What is the difference between Autogenic Training and biofeedback?
In the early 70s, psychologists developed a procedure that makes usually imperceptible physiological processes via acoustical or optical signals perceptible. With biofeedback, special equipment gives you feedback of your biological parameter (hence the name). This device records stress-related physiological activities like heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, and relays it back to you. The advantage of biofeedback lies in its ability to accurately and objectively display a variety of even small changes in a patients/clients physiology. Biofeedback has with Autogenic Training in common that it teaches control of the activities of the autonomous nervous system.
