Neurofeedback Brain Training

Bay Area Brain Spa may be the best -run business I’ve ever met. They are beyond dialed-in on customer experience/service—it’s remarkable. The owners and the staff have so much integrity and kindness to offer everyone who walks in the door. The space is spotless, welcoming, and calming. The treatment (I do neurofeedback) is excellent. I love everything about Bay Area Brain Spa!

Buckle up because I have a story to tell about neurofeedback (trigger warning, talks of suicide). I’ve dealt with depression throughout my life, it would come in waves, and I would dance with the idea of un aliving myself, but never did it. This past year, I was dealing with a significant amount of stress that I just couldn’t handle, and sure enough, a depression wave kicked in when I thought I was already at my lowest point. This time the wave was different than anything I had ever experienced, it was like a dark entity had entered my brain and completely took over. It came to me and calmly said “You’re ready”. As in, I was ready to un alive myself, it showed me a plan in my head over and over again. I didn’t want to be ready, luckily there was a part of my brain that fought back, but those dark thoughts got so strong it was at the point where it felt like they were oozing out of every pore of my body. There was a war going on in my head and I was quickly losing control of my my own mind. I didn’t want to use pills, and instead I found neurofeedback. I made my first appointment, was greeted by the owners when I showed up, they got me set up for my first session and even made additional recommendations. I cried all thru that first session, but it was a healing, trauma releasing type of cry. The neurofeedback immediately went after the depression, if you meditate then you’re probably already familiar with the idea of visions, and I had a few visions, one of which was my brain was reversing the “plan” that the dark entity had put into my mind. It was like the neurofeedback was saying “Nope! This doesn’t belong here anymore!”. I was hooked after that first session. They say to do ten sessions so that everything will start to stick in your brain and I just finished my fifth session today (although, I haven’t had anymore visions, but that’s ok, it’s still working). All signs of that dark entity are gone. All thoughts of extreme sadness are gone. I’m starting to feel silly again. I’ve been happy for the past few days, genuinely happy which is a feeling I haven’t had in years. I feel mentally balanced and calm. My brain hasn’t felt this healthy, probably ever. I’ve been telling everyone I know about neurofeedback, but not everyone seems to take me seriously. So I wanted to write this review and be open and vulnerable about the mental state I was in when I first started so people can understand that this works, it takes time, but it works. I could go on about my story and the war that was going
on in my head because it was pretty intense, but the reality is that neurofeedback is giving me my life back. I even got my kid started on it. I haven’t yet had a chance to try any of the other services they offer, but this place and all of the staff are amazing. I wish I could go every day.

This was my very first visit at the Bay Area Brain spa and I loved it! The staff was super friendly, professional, helpful, and informative about all of the treatments. I did Neurofeedback in the Compression Massage Pants on sport mode, and Red Light Therapy. The Compression Massage Pants were great for my sore muscles; as an Irish Dancer my legs were feeling tight and sore from practice, but after the treatment they felt really refreshed. Also, following the Neurofeedback I felt calm, refreshed, and more at ease about my upcoming dance completion. The Red Light Therapy also helped my skin and calm breakouts! Overall, I would highly recommend visiting the Bay Area Brain Spa, especially if you are an athlete! The Spa helped me mentally AND physically prepare for my upcoming dance competition and I will definitely be stopping by again soon!