I have been studying at the Morter Institute for several years and hold certifications as a B.E.S.T., Spiritual B.E.S.T., Remote B.E.S.T. and Remote Healing Practitioner.
The Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) was created by Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr. in the 1970s and further developed by Dr Sue Morter, both pioneers in the field of Bioenergetics. B.E.S.T. is a gentle healing system used to address stress and promote balance in the body including the nervous, muscular, circulatory, digestive, and hormonal systems. When a system moves out of balance and becomes exhausted, it creates a pattern of physical, emotional, and chemical symptoms including illness and disease.
The B.E.S.T. protocol integrates unresolved emotions held in the subconscious, which can show in the body as stress, tension, even illness. Integration releases the innate healing response of the parasympathetic nervous system, and relaxation, happiness and health unfold.
Below is a link to a video of a demonstration of a B.E.S.T. treatment:
Dr. Sue Morter Demonstrating a B.E.S.T. Treatment
Biofeedback is the technique of making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes (such as heartbeats, muscle firing or brain waves) perceptible to the senses by signals on a screen to begin to manipulate them by conscious mental control.
Surface electromyography (sEMG) measures muscle activity. The sEMG biofeedback coupled with video feedback allows for muscle tension to be monitored while viewing postural alignment of the body. I use the ProformaVision® system by Precision Biometrics with 4-channels for measuring sEMG activity with two video camera windows. Such immediate feedback enables clients to sense and see misperceptions of technical execution as well as various maladaptive, compensatory movements that could lead to a risk of injury.
In addition to working one-on-one with clients in person, I incorporate what I have learned about the human body and our physical responses to stress – muscle bracing, poor posture and so on into online sessions. These help you become aware of your muscle tension patterns, reduce pain and stress, and maximize performance through greater awareness of your posture, your body and your neuromuscular activity. You learn to consciously control muscle tension, improve posture and optimize movement patterns.
As a Certified HeartMath Trainer, I incorporate HeartMath® biofeedback techniques for restoring balance to the autonomic nervous system. Through scientific research, HeartMath has proven that emotions have a direct effect on the heart’s rhythms, affecting the autonomic nervous system. The graph below shows the difference in heart rate variability between the effect of negative depleting emotions such as fear and anxiety shown in the top graph, and renewing emotions such as gratitude and trust in the bottom graph:
We actively engage our innate heart-brain communication system which expands our perception, higher thinking functions and awareness. By disengaging from the negative emotions, we can focus on our chest area around our heart, and begin to interrupt default neural pathways responsible for non-productive looping thoughts and feelings so we can shift to create new, more effective neural pathways leading to productivity and creativity.
