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.
brain waves for studying | relax muzika
Yoga nidra, also known as yogi sleep, is a state similar to sleep which yogis claim to enter into while they are meditating. This type of lucid sleeping is generally considered to be among the deepest states of relaxation that a person can be in while they are still able to maintain complete consciousness. Western people often refer to a similar state of relaxation as lucid dreaming. The difference between these two is the level to which a person is able to remain cognizant of the real world instead of the environment in their dreams. Lucid dreaming involves a person only being cognizant of their dream world. The person will not be aware of anything happening in the real world.

History

The concept of nidra being used during the practice of yoga dates back to ancient times in the Buddhist and Hindu religions. The practice was lost for many centuries until it was revived in the middle of the 20th century by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He spent many years studying the various tantric scriptures. Once he had mastered the practice, he devised a system of relaxation that he began to teach his students. It became increasing popular, eventually being taught by people in far away cities. Swami Saraswati’s form of nidra involves eight stages. These stages are called externalization, creative visualization, breath awareness, sankalpa, manifestation of opposites, rotation of consciousness and internalization. The basic framework of Swami Saraswati’s teachings have been carried on during the past half century, with slight modifications being made by various people over the years.

Scientific Studies

There have been scientific studies conducted in an effort to verify the existence of a transcendental consciousness, which is another way of describing the nidra state that exists in the middle of sleep and sensory consciousness. In 1971, Dr. Elmer Green performed experiments at the Menninger Foundation that allowed evidence of this nidra state to be recorded for the first time. A yogi by the name of Swami Rama allowed his brainwave activity to be recorded using an electroencephalograph as he relaxed into the nidra state. The swami showed the ability to enter and exit different states of consciousness at will. This was proven by the amazing changes in his brain’s electrical activity. This was considered a major breakthrough for the scientific community at the time.

Benefits

When nidra is used during yoga practice, it has the power to bring a person a high level of clarity and an overwhelming sense of calm. It is one of the deepest forms of meditation. The profound effect that nidra can have on a person goes far beyond simply feeling more relaxed. It can focus the mind and attune the senses in a way that is not possible to achieve when a person is completely awake. Nidra also allows a person to become more attuned to their own emotions, allowing a type of self-examination that is only possible without any external factors getting in the way, as would be the case if the person were awake.

Nidra has been shown to lower a person’s level of anxiety and tension. Abdominal pain, palpitations, giddiness, sweating, chest pain and headache can also be relieved with the use of nidra during meditation. It has successfully relieved posttraumatic stress disorder in military personnel who have seen combat duty.
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.
cicret bracelet | bilateral beats
Yippee! After so many month of trying NOT to get pregnant, you’ve decided now you’re all set for that little baby you’ve dreamed about forever. It’s time for sex and plenty of it, without the contraceptives and the nagging worry that they might not work. Happy days are here again.

And then – tick-tock – time passes, calendar pages flip by quickly, and nothing happens. That’s ridiculous. You know how to get pregnant and have done the right thing at the right time but so far, not so good. You worry, you cry and you wonder, “What’s wrong with me?” and “What’s wrong with him?”

So you try harder and more often on more days, just in case your ovulation time estimation is off. But the joy of frequent sex wears thin for both of you. And when your period comes, it’s more tears, more worries, more wondering, “What more can we do?”

The answer is – back off. Don’t just try harder, try easier. Recognize that the stress you two feel building up every month is a real problem. In fact, studies have shown stress is a factor linked to about 30% of infertility issues. So taking steps to reduce your stress, not trying harder, could be the key to becoming pregnant.

Be Realistic

Know the facts about what is normal. Recognize becoming pregnant usually takes some time. Assuming you are in your 20’s, and follow the rules for “trying” to become pregnant and have no physical abnormalities, the data show:

– 50% of couples get pregnant after four or five months

– 70% get pregnant after nine months

– 85% get pregnant after a year

But pregnancy rates are highly dependent on age. Here are more data for older women:

– at age 30, 75% become pregnant within a year and 91% within four years

– at age 35, 66% become pregnant within a year and 84% within four years

– at age 40, 44% become pregnant within a year and 64% within four years

Reducing Stress

There are many ways to reduce stress, reduce anxiety and reduce the tension you feel to “try harder” during ovulation. Be sure to try techniques that fit your lifestyle and schedule, to avoid adding to your stress while you’re trying to reduce it. Try the easy methods you can do at home and at any time, such as physical exercise, meditation, mindless reading and TV viewing, and short naps. For less convenient but more focused stress reduction, try massage therapy, yoga, or acupuncture:

– Massage therapy should significantly reduce your anxiety level. Published research shows measurable reduction in heart rates and brainwaves after just ten minutes of massage, especially sessions using moderate massage rather than deep kneading or light touching.

– Acupuncture specialists use ultra-thin needles in the skin to stimulate energy points that affect your spiritual, emotional, and mental well being. They also claim to be able to stimulate reproductive organs to improve energy flow to those areas.

– Yoga should promote whole body relaxation and refresh your mind and spirit. Specific fertility poses focus on stimulating hormones, stimulating and relaxing your body’s abdominal and reproductive regions.

Whatever methods you use, schedule them regularly to help relieve your stress, especially in the days leading up to ovulation and during ovulation. You should experience a physical and emotional release from the tyranny of anxiety during a most joyous time in your 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.

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.
self meditation | theta state
Yes, you have heard all about the law of attraction and you even fell for giving it a try didn’t you? Did it work for you? I think not, so read on to why not.

That been a common theme for a very large group of people who then sit in disbelief when listening to others who claim the Law Of Attraction and the move The Secret have shown them how to improve there lives. So why the difference? Why does it seem to work for others and not for us? Yes we, the non believers, put it down to dumb plain luck, it would have happened anyway, faith not the Law Of Attraction was at play.

All of this started me wondering what could be at play to produce this variable result when the principal of the law of attraction seemed to work for about 40% of the population but not the other 60%. Well we know about 50% out of that 60% total, are those who just have no interest in the matter, never will have and will lead their lives as they are. They will go on blaming what ever or who ever they like for their lot life. They act/relate a bit like the cast system of India, this is my lot in life and that’s how it is, that’s how it will be.

So what of the other 50%? Why is there so many who have tried to activate the Law of Attraction in their lives and yet it hasn’t worked. What makes it so difficult for us to use the Law of Attraction and how can we turn it around to get the spike we seek in our lives. We know;

>> It’s not that don’t have the desire/will power

>> It’s not that you don’t want to succeed

It’s just something gets in the way. But no one talks about it. WHAT IS THE MISSING LINK????? to success and getting and getting the best from The Law of Attraction.” if xxx would do this for me, and if this happen, and if that happens, and if that happens, and if that money comes in and if I could get this and if I could just understand that, then I could do this” It’s just all to hard, we give it as short a period as we can accept to work or to develop the outcome required, without wanting to change anything within our belief system other than lip service to the concept.
We may have the answer to our mental development to accept changes to our belief systems through the new information being released from medical research into brain wave patterns. Oh no I hear you say, we have been here before, there are many products on the market today already that stimulate the brain. Many require you to take pills, eat food supplements, and to shell out heaps of your own money for such a small definable gain. Most effects prove short term and some long term use of certain drugs can in fact be a health issue.

So what can we do with the new technical information? Science shows that we can tell a lot about a person simply by reviewing their individual brainwave patterns. Researches have for example found that people that are very depressed have higher amounts of Alpha and Beta brainwaves than other depressed people. Those with higher Beta patterns tend towards being more focused, able to concentrate more and become quicker learners.

Where does this all lead us? Today we can improve the separate brainwave patterns through the use of technology and audio equipment. Recently Stephen Pierce of internet fame has released a series of CD’s containing such audio stimulators under the name of “Optimindzation Acceleration” which will boost your Beta brain wave activity – giving you greater cognitive function. This will help your thought processes as you build on developing your attraction skills. The initial CD has been released with further CD’s to follow in coming months. The results from a week of use will surprise you, as they did me, a very big doubting thomas. You will feel the difference in your daily activities and best of all you do the program while you sleep in a way that stops your conscious mind from blocking the process. What could be better than that?

As Napoleon Hill put it “There is a difference between wishing for something and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for something until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of the mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish”. Unfortunately this position of wishing for some thing is all that we have. We are not prepared to actually take the time and put in the effort to ensure a change is their within our belief system.

Steve Bow concluded after several years study into mans ability that ” Gods gift to us is more talent and ability than we’ll ever hope to use in our life time. Our gift to God is to develop as much of that talent and ability as we can in this life time.” Which means that most humans will go through life setting a goal to do what they think they can do based upon the plan that they have reasoned out. It is not a plan built on an image in their minds that they have no idea how it was going to happen. We must develop a belief system that the Law Of Attraction will work otherwise our social conditioning come into play and we will fail.
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.
relaxing songs | brainwaves app
Yes, I said meditation, not medication! The mind-body-spirit connection has been pontificated about for thousands of years. However, there is a science called Psychoneuroimmunology which validates this. If I were trying to prove how smart and knowledgeable I am as a Speed Reader Instructor, then I could cite exhaustive studies for you. That’s boring. Google it.

Nonetheless, let me share with you in everyday terms just how I theorize that meditation boosts the immune system. Meditation brings you into a state of deep relaxation. In contrast, the stress of living in the information overload world of 2009, brings forth a raging torrent of unfocused energy. Stress uses up energy. Deep relaxation harnesses it for our well being.

In fact, as far back as the book “The Relaxation Response” by Herbert Benson, MD which was published in the early 1970’s, the profound physical changes to the body were noted. There was a clear distinction in the brainwave patterns between sleep and meditation. Meditation or deep relaxation was accompanied by many beneficial changes to the vital signs of the body. Like the rising tide lifts all ships cliche, the overall enhancement of the immune system can only bolster the body against viruses like the Swine Flu.

Think about the difference between the diffuse rays of sun compared to the laser beam pinpoint from a magnifying glass. Here’s a time tested experiment. Use a magnifying glass to burn a hole in a sheet of paper. How powerful is that! Meditation focuses your life essence in the same way giving a huge boost to the immune system. Meditate,not medicate!
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.
tranquil music | meditation classes
Yes, I know. You have a reason to be bitchy.

We all have.

Our lives today come wrapped up in a big package of anxiety, stress, muscle tension, high blood pressure, crazy thoughts, insomnia, and last but not least, addiction.

We have to fight to keep our jobs, our looks, our finances, our homes, our significant others….our sanity.

It really is a rat race. A bitchy, rat race.

You’re aimed to lose it, somewhere, somehow, during the course of the day, and you’re not going to come off very good.

Maybe you’ll snap at that little old lady that is mindlessly ramming her shopping cart into your ankle bone. Or maybe you’ll tell your best friend that she’s getting fat, just because you think she looks really good these days, and you feel like the dough boy.

Your nerves are stretched, you’re not yourself…there she blows.

You need to change your state of mind before you lose every last friend you have.

Brainwave entrainment, a powerful self-help tool that utilizes sound and/or light to manipulate the brain to change its state of consciousness, can stop your excess beta brainwaves that are making you so bitchy, and bring you relief.

Specialized Brainwave Recordings Can

Stop the brain from signalling the release of stress hormones that harm your brain by messing with how you process information. When you are stressed, your perceptions are tainted.

Ease depression, which can be a side effect of stress, that leaves you feeling vulnerable and touchy.

Take you to a frequency where your mind and body renews, heals, and rejuvenates.

Access the unconscious or subconscious and soothe the “savage breast”. Being in contact with the unconscious mind leaves you with a sense of “awareness.”

Remove the tight muscles in your neck and back.

Change how you perceive pain, which can be a precursor to bitchiness.

Give you a feeling of all-encompassing bliss.

Put you into the deepest level of mind and body relaxation.

Boost your immune system slowing aging, and produce health inducing hormones that leaves you feeling new…and maybe younger. Hard to be bitchy when you have a spring in your step.

Put you back in the game at your highest rate of performance.

Put you into a state of empathy-you know that state you weren’t in when you were irritated with a sick co-worker. Brainwave entrainment will provide you with the ability to read other people’s emotions and determine their feelings at an unconscious level. It will bring out the compassion and understanding for people, that you really have, deep in down inside.

Plain and simple, brainwave entrainment can stop you from being so bitchy, and when you apologize for your behaviour, it will be genuine and received as 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.
transcendental meditation | mantra meditation music
Yes it can. At least it’s a contributing factor to healing, according to science and the Huffington Post.

The American Cancer Society recently released their projected statistics on cancer in America stating that in 2015, there will be more than 1.5 million new cancer cases diagnosed. Cancer is an ugly, stressful and life altering disease for both the patient and the caregivers. Everyone is looking for a cure and beautiful art may be just what the doctor begins to order.

Three of the most well-known causes of cancer include:

Genetics
Exposure to cancer-causing ingredients
Unrelenting stress

Four of the commonly known healing paths to cancer include:

Chemotherapy
Healthy foods
Exercise
Stress reduction – mentally, emotionally and physically

So what does beautiful art have to do with healing cancer? Stress relief.

In 2014 the online news source Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/how-art-changes-your-brain_n_5567050.html) reported that art improves the interaction between parts of the brain. “Essentially, if art isn’t washing away the dust accumulating on your soul, it might be cleaning up your brain instead.” In other words, it changes your thinking, and by changing your thinking, you can change your stress level.

The scientific website PLOS ONE (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101035) agrees with this insight and has proven in a study, which began in 2011 that whether we are making or viewing art, a significant ability for psychological resilience was found. What that means is our brainwaves are better able to handle stress. Less stress means healthier cells.

Cancer is always a reflection of ugliness somewhere in life. The ugliness of abuse, abandonment, resentment and yes, even hatred.

The cells of our bodies cannot reproduce properly when they are continuously bombarded with negativity. Given a long enough onslaught of drama, our cells begin to mutate and that is where cancer gets a chance to rear its ugly head.

Ongoing, unrelenting stress can’t help but wear down our bodies. Something has to change in order to give our bodies the nurturing needed to restore health. And surrounding yourself in beautiful art may just be the answer.

The mind/body connection is so powerful that you, or someone you know with cancer might just want to test this yourselves. Surround yourself in beauty, art, music, dancing, or whatever form of art makes you feel good and see if your health doesn’t begin to improve immediately. I’m a survivor and it worked for me.
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.
new age meditation music | morning meditation music
Years of research into monaural tones, binaural beats and isochronic tones has resulted in some modern dramatic developments which are being widely used by people interested in using their mind power to explore their potential in many areas.

These empowering downloads and mp3s are specifically fashioned to produce changes in our brainwave patterns and this can create many unusual and effective results without requiring the mastery of meditation and zen Buddhism.

What once took years of discipline and meditation can now be reproduced with the help of isochronic tones, monaural tones and binaural beats downloads. Many mind altering states can be induced by using these downloads and they can also be used to produce instant boosts of energy and motivation as well as strengthening the immune system.

But which should you choose for the best results?

Binaural beats use the principle that by playing a slightly different frequency into each ear, the brain interprets this as a single tone or beat and this has the effect of galvanizing the overall frequency to that of the difference of the two separate frequencies. For example if a tone of 104Hz is played into one ear and 100Hz into the other this will be interpreted as a single beat of 4Hz. This enables frequencies below the normal threshold of hearing (around 20Hz)to be used for the desired result and by doing this will enable very deep levels of meditation that would normally be achieved over a period of time. The effect of binaural beats means that they have to be listened to by headphones so that the frequencies can have full effect.
Monaural beats have been developed using the same frequency played into each channel and are able to be listened to through loudspeakers, although it would be preferable to use earphones in a noisy environment so that environmental noises don’t interfere with the frequencies and reduce their effect. Because they are more direct and strong pulses they can have a more lasting effect than binaural beats and can be preferred because they aren’t limited to earphones.
Isochronic tones are a cleaner waveform and have the benefits of monaural beats and binaural beats, but isochronic downloads are considered more effective than either of the other two brainwave entrainment types. They use the latest sound technology to produce a cleaner recording which has a longer lasting effect and these sessions can be most beneficial.
All of these brainwave entrainment methods have an immediate effect and also have very positive side-effects that make you feel fully refreshed and motivated whatever the original purpose of the session. You can reach meditative states and sharpen your intuition and psychic senses to experience a variety of exiting altered mind states.
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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Years ago, I played in a Friday night all girls poker game. Naturally, the radio played non-stop Top 40 tunes. And, all of my opponents talked in their obvious ‘a guy is around’ girl talk. It was absolutely the most fun I have ever had playing poker. Except for one problem, I never won. I guess that is why they kept inviting me back. I really was trying to win. Really. But, what guy can think about poker while surrounded by all of those distractions?

Whether we are at home or in the casino, the poker scene is usually the same. One distraction after another. In fact, most of our lives are spent in a state of distraction. I am distracted right now. Let’s see: I am writing this article, worrying about my email backlog, thinking about bills to pay and errands to run, there is some loud noise outside, and I am munching on a snack while the coffee is brewing. My mind is literally awhirl with all sorts of unrelated thoughts competing for center stage.

In this age of multitasking, one might think that they are being more productive when they tackle several tasks at once. But more than likely, they are not. Even today, the human brain is still only capable of thinking about one thing at a time. Should I repeat? Your mind can focus on only one thing at a time. If your thinking is scattered, then you are ultimately less productive.

When we are in our usual wide awake, active mental state, known as Beta, we are typically in a state of continuous distraction. This is also, usually, the state of mind we are in when we play poker. See the problem?

The cocktail waitress, the TV, the dog, the loudmouth – they really are not conducive to achieving peak mental poker performance. After all, poker is a mental sport. So, how can we possibly maintain the level of focus required for peak mental performance with all of those distractions bombarding us?

If you were tied for first place in the last leg of a marathon, none of those kinds of distractive thoughts would be allowed to enter your mind. If they did, you would not be tied for first for long. Why then, do we allow distractions to enter our minds at the poker table? Perhaps, there is a real simple answer – we do not know how to block them out. There are many methods for blocking distraction in order to achieve focused concentration. This article is about one called brainwave entrainment music.

Ideally, If we could induce the right amount or mix of Alpha (intuitive), or Theta (relaxed) brainwaves while we play poker, then we could block the distractions. Because, these are the brainwave states of higher concentration. We all know the importance of playing while relaxed, playing intuitively, and maintaining focus. Don’t we wish we could summon and maintain this state of mind every time we play poker?

Some music, especially that with lyrics, can be terribly distracting. While, some music can actually induce concentration. The right music can do wonders for your poker game. If you are unfamiliar with the role that music can play in concentration, then hang on. This could be as big an eye opener for you as it was for me.

Everyone is unique, so I am not going to attempt to lay down a preferred, standard music list. And, even though this is a discussion about what works for me, we all appreciate that everyones’ brains are each wired differently. So, what works for me may not work for you, and vice versa. But, this information will give you something new to think about.

The most successful forms of music for me are a few Classical, and a few New Age selections. They remarkably improve my concentration while playing poker. I have loaded the respective CD’s unto my MP3, and play them continuously during a game, online or offline. Several of the New Age selections are designed by their composers to induce certain mental states, such as increased creativity, or relaxation, or focused concentration. The process of inducing these mental states is known as brainwave entrainment.

The best brainwave entrainment effect is obtained by listening with a headset. Distractions will tend to fade away, ushering in a much desired state of focused concentration. Load your MP3 and you can use this type of music while playing live or on-line. For an effective mental prep, I will even listen while driving to a game. Then, when I arrive at the game, my poker mind is ready for ignition.

Awhile back, I played a lot of limit hold’em in a casino. My standards for play and bankroll management were rigid. This required a great deal of concentration, especially with some sessions lasting ten hours and longer. Distractions simply could not be permitted, but it was near impossible to maintain the level of focus that was needed.

Then, I discovered brainwave entrainment music. My MP3 was loaded and played my favorite selections continuously, hour after hour. I quickly learned to carry lots of extra batteries in my pocket. In the months to follow, the dealers came to know me well. They began to call me the player who never lost.

The effect of brainwave entrainment music on my concentration is simply amazing. There is no other technique that I can employ, while actually playing, that helps as well to achieve and maintain my ‘A’ game. I am certain that you will have the same experience.
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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Wouldn’t you like your subconscious mind power to bring you all the benefits you hear about in the tape sets you buy?

And it’s easy to make progress, but easy to slide back at the same time, isn’t it?

Here are 5 techniques – very simple and very practical – that will double the effectiveness of your mind power practices.

1. Put yourself in a true alpha state when you do your visualization.

The alpha state, or when your brain is running at about 7 to 14 cycles per second, is your bridge between your conscious and subconscious mind. It’s when you’re in this state that your suggestions will most readily be accepted by your subconscious.

Yes, you can simply close your eyes and imagine. And stimulating your visual cortex with your eyes closed will likely put you in an alpha state temporarily. But to really access alpha on a sustained basis use a meditation technique like Jose Silva’s mind control or a brainwave entrainment CD.

2. Now that you’re in alpha – do full sensory visualizations.

Visualization is a bit of a misnomer. You’re visualizing but you’re also feeling the sensations and the emotions. You’re literally training your brain how best to respond in life situations.

Remember that visualization techniques came out of work in training athletes. Cyclists, for example would run through their next event in the minds. And they would perform better in the race.

But they didn’t just close their eyes and repeat affirmations. They were seated on stationary bikes, imagining the circuit and honing their responses while cranking away on the pedals. They were rehearsing as realistically as possible. That’s what you need to do.

3. Use your outward vision as well.

40% of your brain is given over to handling visual stimulus. Use note cards that have explicit descriptions of what you want.

4. Be positive and detailed.

Your subconscious mind alerts you to possibilities and warns you when you’re off track. But it’s only as good as the instructions you give. Let me give you an example out of my own life.

Before I bought my first house I visualized what I wanted and wrote it down in detail. At the time, I didn’t like the look of stereo equipment, it was cold and black and had wires everywhere. So I wrote down that I wanted some place to put my stereo equipment out of the way. I committed the list to my subconscious and put the paper away.

A year later, when I was in my new home, I found the paper (I had totally forgotten it). I laughed because my new house had shelving on a pulley system, it dropped down into the floor to reveal…my stereo equipment in a hidden cupboard.

I had totally forgotten I wanted that. And I’ve never seen another house that had it.

Say what you want, and be detailed, and your subconscious will be on the lookout for it.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

This ‘frequency following’ response of brainwave entrainment can be seen in action with those prone to epilepsy. If a strobe flashes at their seizure frequency, the brain will ‘entrain’ to the flashing light, resulting in a seizure.

On the positive side, this same mechanism is commonly used to induce many brainwave states; such as a trance, enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation or sleep induction. The brainwave entrainment effectively pushes the entire brain into a certain state.

Brainwave entrainment works for almost everyone. It is a great way to lead your mind into states that you might usually have difficulty reaching, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.

THE HYPE
There is a lot of marketing hype around brainwave entrainment. It is sold with promises of increasing IQ, promoting weight loss, ‘mind-tripping’, enhancing creativity, concentration, inducing spiritual states and more.

While these claims are not entirely true, they are not altogether false either. In practice, the claims are based on an overly-simplistic view of how the brain and the brainwaves function.
THE RUB
People are very seldom deficient in a certain brainwave type in all areas of their brain. Usually the distribution is much spottier, with an excess in one area and a deficiency in another.

We are all different, especially when it comes to the distribution of our brainwaves. Boosting a certain brainwave state may be beneficial for one person, and emotionally uncomfortable for another. Without knowing each person’s starting position, entrainment can be rather ‘hit and miss’.

If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you’re probably encouraging a range of brainwaves that are already excessive in some area of your brain. The way around this is to get a brain map to see what your brain’s strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.

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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Wouldn’t you like to master your mind, to use mind power to bring your dreams into your waking reality?

That’s the promise of mind power.

Of course, for mind power to deliver on it’s promise, there has to be some connection, a bridge between dream states, or the subconscious mind, and waking states, or the conscious mind.

And there is.

It’s called the Alpha state. You may know that your brain is an electrochemical organ, always generating small electric charges that can be graphed. And that you produce different wavelengths of energy depending on the state the brain is in.

If you’re waking and engaged, reading a book before bed for example, you’re in a beta state. Once you’re dreaming, you’re in theta state. And the state in between, the bridge that connects to the two? That’s Alpha – it’s that state when your brain is cycling at about 7 to 14 cycles per second, the state you fall into just after you turn off the light, close your eyes, and settle in.

What’s so special about the Alpha state?

It’s when you’re most relaxed, when you have the greatest concentration, and when you have the most focus. Recall those times you were most productive, when you were “in the zone”. That zone, was likely an alpha state. That’s where you can increase your mind power.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could put yourself in an Alpha state at will?

You can. The trick is to stay in the alpha state without rousing yourself to the full waking beta state or falling asleep into the theta state. And you can do that too.

The most common way to put yourself in this state is to meditate. To try this quickly without studying meditation, try Jose Silva’s Mind Control method (a well-established method of getting to the alpha state). Imagine yourself in an elevator, slowly dropping from the hundredth floor of a tall building to the basement – and count each floor to yourself as you pass it. By the time you’re at the bottom, you’ll find yourself very relaxed.

A reliable way to get to alpha and stay awake is by using a brainwave entrainment program, usually a CD that sends slightly different frequencies of sound to each ear.

Once you’re in the alpha state, you’re bridging the conscious and unconscious minds – a great state for you to suggest what you’d like to your unconscious. If you’ve had trouble with visualization in the past, this may be the missing link for you, this open conduit between minds.

Whatever goal you’re after, do this. Put your mind in an alpha state, and use the time to program your subconscious with the feelings and images you seek..
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.