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Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Past Five Years at Mind Alive As we celebrate 45 years at Mind Alive, we are realizing it is more than an anniversary. It’s a reminder that hard work and dedication add up - session by session, client by client, and breakthrough by breakthrough. We’ve entered an exciting period of leadership transitions, major product launches, powerful new session updates, and ongoing research that continues to move our products forward. A...

Congratulations! You’ve decided to purchase a Mind Alive device! Now for the fun of choosing the one that will best serve your needs. It may seem overwhelming given there are five different devices. But not to worry, selecting can be quite simple. First let’s break down the different stimulation technologies: Audio-Visual Entrainment (AVE) – flashing lights and pulsing tones to guide you into different brainwave states Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES) – tiny electrical impulses to the brain...

Mind Alive Blog by Dave Siever and Amanda Jackson Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Welcome! Welcome to the Mind Alive blog. Your hosts are Dave Siever and Amanda Jackson. Dave Siever has been designing neuro-stimulators and biofeedback devices as far back as 1981. He was involved in temporo-mandibular dysfunction (TMD) research at the University of Alberta. He invented the first high-quality AVE device (the DAVID1) in 1984 to help Performing Arts students overcome stage fright.  He has been continually...