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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We all eventually realize that the key to getting what we want in life is how well our Brain; our Mind works, so that we can use its power to succeed. We have all wanted more mind power at some point – I’m sure you remember those times in school with brain-busting exams. Even more, we want the mind power necessary to excel in our career; the emotional stability to enjoy our relationships. Maybe you’ve even tried drinks, pills, various courses, etc – and not been impressed. Here and now I’d like to introduce you to something different: the world of Brainwave Entrainment (BWE) and its surprising benefits and effects. Sadly, much of what is currently written about brainwave entrainment is simply wrong, and so there’s a real need for people to know the Truth and not the marketing hype out there…

Our brains produce electrical charges in rhythms known as brainwave patterns that are lumped into four groups: Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta. You can see them with an electroencephalograph (EEG) (every good hospital has one.) Each of these brainwave patterns or rates is associated with various states of mind.

“Entrainment” is the tendency for two vibrating bodies to match each other’s vibration. Many scientific studies have shown that the brain does this too, and when stimulated with pulsed sounds (converted to nerve signals by the ear), the brain will align with these pulses. By selecting the desired *rate*, the brain can be naturally led towards the selected brainwave *state*.

The applications for this technology are probably endless – once you get it right. Let me give you 7 of the best in my opinion:

1. BWE Stimulation in the theta brainwave range has been shown to accelerate learning and improve memory.
2. Research shows that using BWE in the alpha range may result in benefits similar to that of Meditation.
3. The brain controls the body, thus benefits have been measured of improved breathing and higher physical energy levels.
4. With BWE, different areas of the brain are stimulated, quieting the mind to allow clearer thought and information processing.
5. Regular users over time report an improved outlook, better emotional balance, attitude, and (thus) improved relationships.
6. It’s often effective at reducing sleep needs and enabling more restful sleep.
7. In time, high stress levels usually nosedive out of one’s life as your brain adapts to a higher level with the BWE’s guidance.

Of course everyone starts from a different place mentally and in their circumstances and so see varying yet still positive results. Working WITH the process can help; it enhances other activities like meditation and visualization. However it’s NOT necessary to do anything if you don’t wish to except take the time out, relax, and listen. Effective Brainwave Entrainment optimizes your mind power to solve your individual issues at the root. It’s easy to use; the hard part was making it *effective*…

Quantum Mind Power with TMM, “The Morry Method”, uses a proprietary protocol developed for presenting the BWE tones to the brain and mind. The end result of this method is much “softer” on the brain/body, letting it work naturally with these “brain beats” (with their associated benefits) as well as any presented information where used (i.e. meditations, hypnosis, affirmations, etc.)

Quantum Mind Power with TMM was designed by the world’s ONLY certified Brainwave Entrainment Engineer, Morry Zelcovitch, and is the result of over 15 years of study, 1-on-1 training from the experts in the field, and over 10 years of personal Research & Development.

The recordings strictly adhere to past and present scientific research including published and non-published clinical and other studies on this “power of the mind” technology. Translation: They are based on and backed up by REAL SCIENCE.

Now anyone CAN change their life – by changing their brainwaves…
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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We all age at different rates.

How we react to life, how we interpret the stressors in our lives, has a great effect on how we age.

Aging is an inside job. It’s all about how your brain is telling you to age.

The normal passage of time alone isn’t enough to cause disease and damage to your body. Your response to the series of daily events that you experience can determine whether or not you age normally, or age fast and furious, shortening, your life by at least a decade.

How you handle stress affects more than your state of mind, it affects the state of your body.

You don’t die from “old age”…you die from the damage that aging and lifestyle has done to your body.

Stress speeds up your entire system and produces conditions in younger people, that are usually associated with growing old. Too much stress, without relief, will have you age before your very eyes.

How stressed out you feel, and how long you are exposed to the stressor, determines how quickly you will age.

Signs Of Premature Aging-Do You Have Any?

You grind your teeth in your sleep, wearing them down, costing you big time at the dentist office.
Your jaw hurts. Clenching your jaw, when you feel tense or anxious, pulls on muscles in your neck and jaw, leaving sore and tired. You do this when you are awake or asleep.
Your skin itches and you’ve developed a rash. Eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea develop when your system in flooded with stress hormones. Stress changes the immune cells found in the skin, causing them to become stimulated, resulting in itchy, rashy skin.
Your eye twitches, even after you’ve rested it. The twitching can go on indefinitely.
Your gums are sore and they may bleed. Cortisol, a major stress hormone, when in excess, will weaken your immune system, inflaming your gums, leading to a buildup of bacteria in the mouth which can cause disease.
You are nauseous a lot of the time. Stress hormones in the stomach will make you feel sick.
Your blood pressure and cholesterol levels have shot up.
Your blood sugar levels are all over the place, affecting your energy levels.
You’ve put on weight around your abdomen, because your eating is out of control. Cortisol encourages you to eat high carbohydrate, comfort food, in large quantities, while turning off your satiation meter. You eat lots and you never feel satisfied. The extra calories land on your abdominal area, and won’t go away easily, because cortisol is telling your body to hang on to the fat for dear life.
You don’t heal very quickly from infections like a cold or flu, or from your wounds. Cortisol tells your immune system to shut down or attack itself. Cortisol, in excess, is psychopathic.
Your hair is turning grey overnight and when you brush it, large amounts fall out. You are experiencing a chemical imbalance in your body due to stress.
Your skin loses its luster and elasticity, looks grey and falls in blankets of wrinkles around your jaw and under your eyes.
Your joints hurt, your body hurts…everything aches.
You can’t remember things very well anymore. If you do make a list for the grocery store, you’ll leave the list at home. Memories aren’t being implanted in your brain. Cortisol affects the messages between neurons, so many events that you should have no trouble remembering, are not even recorded. Retrieval of past memories is also impaired because cortisol confuses neural firing.
You have anxious and racing thoughts. You might start having isolated panic attacks.
You feel alone and isolated, even when surrounded by people.
You are sad and depressed.

Anyone one of those signs or symptoms could be detrimental to your aging process, speeding everything up.

Fortunately, there is a way to reverse several of these symptoms.

Brainwave entrainment, a scientifically proven technology that introduces an audio and/or visual pulse to the brain with the intention of altering its state of consciousness, can stop the excessive and continuous release of stress hormones. Altering the state of mind, with deliberate repeated tones, puts the mind into a state of healing, repairing damage, and making new neural networks that are much healthier.

Brainwave entrainment can reverse the symptoms of premature aging.

Stress is an inevitable part of your life, it’s not going anywhere, but aging too quickly, doesn’t have to be.

You don’t have to be your own grandmother.
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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We all age at different rates and how we react to stress, how we interpret it, determine what it does to our minds and bodies.

How you handle stress, affects more than the state of your mind.

It affects how fast you age.

Brainwave entrainment is a technological tool that can help you change how you perceive the challenges that come into your life, every day, by altering your brainwave frequency to that of a currency that heals and reverses the damages produced by stress response chemicals, including premature aging.

If you don’t give your mind a break from stress, the physical, emotional, and mental effect, could shorten your life.

A study has determined that chronic stress can take 10 – 17 years off a natural life span.

Signs That Stress Is Aging You

· Your skin is grey, lacks lustre and strength, and sags and wrinkles. Your face starts looking jowly. That alone makes you look 10 or more years older than you are. And adding salt to the wound, you have acne.

· Your joints and bones hurt and are weakening. If you are under great stress and fall, you may break bones.

· You are not thinking as clearly as you used to. Stress causes great deficits in cognitive ability. Your memory is interrupted. When stress hormones are flooding your body, your memories may not be implanted in your brain… neural pathways may not form… leaving you with no memory of the event you should be remembering. Retrieval of past memories, become impaired because of poor firing between neurons in the brain, when exposed to excessive cortisol, a stress response hormone.

· You have no sex drive. Your significant other may be just your roommate now.

· Nervous habits you may have had over the years, become more pronounced. Nail biting, hair twirling, smoking etc, are accelerated. You are unconsciously looking for a relief from the stressors.

· Your judgement is poor and you second guess yourself more often than you used to.

· You have constant, anxious or racing thoughts.

· You worry constantly. You experience “free-floating” anxiety. You have trouble judging how important something is… is breaking a nail as serious as forgetting an appointment… sometimes you don’t know.

· You have emotional symptoms that manifest as moodiness, irritability, depression, and unhappiness.

· Your temper is short and hot.

· You feel overwhelmed by just about everything, even bathing or brushing your teeth.

· You feel lonely and isolated, even with people around you.

· You have body aches and pains, and acetaminophen won’t take them away.

· You either have diarrhea a lot or are constipated too often.

· You isolate yourself from your loved ones and friends.

· You have heart palpitations.

· You cry easily, or more frighteningly, you don’t cry at all, even when appropriate.

· You are emotional and overly sensitive and can’t read people accurately.

All of these signs and symptoms can be turned around if you change your dominant brainwave frequency and produce new neural networks that can help you handle stress more efficiently.

Brainwave entrainment can produce new neural pathways in your brain’s grey matter and can help you re-interpret any stressors that come your way. If you change how you interpret the challenges in your life, you’ll produce less stress hormones, and in turn, slow down the aging process.
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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We all age at a different rate, but if you live a highly stressful life, with lots of worries and complications, you’ll age faster than the guy down the street that meditates to relieve stress.

Gerontologists claim that the passage of time alone is not enough to cause disease and damage.

So what causes disease and damage? Stress does, or how you process that stress does.

Stress speeds up your entire system and produces conditions in younger people that are usually associated with growing old.

If you have too much stress in your life, and you’re not processing it, you’ll age right before your very own eyes.

Signs You’re Growing Old Too Fast

• You have itchy skin-stress brings about changes in immune cells found in skin causing them to become activated, resulting in itchy skin and rashes like psoriasis, rosacea, and eczema. If you are itching, consider the level of stress you have in your life.

• Your gums are sore-cortisol, a stress-response hormone, when in excess, weakens the immune system leading to a buildup of bacteria in the mouth. Do your gums bleed when you brush your teeth?

• You grind your teeth-you are clenching your jaw muscles because you are feeling tense or anxious.

• Your cholesterol is too high.

• Your blood pressure is as high as your dad’s.

• Your blood sugar is high and you may be developing diabetes.

• You have a big belly.

• You’ve lost your of sex drive.

• You have memory problems.

• You have a hard time concentrating.

• You have anxious or racing thoughts.

• Your hair is graying.

• Your skin is wrinkling.

• You catch more colds and flues.

• Your eye twitches even after rest.

• Your stomach is upset most of the time because stress hormones are dumping into your abdomen. You might even have GERD already.

• You are always in a state of worry.

• You have aches and pains.

• You’re either constipated or have diarrhea.

• Your skin is getting thin and you can see your blood vessels easily.

• Your muscles feel weak-you can’t walk as far as you used to.

• Your bones and joints are weaker and hurt-arthritis.

• You have fluttering or irregular heart beat.

• You retain fluid and bruise more easily.

• You’re losing hair.

• You can’t tolerate alcohol like you used to.

Each of these symptoms can be caused by excessive amounts of stress hormones, activated by the brain, dumping into your body, damaging every system as they go.

Cells age much faster when they are under stress-which is when you are under stress.

Stress can age you ten years, or more, beyond your normal biological age.

Thankfully, relieving stress, can bio-chemically reverse the aging process of your cells.

Brainwave entrainment is a clinically proven technological process that introduces sound pulses to the brain, with the intention of altering its state of mind, from one of extreme stress to one of relaxation and healing.

Entrainment dramatically affects the production of three hormones related to the longevity of life and overall well-being: cortisol in the negative and DHEA and melatonin in the positive.

Changing your brainwaves from beta to alpha or theta, reduces cortisol (stress hormone), and increases DHEA ( a good hormone that pumps up your immune system), and melatonin, (a chemical you produce during sleep that aids in the production of serotonin-a feel good and healing hormone).

Taking a vacation to the relaxation brainwave state, slows the aging process, and can actually reverse much of the damage that stress hormones have on the skin, hair, and other parts of the body.

Research has shown that if the stress response is changed, we can affect the aging process.

Brainwave entrainment can rejuvenate your mind and body and stop you from growing old so fast.
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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We all accept that we should change to catch the day. The world is changing faster than the day before. Dealing with change in life is vital for success. If you want a better life for yourself, you should learn how to deal with change.

I need to change my life, I want to change my life but I do not know how to deal with change.

These are the words more and more people use everyday. Most of us are aware of the need for a change. You think that you can change and you know how to deal with change. Unfortunately, when you need to take action, you feel like frozen. You hesitate and miss the chance to change.

You know the driving forces of change but somehow they are not strong enough to force you take action.

* Your expectations change
* Your desires change
* Your emotions change
* Your knowledge change
* Your goals change

These driving forces step on the gas but there are other forces which put the brakes on you.

If you can learn the forces which are holding you back from change, you can end these reasons and will not miss a chance ever again. Dealing with change in life is only possible if you can decrease the resisting forces.

7 Reasons why you cannot change your life

Admitting that you need to change your life is a powerful start for change. Now you need to discover the reasons why it is difficult for you to act.

You get used to your life People can get used to everything in life and they are satisfied with it. This is a protection mechanism of the mind. Mind protects itself from depression and anxiety by this way. You can get used to any trouble, problem or any condition. The problem is, getting used to anything means being blind. You cannot perceive the problems as they are or you cannot even notice them.
Justify Your Life Getting used to your life offers you a strong ability to justify your life. You can justify any problem and you cannot say “I need to change my life” anymore. All the problems fade away with your justification.
Leaving the Comfort Zone You get used to your life, you justified every problem and now you are living in your comfort zone. You know what you can and cannot expect. Life is casual. There is nothing new, neither problems nor opportunities. You do not need to change your life because you feel comfortable with it.
Fear of change Fear is the strongest emotion in any situation. You do not know how to deal with change and this is freaking you out. Dealing with change in life brings uncertainty and this means you cannot get ready for something you do not know. Worries about the change use all the power of your mind and you do not have much energy for dealing with change.
Social Environment You want to spend time with the people who are like you. You share the same problems and you understand one another. You want to be a part of this social environment. There is nothing wrong with it unless they are holding you back from changing your life. You feel too comfortable with them that you do not want to waste your time and energy dealing with change.
You do not have goals If you do not have goals, you should not worry about anything. You do not need to change anything unless you have goals. You will swing with the wind and accept everything what life brings. That is hopeless. You must think like that: “I want to change my life for better”
You are not ready to change How can you be? There is no time to get ready for a change. Life is changing so fast that all you can do is to adapt to change. Your mind always find a way for dealing with change.

How to deal with change

Now you know the driving and resisting forces of change. That means you can control these forces. Dealing with change is; increasing the driving forces and decreasing the resisting forces. You have the control of resisting forces. You resist to change yourself although you think you want to change your life. So, you should start the change from inside. You can decrease the resisting forces if you can reach your subconscious with subliminal recordings, brainwave entrainment or affirmations. All of these techniques are great tools to help you overcome your limitations.
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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Want to tap into the awesome power of your subconscious mind? Then self-hypnosis is one of the best ways to do it. But what if you don’t think you can hypnotise yourself, or you’ve already tried self-hypnosis, and just can’t seem to maintain a trance state? Read on, because this article has a solution.

Why Use Self-Hypnosis?

Self-hypnosis lets you access your subconscious mind. The subconscious is where your inner wisdom resides – tap into this, and you can find the answer to any problem that’s bothering you, or gain new insights that can dramatically improve your life. The subconscious is also where your beliefs are – including limiting beliefs that may not serve you, but which influence your thoughts and behaviour nonetheless.

By using self-hypnosis, you can connect with the wisdom of your subconscious, and you can also replace old limiting beliefs with new, more empowering alternatives.

Why Self-Hypnosis Doesn’t Work For Some People

Hypnotherapy has long been an accepted method of changing beliefs and working through problems. However, finding a good hypnotherapist isn’t always easy, and can be expensive. As a result, self-hypnosis has become extremely popular, since you can learn to get the same benefits without going to a hypnotherapist.

However, some people run into problems with self-hypnosis because they find it difficult to relax deeply and enter the necessary trance state. This isn’t surprising really, since most of us aren’t trained to control our minds and our focus. And while it does get easier with practice, learning to hypnotise yourself can be a difficult task.

However, there is a simple and affordable technology available that can make self-hypnosis much easier, by making it easier to relax and focus – and that’s brainwave entrainment.

What Is Brainwave Entrainment?

Simply put, brainwave entrainment (which can also be referred to as brainwave synchronization or brainwave stimulation) involves listening to a special recording which encourages your brain to enter a deeply relaxed state.

There are three types of brainwave entrainment recording available: binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones. They work a bit differently, but in all cases sounds of specific frequencies are used, and the brain has a natural tendency to match (entrain to) these frequencies.

So for example, if a recording features frequencies that correspond to the 8 – 12Hz range, the brain will follow along as you listen, and will produce brainwaves of similar frequencies.

Since different brain frequencies are linked with different states of consciousness, listening to a brainwave synchronization recording makes it relatively easy to access these various states at will – a feat that would normally take months or years of practice to master.

Using Brainwave Entrainment For More Effective Self-Hypnosis Sessions

Brainwave synchronisation is useful for self-hypnosis, because for it to be effective, you need to enter a light trance state – which usually means your brain is in the low alpha or high theta state (i.e., you’ll be producing brainwaves that are predominantly around 8 Hz in frequency, give or take a bit).

We’ve seen that it can be difficult to maintain such a relaxed yet focused state of mind, but it’s easier with brainwave entrainment, because the recording helps to keep your brain in the correct frequency range. In fact, many of the pre-recorded self-hypnosis tracks that you can buy feature binaural beats in the background, to make them more effective.

So if you’ve tried and failed with self-hypnosis before, don’t give up – give brainwave entrainment a try instead, and you can join the many people who are discovering its benefits.
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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Want to help the victims of Katrina? Try distant healing!

Distant healing is a simple, effective way to impact someone even if they are miles away. The beauty about utilizing distant healing is that you don’t need extensive training to do it. All that is needed is intent, a sincere desire to help people and a willingness to sit or lie quietly.

The founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association, Dr. C. Norman Shealy, tested distant healing with Richard Gordon (author of “Quantum-Touch, The Power to Heal”). Dr. Shealy discovered that Mr. Gordon’s distant healing was able to affect other people’s brainwaves as measured by an electroencephalograph machine. Upon further testing with his most difficult chronic pain patients, Dr. Shealy found that it brought about significant pain relief. This suggests that people can improve the power of their prayers and affect healing from a distance.

Here is a simplified version of Mr. Gordon’s approach that you can use to send healing to the victims of the hurricane:

1. First, find a quiet space and begin by taking a few deep breaths. As you breathe, imagine that you can actually feel energy moving from your feet to the top of your head on the inhale, and then circulating down to the feet as you exhale.

2. As you continue to breathe, cup your hands and see yourself sending energy to your hands as you exhale. Imagine that you are holding the people that you want to care for between your hands.

3. You can “see” or feel the energy that is running through your body as light, Divine Love, or however you choose to define it. The important thing is to feel it moving with your breath. Feel the Spirit, as energy, coursing in and through your body and then sending it to those in need. Keep breathing!

4. As you breathe, imagine that there is a Divine orchestration which is providing solutions quickly, easily and powerfully in a state of wonderful grace. See that the people being transported to safe places are reunited easily with their families. Envision peace, love and light flowing into the minds of those that are suffering, so that not only will their bodies be cared for, but their minds will become unburdened and touched by joy. FEEL this as you breathe.

Remember that the purpose of this activity is to envision abundance continuing to arrive miraculously to assist, feed, nourish and heal the people in the Southeast. It is an alternative to focusing your attention and energy on everything that is not going well. Knowing that the past cannot be changed, envision creative and supporting solutions beautifully created from the greatest good in people.

5. As you continue with this exercise, holding the residents of the damaged areas in the cup of your hands and extending love to them, allow for any number of healing miracles to occur. Allow inspiration regarding any other actions you can take to help (donate time, money, supplies, hold a fundraiser, etc.).

6. Pray for the highest spirit to take over in their lives. See that nothing is too big for Spirit… for that which created the entire Universe can certainly intervene and bring ease to this situation.

More tips for doing distant healing:

* Connect with the people of the Southeast and surrounding areas, to whomever or wherever your awareness is attracted

* Connect with your own spirituality (whatever that may be)

* You can use a surrogate object to help focus your energy if you choose; besides the cupped hands, you can use a pillow, blanked, or some other physical object

* Experiment with using distant healing when watching the news- allow the loving energy to flow into the news that you are witnessing as you exhale.

* Remember to breathe and feel the energy moving through your body

* Combine different techniques

* Allow your love to grow stronger each time you practice distant healing

* Take action on the inspirations you receive while doing distant healing
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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Want to have an out of body experience? Imagine being free to leave your body at will, and flying out over the rooftops to exotic locales, or exploring the mysteries of the astral plane. There’s no longer any need to wait until you have time off from work to go travelling, or to pay expensive air fares or accommodation costs – you can go anywhere, at any time!

Astral projection techniques – it should be easy

Many people want to learn astral projection for just these reasons. However, it’s easier said than done. There are many methods that have been put forward over the years to help would-be projectors to leave their bodies, and these can be very helpful. Most involve lying down in a quiet place, relaxing deeply, entering a meditative state, and then engaging in a visualisation process. Examples include seeing yourself climbing up a rope that is dangling just over your body, or seeing a double of your body floating just above the bed, and mentally transferring your perspective into it. By means of these (and similar) visualisations, your consciousness may actually ‘flip’ out of your physical body and into its astral equivalent.

The problem:

Sounds simple, right?

In practice, many people find that such techniques may indeed be simple in theory, but they’re actually anything but easy. And the main stumbling block in many cases is not that the methods don’t work, but that they have trouble relaxing deeply and quieting the mind. These steps are vital prerequisites to leaving the body for most people, and in normal circumstances this level of mental control can take years to develop.

Brainwave entrainment can help

Fortunately for all of us who aren’t trained meditators, brainwave entrainment can help to shortcut the process, allowing ‘normal’ people to achieve and maintain deep states of relaxation with relatively little effort. Brainwave entrainment simply refers to the tendency of the brain to synchronise (or entrain) with an externally-imposed rhythm (for example a sound recording or light pulses). Binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones are examples of sound-based brainwave entrainment technologies that can be used to induce the type of deep trance state that is required for successful astral projection.

Simply put, these recordings contain sounds of specific frequencies that are known to correspond to particular mental states. Recordings that are designed with astral projection in mind typically contain frequencies which induce a theta (about 4 – 8 Hz) brainwave pattern. The theta range has been found to be most effective for allowing out of body experience to occur, so by using a brainwave synchronization recording that helps your brain to settle into this frequency pattern, you’re maximising your chances for success.

Binaural beats or isochronic tones?

Binaural beats and isochronic tone recordings work in slightly different ways, but their effect is similar. Both can be used to help you learn to astrally project. However, isochronic tones may have a slight edge, as many people have found them to be a bit more effective than binaurals. They also don’t require the use of headphones, which can be more convenient. However isochronics are less commonly available than the more well-known binaural beats. It may help to try both, and see which you prefer.
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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Want to feel more energetic? Many people do – our modern lifestyles aren’t exactly conducive to physical health, and our energy levels tend to suffer as a result.

Fortunately, with so much room for improvement, just making small changes can help you feel a lot better, and you don’t have to spend lots of money on expensive spa trips either. Read on for three easy steps you can take to feel more energetic today.

1. Get Some Exercise

Although the thought of exercising might sound exhausting if you’re a couch potato, the fact is that people who are in good shape have higher energy levels than those that don’t. It might sound counter-intuitive, but expending energy makes you feel livelier (up to a point – you obviously don’t want to overdo it).

And the best thing is, you don’t need to wait until you’re super-fit to gain the benefits of regular exercise – you start to feel better right away! So make a commitment to include some form of exercise that you enjoy as part of your regular routine – just a daily walk around the block can help to keep your energy levels up for the rest of the day.

2. Breathe Deeply

How well do you breathe? Unless you have asthma or some other breathing-related disorder, chances are you haven’t given it much thought before. But by making an effort to breathe deeply, right from your diaphragm, you can change how you feel quite dramatically.

This will probably take some effort and conscious thought at first, because most people are shallow breathers – they only breathe from their chests, and as a result their lungs don’t fill with air as much as they might. This means less oxygen is available – and tiredness is the result.

Increasing your oxygen intake increases your energy levels, and best of all, you can do this wherever you are, at any time (although for best results, try to get outdoors for some fresh air every day).

3. Entrain Your Brain

The third method for raising your energy is brainwave entrainment. This is probably not as familiar as the other tips, but it’s just as easy.

Brainwave entrainment for energy enhancement basically involves listening to a recording that’s designed to help your brain and body to relax deeply. This type of recording contains sounds of specific frequencies. Brainwave entrainment – which is also known as brainwave synchronization or brainwave stimulation – works because the brain has a natural tendency to match the frequencies of the sounds it is hearing, if they’re repetitive in nature. So when it’s exposed to an 8Hz sound for example, the brain will normally begin to produce brainwaves with a frequency of 8Hz.

This is useful for increasing your energy, because you can use brainwave entrainment to guide your brain into the delta brainwave band, where it produces brainwaves with frequencies in the 0.5 – 4 Hz range. These very slow waves are produced every night when you enter the deep sleep part of the sleep cycle, and are associated with rest and cellular rejuvenation.

By using a brainwave recording to spend additional time in the delta state during the day, you can experience some of the same benefits. Simply put – your energy levels increase and you feel great, just as when you have a really restful night’s sleep.

There are three main types of brainwave stimulation recording – binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones. Although isochronic tones are generally the most effective, I recommend using binaural beats for delta work if you’re not already familiar with the other types, as binaural sounds are thought to be more effective at these low 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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Walking the path of a martial artist, we are often confronted with the past and the history behind the arts that we practice. For me, the art was Muay Thai, and its history is intertwined within the fabric of the Thai culture. Important parts of any culture are the religious or spiritual practices of its people. In Thailand, one simply has to observe the many golden statues dispersed throughout the country to know, the principal practice is Buddhism. Buddhism is also a part of Muay Thai, where the ceremonial Wai Khru Ram Muay is performed before each fight as a tribute to teacher, tradition and Buddha.

As a student of the art, I was intrigued by these practices. I found it fascinating that a sport, as potentially brutal as Muay Thai, had this strong spiritual backbone. I decided to learn more about Buddhism, what made it tick, and one of the first things I discovered was the importance afforded to meditation. A few weeks later, I enrolled in a six week meditation class and began a journey into something that became much more than just spiritual. It became a journey into the human mind and all of the mysteries that it holds.

What I have discovered about meditation so far goes way beyond the scope of a single article. What I hope to impart in this article is how the practice of meditation can benefit martial arts performance, based on personal experience, scientific research and parallels drawn from sports psychology.

A brief definition

Throughout this article I will discuss a variety of meditative techniques, all rooted in the same general practice but each offering their own little subtleties. As a general definition, encompassing all of these methods, I will describe “meditation” as: “making a conscious effort to control one’s breathing and mental processes in order to achieve a pre-determined goal”. This is obviously a very broad definition, but hopefully as the various techniques are introduced, a more specific one will begin to take shape.

Breathing: fuel for the engine

Our automated breathing system produces on average 900 breaths/hour. For most of us, this system is designed to sustain an average energy output with an occasional increase in exertion levels. In other words, it is designed to accommodate sitting, walking and occasionally running. As athletes, or martial artists, we demand much more from our systems. As we train our body, our breathing system usually follows, but again, it does so based on an automated response to our body’s needs.

With meditative practice, you train your breathing system directly. You learn to control your inhalation and exhalation. As your system evolves, you take in more air per breath and breathe fewer times per minute, therefore increasing your breathing efficiency. As your breathing efficiency increases, so does your performance level, especially explosiveness and endurance. In most high intensity sports, including martial arts, having this advantage can be extremely beneficial. By specifically training your breathing system through meditation you can accelerate the process of gaining this advantage.

Closed-eye vs open-eye

Many different schools of thought exist on meditative practice. Some preach closing one’s eyes, others suggest keeping them open. Some recommend focusing on a single point, others encourage taking in your entire surroundings. I believe that they all have a purpose and can be used for specific reasons at different times. Here are a few examples:

Closed-eye with focused attention: Visualization is a big part of sports psychology and many elite athletes are trained to use it on a regular basis, especially those practicing individual sports where strategy is important. In competitive martial arts, such as MMA, visualization can be a valuable asset in fight preparation. An athlete can recreate the various circumstances he might encounter and visualize himself performing at his best. Of course, how efficiently this translates to his actual performance will depend on his ability to visualize and control his thoughts. This can only be improved through regular meditative practice.

Open-eye with focused attention: In some Zen-Buddhism schools, they suggest having eyes slightly open while keeping them focused on a single object. In some of my readings, they suggest studying that object until you know its every detail intimately. This practice can translate very well to martial arts, where having the ability to study an opponent and notice the smallest of details can often be the advantage needed to be victorious. As with most meditative techniques, the ability to focus depends on the ability to control one’s thoughts, to focus one’s mind, and again, this can only be accomplished through regular meditative practice.

Peace or Wolf

Most meditative schools will teach that the goal of meditation is to reach a state of peace, to control our thoughts, clear our mind, and become at peace with everything around us. Though I completely agree with this objective, I don’t believe it to be the only option. In my personal practice, I like to experiment with another possibility, especially when it comes to training, and that option, for me, is Wolf. The Wolf represents a symbol of power, of strong primal energy, something I can focus on in my visualization. These two options are important for the martial artist but require a different approach:

Peace: According to studies, regular practice of most meditative techniques leads to a natural evolution of self to a more peaceful state. Certain physiological changes occur in our brains that allow for this to happen. Without going into too much detail, our brain chemistry changes, our brainwaves re-calibrate and our nervous system readjusts. We begin to feel a stronger sense of balance and calmness while reducing feelings of stress, anxiety and anger. As a martial artist, I believe this to be incredibly beneficial. A clearer, well balanced mind allows for a better tuned body, faster thinking and a greater sense of confidence, all major advantages.

Wolf: I have experimented with this concept in different ways, and though it is still early in my practice, I have achieved some interesting results. The idea is this: when you gain a certain amount of control over your mind, you can begin to use visualization as a powerful tool. Instead of aiming for Peace, you can visualize yourself becoming more powerful, feel the energy coursing through your body as your mind becomes completely focused on the task at hand. In a previous article I discussed achieving a primal state. This technique can help you achieve that state. For each of us, power can be represented by a different symbol. For me, it is the Wolf. Again, this technique, like any other, requires control of the mind, control of our thoughts and especially control of our emotional state.

Both of these options are important to become a well-balanced martial artist. The secret is discovering that perfect balance, between Peace and Wolf, that allows you to perform to the best of your abilities.

Practice: the only way

I’ve but touched on a topic that is incredibly vast and includes so much more information. Just like every other technique required in martial arts, the only way to perfect meditation is through hours of practice and repetition. The mind is a muscle that needs to be developed in order to better its performance. Our breathing system should be treated the same way. But most importantly, one must enter this practice with an open mind and a peaceful mind. Anger and aggression will only slow down the process as they are much harder to control and clear from our thoughts. These techniques are not for everyone, but to those who are willing, they can not only lead to better performances but also a better quality of life.
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.