This is one of my more expensive but definitely favourite pieces of tech; a wireless neurofeedback headset which also sports photobiomodulation, onboard measurement and HRV training. It’s very advanced, and one of a kind in the consumer neurotherapy space. I have been involved in neuromodulation since late 2015, which at the time of writing is almost a decade. In that time I have used a few different clinical neuromodulation systems and numerous consumer offerings. The Sens.ai is easily the best value for money, convenience and efficacy out of all of them. I am so grateful to have it and love to use it as often as I can.
What does it do?
It trains breath coherence and brainwave response in a variety of areas related to stabilising physiology, improving sleep latency and duration, balancing emotions, improving self regulation and more. There is a well developed and coherent pathway of personal, social and spiritual development available from within the app making this a powerful top tier biohacking tool.
How does it work?
What really sets this unit apart is the high quality EEG signal obtained from innovatively constructed electrodes which use only water as a conductor. Traditionally EEG paste would have to be used but that is messy, fiddly and needs to be reapplied each time. The sens.ai headset is extremely easy to mount and lock onto a great signal. It has 3 electrodes that gather data from the frontal lobes, central strip and parietal/occipital region. You dampen the electrodes, place the headset and open the app to start training.
HRV training
By using a pulse sensor mounted on the ear cup, the headset can correlate brainwave and heart data to measure coherence. The Calm heart program provides breath timing and audio feedback of heart-brain coherence. It’s very relaxing and focusing and I have seen HRV scores of well over 120 on this which is a significant improvement over my baseline. It quickly guides you into a very deeply organised state of peace, calming the body and organising the mind.
Photobiomodulation
This means to stimulate the brain directly with light. Sens.ai uses what they call Boosts, which are 10-20 minute periods where the brain is first measured and then stimulated with specific frequencies. There are 7 red lasers mounted in the headset which fire into specific parts of the brain, and the wavelength of the light is such that it is able to penetrate the skull and actually alter the frequency balance inside the brain. The initial measurement checks which specific frequency resonates most with the brain, and is then applied for the selected amount of time. Boost can alter mood and energy in a number of ways, from caffeine like stimulation to the total opposite of a very chilled out experience. Over time this energy builds up in the brain and allows easier recall of such states.
Safety
Thankfully, this is baked into the software; it’s not possible to overtrain or over stimulate because there are timeouts which limit how often both the neurostimulation and neurofeedback programs can be used.
How to get your hands on one
Sens.ai do offer an affiliate program because they are trying to spread this incredible piece of tech as far and wide as possible. I signed up because, as someone who has written neurofeedback software myself to achieve similar goals, I cannot recommend it highly enough.
The system is so elegant and I fully endorse it. You can use the code SUPERTHOM at the checkout to make an extra $100 saving on the RRP.
www.sens.ai