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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Your subconscious mind is a VERY powerful tool. What it believes can override your conscious and program you for either success or failure. For this reason, we must program our subconscious mind with positive beliefs.

If you are constantly trying to achieve a goal, but fail, then your subconscious is probably blocking you. In the first years of our life our brainwaves are in the theta state, the super-learning state. Because of this the beliefs of our parents often sink into our subconscious mind. The negative beliefs that are holding us back in our subconscious must be erased and fixed.

One way to do this is with affirmations. First, choose a positive belief you would like to imprint. For example, “I am the perfect weight”. Here are some rules to follow:

1. It MUST be in the PRESENT TENSE
2. It MUST be POSITIVE. Don’t say “I am NOT overweight”. Rather, say “I am the perfect weight.”

Then take the affirmation you just made, and repeat it to yourself throughout the day. Also, repeat a couple times after waking up and before falling asleep. I find affirmations to be most beneficial when I am trying to lay positive programming into my mind rather than erase negative programming.

Another way to do this is through subliminal messaging. Subliminal messaging has proven to be such a powerful tool that it was BANNED in advertising in the US. Use a computer software such as Subliminal Blaster. These software will flash affirmations for a split second, in various places on the screen. You can then leave it running while you work. I enjoy the many pre-programmed categories these software come with, as they work great for me.

Hopefully these tips will help you achieve your goals, make your life better, and program your subconscious mind.
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.