Posted 2/25/2020 1:51 PM (GMT -5)
There's no way to sample DNRS, but there are many detailed posts here about it. I will copy one of mine here:
After being sick with something like Lyme, a lot of us have had our fair share of trying treatments that don't work for us or that are simply strategies for swindling desperate people. Makes sense to have your BS detectors on.
Two LLMDs had recommended DNRS to me, and I had read about it independently online, but the kicker for me was when Neil Nathan recommended it in the book Toxic. That book was a game changer for me, so I trusted his recommendation. DNRS costs about what I spend per month on supplements, and it's the same as an LLMD appointment for me, so I wasn't worried about the cost - I just didn't want to be swindled!
The science of neuroplasticity is not new or controversial. It is the basis of TBI and stroke treatment. During a stroke, part of the brain dies and does not come back to life, yet people re-learn how to walk, talk, and many other functions because the brain is plastic - meaning it is malleable and can grow new pathways. Therapy after a stroke or brain damage can be challenging, but people literally build new brain functions when the old ones die or are damaged. They do this through mental tricks (think curing phantom limb pain with mirrors in amputees) and physical movements. Norman Doidge's book The Brain that Changes Itself is filled with fascinating case studies. Again, neuroplasticity and using it for healing brain injuries is not controversial. DNRS uses these exact principles to access the parts of the brain damaged by trauma, infections, and other types of dysfunction. It basically considers Lyme a brain injury.
Everyone accepts that emotions can affect the body and cause physical symptoms in some circumstances, such as a person feeling nausea before a big speech, or someone's hand shaking when they are nervous, or the heart beating fast when they're excited. DNRS uses the power of emotions (along with thoughts and movements and speech) to activate specific parts of the brain, making them easier to access and manipulate.
The program also explains how strong emotions cement memories as well as neural pathways. (You know how you remember all the details about a traumatic event? And how sometimes a scent can catapult you back to a strong memory?) A physical symptom is an action of the nervous system. An unpleasant physical symptom causes fear, and fear is great at cementing neural pathways. DNRS teaches people how to interrupt those neural pathways and redirect them. It shows you how to rewire your brain in the most literal sense.
This is not about positive thinking or spiritual enlightenment. It's very straightforward science, but I can see how it might seem a little "woo-woo" when you hear that emotions and thought patterns are involved.
There's also the Gupta program, but I have not tried that one. It focuses on the amygdala, whereas DNRS focuses on the whole limbic system.
Do a quick search about the limbic system and how much it controls. Mood, digestion, immunity, hormone production, energy levels, sleep, pain, memory, inflammation, nervous system functions. Most of us struggle with all those things, right? Since so much of the havoc caused by Lyme is due to inflammation and damage and dysregulation of systems, I was excited to have the tools to regulate those systems, and I was thrilled with how well it worked.
I am not going to tell you all the details because DNRS is a proprietary program, and I don't want to get sued, plus honestly I want it to be supported. Personally I have shelled out insane thousands of dollars for things that don't work, and I don't want to be unfair to the one thing that did.
That said, I can tell you that ideally a person watches the online videos or DVD, which takes about 14 hours. There are some worksheets involved, and it's important to make the program your own by inserting your own examples and rewording things so they feel more natural to you. (It's dated and hokey at times, no doubt about it.) You should finish the videos within three days, or as soon as possible. Then for six months, you have to commit to an hour per day of practice. "Practice" means you do a series of simple movements and say a series of statements simultaneously, and you use visualizations to access specific parts of your brain. The instructions are not difficult. Each "round" of practice takes 10-15 minutes, so you can do two rounds in the morning and two in the evening, or whatever works for you. If you are not able to stand for that long, then you can do the rounds sitting or even lying down (she explains how this is still effective) until you are stronger and steadier.
Finally, there are some things you need to remind yourself about every day, and you need to be your own thought police in some ways. There are negative thought patterns and thoughts about symptoms that you simply cannot allow yourself to have, so willpower is essential. The practice comes in handy as a way to distract yourself. The idea is that you are starving the old neural pathways that perpetuate symptoms, and building new ones.