I tried it for a few minutes but quickly lost patience. Mostly what I learned from the biofeedback experience was to slow down my breathing. I use that sometimes to try to get to sleep and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I think some of us are born with highly reactive nervous systems, which are also not well-suited to meditation practices, including progressive relaxation. Our minds and bodies don't "sit still" that long. 

I liked the biofeedback approach because it was mechanical: all I had to do was breathe and look at the moving chart on the computer screen. In did produce results for quite a while and I think in time would have trained me to do it without the computer. Wasn't able to do it long enough.

I would like to find a way to do that on my home computer. So far I haven't found an affordable way to get the necessary sensors and software. Amazon sells some simple biofeedback gadgets but customer comments do not inspire confidence.

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