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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What’s wrong with some healthy competition?

I was 12 years of age, sitting in the back of my Dad’s new car just a few weeks before the end of a school year. My Mum had a brainwave, then went onto state that there would be a prize for either myself or my younger sister, whoever came home with the best school report card that year.

Even though I was always up for a bit of healthy competition, there was a huge problem with this competition and I had a huge disadvantage. Throughout my school years (as I have previously mentioned), I was a fidget, a gossip and was sometimes known to be a little bit naughty and cheeky to the teachers at times.

Some days I would even bunk off school to go my friends house, experiment with his Dad’s whiskey and eat cream cakes from the local shop whilst watching MTV on the TV that my friend had in his bedroom.

My sister was very different. She was a conformist to the rules, she had her homework handed in on time and always sat quietly in class to her teachers delight.

I was doomed for failure in this competition before we even got started!

I guess that a huge problem we may or may not be able to identify in our great Western culture is how society makes us rather vulnerable towards turning success and achievement into something holistically profound and life enhancing.

You may be able to identify as you read on how from the earliest years of infant hood, we have an informal allegiance of well intentioned parents, family members and educational professionals creating for us a pressure pot of competition between our siblings and our classroom peers.

This pressure pot seems to be specifically designed to churn out and produce the highest calibre of student that will strive for excellence in everything they do – or alternatively be a mediocre underdog. Identity Crisis.

The common cultural belief is that society demands this.

Our cultural norms tell us that in order to do well in life and succeed by getting a good job someday, it’s imperative that we conform to the rules, speak when spoken to and simply do our very best not to think for ourselves whilst regurgitating the information they present us with in as an effective and competent a way as possible.

To do this we must conform, sit still, listen carefully, pay attention, and don’t ask questions unless they are asked at the right time and in the right way.

The institution is no longer the safe haven in a cruel and demanding world that it once was. Whereas many years ago the family home may have offered a counterbalance to the brutality of 21st century living where society openly embraces the concept of a dog eat dog culture amidst the educational, business and career worlds.

The institution of family seems to have become little more than an incubator for nurturing the cravings for success and significance during our infant hood, that sets many of us up for failure as adults.

But this is our norm and just the way things are… right?

So, returning to the friendly family competition. I didn’t win that year and my sister brought home a far greater school report than what I did. All I can really remember about the whole scenario is how much I hated being beaten by a girl who was younger than me.

I just wasn’t good enough.

Was this who I was?

The profound emphasis that is placed on high achievement in schooling, the arts, the music industry and sports, in business, in financial standing and social status has always taken its toll, leaving countless numbers of people feeling helpless despite their best efforts, useless, worthless and without hope of ever being better.

Is this who we are?

In 2009 I returned home to Scotland after spending over 3 years living in both Australia and New Zealand. From the glamorous lifestyle of Queenstown New Zealand, I found myself in High Valleyfield in Fife, Scotland – literally apposite ends of the earth with not one similarity between them.

Within only a few weeks of my homeland return, I had began to notice a rather peculiar thing. Everyone looked so similar!

Now I’ve always understood the importance of street credibility, fashion awareness and the cruciality of ‘fitting in’, however this was possibly the first time in my life that I’d ever questioned my own desperate need for social and cultural approval.

At this stage of my life I had returned back to full time education for what was the first time in years, I was mainly surrounded by teenage students who were mostly up to date with the latest hairstyles, trends and fashions. Where I may previously have considered myself relatively ‘cool’ in terms of my fashion sense and general appearance, I found myself with some severe doubts over my degree of cultural relevance.

In the lad’s mags and health subscriptions, David Beckham (even over the age of 40) was still hugely influencing male grooming on a national scale. In Fife, within a few months of the latest billboard advertisement being publicly presented to the masses, an extremely high percentage of the 18 – 30 local male population would begin to groom themselves in a similar manner.

As for the girls, the R & B Queen of the time, Rihanna had taken a momentary downwards life spiral and has hitting the press for having had ‘gone off the rails’. One moth Rihanna was in rehab, the next was back on the international stage with dyed bright red hair.

In the months that followed, approximately half of the local Fife population between the ages of 16 – 24 also had dyed bright red hair.

Although as I must be honest, I quite liked the most recent David Beckham combover and Rihanna’s most recent shade of red, I did begin to question whether this rapid change in style was nothing more than the expressional of a cultural belief that conformity to the latest trends will win the favour of peers, further social acceptance and the might sought after adoration of others?

If my assumptions are accurate that our Western culture of competitive conformity is nurtured from within the walls of the family home, from our parents, amongst siblings, or through the attempts of not just ‘keeping up with the Jones’s’ but completely outdoing them financially, materialistically and relationally. Could this ‘learned competitiveness nature’ also become a cultural norm through the other institutions throughout our society?

If so this is a pressure pot indeed, where there is little room for the individual, the non conformist or the free thinker to simply survive, little own thrive!

Who could ever just be ‘good enough’?

In 2014 Scotland, some may say that we’re still in the midst of an economic downturn. What I’m about to suggest here isn’t necessarily new thinking, but could a reason for the downturn even happening in the first place be in part due to the greed of the bankers through loaning people money that they they would be unlikely to ever be able to pay back – alongside the consumer mentality on a nation in it’s attempts to simply keep up with the Jones’s?

Could the same sibling rivalry that gets nurtured in the family home be the same power hungry rivalry that penetrates the exclusive networking groups of the rich and financially affluent?

Could the same driving force behind the human races adulterous desire for more wealth and self status simply stem from exactly the same childish desire to compete and win amidst our siblings and peers?

The elusive temptation to compete and win will often govern us to the point of complete self consumption, bitterness and spite towards others and jealousy towards those we deem to be ‘better than us’.

Reflect up the countless stories of murders, rapes, paedophillic acts and other violent crimes that take place within the family home and even long term relationships. Could a reason for one persons need to overpower another and ‘come out on top’ be again, nothing more that a perverse desire to win?

If one person grows to believe that the amount of love and respect they receive from another is in jeopardy of being lost to a rival or competitor (a schoolyard rival, a business competitor, a company colleague or even a sibling), would this feel like an act of war in need of some desperate retaliation?

Whether we’re used to winning or losing in life will determine the amount of fight or resistance we put up towards our competition, and unfortunately, if we’re driven by the desire to protect what we currently have, we stand at risk of never even felling content or satisfied with what we have due to fear of losing it.

In the introduction, I mentioned a highly destructive relationship that I entered into upon my exiting the armed forces. The consistent fear I experienced throughout this relationship was of losing my partner at the time to another guy with bigger muscles, a larger bank balance, a bigger house or more significant career to which I would be unable to compete.

I guess all this stemming from a deep rooted fundamental belief that I wasn’t ‘good enough’ by just being myself.

Although we’ll be exploring this belief at a later stage in the book, this pattern of thinking held me hostage for years and played a he part in keeping me on the outside of my relationships for years. I lived in constant fear of losing whatever I had, so much so that keeping hold of second best or even an abusive relationship would be better that going back to being on my lonesome once again.

People will seldom do the things they do for the reasons we think that they do them.

Winning the competition and coming out on top is an ingrained part of our Western make up, as is plentiful sex, instant gratification, easy relationships, financial wealth, dog eat dog, and an abundance of materialistic possessions. These things are always sneakily marketed in a way that leads us to believe that they will win us the favour of others and ultimately make us the consummate insiders.

Many of these things when won, can often guarantee us into the most exclusive social circles of which others would envy and look up to. We win!

Many people in life pursue success as a means by which to overcome the painstakingly horrible feelings that accompany being the outsider.

I never got the golden stars or the glowing report cards, and I never won any prizes for being particularly special at anything I enjoyed throughout my school years experience. I never won the competition with my sister that year in question and a girl came out on top. I didn’t believe I was good enough.

Upon entering working age and joining the army, I had grown to believe that I had to do whatever it took in order to work my way through the ranks in view of reaching the top someday. I had this innermost need to succeed and be seen as significant, to achieve and win, to smash my targets, win the races, master the classes and find a way to manipulate the prettiest of girls into bed with me. Why?

Because from a very young age I grew to believe that I wasn’t even good enough to beat my younger sister in a stupid competition.

I believed that if I could find a way to reach the tops of the pyramids, win the competitions and master everything that I touched, I’d get access to the ‘special people clubs’, the top social sets and become able to merge myself in with the people at the top who I believed inspired me the most.

I was wrong.

I’ve spent years coming up with conclusions as to why I was so driven by success and achievement throughout my life, maybe the only person I ever really wanted approval and validation from was my dad? After all, I spent years in the attempt of gaining approval from countless other people who meant nothing to me, so who knows?

I’m not saying that my Dad ever openly declared his disapproval of me or claimed that he wasn’t proud of my achievements or accomplishments, but for some reason I always found it difficult to believe that he ever did.

This was just my experience in reality but by no means an expression of truth in actuality.

I’m not a Dad yet, but ‘God willing’ I will be within the next few years. I don’t believe for a second that any parent could express the approval of their children too much as it’s in our early years that we grow to develop our fundamental beliefs about who we are – whether we’re good enough, not good enough, winners or losers!

I grew to believe at an early age that beating the competition would enable me to find acceptance in the people that I thought mattered, and to date, all my greatest successes and achievements have never ben able to deliver what I’ve always needed the most.

Unconditional acceptance.

Winning the competition will seldom win you this prize.
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.

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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What’s the main difference between people who consistently pull off one miracle after another and those who are always ‘trying’ or ‘practicing’ manifesting techniques? After all, you’d think doing all those affirmations or watching the Secret for the hundredth time would have some effect right?.

There’s a couple of little-known concepts in psychology that can make all the difference, a permanent change to the way you do everything from here on in and we’ll explore exactly what you need to do to ramp up your results pronto, and how to avoid being a ‘yo-yo’ manifester!.

Often when someone tries to improve some aspect of their life, they start with the surface level behavior patterns, you know, like tidying the house, eating more salad, blah blah.

That’s all well and good but it’s a fairly superficial change… what if you could get deeper, much deeper into the depths of your being and tweak the ‘source code’ a bit, which point in the whole web of beliefs would you need to get to? If you could get right to the core, surely you’d get way better effects a lot faster?

The psychology pioneer Abraham Maslow had the idea that people had a hierarchy of needs and that you tended to pursue the finer things in life once you had the fundamental survival issues sorted out.

NLP trainer and researcher Robert Dilts came out with a similar idea, observing that people also have a hierarchy of beliefs, layered one on top of the other like Russian dolls, and the further up the chain you went, the easier you could make changes through out the person’s entire life.

Some beliefs tended to be more global and all encompassing (ie: the universe is a fundamentally friendly place or it’s not, people generally like me or don’t, it’s OK for me to have tons of spare money etc), and others are less influential (ie: Bob likes me, the sun’s coming up tomorrow and so on). But what kind of belief’s sit at the top of the chain?

The intriguing answer lies in your beliefs about your identity, that is, your deeply held ideas about the kind of person you are is much further ‘upstream’ than say beliefs about your actual skills or abilities. This is concept is also the engine behind Maxwell Maltz’s famous book Psycho-Cybernetics – that if you make changes to your ‘self-image’ they ripple downstream into all your daily actions from there.

Make changes to the foundation and anything you build on it stays there, build things on sand and they’ll sink. One of the most powerful ways to do this is with the Role Modelling process laid out in the Truth About Manifesting, and the quickie method goes like this…

Pick a context you want to perform better in, let’s say it’s the area of money. Get into a relaxed state of mind, drop down to the alpha-theta brainwave level where you have more influence and let your mind show you someone who’s a money-making super-expert.

Step into their body in your mind and notice what it feels like, how they think, move, and generally behave … then as them, do some specific money related activity. Notice what they notice, how they feel about making money, soak up the attitude and perspective. When you’re done, step back out, thank them and open your eyes.

Repeat this process until it feels natural to you… as you smoothly change your nature to include these more useful ways of being in the world.

There’s several distinctions that make this process much more powerful and this is enough to get you started in the right direction. That’s the power of shifting your identity, one of the hidden secrets behind manifesting amazing results all the time!
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.

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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What’s so important about getting those zzz’s? Think about the last time you woke up after a really good night’s sleep. Remember how energized and refreshed you felt? Your body’s natural daily cycles of expansion, activity, and growth are taxing. Periods of nightly restorative rest and repair actually reverse that wear and tear. When allowed to recover from those normal but significant demands, your body rewards you by delivering optimal levels of health and efficiency.

What happens when that opportunity for R-and-R is taken away? You already know that without enough sleep, your body will show signs of fatigue, ranging from annoyance to depletion. But did you know that even illness can result? In fact, studies show that lack of sleep is a major underlying cause of the body’s malfunction and eventual breakdown.

In addition to flagging energy during the day, sleep deprivation may initiate physical and mental problems that can truly disrupt our day – and life. Lack of rest can contribute to pain, inflammation, stress hormone production, and even accelerated aging and increased obesity. Yes, it’s true! Valid studies show that the less you sleep, the sooner and more likely you are to get old and fat. Include with that poor memory, disorientation, and a weakened immune system, and you have a recipe for big-time illness and dysfunction. Too little sleep also decreases your alertness and response time, leading to dangerous driving situations.

Add all that on top of exhaustion and feeling just plain “off” during the day, and the message is very clear: Getting better sleep isn’t a luxury. It’s a requirement for good health and safety.

To understand why sleep is so critical, let’s start with the basics. What happens during your nightly rest? Every night, you rotate through four phases of sleep, a cycle that repeats about every 90 minutes. In Phase One, your brainwaves slow, muscles relax, and blood pressure drops slightly. Phase Two, lasting from several minutes to an hour, is characterized by physical relaxation accompanied by increased levels of brain activity and REM (“rapid eye movement”), a state often marked by vivid dreaming. In Phases Three and Four, your brainwaves reach the ultraslow, regular frequency of deep sleep.

You might be thinking, Why do I need to know all that? The bottom line is this: Without a long enough period of rest, or if sleep is interrupted, you body is not able to experience all four stages of sleep proportionately – and you won’t reap the beneficial physiological effects of each stage.

Causes of lack of sleep are complex and often occur in combination. You know the usual ones: too much caffeine, traveling to different time zones, noise, children, middle-of-the-night trips to the bathroom, and pain. But did you realize that the following physical and behavioral factors can also play a role in your staying awake?

drinking alcohol before bedtime (which might seem relaxing at first but backfires by keeping you up later on)
smoking before bedtime
being a woman over 40 (most likely group to be wakeful)
having anxiety about – you guessed it – inability to sleep
physiological problems such as snoring and sleep apnea
not listening to your body’s cues or giving in to a “second (or third) wind”

In addition, your sleep environment can work against you. Here are a few characteristics of poor sleeping conditions:

any light at all in the room – not just streetlight seeping into windows but also the glow of computers, TVs, and illuminated clocks
a room that’s too cold or too warm
an old mattress that needs to be replaced

For many of us, sleep is an elusive endeavor. With heavy, stressful work schedules and the demands of daily life on our shoulders, we are challenged to get the rest we need to be productive, healthy, and energized. But take heart. We can learn to control at least some of the factors that affect our ability to rest.

Enough talk – let’s take action. Use the lists above to take two steps toward better health today.

True, some of the physical factors above are things you can’t fix (such as being an over-forty female) or can’t do much to correct by yourself (sleep apnea, for example). But you CAN control many of the behavioral ones. Start small by eliminating alcohol and smoking, and not being tempted to work through a “second wind.”
Assess and adjust your sleep environment. Try it tonight, then dedicate a week to resting in optimal conditions. You may be surprised at the improvement you feel.

There are a number of dietary supplements and holistic techniques that can help you find you invite the Sandman. But take the first step now by starting with the simple tips above. The benefits of a good night’s sleep – and better yet, the good health you enjoy with a regular pattern and habit of sleep – are too valuable to ignore.
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.

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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What, specifically, do the terms beta, alpha, theta, and delta mean for the contemporary meditator? What type of changes actually occur in brain-wave frequencies as one progressively experiences a more holistic awareness? Current technology, including the one-of-a-kind “Brain Monitor” developed by Synchronicity Foundation’s research team, enables us to answer these questions with precision.

Alpha brain waves

When brain wave activity is focused primarily within the 8-13 Hz. (cycles per second) range, one experiences what is termed an “alpha” state of awareness. Alpha brain-waves are produced in most people when they concentrate or focus the mind, or relax by sitting or reclining with their eyes closed. Alpha brain-waves are very often produced in bursts (trains of waves) or pulses (single waves), but some people, and especially Synchronicity Contemporary meditators, tend to produce continuous trains of alpha waves. When your brain is producing alpha frequencies, you experience a pleasant, comfortable, mildly relaxed yet wakeful state of awareness. This experience represents a relatively stress-free and euphoric state of being. The general understanding is that the more that alpha is produced in ordinary states of awareness, the easier it is to access deeper meditative states.

Practically speaking, individuals such as artists or photographers, who more often than usual, use the visual and spatial abilities characteristic of the right-brain, seem to produce alpha more easily than linear, left-brain thinkers. In the same way, experienced Synchronicity Contemporary meditators, who have repetitively patterned and become familiar with alpha brain-wave production, can more easily produce alpha frequencies.

In fact, by looking at an individual’s alpha brain-wave production, it is possible to determine not only whether the person is a meditator, but also the length of time the individual has been practicing meditation. Beginning meditators tend to produce alpha in the 10 to12 Hz. range. As meditative experience deepens, so does the dominant frequency at which alpha is produced. Therefore, we find that meditators with ten plus years of experience consistently produce low frequency alpha in the region of 7 to 9 Hz.

Theta brain waves

Theta brain-waves are produced in the frequency range from 3.5-7 Hz., which are more decelerated brain waves than alpha. Like alpha, theta is characterized by a blissful sense of well-being. However, in theta, the experience of holistic awareness increases. Theta represents the synchronized state of awareness in which creativity and imagery predominate. Experienced meditators are accustomed to a wide variety of “inner” images and visions, and these images do indeed seem to correlate with increased theta activity.

Delta brain waves

Delta brain waves are traditionally associated with deep sleep and are the slowest of the brain waves, occurring from 0-3.5 Hertz. Usually, only the most advanced meditators can remain wakeful while producing delta brain waves. The experiences typical of subtle dimensional actualization occur in the deepest levels of the delta brain-wave frequencies.
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.

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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What you have inside your noggin can be one of the most powerful things in the world, if only you knew how to truly unlock its potent potential. This is no joke and this fact has been backed up by a scientific community that has been absolutely fascinated by the power of the mind and just how much of it we have absolutely no idea about. Now imagine that the mind is space, this huge and vast reach of matter and potent energy, and the area that we are really using can be described as the visible galaxies that we can see now.

This is perhaps the Milky Way and then some, but only as far as the telescopic eye can see. What this means is that there is so much out there we do not know about and that is exactly how the human brain is. We have only managed to uncover about 30% of the brain, which means that there is a vast majority of it still untouched by science. Forget the ocean of space. It should be the power of the mind that we should be trying to discover.

While we can now travel to the planet Mars within a few months, we still have no idea how to venture to the further reaches of the brain within that time frame. But however, one of the more current discoveries of the mind power algorithm has been cracked of late and with the help of the personal development industry, more and more people are realising the true potential of the mind to shatter all barriers and make a human being much more capable than they really are. What you have in the mind is something of a wonder, and when trained properly, you can go above and beyond the physical limitations of the body.

Did you know that the subconscious mind within the cortex is the most powerful element in the physiological and psychological make up of the human man or woman? But it is true. What you have there is perhaps one of the most potent elements and sadly for now, most of us have absolutely no control over it. It is most active as a force in our lives to be programmes and moulded when we are young and as soon as rationale thought kicks in, it hides under the shield of logic and embedded associations it has ‘learnt’ over a course of due time.

What you need to do is to find a way to release the power of the mind and quite literally unleash the brainwaves of destruction to all that stand in your path. One way for you to do this is to leverage on some fantastic technology to do so, and the most potent and consumer friendly of them all is the brainwave entrainment software. What it does is that it reverse engineers the processes in the brain that give you temporal super abilities and gives you the power to wield them at any time that you want.
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.

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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What you believe about life and the things that happen to you and around you, and what you think about these things, dictates whether or not you experience anxiety and stress. These thoughts, if negative, can drive you crazy-literally. Emotional illness is real.

Brainwave entrainment is a tool you can use to change how you think and react, about the things that happen in your world. You have the power and the right to change how you think and react, regardless of the stressor. You have a right to be happy and live a less stressed life. Once you realize that your own thoughts are the cause of your emotional vulnerability, you have the power to change them. Entrainment can physically, as in shrivelling up old networks, stop the negative thoughts and help you replace them with new life affirming thoughts and networks.

It is a well researched fact that your thoughts strongly influence your well-being. Because your thoughts do not live in a vacuum, your mental state can have a profound effect on your physical body, and your over-all quality of life. Every part of your being, and that includes physical things like cells, respond to the positive and negative state of your mind. If your thoughts are toxic, you will be affected mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Toxic Thoughts That May Be Driving You Crazy

· I don’t know how to do life any differently so I guess I’ll just give up and accept the status quo.

· I’ll appear weak if I don’t just shut up and take it on the jaw.

· I’m so worried I can’t handle this and it will kill me.

· Maybe if I ignore this, it will go away.

· I’m afraid I’ll lose my job if I can’t handle the stress anymore.

· Will I be able to take care of myself?

· How will I pay my bills? Eat?

· Is my relationship going to last-when will they leave me?

· When will I be my old self again?

· Why is life so hard?

Hey, guess what?

You are doing the best you can, given the information and skills that you have to work with at the moment.

But you don’t have to accept that limitation anymore.

You can take back your control, and your emotional stability, and start enjoying your life by changing your thoughts.

It is likely that you have, through the course of time and experience, been “taught” to be afraid and to worry. These embedded thoughts can be changed.

You won’t be able to change difficult events, situations or people, but you can change how you react to them. Doing this will stop a lot of your emotional distress and lower your stress levels.

You don’t have to make yourself crazy anymore.

Brainwave entrainment is a scientifically proven neuro-technological tool that alters your dominant brainwaves to a frequency that can facilitate you in implanting new, more positive thoughts, physically, into your grey matter.

Your thoughts don’t have to make you crazy. You are the master of your thoughts.
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.

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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What would one achieve if mind control was possible? One could achieve anything they wanted in life. If they wanted to feel happy every time, then they would do that easily and they would never be sad again. They would wake up every morning and feel very energized and ready for work. They would be able to concentrate on their work without having to struggle from too many thoughts and other distractions.

They would be able to learn easily and not be able to retain all the information they need. They would be able to reinforce positive habits like gratitude that many people would like to do, but many people just do not do although they would like to. This would give them all the power to achieve all their success.

Mind control is possible. It looks like impossibility, but it is very possible. By using brainwave entrainment and binaural beats, you can control your mind and make it do whatever you want it to do. Once you start listening to the audio beats, you can work for long hours without losing concentration.

This means that you can get more work done over any given period. On top of that, you will do more perfect work. You will be totally focused and be able to meet your targets. If you can always be able to meet your targets, then you can achieve any success you want. Brainwave entrainment increases your concentration and your focus very quickly and successfully.

Mind control can also mean controlling others. If you can be able to control other people so that they do what you want them to do, then you will achieve anything you want. Are you looking for that job and want to pass that interview? Are you already in a job, but need to get that long awaited promotion? And once you are in the job or in that coveted position, what can you do to maintain that position and derive the biggest benefits from it?

All these answers lie in your ability to be able to control others. Whatever you need to do to achieve success, you can do when you control the minds of those people who hold the key to your success.

Gratitude is one of the things you can adopt to be able to control others. People want to feel appreciated and loved. One should learn to say thank you to anyone who does them any kind of good. When you learn to say thank you, you will be amazed at the amount of help you can master from others.

You should be thankful even to the people who work under you and they do you good due even if from a sense of duty. Thank your employees when they do something right. This will make them hardworking and bring you success in your business. Likewise, one should be able to appreciate when their superiors recommend them for a good job well done.

The other thing to get control of others mind is to learn to let go and forgive. One should not carry around hatred in his being everyday. Better still forgive and forget. When you forget the wrongs that other people have done for you, you can be able to concentrate more on finding success. So there mind control is the key to your success.
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.

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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What with many people looking for ways to lead healthier lifestyles and trying to follow far more natural ways of life, it is needless to say many of the sufferers of anxiety and panic attacks are looking more and more towards the more natural forms of these attack treatment.

Now considering that anxiety and panic attacks are not a physical disorder but rather a mental disorder, the possibility of being able to use a natural treatment to overcome the disorder are very good and in fact this has been proven through the positive results which treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, brainwave programmer and hypnotherapy which are all natural treatments have achieved.

The success of these natural types of panic attack treatment lies within the fact that they all focus on treating the cause of the anxiety or panic disorder and not treating the symptoms. To be able to do this effectively these treatments aim to change the negative responses of the subconscious mind to certain stimulus or situations which might be causing the attacks.

When one is able to address these “anxiety or panic attack triggers” on a subconscious level then you are able to actually begin to change the minds response to these triggers and thus the signals which it sends to the nervous system which is responsible for the manifestation of the symptoms of the anxiety.

Each of us as human beings are unique and individual and thus so are the way in which each of us will react to different types of natural panic attack treatment. The best advice here is for the sufferer not to simply try one form of treatment and if they do not achieve the desired results simply give up, but rather to try another which might be far more effective for them.

The fact of the matter is that at some point they will find a natural treatment which is effective for them and then they will once again be able to lead a happy and productive life once again.
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.

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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What to Expect at Your Sleep Study

So, you have troubles sleeping at night? Or perhaps you are excessively tired during the day? Did you doctor suggest getting a sleep study done?

While you might be concerned at the prospect of sleeping at a strange place with strangers watching over you, the actual process is quite simple. Let’s walk you step-by-step through what you can expect from a sleep study.

A sleep study, or polysomnogram, is the best way for doctors to discover just why you are not getting a good night’s sleep. If you have an issue with snoring, restless limbs, sleepwalking, bedwetting, night terrors, insomnia, or difficulty sleeping while on shift work, a polysomnogram will let the doctors see just why you are having difficulties, and make suggestions which can help relieve the problem.

There are five different types of sleep tests:
Diagnostic Overnight Polysomnogram

Diagnostic Daytime Multiple Sleep Latency Test

Diagnostic Daytime Multiple Wake Test

Two Night Polysomnogram with CPAP Titration

Split Night Polysomnogram with CPAP Titration

The type of test you get will depend on the specific issues you are facing.

You will be given a set of instructions by your doctor before your sleep test. These instructions let you know how you should prepare yourself for your visit. Patients are asked to refrain from drinking or taking any medications before the test. If you have prescription medicine that you usually take at night, bring it with you and ask if it will interfere with the testing. Always let your doctors know exactly what medications you are taking, including herbal remedies and vitamins.

Before heading to your sleep test, pack a small overnight bag. You will need your PJs, the clothing you plan to wear the following day, toiletries, shampoo and/or soap for a shower in the morning, and any books/magazines/music that you might want for entertainment before sleeping. If you are fussy about your pillow, it is a good idea to bring your own along for comfort. Be sure to avoid any caffeine or alcohol the day before your test, especially after noon. It is wise to take a shower before your appointment, but do not use any creams, moisturizers, perfumes, or other skin products. All make-up, nail polish, and fake nails should be removed as they can interfere with the testing equipment.

You may have already been asked to fill out a questionnaire before your appointment. If not, you will likely be asked to fill one out when you arrive. This will inform the doctors of your regular sleep habits and help them interpret your results.

At most sleep centers you will have a private suite which includes a bathroom with a shower, and, of course, the bedroom. There will be a central monitoring station which may monitor several rooms at once. When you arrive you will be given some time to get changed and become comfortable.

Once you are ready for bed the technicians will hook you up to a series of sensors. These electrodes read a variety of information which is later interpreted by your sleep doctor.

EEG or electroencephalogram – These electrodes are attached to your head and measure your brainwaves as you sleep. Different patterns of brainwaves are associated with different stages of sleep. EMG or electromyogram – These electrodes measure your muscle reaction, indicating muscle twitches, leg movements, and many other movements typical of REM sleep. EOG or electro-oculogram – These electrodes are placed above your brow and/or below your eye to measure the movement of your eyes as you enter REM sleep. EKG or electrocardiogram – A series of electrodes on your chest to monitor your heart. Nasal Airflow Sensor – This sensor is placed near your nose and mouth to measure the temperature of your breath and the rate of your breathing, which will detect any periods of irregular breathing. Chest/Abdomen Belts – These two belts are placed around your chest and abdomen to measure the strength and depth of your breathing. Oximeter – This clip is attached to one of your fingers to measure the oxygen level in your blood.

In addition to the sensors attached to you, there are monitors in place to video record your sleep and record the sounds you make as you sleep. Having so many sensors attached may seem uncomfortable, but most people sleep reasonably well while at the sleep clinic.

A sleep test is generally finished by 6-7 in the morning. As long as you have a minimum of 6 hours of testing time, most clinics are fairly flexible as to when you need to leave. You will not get your results immediately after the test. It takes a couple of hours to process all of the information that has been gathered through the night, and then more time for a doctor to interpret the results. Most patients hear back from their doctors within a week of the sleep test.
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.

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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What they are in fact are engineered sound waves that have been processed as auditory artifacts to be used in the whole brainwave entrainment process. The perception of these beats is beyond normal hearing, but they have been tuned so that the brain has the stimuli necessary to actually pick up and exactly identify the frequency of the binaural beats. It was actually discovered way back in 1893, and it was researched due to the finding that the brain actually produces some sort of a low frequency pulse that is emitted via the neurons of the brain, and it was also discovered that with the use of stereo and the appropriate auditor stimuli, one was able to effect a frequency following response that would benefit the end user. The discovery was indeed beneficial in the long run.

First and foremost, the whole idea behind this was to investigate on the sense of hearing within and without the brain, and it was found out that the brain was capable of picking up frequencies that were beyond normal human ranges. Later on, the simple stages of the technology was developed for relief against pain and in some way to help someone to relax, by introducing these binaural beats into both sides of the patients ears and seeing an effect on the physiology of the person via the cortical. When investigating the brain, it was found that there were five basic and potent waves within the mind, and they ranged from the higher gamma waves, all the way down to delta waves, the lowest wavelength usually found in people with deep REM sleep.

The frequencies are usually determined by the state of the person who is experiencing them and if you are awake, you would normally display the higher wavelengths and the functions associated with them, like greater mental focus etc. What you need to know is that there is so much more to this then simple focus and states of wakefulness – the power of the brainwave can actually help you to not only reprogramme the subconscious but also invoke super states. You can learn faster, anything you want and be more creative than others – the tip of the iceberg.

You can also release the healing process in the body, produce better growth hormone levels and even help to relax the mind. With these elements in mind, the power of binaural beats when related to brainwave entrainment is something so invaluable, there can be no price associated with it. If you are interested in this technology and would like to try more, the good news is that there are plenty of websites out there that can give you the opportunity to do so, and they have packaged this technology in consumer friendly CD’s that you can use at your own leisure. All it takes is just a simple download and you are on your way. If you are looking for a way to unleash the full power of your mind, then this is it.
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.