Frequently Asked Questions

Therapeutic Media^TM

What Is Therapeutic Media^TM?

Therapeutic Media^TM is a multi-media training program that establishes and amplifies a Relaxation Response. This Relaxation Response is substantial enough to offset the Primary Stress Response / Fight or Flight Response. (It should be noted that it does not blunt or reduce Fight or Flight in emergencies.)

How Is It Presented?

Therapeutic Media^TM is DVD based and may be presented to groups or individuals in a comfortable media room, theater or theater-like setting. A Therapeutic Media^TM program is 25 minutes long and each participant receives a CD or MP3 file to reinforce and increase their ability to Be and Feel more calm and relaxed, day in and day out.

Is One Time Enough?

One time is enough to neutralize years of built up stress and the habit of being tense all the time. If you use your CD regularly your relaxation response will continue to develop and strengthen. Additional exposure to the main Therapeutic Media program will quickly add additional strength.

What Actually Is Stress?

Stress is our response to a stressor; which is anything that puts a demand on us. In our context it is a triggering of the Fight or Flight Response. Fight or Flight produces the feelings most of us know as anxiety and stress. Although the Fight or Flight Response is a life saving mechanism, and as such necessary for survival during a physically danger, it is counter productive and even debilitating when it is triggered when there is no physical danger. Like when the stressor is of a psychological nature such as job pressures. Fight or Flight, or Stress gears up the brain and body to fight for you life or flee for your life. Like during an attack by a wild animal. All of your resources are brought to bear in an instant. A hormonal cascade triggers maximum increases in any system that will help you fight or escape. In fact stress does even more. In order to get the strongest possible response, that same hormonal cascade suppresses or reduces any non-essential systems until the threat is past. This allows all our resources to be focused on escape.

This is good and as it should be. Therapeutic Media^TM does not in any way interfere with or modify this.

Is Stress Bad For Us?

Some stress is good: It helps you to rise to the occasion. It keeps you on top of your game. It helps you feel engaged and satisfied. But the problem is that most of our stress (hopefully) is not in the form of physically threatening assaults, but in the form of psychological worries, concerns and strain. And these psychological "stressors" trigger the same hormonal cascade. The reason this is counter productive and even debilitating is that physical assaults are usually of short duration. When you escape to safety you are relieved and your systems normalize. Psychological concerns and strain and job stress and relationship strife go on and on. These worries continually keep your stress level high. And that means those systems that are "non-essential" to fighting or fleeing for your life continue to be suppressed. These include:

• The Immune System

• The Digestive System

• The Sexual and Reproductive System.

While under stress your thinking is also effected. The brain downshifts to more simplistic levels of thinking. You don't have access to:

• All of Your Knowledge

• All of Your Creativity

• All of Your Intellect

Even for critical decision making.

Looking at just one of these; We know that a suppressed immune system leaves you open to illness and disease. If you are going to manage your stress effectively, you must learn how to calm Fight or Flight and rebalance your systems. Therapeutic Media^TM does this and more.

How Does Therapeutic Media^TM Work?

Therapeutic Media^TM is based on the results of the research of main stream and alternative therapies and 35 years of professional practice.

The programs draw on Relaxation Techniques, Meditation, Guided Imagery, Visualization and Classical Conditioning. As such Therapeutic Media^TM is a powerful tool combining all proven forms of deep relaxation with spectacular full motion digital video scenes of nature and lovely settings. Each of which depicts many hours of a day.

These 25 minute sessions evoke a powerful Relaxation Response in much the same way that a book, story or movie can elicit a strong emotional response – like a tearjerker, thriller, love story or mystery. Or the profound passions stirred by concerts and sporting events.

What’s the Response we want to Elicit?

A calm, proficient confidence that promotes fellowship and security.

What Does It Feel Like?

Therapeutic Media^TM is deep relaxation training. Most people feel more relaxed than they've ever felt before. The sessions are very enjoyable, to say the least.