Equipment: Flashlight on your phone

How to achieve maximum benefit of Light

1. Use in conjunction with one or more other brain activations (sound, smell, color)
2. Use before focused attention is needed for an activity
3. Use to assist in calming anxiety - great before bed or after a full day at school or overstimulation
4. Use before exercise sessions for maximum brain activation and balancing.

Frequency:

• 1-2 x daily
• 5-second hold in the peripheral vision
• 10 repetitions in the peripheral vision of the OPPOSITE EYE of hemisphere weakness

R Hemisphere weakness = Left peripheral vision

L Hemisphere weakness = Right peripheral vision

**Generally speaking these applications of light apply to the hemisphere we have identified as weaker. However, it is recommended to try both eyes and watch for reflex activation and ask the child how they feel with each side to determine best how they respond**

We have weaknesses in both sides of the brain and each system has its way of affecting us (sight, sound, smell) 

Positive reactions:

• slowing of breathing
• deepening of breath (larger inhalations)
• general calming feeling in the body

Negative reactions:

• shortening or shallow breathing
• agitation with the light in the peripheral vision
• anxiousness