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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The concept of a vision board is not new or revolutionary. A vision board is a visual representation of the things you want to be, to have or to do in your life. It’s a collection of images that represent your ideal life. It may also include written quotes or affirmations. It is a powerful tool that showcases your deepest goals and desires for your life. Vision boards may also be referred to as goal maps, dream boards, goal boards, or goal collages.

The purpose of a vision board is to clarify exactly what you want and to then focus on words or images that represent those desires. For example, if you want to lead a healthier life, an image of a fit mountain biker might be a suitable representation. It would remind you that you love biking and have a great mountain bike growing rust in the garage. You could include an affirmation like, “I enjoy an active lifestyle every day.”

The chosen image simply needs to transfer your goal or objective to your mind through your sense of sight. Images and words included in vision boards create a sensory link toward making dreams a reality. Through repetition, these images become a part of your conscious and subconscious mind and help you to achieve and manifest your desires.

The traditional vision board is a sheet of poster board on which pictures or drawings are pasted. The pictures usually come from magazines or books, and can be arranged like a collage, perhaps with hand-written affirmations or inspirational quotes.

The paper or poster vision board is kept in a location where it’s likely to be seen often. This could be a bathroom mirror, on the refrigerator, or in your car. The board is meant to be a constant reminder about what is most important to you, so those dreams and goals stay at the top of your mind. This frequency helps you concentrate on what you want, instead of getting sidetracked with any self-defeating or negative thoughts.

Modern electronic vision boards are now available that can be used alone or in conjunction with traditional paper boards. Electronic boards can take the form of software, in which the user creates a digital product and views it on their computer. Or they can be a pre-designed or customized digital video that the user watches on their computer, television, or handheld device.

Electronic versions can greatly enhance the experience of using a vision board. Some versions may include a soundtrack as well. Electronic vision boards may be in the format of a video, slide show, or even like the traditional collage. If you are good on the computer, you can probably create one yourself using existing software. Many people have unknowingly created electronic vision boards by simply using an image for their screen saver.

A new type of electronic vision board has recently been developed. It includes brainwave entrainment technology added to the soundtracks of their vision board videos. This audio is scientifically proven to entrain your brainwaves into the ideal mental state for focused visualization. This allows you to impress images and affirmations into your subconscious mind quickly, and can rapidly speed up the rate in which they become a reality in your life.

With video programs there’s no cutting, pasting, or software to learn. You simply download a file and view it on your computer. Electronic vision boards are an important and powerful tool to help you achieve success. Once you begin to use them consistently, you will understand their immense value in making your dreams a reality!
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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The claim is that binaural beats or binaural tones, as they are sometimes called, can tune your brain waves to a specific frequency, which will allow you to experience lowered stress, sharper focus, deep relaxation, optimal sleep, and other positive altered mind states.

Discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839, binaural beats or tones are auditory processing artifacts, or apparent sounds, the perception of which arises in the brain for specific physical stimuli. Binaural beats (tones) are neurological pathways that are different than ordinary auditory processing. The effect on the brainwaves depends on the difference in frequencies of each tone, for example, if 300 Hz was played in one ear and 310 in the other, then the Binaural beat would have a frequency of 10 Hz. The subject perceiving a beating tone will hear it as if the two tones have mixed naturally, in the open air.

Acoustic Information:

(ITD) Interaural time differences of binaural beats:

Sound localization the human auditory system analyses interaural time differences between both ears inside small frequency ranges, called critical bands. Frequencies below 1000 to 1500 Hz interaural time differences are evaluated from interaural phase differences between both ear signals.

Perceived sound is also evaluated from the analysis of both ear signals. The sound that is perceived depends on the frequency difference between both ear signals.

If the frequency difference between the ear signals is lower than some hertz, the auditory system can follow the changes in the interaural time differences. Binaural beats can also be experienced without headphones; they appear when playing two different pure tones through loudspeakers. The sound perceived is quite similar: with auditory events which move through the room, at low frequency differences, and diffuse sound at slightly bigger frequency differences.

A Hypothetical set of effects on brain function:

Binaural beats (tones) may influence functions of the brain in ways besides those related to hearing, called frequency following response. Perceived human hearing is limited to the range of frequencies from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, but the frequencies of human brain waves are below about 40 Hz. To account for this lack of perception, binaural beat frequencies are used. Beat frequencies of 40 Hz have been produced in the brain with binaural sound and measured experimentally.

When the perceived beat frequency corresponds to the delta, theta, alpha, beta, or gamma range of brainwave frequencies, the brainwaves entrain to or move towards the beat frequency.

The binaural sound stimulation using beat frequencies in the Beta range on some participants and Delta/Theta range in other participants was found to better vigilance performance, and mood in those on the awake, alert state of Beta range stimulation.

Brain waves

Frequency Range Brain Waves

40 Hz Gamma waves – Higher mental state, including perception, problem solving, fear, and consciousness

13-39 Hz Beta waves – Busy, active or anxious thinking and active concentration, arousal, cognition, and or paranoia

7-13 Hz Alpha waves – Waking relaxation, pre-sleep and pre-wake drowsiness, REM sleep, dreams.

4-7 Hz Theta waves – Deep meditation-relaxation, NREM sleep

4 Hz Delta waves Dreamless deep sleep, loss of body awareness

Dominant frequency determines your current state. Entraining the brain is more effective if the entraining frequency is close to the user’s starting dominant frequency. Lowering of brain frequency relaxes the listener or to raise it to help focusing.

There are claims that binaural beats reduce learning time and sleeping needs. Theta waves are thought to improve learning, since children, who have stronger theta waves, and remain in this state for a longer period of time than adults, and usually learn faster than adults; and some people claim that half an hour in the theta state can reduce sleeping needs up to four hours; similar to another other method of achieving a theta state, such as meditation. Some people use these states for lucid dreaming and even for attempting out-of-body experiences, astral projection, telepathy and psychokinesis (the ability to move objects with the mind alone).
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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The chakras have a strong influence on physical, mental and spiritual health, and can cause problems in all of these areas if they become imbalanced. Chakra tuning is the process of stimulating the chakras using techniques such as sound, visualisation, crystals etc., with the aim of ensuring that they’re working correctly. This can be carried out in response to an existing imbalance, or as a preventive measure, to keep things running smoothly.

What Are Chakras?

Chakras are vortices of energy that help to regulate physical and mental functioning on an energetic level. Their existence has been recognised by cultures throughout the world for millennia. There are seven main chakras, located at the base of the spine, the sacral area, the solar plexus, the heart, the throat, the third eye and the crown (top of the head). Each is associated with different body functions, emotions, colours and other characteristics. Each chakra also vibrates at a different frequency.

Chakra Frequencies

Chakras are vibrational in nature; each resonates at particular frequencies when it is in balance – if it begins to vibrate more slowly or rapidy, it becomes imbalanced, and problems may arise. The chakras also need to be in harmony with each other; one imbalanced chakra can have a knock-on effect on the whole system.

As mentioned, there are various ways to bring the chakras into balance. Sound vibrations are a powerful method – for example, people may use a set of chakra tuning forks, each of which are tuned to the appropriate frequency. These can be expensive however. Other options include vocal toning or listening to specially designed chakra music, or using brainwave entrainment recordings. I recommend brainwave entrainment, as it is affordable, precise and powerful.

What Is Brainwave Entrainment?

This process, also known as brainwave synchronisation, is based on the brain’s natural tendency to synchronise (or entrain) with rhythmic sounds (or light pulses) of certain frequencies. For example, the brainwaves of a person in deep meditation will naturally slow down to the theta brainwave band (4 – 8 Hz). This state may be hard to achieve or maintain for non-meditators, but by listening to a brainwave synchronization recording that is designed to induce the theta state, it becomes much easier – just listening to the recording will cause the brain to entrain to that frequency level.

Chakra Tuning and Brainwave Entrainment

In the case of chakra tuning, we’ve noted that each chakra has its own frequency. You can use brainwave entrainment recordings that incorporate these specific frequencies, stimulating each chakra individually and bringing it back into balance. You can either use a recording that combines all seven frequencies, to give the whole chakra system a ‘tune up’, or you can just work with tracks that target individual chakras.

Using Isochronic Tones For Chakra Stimulation

There are three main types of brainwave entrainment recording – binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones. Binaural beats are the most well-established and well known technology, and work by introducing two sounds of different frequencies, one through each ear. The brain then creates a third tone that is equal to the difference between the frequencies, and the brainwaves start to resonate with this self-created tone. Monaural beats and isochronic tones just use a single tone of the desired frequency, so the brain doesn’t have to create it. They also don’t need the use of headphones.

Although all three of these technologies work well, I recommend using isochronic tones for chakra balancing, because they are easier on the brain, are generally considered to be more effective than the other methods, and can be used without headphones if necessary.
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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The chakras are wheel-like vortices of energy which connect the physical body to its subtle energetic counterparts. In this article we’ll take a look at the seven main chakras, which play a key role in energy reception and transmutation.

The chakra system has been extensively studied and described in Eastern systems of philosophy and medicine, although Western science remains sceptical their very existence. Nonetheless, awareness of the body as an energy system is increasing among forward-thinking scientists, and the chakras continue to play an important role in a variety of holistic healing disciplines.

Although tiny chakras exist all over the body, the seven major chakras are located in a rough line between the top of the head and the base of the torso. They’re often depicted as lotus flowers, with each chakra having a specific number of petals. Each is also associated with various colours, body parts, emotions and other attributes. Let’s take a look at the seven chakras in turn, starting from the bottom.

First Chakra – Base / Root

This chakra is situated at the base of the spine below the coccyx area, and is also known by the Sanskrit name of Muladhara. It is associated with the colour red, and represented as a four-petaled flower. It draws energy from the earth, and is also linked with survival and the practical issues of existence in a physical body, the anus and genitals, the legs and (when blocked) with feelings of unworthiness and fear.

Second Chakra – Sacral

Also known as Swadhisthana in Sanskrit, this chakra is located slightly above the first, around the coccyx. It’s associated with the colour orange, and represented by a six-petaled flower. It is also linked with sexual desire and emotions such as friendliness and affection, as well as with the reproductive organs. Blockages may manifest as sexual issues or an excessively power-seeking and manipulative nature.

Third Chakra – Solar Plexus

As the name suggests, this one is situated in the solar plexus area of the abdomen, and is associated with the colour yellow. It’s also traditionally known as Manipura, and is visualised as a flower with 10 petals. It is linked with the digestive system and also with intuition (gut feelings), and personal fulfilment and expression. Blockages may show up as emotional inhibition or a nit-picking, overly-intellectual approach to life.

Fourth Chakra – Heart

The heart chakra is situated in the chest area, and is also known as Anahata. It’s linked with the colours green or pink, and depicted as a 12-petaled flower. It governs the heart, lungs and thymus gland, and on an emotional level is connected with feelings of compassion, love and acceptance. Heart chakra blockages can take the form of possessive, critical or moody behaviour, as well as breathing and cardiac issues.

Fifth Chakra – Throat

Also known as Vishuddha, the throat chakra is symbolised by a 16 petal lotus flower. It is situated in the lower part of the neck, and is associated with the colour blue. This vortex influences communication, and when blocked, can lead to issues with self-expression as well as an arrogant attitude with little desire to hear the perspectives of others.

Sixth Chakra – Third Eye / Brow

The sixth chakra is also known by the Sanskrit name of Ajna, and is located on the forehead area between the eyebrows. It influences the sensory organs in the head, as well as the brain, and is linked with mystical insight and psychic powers. This chakra is symbolised by a two petalled lotus, and the colour indigo. Imbalances may lead to dogmatic attitudes, mental ‘cloudiness’ or eye problems.

Seventh Chakra – Crown

Finally, the crown chakra is located at the top of the head (or just above it), and is depicted as a 1000-petalled lotus flower. Also called Sahasrara, this vortex is linked with pure consciousness and with a connection to the Universe/God/higher power. It is linked with the brain and nervous system, and with the colours white and violet. An open crown chakra may be associated with ‘miraculous’ abilities, whereas imbalances may show as depression, a lack of ‘life force’ or frustration with not expressing one’s potential and power.

When all of these chakras are functioning optimally, a happy, balanced, self-empowered individual is the result. However, they can easily become imbalanced for various reasons, and a variety of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual maladies may be the result, some of which we’ve touched on above.

One way to keep your chakra system running smoothly is to carry out a regular chakra balancing or tuning session. There are various methods of doing this, such as meditation, using crystals, colour therapy etc, but one of the most effective is to use a brainwave entrainment recording which contains the frequencies that are specific to the healthy functioning of each chakra. Listening to such a recording can help you to bring any malfunctioning chakras back into balance, and to maintain that balance once it’s re-established – and you don’t need to be an experienced meditator to do so.
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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The chakra system is vitally important in helping us to stay physically, mentally and spiritually healthy. However, given today’s stressful lifestyles, it’s easy for the chakras to get out of balance. Fortunately, a good chakra balancing meditation can help to give your chakra system a tune-up. Let’s take a look at how this helps.

What Are The Chakras?

Basically, the chakras are energy vortices, which take universal energy and transmuted into a form that the body and mind can use. Although we appear to be material in nature, our bodies are really energetic systems that need to stay in balance for optimal functioning. The chakras play a key role in this process, and there are seven major primary chakras – the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow and crown chakras. It is these seven chakras that most chakra balancing techniques focus on.

Using A Chakra Meditation For Chakra Tuning

Unfortunately, the chakras can become imbalanced as a result of various lifestyle factors such as negative emotion, stress etc. Such imbalanced chakras may spin more slowly or quickly than usual, and rather than being a harmonious part of the body’s energy system, they begin to have a disruptive effect. If left unchecked, chakra imbalance can eventually lead to physical illness and other problems.

For this reason, various chakra stimulation and balancing techniques have been developed. Some people like to use crystals or color therapy, whereas others may visit an energy healer. However, meditation is also an effective and relatively simple means of tuning the chakras, and using a brainwave entrainment-based chakra balancing meditation is especially powerful.

Brainwave entrainment meditation is a good choice, because such a recording contains sounds of specific frequencies that have been found to have a positive effect on the chakra system, encouraging each chakra to vibrate at its optimal frequency. Brain entrainment recordings also make it easier to enter a meditative state, as they cause the brain frequency to slow down as you listen – this makes them great choice anyone who’s not a trained meditator, and who normally has difficulty in focusing and staying relaxed during conventional meditation.

To use the chakra stimulation recording of this type, you simply sit or lie in a quiet place, put your focus on the recording, and let it work its positive effects. Regular use of your chakra meditation is advisable, as you won’t necessarily get perfect results right away, and in any case most people will benefit from periodic chakra tuning sessions, just to keep everything running smoothly.
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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The causes of sleep deprivation can be many indeed… the most obvious of course, is a lack of sleep. But all humor aside, many of the possible causes might not immediately be the first to come to mind. For example, some illnesses and even medications can be causes of insomnia or general sleep deprivation. Some other causes of this can be stress, anxiety and worry, which are usually the most heard of causes of this, and depression as well is another common factor in bringing about the problem of sleep deprivation.

When our lifestyles become less active, his too can contribute to sleepless nights, as when we exercise less and less, we just end up with more and more excess energy at the end of each day. Remember those times when you were able to stay home from school with the measles or mumps and laying around on the couch/bed all day? You were able to stay up and watch the late-late show on TV with minimal effort, right? Inactivity contributes to the causes of insomnia and sleep deprivation.

Whatever the causes of sleeplessness, there is a solution. You can counteract the effects of sleep deprivation by naturally inducing your brain into the proper brainwave activities which are more conducive to sleep. This is best done, not by addictive chemical medications which lose their effectiveness in weeks, but with isochronic pulse tone therapy. Unique beat patterns at specific changing frequencies produce the effects of allowing the brain’s constant chatter to calm and quiet down and rest, and finally sleep.
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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The casting process is a unique experience where anything can happen. The right haircut, a good breakfast, a voice that reminds the director of her favorite uncle- anything could be responsible for getting the callback. At times, our success as actors may feel beyond our control.
The easiest way to manage the audition is through self- confidence.

As with athletics – being in good “shape” as a performer will help us feel ‘ready to manage’ an unanticipated audition. We need to treat our craft like professional athletes treat their sport. We need to be committed to our facility.

There are some abilities we can sharpen -such as having a few monologues at the ready, networking, practicing the craft, exercising and taking care of our instrument.

Being prepared for opportunity requires self-assurance. In the audition situation, natural confidence happens when we believe, subconsciously, that we are capable of winning.

In 2005, I had the pleasure of working on the set of a major motion picture. At an off-moment, I found myself in a conversation with one of the lead actors. Our chat by-passed small talk and became surprisingly honest. The actor asked me why I was not part of the principle cast in the movie.

I hesitated with my answer. I could blame the state of the industry in the country, the difficult climate for actors in the city, or my agent. I also realized that these would all have been excuses. So, I answered …

“I think that I’ve doubted myself and my abilities for too long. I know I can do this work but my fear has botched up too many auditions with too many casting directors.”

I assumed that the actor would give me a little pep talk about “sticking with it”. Instead, he said …

“Yes, I have bombed some really important gigs because I have messed up auditions too. In these opportunities it has always been myself holding me back. That fear is a terrible thing.”

Regardless of our level of success, it seems that many actors struggle with the same issue. Fear will always hold us back. This is true in many aspects of our lives – and especially in the field of acting. Auditions are moments of heightened importance where there is a group of people watching and evaluating our ability to make it to a new level.

“Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.” ~ Jack Welch, author of “Winning”.

There are many ways to relax and although helpful, they may all leave our awareness when we step into that audition space. Massage, a good night’s sleep, a lucky charm, coffee are some of the things I have heard actors use before an audition to calm their nerves. These may be helpful but they cannot motivate our conscious action, thought and voice.

Hypnotherapy has been used for years to help athletes reach their optimum in their athleticism. It is also an effective tool in working with performance anxiety and has been effective for those trying to lose weight, quit smoking, conquer their fear of flying and numerous other phobias.

The brains’ thought process is split between the conscious and unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is what feeds the thought patterns of our conscious mind. It uses memories to remind and protect us from potentially harmful situations.

This part of the brain is important for daily activities such as detecting unsafe circumstances, crossing the street, driving etc. If the “self talk” is not supportive, it can unfortunately be very limiting in new situations that the brain may perceive as potentially dangerous. By effectively speaking to the subconscious brain, we are able to change the non-supportive self-talk to more supportive beliefs. Having this “talk” aligned with relaxation and success, we are better equipped to handle the audition.

“Our subconcious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” ~ Robert Collier, “The Secret of Power”

While in hypnosis, our brainwaves slow down to a relaxed state. We are fully aware of our surrounding while in this condition. This allows easier access to the unconscious mind and to offer suggestions that are more aligned with the thought process we are looking to adopt.

Research tells us that while in a calmer mind structure inhibitions are reduced and we have enhanced capacity for insight, creativity and healing. Because hypnosis is a relaxed trance state, it is particularly effective for reducing anxiety and enhancing feelings of confidence.

Audition confidence will carry our abilities to the attention of casting directors. We have a great need to harness the audition process.

The actor I mentioned, is a recent Academy Award nominee. His awareness of the importance of confidence can teach that we all are sharing in the effort to play our best at the ‘sport’ of acting.
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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The California Institute of Technology has been working with a brain implant called autonomous micro-drive that moves electrons around in the brain as it searches for strong neural signals. The scientists successfully implanted a brain prosthesis in a dish of rat brain slices and a similar array of rat brain cells was able to fly a virtual F-22 fighter jet. This is interesting because learning to fly a F-22 takes years of training and costs The US Military millions. So if a half a rat brain can do this? Well then so much for the Tom Cruise Glory of the Fighter Pilot? We all know that the fighter pilot of the future is quickly becoming obsolete with the innovations in UAV Technology.

As Computer Human Interface for Controlling Aircraft becomes more prevalent we are seeing issues with response times, runway incursions and target affixation issues due to visual perception overload. If it were only a video game it would not be so critical, but crashing 30 to 80 million-dollar piece of hardware because you lost your concentration is not in the tax payers best interest. Crashing when your mind is stuck on another thought is too costly to contemplate.

We must also consider issues with which brain to use? Today we are using in test rat brain cells. However one must consider other brains. For flying jet aircraft you certainly would not wish to use rat cells if the aircraft or compartment with the rat brain cells were pressurized at 10,000 ft like an airliner. The rats normally do not live that high? So then would you want a brain cells of llama, which can live up at Machu Picchu altitudes? Or would you wish to use the brain cells of an Eagle, Condor or Swift?

After all these brain cells will be flying a plane right? They will be use to the gyrations of motion and speed, changing barometric pressure rapidly after all evolution has made them this way right? In the case of a hand launched UAV, perfect indeed, that is basically what a bird does all day anyway. Flies in concentric circles and looks for food, then swoops it. So those brains are perfectly made for this right?

Some might say for this effort why not just hire the damn bird and pay it in food like the Indians and their falcons? Makes sense, find insurgents tell us were they are by circling twice and do a couple of loop to loops and get some juicy tri-tip raw steak? Now that is one happy birdbrain? And you get the rest of the organism for free? It reminds me of the homeless guy sign: “I’ll work for sex?” And he probably would? When I mentioned this to a friend he said “me too” only he wanted a Super Model? Go figure? What is it that living organisms want? The trade off seems reasonable, the bird wants to fly and wants good cuisine, raw meat right? Dolphins get paid in fish, “thanks for all the fish” they say as they swim away from your domain.

Speaking of Dolphins; for underwater unmanned vehicles using a rat brain Sounds stupid when you can use a Dolphin brain cells that use those Sounds already. How does the brain work? What signals is it use to, what alpha, beta, delta, theta brainwaves does it work on? Now then, using Dolphin brain cells for flying an F-22 might not work if the plane is pressurized to 10,000 feet, no Dolphin has ever been that high? And no rat has ever dove 1000 leagues under the sea.

Since EA -electronic attack may inevitable in future wars and definitely in the battlespace and those electronic attacks may include scalar weapons we should be cognizant of the fact that our organic brain will be instantly rendered useless, as the cells will be dead. Unless? Yes, unless we enclose them in a NanoTech case surrounded by lead so that the brain will survive the attack and go on to complete the mission. As nano-technology becomes more feasible and better, the actuators maybe able to withstand electronic attack by using fluid dynamic and material memory actuators and running on signals processed by rat, bird, dolphin, human, monkey brain cells at very low or extremely low frequencies.

These signals will be coming from brain cells completely secure, encased and encapsulated in a better than organic skull. Since the cells are normally encased in a skeletal evolved structure normally, we must encase these cells in more than merely a dish obviously. Perhaps by increasing the output of the signals by adding nickel or some organic and metallic element to the nutrient bath, which will splash the brain and provide the simulation of an organism surrounding it, then we can increase the signal output and event he processing ability of the brain cells.

Providing the correct and most natural pressurization and climate controlled environment for the cells in use based on that organisms natural habitat will help with the signal processing and abilities of the cells. Providing Super Vitamin C, electrolytes and drugs and nutrients to the blood surrounding the brain cells along with the proper climate controls to remain stable no matter what altitude the aircraft flies is essential.

Should the brain cells also remain upright at all times? Riding on a 7-ring gyro? Probably not, however Gravity forces within high “G” turns is a consideration. The brain cells literally need to be connected to the aircraft. So as the brain connects to eye muscles these connections could be connected to control surfaces and the brain put in a box on a gyro within a vacuum. Using the whole brain rather than only cells maybe another consideration in this case. The brain literally connected to the aircraft and thus attached to the structure and control surfaces. Artificial Intelligence similar to merging man with machine only in this case merging rat with aircraft, Dolphin with submarine and Rat with tank?

One might ask at this point why not just get a bird and strap his wings to larger wings with servo assist like the Future Fighting uniforms (superman suits), which are robotic attachments for endurance and strength? After all birds like people and nearly all species have some type of inner navigation system, either by way of magnetic pole directional innate characteristics, sun or star situational awareness or memory area mapping. So then why not just use this ability?

Use the whole organism, the whole brain, the whole bird. Fit the bird into the plane like a glove or like a super fighting force body suit? Imagine becoming one with a jet fighter, where reflex was the rule. You think, you go, your bend or lean and you are there. When I use to race motorcycles and you can ask any one who has ever raced street bikes that you literally become one with the bike. Fighter pilots have indicated that some of the planes they had flown they felt this way about.

Well what if you made it even more so as they are doing more and more with the Apache Attack Helicopters? What if the common cockpit initiative was like this where each aircraft fit like a glove and was an extension of one’s body, instead of putting on a uniform you put on a whole aircraft, a submarine, tank? You would then be trulky one with the land, sea or air.

When matching organic to silicon, or organic to mechanism or organic to quantum, we should be thinking here.
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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The buzzword for the personal development industry is brainwave entrainment and it is a technology that you should be paying attention to – especially if you are interested in unleashing potential within you that you never thought possible. This is the theory of the 6 million dollar man in motion, a TV idea that has become a reality for hundreds of thousands of people all over the internet. Interestingly enough, the main platform of sale for the new technology that is brainwave entrainment is the internet, reaching out to the six hundred million something netizens from all over the world.

Brainwave entrainment is something developed when science and medicine discovered that the brain can exist in different frequency states. These frequencies are actually developed by the neurons in the brain firing electrical impulses within the nerve networks as a form of communication within the cerebral cortex. These billion neurons also have the ability to fire in a singular pattern – which then reads as a frequency in Hz on sensitive machines. Science had inadvertently stumbled upon the variable gauzes that the brain puts on at different stages of the day. For example, a person who is awake or doing an activity will have very high frequency states, sometimes reaching over 35 an even 40Hz.

These are called the beta and alpha states, the higher ‘buzzes’ that the brain goes through. The opposite is quite true when you are just about to sleep or deep in the R.E.M stages of rest – your brain puts on the breaks and decides to slow down, experience theta and delta wave lengths that can dip below 1Hz. While all these numbers are interesting, there would be no point discussing them if there was no use for these readings.

Science and men in coats have discovered that the body and the mind experienced heightened senses of learning, focus, creativity and even relaxation when in different states – and the best thing is, we can invoke these states without having to either fall asleep or drink a lot of coffee. The applications for this is enormous, you can have the ability to learn more, learn faster, have a better mental focus and discipline when doing things as well as invoke states where you are more creative, can absorb new knowledge all the more easier. Never more will you be envying those geniuses from afar.

You can become those very people with brainwave technology. From biofeedback, magnetic field induction to binaural beats, you are able to induce a cortical evoked response from the brain and set yourself to being all you can be. If there was ever anything you wanted to do in life and you always stopped yourself because you felt that you did not have the talents necessary to do it, then this is the answer for you – the solution that will put the drive back in your life and give you the energy and talent that you need to success.

So what are you waiting for? Change your life today.
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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The business of developing websites is a real challenge but working with large client companies and keeping control over large projects is another task in itself. This article examines some of the pitfalls of doing web design work for larger companies and suggests some approaches that you can adopt to keep tighter control over your web design projects.

Dealing with large web design clients is more difficult that one might think. For a start a larger company means more middle managers and marketing people to satisfy and unless you keep tight control over the project from the start, clients of this nature can run you ragged with switching the goal posts, adding in new requirements and conflicting requests.

Having said this, working with larger clients is usually far more profitable than working with smaller companies so it is often worth the extra effort in keeping the larger projects under control.

The first step in maintaining tight control is to have a really tight website specification in place before the site is started. It is also work taking the time to make sure the clients actually understand what you are going to deliver when they signup. I have seen project spiral out of control because of the abscence of a well defined specification. Another thing to look out for is ambiguity in a specification. If it can be argued that a point in a specification document means something else then there is a real chance that you will have to alter the website which ultimately means more development time and less profit.

A real problem when dealing with larger companies is something called ‘feature creep’. Feature creep is when a client sees a demo of a website at a review stage, has a brainwave and says – “oh i really like that, but can we just change…”. I have seen this happen lots of times in the last few years. I call them ‘can you just…’ requests. A well defined spec will act as your shield against this particular situation. If you have yourself covered by a tight specification, you can give one of my own favorite answers – “of course we can, we can make it do anything, would you like us to put a quote together for the change.” You never agreed to do the change so why do it for free just because Mr Big Client has asked you. Its not Mr Big’s fault – he didn’y think of it until now. If you had a builder contracted to do an extension to your home you wouldn’t dream of asking him “oh i really like that – but it would be better if you could add an extra room over here”, you are in tight control remember so why stand for it on your project?

Another big problem with dealing with large companies is dealing with lots of different people. There is nothing wrong with taking in the views of many people, the problem is when people at the same company start to contradict each other. For example, Person A may request a blue background then person B may request a red one! Where does that leave you? It leaves you with either a phone call or an assumption to make. And we all know that making assumptions over client requirements is not good!

Another thing to watch out for is having more that one client spokes person at kickoff meetings. I have lost count of the number of hours I have lost in meetings listening to clients decide on their requirements on my time rather that where the decisions should have been made – before they arrived at my office!

To help with this situation, a really simple and useful thing that you can do is to insist on having one point off contact for each client company. This works well because their spokes person is responsible for collating the views of all the people involved with the website project. When meetings are held they are much more productive because their requirements have already been decided and the message comes across much clearer allowing you to get things right for the client the first time.

Conclusion:

By insisting on and being consistent with these simple but effective rules you can give yourself the best chance of maintaining control over large client projects. You can avoid ‘feature creep’ and the associated frustration of having to make amends for free. Also by making sure to explain things clearly to your clients at every stage you can maintain a rapport with them and offer them your best possible 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.