BioFeedback Without the Machines: A Strategy for Living [Paperback]

George E Soroka (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1996

Biofeeback Without Machines helps readers to learn to live without stress and build their life to success. “Biofeedback without Machines means that we can become the instruments of dramatic and positive change in our own lives. The most significant thing we learn from biofeedback is that we can reclaim the creative process as our own, and in this way develop a truly effective strategy for living based on self determination.” Mike Marchetti, Ph. D. Physicist

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About the Author

Reverand George E. Soroka is an expert in Biofeedback and a spiritual healer with over 25 years as a Biofeedback and Stress Therapist. He is a 2003 National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, President of Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society Inc., and has served as the Chief Respiratory Therapist for over 13 years at Doctor’s Hospital in New York. He is also the President of Biofeedback Consultants. He has taught professional training courses and workshops for over 25 years and has spent over 10 years in pulmonary research. Soroka is a swimming coach and martial arts instructor. His memberships include the International Stress and Tension Control Society, International Stress Association of America, and the Authors Guild of America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Ariel Starr Productions Ltd (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889122203
• ISBN-13: 978-1889122205
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,162,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Disorders & Diseases > General

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not big on technique, but useful., May 3, 2001

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This review is from: BioFeedback Without the Machines: A Strategy for Living (Paperback)

The technique this book teaches can be summed up in two words: "just notice." That's it. So, if you are looking for technique, there it is. You don't need to buy the book.

Why read it at all, then? Because the meat of the book isn't in a description of the technique, but in a discussion of the nuances of noticing and the changes one can expect as a result of engaging in this activity on a daily basis. The author delves into subjects such as identity, habits (of thinking, feeling, and acting), and philosophy. A reviewer was right in saying that this book is about an author's philosophy of life, but so are many other worthwhile books.

The book is written in a no-nonsense, I'm-givin'-it-to-ya-straight style. It holds nothing back, and it offers hope. It is simple without being insulting. I enjoyed it during a vacation on the beach, and I have to say it made my vacation more worthwhile. An irony, considering the author talks about how vacations are sometimes escapist attempts that do not work because people's habits of living are often what plague them ... and they take that habit of living right along with them on vacation.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mislseading title, November 18, 1999

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This review is from: BioFeedback Without the Machines: A Strategy for Living (Paperback)

This book is a great disappointment. One would guess from the title that this book has something to do with biofeedback without machines. Wrong. This book mainly deals with the author's theories of life. I did not particularly care. He talks about the uses of biofeedback with machines, which was nice. But there really is no program simply stated for biofeedback without machines. If you are looking for a place to access brainwaves, this is not it. A better choice would be Anna Wise's The High Performance Mind.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not about biofeedback!, January 29, 2000

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Marilyn A. Johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: BioFeedback Without the Machines: A Strategy for Living (Paperback)

I was very angry that I had been suckered into buying this book, and the reason I bought it was because, obviously, I was interested in biofeedback. But the book doesn't deal with biofeedback, per se, and in my opinion had no useful information to impart on manipulating brainwaves. As one other reviewer said, a very misleading title. Very, very disappointed in the book. Amateurish.