She continues to be an active member of the Biofeedback Society. Amita's most important role over the past few years, has been that of mother. And she brings her warm nurturing reassurance to her work with patients. Those who work with her find her calm peacefulness and gentle instruction comforting, easy to follow and very effective in changing life-long patterns. Biofeedback is a technique in which instrumentation is used to view psychophysiological processes people are not usually aware of.
Sensors are places on the skin over a muscle.
This will then show electrical activity of that muscle. After training, a person can learn when muscle tension is beginning to increase and when and how to relax it. The use of EMG is extensively applied in general relaxation training, neuromuscular re-education, stroke, cerebral palsy, TMJ, bruxim and other syndromes. This measures changes in sweat responses on the surface of the skin, usually the hand. With GSR a person can get immediate feedback on his or her own arousal system.