North Shore NewsBy Sherry Heiser
Long-time North Shore resident Dali Pyzel started her diverse career as a high school social studies teacher. She later became an online program director and librarian. In the meantime, she married, raised two daughters, and managed her family’s surfboard business. As it grew, she was able to hire her replacement. With her children now grown, she decided it was time to delve into her interest in alternative health therapies. Helping children with attention and learning challenges was particularly important to her.
“There are alternative therapies that are very well researched but not very well known,” says Dali.
In the process of extensive research, she found that neurofeedback has successfully helped many people, including those with ADHD. After formal course training, and many hours of working alongside mentors, she started accepting clients in 2019. Her business, Mind Balance Hawaii, offers brain mapping and hair tissue mineral analysis, neurofeedback and heart rate variability training. She offers “safe, alternative therapy to help regulate emotion and feel more relaxed, improve sleep, lessen migraine and PMS pain, improve focus, increase mental and physical performance, and increase reading comprehension and spelling.”
As a neurofeedback clinician, she meets with clients at her home office to review their medical history, including diet and medications, and asks them what they hope to achieve through the therapy. A hair tissue mineral analysis measures nutrients and toxic minerals in the hair. Unwanted symptoms often relate to nutritional deficiencies, mineral imbalances, and heavy metal toxicity. More data is provided through the use of full-cap quantitative electroencephalogram, or brain mapping, which shows frequency patterns in different regions of the brain.
Once the client’s information is compiled and studied, Dali offers therapy to address her client’s needs. Training the brain to make new neural connections is achieved through lifestyle changes and use of neurofeedback training. The goal is to disrupt current patterns of activity and teach the nervous system to respond in healthier ways so the brain is back to its optimal state.
“I want to help people as much as I can,” Dali says. “I’d especially like to help more kids struggling in school.”
Mind Balance Hawaii has primarily attracted clients through word of mouth. As a respected professional in her field, she was asked to make a presentation about her work to the Hawaii Biofeedback Association two months ago. In addition to her ongoing research and professional endeavors, she is actively working toward a master’s degree in acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Anyone interested in Mind Balance Hawaii may visit its website at mindbalancehawaii.com or telephone {808) 388-5757.