Brain Harmonics East Rand

05/11/2025

This is why we can help with Neurofeedback 🧠

⚡Most people assume that if a child doesn’t respond well to sound, or if he doesn’t process sound properly, there must be something wrong with his ears or with his hearing mechanism.

In most instances that we see, this is not the case.

The hearing pathway and the ears are perfectly normal; the brain is not responding to the sound because brain activity is under threshold.

⭐An excerpt from the book "Disconnected Kids" by Dr. Robert Melillo
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25/07/2025

At Brain Harmonics, everything begins with a questionnaire and an assessment, allowing us to precisely understand how the brainwaves are functioning. From that we can see if the brain is presenting with anxiety or more towards obsessive tendencies!

🧠 How OCD Shows Up in the Brain

Children with OCD often have:
- Overactive worry circuits in the frontal lobes
- Looping signals between the cortex and basal ganglia
- Difficulty shifting gears—the brain gets “stuck” on certain thoughts or actions

Using EEG, we can see these patterns:
⚡ Excess fast-wave activity (high beta) in frontal regions
⚡ Reduced calming alpha or SMR rhythms
⚡ Imbalances in left-right symmetry or connectivity

🌟 What Neurofeedback Does:
We gently train the brain to:
- Interrupt the obsessive loop
- Strengthen calming rhythms
- Restore flexible, balanced brain activity

It’s like giving the brain a new map—one that leads to peace, focus, and freedom from rituals.

💬 What Parents Say:
"We finally saw our child smile again. The rituals faded, and bedtime became peaceful." "Neurofeedback gave us hope when nothing else worked."

Contact us to book a quick assessment.

22/07/2025

Contact me for a quick assessment - it takes less than 45 minutes to have a peek inside your head.

You will be given a detailed report explaining imbalances your brain is presenting with and symptoms this causes.

21/07/2025

🌈 Understanding Autism
Support that Calms the Brain, Not Changes the Child
Autism is not something to “fix.”
It’s a unique and beautiful way of experiencing the world. Children on the autism spectrum often have extraordinary insight, deep focus, and incredible honesty — but they may also struggle to feel safe, calm, or understood in daily life.

Many autistic children experience:

🌪️ Sensory overload (sounds, lights, textures feel “too much”)

😶 Difficulty with communication or transitions

😞 Anxiety, meltdowns, or shutting down

💡 Intense interests or rigid routines

💤 Sleep issues or trouble winding down

These are not “bad behaviours” — they’re signs of a brain doing its best to stay regulated in an overwhelming world.

🎧 How Neurofeedback Can Help
Neurofeedback is a safe, gentle brain training method that helps your child’s brain:
✅ Settle into a calmer state
✅ Build flexibility and focus
✅ Improve sleep and reduce overload
✅ Decrease meltdowns and shutdowns
✅ Feel more connected, clear, and regulated

No pressure. No talking required. Your child simply watches a relaxing video or listens to music while sensors give their brain real-time feedback — helping it learn how to regulate itself.

Over time, many parents report:
✨ Fewer sensory struggles
✨ More consistent mood
✨ Better tolerance for change
✨ Improved communication and eye contact
✨ More restful sleep and emotional calm

💬 A Message to Parents
Your child is not broken. They are doing their best to navigate a world that can feel overwhelming.

With the right support — like neurofeedback — their brain can learn how to rest, reset, and respond more easily.

Let’s stop trying to change autistic children — and start helping them feel safe enough to be fully themselves.

📍 Ask us about our Autism Brain Support Program today.

20/07/2025

🧠 PTSD and the Brain: Why You Can't "Just Move On"
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not just about memories — it's about how trauma changes the wiring of the brain.

After a traumatic event, the brain may get stuck in survival mode, constantly scanning for danger, even when you're safe. This leads to symptoms like:

🚨 Hypervigilance – always on edge
🔁 Intrusive memories or flashbacks
❌ Sleep problems or nightmares
😶 Emotional numbness or detachment
😤 Irritability or explosive outbursts
😞 Difficulty concentrating or relaxing

These are not personality flaws — they’re neurological symptoms of a brain trying to protect you.

🔬 What PTSD Does to the Brain:
Amygdala (Alarm system) - Becomes overactive, constantly triggering fear or panic

Hippocampus (Memory system) - Has trouble distinguishing past from present — past trauma feels current

Prefrontal Cortex (Logic & regulation) - Goes offline — this makes it harder to stay calm or rational under stress

🎧 How Neurofeedback Can Help:
Neurofeedback trains the brain to self-regulate again.
It helps restore balance between the emotional and rational centers of the brain.

✅ Calms the overactive alarm system (amygdala)
✅ Improves emotional regulation and impulse control
✅ Helps the brain distinguish between past and present
✅ Promotes relaxation and better sleep
✅ Reduces anxiety and hypervigilance

All while you relax in a safe and calm environment. Just gentle, non-invasive brain training that uses feedback to help your brain rewire itself.

🌿 PTSD is not a life sentence.
With support and the right tools, your brain can heal.

📍 Contact us to learn more about brain training for trauma recovery.

19/07/2025

There is a long list of brain-related symptoms that Neurofeedback can help with - Anxiety and ADHD are often seen together in the dysregulated brain...

19/07/2025

😤 Is your teen feeling Overloaded, Anxious or Flat?
Their Brain Might Just Be Stuck in Survival Mode.

If they are:
🔄 Zoning out in class
😡 Snapping over small things
📱 Scrolling for hours but still feeling restless
😞 Feeling low, anxious or overwhelmed

It’s not just hormones — it’s their brain trying to cope.

🧠 What’s Really Going On?
In your teen years, your brain is doing a MASSIVE upgrade.
But stress, pressure, screens and lack of downtime can knock it off track.

Their brain may get stuck in:
🚨 High alert – always wired, anxious or edgy
🧊 Shutdown – feeling flat, foggy or unmotivated
🔁 Overthinking loops – can’t let things go

And that can lead to:
❌ Mood swings
❌ Struggle to focus
❌ Trouble sleeping
❌ Losing interest in stuff you used to enjoy

🎧Neurofeedback helps your brain learn how to self-regulate.
No meds. No lectures. Just relaxing while your brain tunes itself.

We help them:
✅ Focus better in school
✅ Stay calm under pressure
✅ Feel more like themselves again
✅ Help build better mental resilience

Real Change. No Side Effects. Just You, Upgraded.

💥 It’s time for them to stop just surviving and start thriving.

📍 Book an assessment and let us help you understand what is happening in your teen's brain.

18/07/2025

During a Nurofeedback session, you can relax with a good book while your brain does all the work! Hard work never looked easier!

17/07/2025

Why is GOOD sleep so important?

🧠 During sleep, your brain resets, detoxes, and repairs. Without deep, restful sleep, your brain stays stuck in overdrive — unable to switch off, restore, or regulate emotions properly.

🌙 Neurofeedback (using EEG technology) is a Natural, Drug-Free Solution as it helps your brain relearn how to relax, shifting it from high alert to rest mode — where sleep becomes easier and deeper.

✔ Proven, Safe, Individualised to your needs and backed by over 30 years of science.

Whether you're battling difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking, or restless nights — we can help.

📍 Book your brain assessment today and take the first step to better sleep.

17/07/2025

Neurofeedback is used to regulate so many brain related patterns, pick one and I will tell you how it can help you!

16/07/2025

Another popular question about Neurofeedback...