For some new businesses, what they provide for clients is implied by the name. For others, including Neurofeedback trainer Alene Norris’s new endeavor, Dragonfly Touch, educating the public on what is offered requires more explanation.
“It’s taken me two years of studying and working with my clients to be able to explain what Neurofeedback is in several minutes,” says Alene, an Edmonton native who moved to Powell River eight years ago.
Neurofeedback is a workout for the brain, training it to become more flexible and resilient by interacting with the central nervous system.
“It creates a balance and settles the whole central nervous system down by picking up on the frequency of the brain,” explains Alene.
According to Alene, neurofeedback is beneficial to people suffering from a wide range of health issues, including migraines, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, addiction, obesity, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), “to name a few,” she says. “We cannot repair things like dementia or MS, but we can slow the process down.”
Clients undergoing chemotherapy, who sometimes have what is called “chemo brain,” have also achieved strong results from regular visits with Alene. “Results are astounding for kids suffering with ADHD, seizures or the aftereffects of head trauma, too.”
After an initial consultation process, clients come in for a series of sessions, the number of which varies depending on each circumstance. Sensors are attached to the scalp and connected to a NeurOptimal® brain-training algorithm, which measures and displays brainwaves. Results are used to teach self-regulation of brain function.
“It’s holistic, non-invasive and has no side effects,” says Alene. “Some clients come in on their lunch break and fall asleep; you don’t have to be awake for the session, pretty cool in my books.”
Alene started her career as a healer in Australia, where she worked for nine years as a care aide. After returning to Canada, she worked in the hospital and at residential care facilities in Powell River before studying aromatherapy and energy healing. She became a certified NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback trainer in 2014 and completed Reiki levels one and two in 2015.
“I’ve worked in the medical world for 15 years and, more recently, trained in theta healing in Brazil, where I opened a clinic last year,” says Alene, who has travelled in Europe, Asia and around the globe for 13 years, which has served to enhance her healing abilities.
Alene’s path to the field of Neurofeedback came as a result of her own issues with migraines and 16 years of suffering with insomnia. At the suggestion of a friend, she visited a Neurofeedback practitioner, despite initial skepticism.
“It was phenomenal, after 14 sessions, I could feel my authentic self start to come alive again and I haven’t had a migraine since.” says Alene. “I am living proof that this works.”
After seeing the benefits personally, Alene decided to help others achieve the same positive results.
“A lot people who come to me are desperate,” she says. “I have given them hope when they felt certain that hope was merely a word, not a reality. I want to help all those people out there, of all ages.”
Alene says she treats causes, not symptoms, and helps clients live more manageable and healthy lives.
Although clinics can be found worldwide, Alene is the only Neurofeedback trainer in Powell River. To book a consultation, call 604.483.6643, email
alenecottontail@yahoo.com, or search for Dragonfly Touch on Facebook.
For more information on neurofeedback, go to zengar.com.
