Biofeedback is a method where a machine on your body shows you what is happening inside — heart rate, breathing, muscle tightness, sometimes skin temperature — so you can learn to change it. A teacher or therapist sits with you, and you practise slowing your heart or softening a tight muscle while you watch the signal.

Biofeedback is a method where a machine on your body shows you what is happening insidebiofeedback是一種方法，身上接一台機器，讓你看到體內正在發生的事 heart rate, breathing, muscle tightness, sometimes skin temperature像心跳、呼吸、肌肉緊繃程度，有時候還有皮膚溫度 so you can learn to change it這樣你就能學著去改變它 A teacher or therapist sits with you老師或治療師會陪在你旁邊 and you practise slowing your heart or softening a tight muscle你就練習讓心跳慢下來，或是讓緊繃的肌肉放鬆 while you watch the signal一邊看著那個訊號

People often use it to help themselves relax, but though actually it is not only a “calm down” trick: clinics also use it when someone needs more control over a body signal they cannot feel clearly on their own. You are not using magic. You are practising, with a mirror for the body.

People often use it to help themselves relax大家常常用它來幫自己放鬆 but though actually it is not only a “calm down” trick不過其實它不只是個'冷靜下來'的招數 clinics also use it when someone needs more control over a body signal they cannot feel clearly on their own診所也會在有人需要更能控制某個自己感覺不清楚的身體訊號時用它 You are not using magic你用的不是魔法 You are practising, with a mirror for the body你是在練習，只是身體有了一面鏡子

The word is fairly new; people started using it around 1970. It belongs to hospitals, clinics, and wellness talk, and it sounds a bit specialist.

The word is fairly new這個字算滿新的 people started using it around 1970大約1970年左右開始有人用 It belongs to hospitals, clinics, and wellness talk它常出現在醫院、診所和健康相關的談話裡 and it sounds a bit specialist聽起來也有點專業

Feedback by itself is any return signal; biofeedback is that idea turned on your own living body.

Feedback by itself is any return signalfeedback本身指的是任何回傳的訊號 biofeedback is that idea turned on your own living bodybiofeedback就是把這個概念用在自己活生生的身體上