The intention is to give your brain an opportunity to respond to information about its own patterns and support its ability to self-regulate.

What Does Research Tell Us?

Research into neurofeedback and sleep is continuing. Studies have reported improvements in areas such as sleep quality, sleep efficiency and difficulties associated with insomnia, although results can vary from person to person.

What Have Brain Awakening Clients Experienced?

Research is one part of the picture. Brain Awakening clients have also reported improvements in their sleep, including falling asleep more easily, staying asleep longer, waking less often and feeling more rested in the morning.

These are individual experiences, not a promise of what you can expect. Everyone responds differently, which is why we focus on your individual brain patterns and goals.

Your Experience Is Unique

Sleep difficulties don't look the same for everyone.

You may be experiencing:

• Difficulty falling asleep
• Waking frequently during the night
• Waking too early
• A busy or restless mind at bedtime
• Sleep that doesn't feel restorative
• Feeling tired during the day
• Difficulty concentrating after a poor night's sleep
• 
  

These experiences can have many different influences. Understanding your individual brain patterns can provide another perspective on what may be happening.

Your Brain Evaluation

Your Brain Evaluation provided a 20-point visual snapshot of your individual brain patterns and established a  starting point.

The report can look quite technical at first, with charts, numbers and a lot of information. You don't have to figure it out on your own. We'll walk you through the report and explain what we're seeing in clear, easy-to-understand language, helping you relate the information to your own experience.

From there, you can decide whether continuing with neurofeedback sessions feels right for you.

What Can We Explore?

Falling Asleep

Exploring patterns that may make it difficult to settle down and relax when it's time for sleep. .

Staying Asleep

Looking at your individual brain patterns when you're experiencing frequent waking or difficulty returning to sleep.

Restful Sleep

Supporting the brain's ability to settle and self-regulate so you can explore whether your sleep becomes more restorative.

A Different Way to Explore Your Sleep

If you're having difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or waking feeling rested, understanding your individual brain patterns may give you another perspective.

Your brain is unique, and your experience with neurofeedback will be unique too. There are no guarantees about exactly what you will notice or how quickly you may notice changes.

Brain Awakening is located in Cochrane, Alberta, and continues to serve clients in Cochrane, Calgary and surrounding communities.

Explore Your Sleep & Your Brain

Learn more about how neurofeedback works and what you an expect from the Brain Awakening process.