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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In Lawrence LeShan’s book, Alternate Realities: The Search for the Full Human Being, he says, “A reality is real to you when you act in terms of it… It is a valid reality when, using it, you can accomplish the goals acceptable to it.” The effects of internal thoughts as a valid reality are often most evident with miraculous cases of healing attributed to the placebo effect or suggestions given during hypnosis.

The word placebo is Latin for “I shall please.” Often called a sugar pill, its pharmaceutical effects are considered innocuous. The power of the placebo is found in the belief system of the one receiving it. In blind studies which test the effectiveness of a new medication, doctor’s often administer the actual medication to one half of the group under study and administer a placebo to the other half, often called the control group. While these types of studies have been considered reliable for decades, in 2000 researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Nordic Cochrane Center in Denmark added a new twist to the process. They administered drugs to part of the group, placebos to another part of the group and only monitored the actual control group. Of those receiving the placebo, about 35% were cured. This has been the statistical norm since the first studies in the mid 1950s. What was significant about this new test was that the same percentage of the control group was also cured. Recall that the control group received no medication and no placebo. Their progress was only monitored. However, that same study did find that those receiving the placebo reported less pain than the control group.

Researchers who have specifically studied the placebo effect have often run into difficulty when properly assessing their statistics. The problem is that the effect has everything to do with the subjective and personally unique attitude and belief system of the patient. In some cases, a patient who exhibits no confidence in the treatment they are receiving will manifest a negative physical reaction to the placebo. In effect, they show signs of side-effects to an inert substance. This is called the nocebo effect.

In the last few decades, research conducted on new trial medications are most often conducted as a double-blind study. This means that neither the doctor nor the patient know if they are receiving the actual medication or the placebo. The reason for this condition is that researchers found that often times the doctor’s attitude toward the medication being administered affected the patient’s attitude toward the treatment. In his book, The Holographic Universe, author Michael Talbot cites a story told by placebo specialist Dr. David Sobel, of a doctor treating his asthma patient with a new trial drug. He told the patient that this drug was particularly potent and would clear up the breathing problems. Within minutes of administration, the patient’s condition improved dramatically. Later, when the patient suffered another attack, the doctor administered a placebo however, the patient’s condition did not change. This result served as evidence to the doctor that the new drug was indeed quite effective. To his amazement he later received a letter from the drug’s manufacturer stating that they had shipped out the placebo instead of the actual medication. So, the patient had never truly received the new drug. He had only been exposed to the doctor’s enthusiasm. This type of scenario led James McCormick to state, “The physician’s belief in the treatment and the patient’s faith in the physician exert a mutually reinforcing effect; the result is a powerful remedy that is almost guaranteed to produce an improvement and sometimes a cure.”

While some of the research concerning the placebo effect credits the results of this treatment to the body’s incredible ability to heal itself, most researchers attribute the improved condition of the patients and even their complete healing to psychological effects brought to bear by the patient’s own beliefs.

In an effort to show just how much control the mind has over the condition of the body, Talbot cites the unusual medical conditions of folks who have multiple personality disorders. In one such case, all but one of the sub-personalities, or alters, of a certain patient immediately broke out in an allergic rash when exposed to orange juice. The non-allergic personality could drink all the orange juice he wanted with no side-effect whatsoever. He also referred to case studies which showed that drug dosage was especially problematic among adult multiples who had children as alters. If they were given an adult dosage of a medication, they could immediately begin to suffer an overdose reaction when a child personality took over.

One of the most amazing facts Talbot points out in his comments about multiples is that they are difficult to anesthetize. He states, “There are accounts of multiples waking up on the operating table after one of their non-anesthetizable sub-personalities has taken over.” What makes this an amazing feat is that it brings into question the function of the brain as being the sole source of the mind. If the brain rules the body and the patient’s brain is chemically rendered unconscious, how could they switch to a personality that is completely awake?

Talbot also cites that some research has been conducted showing that multiples exhibit different brainwave patterns from one another. This evidence is highly controversial, mainly because it brings so many metaphysical questions to the forefront. Do the auric fields and thought-forms surrounding a person play a significant role in how the body functions? Where exactly is the mind located and what is the source of consciousness? These are just some of the questions researchers of many disciplines are trying to figure out.
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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In effect the first thing that we have to be doing is to not to be rational. At the end of the day, the subconscious mind works with quite different principles than the rational mind, and this is the mind set that we have to be in to actually achieve something. Now, when talking about the subconscious mind, we have to be ready to accept a lot of things about it and this is the first step that you need to take – plenty of self education in the whole sense of the word. Read up as much you can on the processes and the machinations of the subconscious mind and from there, you would be able to understand how it works.

The second thing that you need to be doing is to actually try and get some sort of a clear space, because focus is the most important thing when you are trying to speak to your subconscious mind. You cannot have any distractions because it will only dilute the process that you are trying to achieve and from there, you would not be able to get anything. Be prepared to even rent a room somewhere quiet to be able to achieve this with some degree of success.

Another thing that you need to do is to be able to practice some mental relaxation techniques, because stress is one of the major contributing factors that actually helps break down the whole communication process and this is what you need to avoid at all costs. Now, when talking about mental relaxation techniques, there are many things that you can try, and this ranges from mediation, stretching, Yoga classes to even the occasional aromatherapy, using all the senses to help you along with the process, this is a build up from the start that you need to be able to speak and influence your subconscious mind at will.

The next thing that you also need to do is to actually try and use some of the methods that are already out there and they can actually be things like brainwave entrainment and subliminal technology, two of the best examples of technologies that are available to us today for our own stab at mental manipulation. At the end of the day, these are the kinds of things that you need to be able to get a hold of to help you in your journey towards mental manipulation.

With these things in mind, you would be more than able to actually influence your subconscious mind within 4 easy steps, and of course, if you are looking for much more help in the matter, some of the things that you can do would be to do some more research on the internet, a premier place for you to get all sorts of information on how you can do some self mind control on your own. If you want to gain an edge in your life, you would be able to effectively improve yourself as well.
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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In early October 2008 I began having a recurring dream. In the dream I could hear an audible tone like the one I often hear when helping spirits are trying to communicate with me. That tone is usually a high pitched ringing in one ear or the other. I have learned to just stop what I am doing and tune into the sound. I still my mind, go within, and open myself up like a hollow bone. I may not always understand what the message is, if any.

The tone in my dream was different than a typical ringing in the ear. It was a lower tone. I also heard a voice telling me that this tone was very important. I had similar versions of this dream several times over. The message was the same each time; it was important for me to remember and use this fundamental tone in the cycle unfolding at this time on Earth. It was necessary for healing the heart.

In recent months, the U.S. economy has suffered the equivalent of a heart attack. Researchers say the decline of Wall Street and the mortgage crisis may take a heavy toll on your heart, especially if you are already at risk for cardiac problems. People are losing their jobs and homes. Companies are going bankrupt. We have collectively experienced fear and anxiety over the course of the past few weeks. What is needed now is a healing and balancing of the collective heart.

As a drummer I work a lot with opening up the heart in people. Drumming activates the heart chakra. It is very healing and transforming. There is often emotional release and a great sense of joy and bliss. I wondered if working with tones would affect the same healing.

Tone Healing

I began researching tone healing and found the pioneering work of Swiss mathematician Hans Cousto. In 1978 Hans Cousto discovered the law of the octave as the link between different kinds of periodically occurring natural phenomena such as the orbit of the planets and musical tones. The octave is a natural measure of the harmony of universal law and is the common denominator of astronomy, mathematics, music, and color.

Through the systematic application of the law of the octave it is possible to convert the whole solar system into sound. Hans Cousto established that the rotation of the earth around the sun has a base frequency of 136.10 Hz or C#. This astronomic actually causes the changing of the seasons. According to Cousto, this tone is the primal frequency of existence, or OM. Research indicates that it relieves stress, opens blocked energy pathways, restores inner peace and balance, and activates the heart chakra.

There is little doubt in mind that 136.10 Hz is the tone that I was hearing over and over in my dreams.

Binaural Beats

My research led me next to a form of tone healing called binaural beats. Until recently, entering transcendent states of awareness has been attained typically by only a disciplined few, practicing ancient meditative disciplines. These methods do work, but they require long periods of isolation and practice before producing significant results. Now there is a new technology that can easily induce those profound states of deep meditation and heightened awareness.

Researcher H.W. Dove discovered that when two tones close in frequency are presented, one to each ear, the brain detects the difference between them as a third frequency. This pulsating binaural beat is actually created inside your head, not externally. This is because your brain creates the beating tone after figuring out the difference between the lower carrier tone and the higher offset tone. The two hemispheres of the brain entrain to this binaural beat rather than the audible tones. For example, a 90 Hz tone and 95 Hz tone will induce a 5 Hz theta brainwave cycle.

Carrier tones used on binaural recordings also influence consciousness. Most binaural beat recordings place little importance on the choice of carrier tones. However, the appropriate carrier tones will not only induce a desired state of consciousness within minutes, but also activate a particular chakra. All you need is a pair of stereo headphones. The sound technology does the rest.

Binaural Beats for the Shamanic Journey CD
My research into tone healing and binaural beats culminated in a new digital recording to support the listener in making shamanic journeys. Binaural Beats for the Shamanic Journey is available at my website. Carrier tones for the journeys on this CD are 136.10 Hz (C#) and 172.06 Hz (F). 136.10 Hz corresponds to OM, the primal sound from which the universe constantly emanates. This healing, soothing, and balancing tone activates the heart chakra. This chakra is associated with emotions, self-esteem, and affection. Opening this chakra while journeying may release symbols and images of grief and loss states that tend to block it. Memories associated with self-esteem and abandonment may also arise.

172.06 Hz corresponds to Kung, the fundamental tone in ancient China for attuning to Tao, the unknowable force that guides the universe. This tone opens the crown chakra and supports joy, clarity of spirit, and cosmic unity on the highest levels. One can journey through this opening for inspiration, insight, or to find ways to restore balance in the world. Activating this chakra facilitates a state of unity consciousness. One’s sense of being a separate individual gives way to an experience of union with the entire universe. The benefits of attaining this unified state include relaxation, healing, and enhanced creativity.

Each journey ends with a Tibetan cymbal callback and has a binaural beat of 4.5 Hz, the theta rhythm associated with the deepest states of shamanic consciousness. 30 minute journeys are split into two tracks for your convenience. You can select the first track for a 30 minute journey or the second track for a 15 minute journey. Tracks 1-2 Theta OM. Tracks 3-4 Theta Kung. Headphones required. Step-by-step instructions for making shamanic journeys are explained in my book, The Shamanic Drum.
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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In creating the life you want, one of the most important building blocks is having a strong belief in your self. As you may have heard many times, “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”- Napoleon Hill.

Since it’s so important to have a strong belief in yourself, the question then becomes, how can you cause yourself to really believe that you can accomplish what you want?

Since the majority of our behaviours, around 90-95%, are controlled by the subconscious mind, and the subconscious is a repository of all your deeply held beliefs, it becomes apparent that installing beliefs in the subconscious would be highly beneficial.

One of the best ways to get information into your subconscious mind is to cause the brain to be in a theta or alpha brainwave frequency. One quality of these frequencies is the fact that when the brain is in this state, the subconscious mind can be easily accessed.

Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old are primarily in a theta brainwave state and this is why they can download so much information and are like little sponges.

Since you can’t go back to your childhood to install new beliefs in yourself that support the goals you want to accomplish, you can however, still get your brain into a theta brainwave.

One of the easiest ways is to listen to an entrainment audio.

Entrainment audios come in two forms. Isochronic tones and binaural beats. Either one is fine, they’ll both do the same job.

Entrainment audios, for the most part, used to just sound like white noise. Recently, technology has enabled music to also be turned into an entrainment audio.

One of the best sources for music entrainment audios is Dr. Jeffrey Thompson. There are cheaper and lesser quality entrainment audios you can buy online although I would suggest you do some homework before you buy one. If you want to try one for free, there are all kinds of them on YouTube.

One excellent way to install an empowering belief in your subconscious mind is to listen to an entrainment audio in the theta frequency and have that track merged with a hypnosis audio.

That way you can have the benefit of hypnosis while having your mind in a much more programmable state due to the entrainment audio. Besides buying one of these, you can also get into this state with some special breathing exercises. Monks and Native Indians both practice being in a theta state naturally. The reason most people aren’t interested in meditating to relax the mind is due to impatience and a lack of practice. This is the main benefit of an entrainment audio. You can get into a meditative state at the push of a button.
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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In business, as well as in everyday life, we are aware of the importance of being “on the same wavelength” with others, but few people realise the literal truth of this. Sound plays an important role in creating successful relationships.

Although we all do have predispositions towards vibrating at certain frequencies, a strong external vibration can still alter any of our internal rhythms through the phenomenon known as entrainment, which is the tendency of two oscillating bodies to fall into synchrony (identical oscillation). This was made famous by Dutch scientist Christian Huygens in 1665 when he found that two clocks left ticking next to each other always ended up perfectly synchronised, despite the fact there was no physical connection between them. There are many examples of synchrony in nature, from millions of fireflies flashing in unison on the banks of rivers in South East Asia to flocks of thousands of starlings swooping and swirling like a single living organism, all changing direction at the same instant, never colliding.

If one body’s oscillation is much more powerful than the other, the synchronous frequency arrived at will be very close to the original frequency of the strong oscillator. This is similar to the way we experience gravity: we and the Earth are exerting pulls on each other but the Earth is so much more massive than we are that our gravitational influence on the planet is not detectable, while its influence on us holds us on its surface, counteracting the centrifugal force that would otherwise throw us off into space. In the same way, if I drop you in a nightclub where there is fast dance music playing at high volume, the measurable effect will be all one way: your heart rate will increase.

The combined physical effects of resonance and entrainment can be very powerful, as in the famous example of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, where increasing oscillations caused the bridge to collapse. Because the frequency of marching feet on a bridge could match the structure’s resonant frequency, creating a feedback loop to make the bridge oscillate more and more wildly until it collapses, soldiers always break step when crossing bridges.

Entrainment is a powerful force in our everyday lives, operating for example whenever music is deployed in public places: it can cause people to eat more or less quickly, alter their speed of shopping, and make them spend more or less money in a shop.

There is a great deal of work going on in the medical arena, both mainstream and ‘alternative’, to explore the ways in which our bodies respond to external vibration, usually in the form of tones or music. Some of the results coming from the investigations even by the traditional healthcare sector are spectacular: sound has been shown to displace anaesthetic in operating theatres, to ameliorate the symptoms of various nervous and mental disorders, and to reduce recovery times from a variety of conditions including sports injuries. It’s likely that unconscious entrainment has a great deal to do with the establishment of rapport, which of course is an essential skill in most business conversations and particularly in sales. Most commentators and experts agree that the majority of face-to-face communication is in fact nonverbal (I have seen estimates up to 75 per cent); these days most serious communication trainers go well beyond optimising what is said and work on both delivery and conscious body language, such as matching pace of speech and tone of voice and posture mirroring; some go one level further and include more subtle rhythms such as intentional synchronising of breathing. It’s still likely that much of this communication synchrony is beyond our active control, since it involves matching heart rates, blinking patterns, pheromone secretions and tiny, unconscious gestures. With the possible exception of advanced yogis, human beings are simply not able take conscious charge of these.

Also beyond our control for most of us are our brainwaves, yet researchers have shown that these, too, become synchronised during positive communication. Effective public speakers cause the brainwaves of their audiences to become synchronised with their own – in fact, the degree of synchronisation seems to be the major factor in determining whether most people rate a talk as good or not.

Entrainment should be considered in every soundscape we create in our homes, our offices and our commercial spaces – but it rarely is, which is why we encounter so many instances where sound is doing the opposite of what would benefit customer and vendor alike.
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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In another article about “releasing the brakes”, I proposed an analogy. Picture in your mind that you are sitting in a car on a hill, facing downhill. In this scenario, the only thing at the bottom of the hill is a BIG pile of money! Like the gravity pulling on a car, you are actually being pulled to your millions! Yes, God/The Universe really WANTS you to have it! You know that because you are living in a time and place where you can have it just as much as the person next to you IF you do what it takes to earn it. The only thing that is KEEPING you from getting to the money you already deserve is YOU. You are holding on to the brakes because of fear!

This article is meant to give you a few tips on HOW to start seeing results AFTER releasing the brakes.

I’m assuming you have already purchased, or considered purchasing, CDs to reprogram your patterns of thinking. If you haven’t, now is the time to start considering. If you would rather not, don’t waste your time reading the rest of this article, because that is the first step. However, among many great providers, what we offer has not only worked for many people, but has been at the top of many recommended lists. I suggest at least at least picking something you can trust.

Pretending that you have been listening for a few weeks, the next step is to begin TAKING ACTION. Have you thought of any ideas? Do you have a business in mind that you’ve wanted to start? If not, that’s ok, because this is why you are here.

The first thing you really want to do is look at what you LOVE to do in your playtime! I’m talkin’ about that one thing that makes you say, “I can get PAID for that? I would pay someone else to let me do that all day!” Statistics actually say that THAT is actually the number one thing that will make you the most money in your life. Why? Because when you make money by doing what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Yes, you CAN make money by playing! The question is HOW you go about it.

This is the trickiest part, because the way you choose to go about it can make ALL the difference. The one thing you want to keep in mind is, “How can I set in motion something that will work when I don’t want to?” Answering that one question will be the difference between making $1,000 a month and $50,000 a month! You want to start with something that will make you a LOT of money even when you don’t work.

What are some ideas?

– Royalties from music
– Royalties from a book
– How-To CDs
– Digital downloads
– Online business
– Owning a franchise and not working in it
– Real Estate
– The Stock Market
– Owning a portion of a business

These are just a few of the possibilities, and this can be a daunting list to start from. The best way to start would be to look at what you love and either write a book or make some video casts on the best way to do what you love. Sell them on a website or offer them as an online subscription. The most important thing you should ask yourself at this point is, “What’s the largest amt. of people I can benefit with this, and how can I put in their hands?” If you won’t be offering this to massive amounts of people, then you should ask yourself, “What is the highest price I can charge to my small group of potential buyers?” Either way, you should be selling it for a small price to a LOT of people or a LARGE price to a few.

Only in this way can you really create a demand for you and your product, create a buying frenzy, and provide some kind of service to the masses.

Final thought, people buy what they want, not what they need. As much as you like your fun hobby, others are interested in the same thing. Consider that you are NEVER driving traffic to your product. You are taking your product and STEPPING INTO TRAFFIC (hopefully not literally). Be where they are and deliver what they want, and they will pay you over and over for your good service.
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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In ancient China, sages and medical doctors studied reality as fields of energy. They discovered a universal life force known as “qi” (“chee”). When qi is integrated, aligned, and flowing smoothly, a person lives according to “The Way of Life” and they experience greater health, happiness, and well-being.

The ancient sages also learned that when energy flow is stagnant, divided, or in any way impeded, a person experiences illness, unhappiness, and misfortune. When you fall out of alignment with the universal life force, you experience greater suffering. T’ai Chi and Qigong are about returning to your natural state of flow in a conscious way.

Here are ten life secrets that I’ve learned in my 25-plus years of study, teaching, and practice:

1. Feel your feet on the ground

Now that might seem a bit mundane, but, with the right attention, it can be the foundation of something life-changing. T’ai chi and Qigong begin with body awareness and through this you awaken your ability to sense your internal energy field and the energy around you.

It all begins in your feet. Here’s the cue: Feel the entire surface of both feet firmly on the ground. Become aware if your weight is more in one foot than the other. Is your weight more on the ball of your foot or the heel? Is your weight more on the inside of your foot or the outside edge?

Now, feel the entire weight of your body sink down through the center of your feet, just behind the balls of your feet, and into the ground. Feel as if you have roots sinking into the ground through the center of both feet. This is “grounding” yourself or becoming “rooted.”

Practice feeling your feet on the ground and sinking all your weight down through the center of your feet as often as you think to do it. Try it when you feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed. Try it when you feel threatened in any way. Practice it when you are walking. Feeling your feet on the ground is a great way to get out of your head and back to feeling solid ground underneath you.

2. Relax down through your body.

Another one of the primary things I’ve learned in T’ai Chi and Qigong is the meaning of conscious relaxation. Conscious relaxation is an active process that is different from “crashing on the couch” or “vegging out” in front of the TV. In contrast to passive relaxation in which you “zone out,” conscious relaxation makes you more alert and tuned in. It connects you more deeply inside.

Here’s the cue: First, focus on feeling inside your body. Find any areas of tension or tightness. Imagine that tension as a chunk of ice that is melting. As it melts, allow it to flow like a waterfall down through your body and down into the ground. Then, imagine and feel a waterfall flowing from the top of your head down through and around your body, washing any tension down into the ground.

A great way to get a feel for this is in the shower. You can use the sensation of the water flowing down your body to help you feel the inner experience. Then, record that feeling in every cell of your body, so you can take it with you, out of the shower and into your life. Use that remembered sensation to consciously relax yourself whenever you feel tension rising.

3. Breathe from your lower abdomen.

Another foundation of T’ai Chi and Qigong is full, conscious breathing. In contrast, shallow rapid breathing is characteristic of being in a state of stress. Learning to become aware of your breathing process, feel it, and deepen it has a therapeutic effect on your whole being.

A full breath is initiated by your diaphragm, a dome-shaped muscle at the base of your ribs. The diaphragm is a muscular sheath beneath your heart and lungs and above your digestive organs. When you inhale fully, your diaphragm flattens downward opening space for your lungs to inflate above. The flattening of your diaphragm presses down on your digestive organs, increasing pressure in your lower abdomen and making you feel as if that area is filling up. Increased lower abdominal pressure is a sign of taking a nice full breath.

Taking full, slow, rhythmic, conscious breaths has an entraining effect on your heart and your brain. It brings your emotions into balance and your brainwaves into coherence. It initiates a “relaxation response” and just feels good. It’s a great way to come down from feeling “stressed out.”

Here are some cues to practice: Place your hands on your lower abdomen. As you inhale, imagine and feel as if your lower abdomen fills up first, followed by your torso and chest up to your collarbone. As you exhale, imagine and feel that your whole torso empties out from top to bottom.

You might imagine two vertical balloons running up through both sides of your torso, from your lower abdomen up to your collarbones. As you inhale, imagine that these fill from bottom to top. As you exhale, imagine that they empty from top to bottom. Once you get a good feel for this process, try not to force it. Simply pay attention to your breathing and, as you relax more deeply, observe how your breath naturally slows and deepens.

Try taking conscious breathing breaks throughout your day to come back to center.

4. Center your mind in your Dantian.

T’ai Chi and Qigong are based on your internal energy system or the circulation of life energy (qi, “chee”) through your body. Your qi circulates through a subtle network of energy centers, pathways (meridians), and points (acupoints) along those pathways. The qi circulatory system runs through the connective tissue of your body and closely relates to and influences the circulation of blood and lymphatic fluids.

There are three primary energy centers in T’ai Chi and Qigong, called the dantians (“dahn-tee-en”), in your lower abdomen, the center of your chest, and the center of your brain. These are called the Lower Dantian, Middle Dantian, and Upper Dantian, respectively. T’ai Chi and Qigong begin with emphasis on your Lower Dantian, the center of your physical vitality. You build energy here first and then circulate it through the rest of your system.

How do you build your physical vitality? This is achieved through good nutrition, adequate exercise and rest, conserving sexual energy, deep breathing, and appropriate self-care. In addition, you can increase Lower Dantian energy by focusing your mind into that space and holding it there. This is a great way to come down from stress, anxiety, or pressure, and come down from being “in your head” into being present in your body.

Here are some practice cues: Imagine a pearl of energy about three finger-widths below your navel and 1/3 of the way from the front to the back of your body in the center of your lower abdomen. Imagine your Lower Dantian pearl growing bigger and glowing brighter as you concentrate on it.

You can combine conscious breathing to heighten your concentration and build the energy there. As you inhale, imagine your lower dantian pearl being fed by the energy in your breath so that it grows larger and glows warmer and brighter. As you exhale, concentrate into the center of that ball of energy. I call this “Lower Dantian Breathing.”

The more time you spend focusing on your Lower Dantian, the more energy you’ll feel there. Centering your mind in your lower dantian is a powerful way not only to boost your physical vitality, but also to relax deeply and come back to center when you’ve gotten caught up in the stresses of your day. If you’re feeling tired, lay down, put your hands on your lower abdomen and focus on Lower Dantian Breathing. This is a great way to take a nap or fall asleep at night.

5. Three keys to powerful posture

T’ai and Qigong are replete with memorable cues to help you embody their insights. Good posture is the foundation of releasing tension and achieving full-bodied, emotional, psychological, and energetic integration and flow. It begins with “roots” in your feet, an “energy sphere” in your abdomen, and a “string” attached to the top of your head. These are three keys to mastering your inner being and realizing your full potential.

Here are three posture practice cues:

1. Feel your weight sinking into the entire surface of both feet and then through the center of your feet into the ground. Imagine yourself rooted into the ground through the center of your feet, your “bubbling well” or “root points.”

2. Feel the connection from your root points up to the center of your lower abdomen, your center of gravity or lower dantian (“dahn-tee-en”). Imagine your lower dantian as a brilliant energy sphere just below your navel and 1/3 of the way from the front to the back of your body. Center your awareness in your lower dantian to be stable and present and to build your vital energy.

3. Feel the connection from your lower dantian to the top of your head, your crown point. Imagine a string attached to the top of your head drawing your spine upright.

These three cues connect your entire body into a functional whole. They give you a strong feeling of psychological and energetic grounding, a solid center, and upright extension so you have clear spaciousness in your energy field and your awareness.

Make it a point to check in with your posture frequently throughout the day, especially when you feel stressed or “out of sync.” Use the three posture cues to help you come back to a grounded, centered, upright stance in your life.

6. Soften your hands

No, I’m not talking about which dishwashing liquid you use or which hand lotion. Instead, this is a cue about how you’re relating to others or to circumstances in your life. Feeling the quality of “softness” versus “tension” in your hands is a clue to just how tightly you’re “gripping” your life. If you’re “hanging on for dear life” it will show up in how your hands feel.

Legendary T’ai Chi Master Professor Cheng Man Ch’ing said that he once had a dream in which his hands felt light, like balsa wood, and beautiful, like a “fair lady’s hand.” When he woke up he applied this to his T’ai Chi practice. From this dream, he developed what he called the “Beautiful Hands” posture.

In “Beautiful Hands” you relax your hands so that your wrists are straight (not bent), your fingers are gently extended, yet slightly curving, and your whole hand feels soft, light, and highly-sensitive. If you apply this hand posture as you move your body, your movements flow more easily and you become more sensitive to pick up on the energy in your environment.

When you apply this to working with a partner in the T’ai Chi practice of “Push-Hands” you are able to sense what your partner is doing before they do it. You can sense the energy underneath and preceding the action-a good skill for all your relationships.

Your body is an expression of, and a mirror for, what is happening in your mind and emotions. If you practice “softening your hands,” as in “Beautiful Hands,” you can become more relaxed and sensitive to pick up information inside you and around you.

Here’s a practice cue: Notice the quality of tension in your hands and fingers. Imagine softening your hands so that you can feel the air on your skin and the space inside your hands at the same time.

Softening your hands in this way, helps you to release tension in your hands, shoulders, and neck. It gives you an easy cue to use when you feel tension rising. Try softening your hands when you feel stressed or agitated. Notice how this makes you more present and aware and begins to shift your reactive state.

7. Feel your body as a whole from the inside.

One of the most important things you learn in T’ai Chi & Qigong is to feel what is happening inside your body. Through practice, you awaken your inner sensing abilities. All the cues we’ve talked about in this series help you to do that, from feeling your feet on the ground, to relaxing down through your body, to consciously breathing from your lower abdomen, to centering your mind in your dantian, to the three posture keys, to softening your hands. Each of these will awaken your ability to feel what is happening internally.

In addition, your ability to sense what is happening inside your body is a foundation for being able to feel your emotions and witness your thoughts. It also fine tunes your intuitive sense of “who you are” and “what you are here to do.” Inner body sensing is a bridge to all dimensions of self-awareness.

I found that inner sensing awakened in my body one area at a time. First, in the bottoms of my feet, then in my hands, then the top of my head, then my lower abdoment, then the center of my brain, then the center of my heart, and so on. How this awakens for you will depend on your life history, your personality, and how much of this type of inner work you’ve done.

At a certain point, I began to feel my whole inner body at once. I felt a conscious presence extending throughout every cell of my body. This gave me a sense of inner wholeness, peace, and well-being. Since that time, this inner presence has been a reference point for living my life and a feeling to return to whenever I get “stressed out” or “out of sync.”

Here’s the practice cue: Feel your body as a whole from the inside.

If that doesn’t come naturally, you may focus on any of the inner body cues we’ve been discussing to gradually awaken that feeling and spread it through your whole body.

Another way I like to use this feeling of whole body presence is to rejuvenate my energy when I am tired or “run-down.” To do that I take an “inner body nap.”

First I look at the clock and decide how long I will “nap,” usually 15-20 minutes. Then, I lie down, place my hands over my lower abdomen, lightly close my eyes, and feel my body as a whole from the inside. After a short while focusing on inner body feeling I find that my consciousness shifts into a “lucid dreamlike state,” somewhat like a floating feeling. When the time period I set is up, I feel completely refreshed. I feel re-connected to the essence of who I am and ready for what is ahead of me.

8. Define your personal space.

T’ai Chi and Qigong are based in the ancient Daoist philosophy which views all of life as nested fields of energy within one unified energetic field. Each of us is an energy system within larger energy systems within the One Field. This is corroborated not only by 3000 years of Daoist exploration and practice, but also by the experiments of contemporary physics and energy medicine.

The space that your energy field inhabits can be called your personal space. It is more or less an arm’s length around you in all directions. Imagine your personal energy field as a sphere extending 2-3 feet around your whole body. This defines the space that you call “yours” versus what is “other.”

Your personal energy field has importance energetically and psychologically. It is the energy that is most strongly “who you are” and the way that you differentiate yourself from the world around you. When you “own” your personal space you feel more psychologically empowered. When someone comes into your personal space you sense it. Depending on the state of your own energy and the state of the energy interacting with you, this can create intimacy, resistance, or complex entanglement.

Your personal space is an important “felt experience.” As you awaken your inner sensing ability, it’s important to extend your energetic senses beyond your skin.

“Own” the space around you by feeling your energy filling your personal space. With your personal energy sphere in place, you’ll be able to sense the energy of others as they come into contact with you. You’ll be able to feel what they are bringing to the interaction at that moment. You’ll be able to more clearly sense “what is yours” and “what is theirs” so you can have clear and conscious communication. This is invaluable because so much of our interpersonal conflict comes from projecting our own “stuff” onto others and/or “taking on their stuff.”

So here’s the practice cue: Feel an arm’s length space around your entire body in all directions. Imagine this sphere defined by a border of bright light. Allow your internal energy to extend outward to fill this space evenly and completely. Observe how your experience of your whole personal space shifts the way you relate to yourself and others.

9. The secret to health and well-being is the smooth flow of life energy.

When symptoms, tension, or discomfort arise in your body, instead of first thinking what doctors, drugs, or surgery you need, ask:

1. What can I learn about myself?

2. What is impeding smooth energy flow?

3. How can I return to flowing with my life?

It’s not that medical intervention isn’t sometimes needed. If it is, these questions will lead you to that as well. Sometimes symptoms do progress to the point of medical emergency, especially if you haven’t been able to listen to or heed the inner voice of your symptoms earlier. And sometimes there are larger forces and destinies at work. You’ll discern these, too, by paying attention inside.

When you become sensitive to pick up on the subtle information in your discomforts, symptoms, and tensions and allow them to lead you toward self-awareness you journey on a path of inner discovery. You also take responsibility for the part you play in the process through your intentions, thoughts, feelings, and actions.

On this path, suffering can be a great ally. When you become conscious in your discomfort, whether it is physical, mental, or emotional, you are closer to healing than when you dissociate or cease to feel. Suffering signals you to dive deeper to discover the source of imbalance. It alerts you to disruption in your energy flow, so you can address it at the root cause.

You can awaken your sensitivity to life energy and facilitate smooth energy flow by tuning into your body and feeling your “qi.” Your “qi” is a conscious presence that underlies all your experiences. It is an expression of the greater Life-Force that lives in all of us. Attunement to the Life-Force inside you will guide your way.

10. Daily practice is the key to self-mastery.

I visited Beijing, China, in 2004 on a Qigong study trip and was pleased to see that many Chinese people practice self-cultivation on a daily basis. Everywhere I went, I found people engaged in inner disciplines. I visited one park in Central Beijing early every morning on that trip.

Throughout the park there were groups and individuals doing their mind-body routines, from t’ai chi and qigong, to chanting meditations, to painting and calligraphy, to various group dances and forms. As I returned day after day and joined various practice groups, I found the same people, in the same exact places, peacefully and happily carrying on their practice. What a perfect way to start the day.

The Chinese have a saying that if you do something everyday for 100 days it will become a part of your life. They also have a saying that you are a beginner in your art for the first 20 years. These folks know what it means to master their training.

Reflect on what you would like to grow in your life. Whatever that is, commit to giving it attention every day. Read about it, share it, practice your skills, and grow your resources. Even 15 minutes done every day will build new possibilities in your life.

Your life is meant to be a fantastic voyage of increasing consciousness, passion, and purpose. You are here to fully and authentically express your part in the One Life that we all share. When you do that, you flow with “The Way of Life.”

Enjoy your practice!

Kevin Schoeninger
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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In an effort to better understand the complexities of the human mind, scientists have been studying the brain for decades. Among their many findings is that of brainwaves, which are constantly produced by the brain when neurons communicate with each other. Brainwaves are known to range in frequency from 0.1 Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second, to as high as 60 Hz.

Brainwaves have been classified into 5 groups according to the range of frequency that each of them exhibit. moreover, each brainwave is associated with a particular state of mental awareness, each with its own particular attributes. These brainwaves are, from highest to lowest frequency: Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta. Beta brainwaves, for example, are linked to a state of alertness and are the dominant ones when you are awake. whilst the brain produces all 5 types of brainwaves all the time, there is always a predominant type of brainwave, which determines your state of awareness.

Alpha brainwaves range in frequency between 8Hz and 12Hz, and are generally produced in synchrony by both the left and right hemispheres in your brain. It is not uncommon to find them exclusively in the right hemisphere, though. Alpha activity is at its highest when your mind and your body are relaxed. This is regularly the dominant brainwave pattern within children and extremely creative people.

You could easily increase your alpha brainwave activity by closing your eyes for a couple of minutes, although you would only feel a temporary increment. however, if you repeat the exercise long enough, your alpha brainwave activity will probably build up as a result. The following are just a few of the benefits that you could get from alpha brainwaves:

Relaxation.
Alpha brain waves kick in when your body is resting and your mind is relaxed. your brain is working at a slower pace, your thoughts are clearer and you might feel a little sleepy. Increased alpha brainwave activity works wonders to reduce stress. Creativity.
People with high alpha brainwave activity are able to tap into their creative side. Musicians, artists, innovators and the like, usually exhibit higher alpha activity than the average person. Problem Solving.
When your hemispheres are in constant communication, as is the case when alpha brainwave is the dominant pattern, you are able to use more of your brain power to analyze and solve problems. Super Learning.
This is when your brain is able to process new data quickly and effortlessly. Alpha brainwaves allow you to collect and recall information easier. Positive Thinking.
When alpha brain waves are the dominant pattern, you feel calmer and better about yourself, and as a result you experience more positive emotions and thoughts. Stress Reduction.
Asides from helping you feel more relaxed and more optimistic about your life as a whole, alpha brainwaves help decrease tension, stress and anxiety. Natural Antidepressant.
Researchers associate depression with low levels of serotonin, a chief neurotransmitter, which the brain produces in more quantities when alpha brain waves are the dominant pattern. Athletic Mastery.
Not surprisingly, when you are calmer and are able to focus on your thoughts and the tasks at hand, you can be more effective and more productive. This is particularly true for athletes, who need to concentrate all their energy and mind into their physical activity to perform at their peak and beat their competitors.
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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In all stages of consciousness, whether asleep or fully alert, the brain is always functioning. This means electricity is moving in waves throughout the brain at all times. Alpha waves are the type of brain waves associated with conscious relaxation. These waves originate primarily in the visual processing center of the brain and are so strong that they can be easily seen with the naked eye on an electroencephalography (EEG), a machine that measures brain wave patterns.

The study of brain wave patterns is helping neuroscientists uncover the secrets of brain functioning. Hans Berger, a German researcher, in 1920 was the first to discover that the electrical signals of the brain change patterns according to mental processes. The first brain waves he discovered were Alpha. He determined that the brain pulsates with electricity that is generated by nerve endings and that the rhythm of the brain waves produce different states of being. There are five states, Alpha, Theta, Beta, Delta and Gamma. Alpha is associated with deep relaxation.

The parietal and occipital lobes and the posterior parts of the temporal lobes are active in the brain during Alpha production. People in Alpha states report reduced stress and increased creativity. Increasing alpha brain waves can be a way of managing stress. High Beta and low Alpha waves have been reported in people who suffer from depression and anxiety. People who want to produce more relaxed states of being can listen to music that has sounds designed to synchronize the brain with Alpha waves. With repeated meditation people can learn to control their own brain wave patterns.

Mindfulness meditation which can be assisted by listening to Alpha has been proven to reduce symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and depression through neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is when the brain has the ability to create new neural connections or drop old ones depending on repeated experience. Thinking, learning and behavior can change the anatomy of the brain and how it functions. Studies of the brains of monks have shown that repeated mindfulness meditation can actually change the structure of the brain and eliminate anxiety and depressive symptoms while increasing compassion and action.

Alpha waves combined with Theta waves in meditation can bridge the gap between conscious and unconscious states. Theta waves are associated with subconscious activity while Alpha is relaxed consciousness.

More studies are revealing the possibilities of mindful meditation combined with Alpha brain wave assistance. People who suffer from anxiety or depression or other disorders may be able to permanently change their mental habits through repeatedly entering the Alpha state.
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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In a word, yes.

Brainwave entrainment is a scientifically proven technological tool that introduces rhythmic, repeated sound and/or light stimulus to the brain with the intention of altering its major brainwave frequency to that of the stimulus, changing its state of consciousness.

Each brainwave state has unique benefits and entrainment is a way to consciously access a desired state, under your direction.

You listen to a brainwave entrainment recording, and depending on what it is you wish to experience, your brain will match the frequency on the recording, and alter your state of mind.

Brainwave entrainment is an easy to use, personal therapeutic tool, that can be used safely in the privacy of your own home.

Why Audio Entrainment Is Safe

Sound-based brainwave work is generally considered safe.
Is considered by the scientific and medical community as a completely safe therapeutic tool.
Brainwave entrainment uses the body’s own natural processes to create a desired state. The brain naturally follows or mimics any rhythmic, repeated stimulus.
Doesn’t replace medical or psychological treatment but works as a great complementary therapy.
Has been studied and built upon over 75 years of research and clinical trials by the scientific community.
Research published to date indicates significant changes associated with relaxation responses such as reduced muscle tension, positive changes in brainwave activity, increased vasodilation, reductions in gastric acid output, reductions in blood pressure, pulse, respiration and heart rate. Significant reductions in clinical depression, anxiety, and specific fibromyalgia symptoms have been revealed. All candidates for the trials experienced beneficial and safe effects.

Some Possible Side-Effects

Should not be used by anyone who has epilepsy (this is more prudent with visual entrainment), a pacemaker, or has seizures.
Few people have had a bad trip from listening to entrainment. This may more likely happen if they are already under the influence of a mind altering substance.
Can experience some emotional upheaval as brain forms and makes new connections, but this will diminish quickly.
Tones or beats may be a little uncomfortable in the beginning and give you a headache. If this happens, turn down the volume until you get used to the session.

Brainwave entrainment allows you to train your brain to experience any state of consciousness, in a safe and easy manner. You personally can create, using an entrainment recording, the right conditions for relaxation, visualization, learning, meditation, pain-control, stress relief, sleep, and many more states of mind.

By stimulating naturally occurring brainwave frequencies, you can turn on the right types of mind sets that you need to perform certain tasks.

Brainwave entrainment does not have any of the side effects of medication and is part of a process that happens to you naturally many times a day.

Audio-based brainwave entrainment is a safe way to heal.
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.