Frequently Asked Questions About
The Wild Divine
2. What is the Iom? The Iom is cutting edge feedback technology. (about the size of an iPod). Three comfortable fingertip sensors connects the Iom to PC or Mac via a USB port.
3. What software programs are available that work with the Iom? We have four software programs for use with the Iom. The first is our original (which has been inducted into the Macworld Hall of Fame), Journey to Wild Divine: The Passage. Presented in an adventure game format, in which you travel the Sun Realm, learning and performing feedback exercises along the way. The second product is Wisdom Quest, featuring Deepak Chopra, which is an expansion pack for The Passage. Our third, and current, flagship product is Healing Rhythms, a 15-step guided training program featuring Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Andrew Weil, and other leaders in the Health & Wellness industry. Our fourth program is "Deepak Chopra's Secrets of Meditation", which is interactive, one-on-one training in meditation and guided breathing with Dr. Deepak Chopra. Our feedback hardware works with all four programs.
4. What is the difference between The Passage, Wisdom Quest, Relaxing Rhythms, and Secrets of Meditation? The Passage is an adventure "gaming" style format, and Wisdom Quest is an expansion pack for The Passage. Relaxing Rhythms and Secrets of Meditation are guided trainings program, where you are lead through steps by experts who explain the concepts, guide you through practices, and then you can use the feedback hardware to put your knowledge into action.
5. What was the Lightstone? The lightstone was the first version of our feedback hardware, and has been replaced with The Iom. All Wild Divine software works with both the Iom and Lightstone, but the Lightstone has been discontinued in favor of the Iom, and is not longer available.
6. Are there any new software titles in production? One of our most exciting initiatives is not available... It's code named "IomOnline", and allows for the use of the Iom with Active Feedback events within Facebook! As a bonus, there is also multi-user collaborative activities to complete. Visit http://apps.facebook.com/iomonline/
7. What are the benefits of using programs offered by The Wild Divine? The feedback programs can give you more awareness of your own internal states of consciousness. Other possible benefits include the potential for a clearer state of mind, heightened powers of imagination, greater understanding of the mind/body connection, reduced feelings of stress, and more energy and relaxation, focus.
8. How was the feedback system developed? The feedback portion of the Iom hardware has a well-proven scientific basis. It was developed in collaboration with some of the best feedback experts in the country, in particular, we chose those whose work empahsized optimal human performance, such as Liana Mattulich, M.D., Dr. Bob Whitehouse, and Sunny Turner. According to Dr. Bob Whitehouse, psychologist and biofeedback expert, who consulted on the game, feedback uses electronic equipment to monitor people’s internal physiological states and gives feedback that helps the recipient learn how to control these states, to activate balance, release or to recover from them. Others that contributed to The Wild Divine are Jean Houston, a pioneer researcher in human capacities, Nawang Khechog, a former Buddhist monk and one of Tibet’s foremost world music composers and musicians, and Liana Mattulich, an M.D. and biofeedback expert.
