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July 2007: In the News
Healing Rhythms Review featured in Frictionless Insight
Frictionless Insight
by Kyle Ackerman
Gamers may not realize it, but it's a fine line between games and self-help. The Wild Divine Project tried
to prove that when it released The Journey to Wild Divine, an adventure game that used biofeedback to solve puzzles. If you aren't familiar with biofeedback, it holds that by giving a user feedback on biological processes like heart rate and blood pressure, that person can learn to positively influence his or her mental and physical health.
Biofeedback is still on the fringes of conventional medicine, but it is useful for developing your skills in meditation. And proper meditation is well documented to positively impact mental and physical health. To that end, the Project has produced its line of software (including The Journey to Wild Divine and Healing Rhythms) as well as biofeedback hardware. Biofeedback buffs will discover the perfect package in Healing Rhythms, but surprisingly, even skeptics may be surprised to learn how powerful an effect Healing Rhythms has on the mind and body. The problem for those with a casual or passing interest is that Healing Rhythms comes with a price tag just under $300. At a lower price, Healing Rhythms would merit a better rating. If taken as an alternative to a two-to-three-day retreat, then it might be $300 well spent. But you had better be dedicated to meditating for the purchase to be worthwhile.
