Tarrant Jeff - Meditation interventions to rewire the brain: integrating neuroscience strategies for ADHD, anxiety, depression & PTSD

Meditation
Interventions
to Rewire

The

Brain

Integrating Neuroscience Strategies
for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression & PTSD

Jeff Tarrant PhD, BCN

Praise for Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain

Dr. Jeff Tarrant helped me better understand my brain! Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain clearly explained to me many things that I had wondered about and how meditation is an effective non-medication treatment.

-Jim Spencer,
Founder, Newsy

Ready to embrace a new, better version of yourself and open to the beauty and magic that surrounds you in your everyday life? Then this book is for you! Anyone interested in exploring meditation as a tool to combat anxiety, lower stress and find a deeper sense of peace will benefit from this book! Dr. Tarrant, an expert in the field of neuromeditation strategies, will show you how you can combat anxiety, lower stress, find a sharper focus as well as a deeper sense of peace. Dr. Tarrant offers concrete, scientific data which explains how and why this practice works. A fascinating and mind opening read, Dr. Tarrants writing style is down to earth, clear and welcoming; he explains some advanced scientific ideas in an easy, digestible way! Allow this book to be a guide into embracing a new, more beautiful and powerful way to live!

-Laura Lynne Jackson,
NY Times bestselling author of The Light Between Us

Dr. Tarrant has written a groundbreaking new book that should become essential reading for not only meditators and teachers of meditation, but also neuroscientists, mental health practitioners, and anyone looking for the most up-to-date information on brain and mind. This work combines current insights and the latest brain monitoring technology, to open new doors to practice, exploration, and research. The potential of meditation as a life-enhancing and healing practice reaches new levels with Dr. Tarrants innovative teachings.

-Thomas F. Collura, PhD, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC,
Past President, International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR)
Past President, Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback (AAPB)

Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain is a pathbreaking book that brings meditation and mindfulness firmly into the 21st century. Neuromeditation expert Jeff Tarrant skillfully integrates fascinating real-life stories and cutting-edge brain science to provide a clear roadmap for how different meditative practices engage, rewire and integrate the brain. This is a must-have book for clinicians and anyone working with meditation and mindfulness. Highly recommended!

-Donald Altman, M.A., LPC,
bestselling author of The Mindfulness Toolbox and 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience

Dr. Jeff Tarrant, a researcher in human consciousness for over 15 years undertook a surging and cutting-edge work in understanding the latest brain wave patterns and mechanism during meditation. Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain is Dr. Tarrants platform of presenting what is happening in meditation in health and in disease conditions. The book presents the essentials in understanding the neuroscience of meditation to models of brain wave patterns in regular meditation practices and in clinical conditions frequently encountered like PTSD, ADHD and Depression. Jeff Tarrants emerging knowledge of the brain and its relationship with meditation will guide future scientists and usher this subfield of neurological research called neuromeditation.

-Master Glenn J. Mendoza, MD, MPH,
author of Better Person Mindset

Copyright 2017 by Jeff Tarrant

Published by
PESI Publishing & Media
PESI, Inc
3839 White Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54703

Cover: Amy Rubenzer
Editing: Donald Altman
Layout: Bookmasters & Amy Rubenzer

ISBN: 9781683730729

All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America.

Acknowledgments

You would think that this would be an easier part of the book to write, but I am finding it one of the most difficult. When I sat down and actually began to consider the amount of support, love, time, patience, energy and reflection from the countless people in my life from all the periods of my life that influenced this work, it is a bit overwhelming. Where do you start and how do you convey something like this in words?

This book is really the synthesis of everything I have been learning from multiple disciplines over the past 15 years (give or take). So, with deep gratitude, I first want to thank all of the teachers, mentors, friends, family, students, clients, & colleagues that taught me, challenged me and supported me Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Specific thanks and gratitude

My best friend and life partner, Erika Patterson. Without you this wouldnt have happened. You supported me, encouraged me and believed in this project when I was skeptical, frustrated, and discouraged.

To my parents, Debbie Kramer and Jim Tarrant, thank you for expressing interest and being proud. It meant a lot and helped keep me motivated. To my kids, Morgan Patterson and Jacob Tarrant, thank you for keeping me grounded. Whenever my ego would get too involved and I would become too absorbed, you were perfect reminders of what really matters.

To my meditation, qigong, and spiritual teachers (in no particular order), Grandmother Aya, Seido Ronci, Ginny Morgan, Arthur Du, Kenny Greene, Greg McDonald, Ken Cohen, Master Glenn Mendoza, Tom Williams, & Rainbow Eagle, thank you for helping me explore my internal world, connect to something greater, and appreciate the Mystery. Thank you also for helping me learn something of Shamanism, Zen, Vipassana, Taoism, Qigong, Taiji Chuan, Energy Healing, Arhatic Yoga, Kabbalah, and Native American Spirituality.

To my good friend Debi Elliott for facilitating my exploration of consciousness, introducing me to new ideas, encouraging me in this journey and adding a creative flair that has hopefully rubbed off (at least a little).

Thank you to the University of Missouri. I received all of my degrees at Mizzou and worked there in a number of roles. The time I spent working at the Student Health Center with Terry Wilson was particularly important as this experience refined my thinking of many of the concepts in this book and provided a format to teach mindfulness-based practices to the University community. The essence of NeuroMeditation was born at MU.

While all of my students certainly played a role in my education, certain students helped me grow in profound ways. Thank you Molly Menster, Brett Woods, Anna Watermelon, Meghan Keeler, Miranda Walker and Chris Shannon.

Thank you to the neurofeedback community that introduced me to the idea of exploring states of consciousness with technology. Big thanks to all the folks at BrainMaster Technologies and Stress Therapy Solutions. Thank you to Richard Soutar for introducing me to the concept of neuromeditation.

Thank you to all the students that have attended my workshops. Your attention, comments, feedback, and questions help me clarify and refine my thinking, making the NeuroMeditation program much richer than it would have been otherwise.

Finally, big thanks to the folks at PESI who have sponsored my workshops and published this work. Special thanks to my Acquisitions Editor, Karsyn Morse and Editor, Donald Altman for providing guidance, edits, suggestions, corrections, and clarity. Thanks to Amy Rubenzer for her expert book design and making the brain images work.

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