Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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Millions of people use brainwave software each year for the reasons above and for many more. I have personally been meditating for almost a year now and can honestly tell you that my meditation experience has been totally different since I’ve started using it.

My meditation experiences are now much deeper and I am able to visit places within myself and get to know areas of me that I never knew. I also feel a much deeper and constant sense of peace and tranquility during my meditation and for long after I finish meditating. The peace I feel travels with me throughout the day and stays with me even in times of turbulence and stress.

Since I’ve started to use brainwave software for meditation, I have not gone back to meditating without it!

How does Brain wave Software Work?

The most commonly used type of brain wave software are CDs and mp3s with binaural beats.

How do Binaural Beats CDs work? Simple- Sounds of 2 different frequencies are presented to the listener- one frequency to each ear. When this happens, the brain realizes the difference between the 2 frequencies. It then processes the information differently and integrates the frequencies to make a 3rd commonly called “beat” sound frequency.

Each year, more people use brainwave software as CDs with binaural beats for meditation. As a result, there has been a huge increase in reports and research done showing many benefits from the use of binaural beats to the mind and body.

Check out more information on binaural beats, brainwave software, and different meditation techniques and benefits you can achieve.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

This ‘frequency following’ response of brainwave entrainment can be seen in action with those prone to epilepsy. If a strobe flashes at their seizure frequency, the brain will ‘entrain’ to the flashing light, resulting in a seizure.

On the positive side, this same mechanism is commonly used to induce many brainwave states; such as a trance, enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation or sleep induction. The brainwave entrainment effectively pushes the entire brain into a certain state.

Brainwave entrainment works for almost everyone. It is a great way to lead your mind into states that you might usually have difficulty reaching, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.

THE HYPE
There is a lot of marketing hype around brainwave entrainment. It is sold with promises of increasing IQ, promoting weight loss, ‘mind-tripping’, enhancing creativity, concentration, inducing spiritual states and more.

While these claims are not entirely true, they are not altogether false either. In practice, the claims are based on an overly-simplistic view of how the brain and the brainwaves function.
THE RUB
People are very seldom deficient in a certain brainwave type in all areas of their brain. Usually the distribution is much spottier, with an excess in one area and a deficiency in another.

We are all different, especially when it comes to the distribution of our brainwaves. Boosting a certain brainwave state may be beneficial for one person, and emotionally uncomfortable for another. Without knowing each person’s starting position, entrainment can be rather ‘hit and miss’.

If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you’re probably encouraging a range of brainwaves that are already excessive in some area of your brain. The way around this is to get a brain map to see what your brain’s strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.