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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When I was in my early twenties, I attended a party one night with a friend and her boyfriend. She got drunk, really drunk! During the ride home from the party, she struggled to keep her stomach contents down. She was really sick. She moaned and groaned about how her stomach felt and threatened to heave it up at anytime. She didn’t, however!

Later, she thanked me for helping her get through the ordeal of trying to avoid vomiting. Well, what did I do that was so darn amazing that it prevented a young woman who rarely drank to that extreme from heaving?

I told her to breathe. It was something I learned at a time when I was not feeling so well myself. The last thing I wanted to experience was to have my prior food and beverage consumption purge unnaturally out of my stomach flowing against the law of gravity.

I recall the experience I had when I felt nauseous. It was during an experience like this that I happened to stumble across the concept of deep breathing. I imagine it was the feeling of irritation that made me take a deep breath that allowed me to experience relief from the nausea. Being irritated that I was sick to my stomach and feeling immense discomfort and helplessness, I took a deep breath only to exhale my frustrations. I mean, who wants to throw up anyway? It is a dreadfully violent autonomic reflex reaction to something the body is rejecting. It is not the sort of thing most people see as being a pleasant experience. Till this day, I do whatever I can to avoid it at all costs.

I guess I found value in stumbling upon this bit of body awareness and offered it to my friend that night when she was in need. The wonderful thing is that it not only worked for her but she gave it a try. What did she have to lose except, of course, her stomach bile?

There is something about breathing that causes the body to relax. I am not a physiologist however, I know a thing or two about bodily functions. Basically what happens when we inhale, the diaphragm (a large, dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of the rib cage) relaxes moving down further into the lower chest cavity. When we exhale, the opposite occurs. The diaphragm contracts pushing up into the higher area of the chest cavity pushing air out of the lungs.

Our stomachs find relief from other organs and muscular pressure whenever we breathe deep into our bellies. This is sometimes referred to as Belly Breathing. As we release the air from the belly up into the chest and out, all engaged abdominal muscles relax while the diaphragm contracts pushing up into the lungs. Exhaling provides more abdominal space for the stomach to rest in a relaxed state for a moment. The longer the exhale, the more time the stomach has to relax. For anyone struggling with nauseating pressure within their abdominal area, this can be a welcomed relief.

Breathing relaxes our bodies. Most people do not breathe deeply enough. The main reason for this is from being largely unaware of what our bodies are doing in each moment. Breathing being an autonomic action means we do not have to think about breathing. Thank goodness! Just imagine if we had to think before each breath in order to sustain life.

Being an extremely valuable tool to help us feel better, physically, it is also a necessary function in the effort to regain or maintain mental and emotional health. How? (Enter meditation.)

What is meditation?

Meditation is the act of watching our breath. It is an awareness of something without distraction. It is a state of consciousness where the mind is calm and at peace; it is without thought. One can be meditating on a particular thing such as watching a hummingbird extract flower nectar from a nearby fruit tree, listening to a favorite classical music piece, painting a picture, reading a book, or simply breathing.

Why meditate?

There are two main reasons and while they seem to be separate reasons they are anything but separate. The first reason is to help relax the mind and body to regain or maintain some form of physical, mental or emotional well-being. The second reason is to reach a higher vibrational state of consciousness.

How is this done?

To a great extent, meditation involves disengaging the brain from mind activity. During the meditative process, the brain enters into what is referred to as the Alpha state. The Alpha brainwave state is marked by feelings of bodily relaxation and a wakeful peacefulness void of any kind of concentration or sensory stimulation. It is semi-consciousness. This is the last state of the sleep cycle before the brain slips into unconsciousness. During a course of conscious breathing, the brain disengages, whereby at such time, mindfulness occurs. Stillness of mind follows when the brain rests between the states of consciousness and unconsciousness.

For more than a decade, I have been practicing the daily ritual of meditation. My experience with meditation is that it has helped clarify my purpose in life and has assisted in healing old physical, mental and emotional wounds that without it, I would surely be drowning in my pain.

I resisted the idea of meditation in the beginning simply because I did not want to work at trying to be at peace. I just wanted it to overcome me and always be with me. However, it does not work that way. We have to put an effort into watching how we breathe. Not only do we have to commit to breathing mindfully, we also have to commit the time it takes to do it.

We must promise ourselves that we are worth both the time and the effort. We do this so that we can change our lives for the better. Meditation helps us reach into our Souls and communicate with Its higher wisdom. Wisdom is the solution to all human suffering and pain.

Meditation takes us out of ourselves for just a time long enough to enter the stillness of joy and peace. The benefits are countless. Our minds become restful. We become less anxious and depressed. We become fearless, strong and courageous. Hope is once again restored and our outlook on life transforms from condemnation and hatred to happiness and contentment. We find love in others and within nature. We change our relationships, excel in our careers, and strive to raise up others as we have been raised. As a result, we heal our minds, we heal our bodies, and we heal our spirits.

Meditation helps us reach a higher, less dense, frequency of energy. We become less ego and more spiritual. In other words, we heal our fears and experience love; the kind of love we do not necessarily understand. The great thing about this kind of love is that we do not have to understand it to reap the rewards.

Breathing in deeply connects us to our real selves – our Souls. Through Soul communication, we gain wisdom and clarity. Mindful communication with this intuitive Self guides us down the right path and heals our hearts and minds. We find purpose and connection with all things. We begin to experience Oneness within and without. Meditation captains us lovingly into the arms of our Creator Who promises peace everlasting. I resist no longer. With each new day, I long to rest peacefully held safely within in His loving arms.

We can be at peace while walking this planet. Even through the valleys of our daily lives, with mindful breath, we walk in meditation.

Below, is a rudimentary exercise to help you get started with meditation. Once you practice the cycle of mindful breathing, you may begin to notice energetic changes felt in or around your body. If you do not have these physical sensations, do not worry! It is not a requirement.

You may, however, notice your mind racing with thoughts. That’s okay! Let it happen. The trick is to just be the observer of these thoughts letting them come into your mind – awareness – and allowing them to move on through without placing unnecessary focus (time spent) on any particular thought. In other words, let your thoughts do what they may without getting in their way. Let them flow because as you allow them to come in and leave, you will notice the numbers dwindle. As they dwindle, the more relaxed you become.

If your mind insists on staying overly active, that’s okay too! Just keep following your breath. Do this for a few more minutes and if things do not change, be alright with this. Try not to attempt to judge it as being good or bad. Just go on about your day promising yourself you will try again later or again tomorrow. Just commit to the practice at least once a day from anywhere between 5 to 20 minutes, and most preferably during the same part of the day in the same location of your home or wherever you prefer. By keeping the location and time of day the same, your mind will be better prepared to settle into a daily routine which helps lessen the number of concerning thoughts that may run through your mind during this practice.

The most crucial element about practicing meditation, besides breathing mindfully, is not judging yourself or the experience. Everyone starts off with a racing mind. It is your commitment to keep trying, regardless, that will have you meditating peacefully in no time.

Meditation will change your life because the characteristic state of meditation – a peace-filled mind – will heal many things physical, emotional, and spiritual. Filling your mind with stillness – peace – on a daily basis will attract peace into your life. What does having a peaceful life look like to you? I will leave this for you to ponder. In the meantime, practice this exercise with all your heart. Breathe and be at peace.

Sit or lay back on a couch, bed or chair at a time when you will not be disturbed. Silent all your phones and electronic devices. Get yourself comfortable. Playing some peaceful music, such as a quiet instrumental piece with earbuds in can help your mind become more at ease while you begin your breathing practice.

The Breathing Technique:

Slowly breathe deep into your belly to the count of six drawing air in through your nose. (You will feel your chest expand and your belly rise.)

Hold your breath to the count of two.

Slowly release your breath to the count of six pushing the air all the way out of your belly and lungs. (Your belly and chest will deflate, in this order.)

Hold your breath to the count of two.

Repeat this at least ten more times or until you feel your whole body relax.

You may expedite the experience of physical relaxation by lightly placing your awareness on each part of your body starting at the top of your head and working down through to your toes as you continue to practice breathing.

Uncommon knowledge wants you to know that once your brain rests in Alpha, you will engage your higher mind during those moments when you are holding your breath, and upon its slow release. As your body relaxes, your energy (spirit) expands. It is during this expansion, characterized by a sense of stillness/lightness, that you and God take each other’s hands. This is the state of higher consciousness. This is the “place” where you rendezvous with your Soul. You are now connected in communication. So ask! Ask for what you want or need to know. Ask for guidance in your life. Communicate with all your heart and then, see what happens in your life. Do this everyday and watch your life change in remarkable ways.
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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When I first heard from a friend that learning while you sleep is possible, I became a bit interested but cynical at the same time. Who would have thought that while snoozing, you can learn a whole variety of facts and even get to the point of memorizing them – algebra, law provisions, new languages, etc.? As what you may have already known, the capacity of the human brain to learn while in its subconscious state – i. E., when we are asleep – is not commonly tackled in any average medical and psychological science yet. But radical learners, most of which could attest by experience, are putting their hands together to come up with more substantial evidences to counter claims against sleep-learning.

But how does learning in the sleep actually work? Sleep psychology has it that our brain tends to absorb different kinds of information, some of which we are unconscious of; it is only when the mind relaxes in its subconscious stage that it gets to process this hodgepodge of facts and figures. Technically speaking, a learning process occurs while a person is asleep.

But there is more that the brain can do than that. Taking advantage of the brain’s capacity to absorb and retain information while asleep, a process called Hypnopaedia is being used by many learners. This process involves the auditory nerves as it sends signals to the nervous system, by means of sounds coming from the environment.

The process allows the brain to process and retain new information and is believed to be effective as an alternative mnemonic and learning strategy since it is in the subconscious stage that the brain is capable of veering away from distraction, allowing it to focus and open itself to new materials.

Advocates of hypnopaedia have gone the extra mile to take good advantage of this discovery. Available in the market are products that aid in the process, such as CDs that contain specific statements repeated in soft and gentle manner. Some are accompanied with binaural beats, a certain type of music intentionally created to alter the brainwave activities in a process called brain entertainment, enabling relaxation.
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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When I first decided to learn how to Meditate, I needed some Meditation Tips to get started! I read books about the various types of meditation, but I wasn’t exactly sure if what I was doing was “right” and I felt unsure of myself. I wanted a simplified list of things to do, things not to do and what exactly this thing called meditation was all about.

I did some research on the internet and ran into some Meditating masters. I read everything I could get my hands on that had any sort of description of the process. Eventually, I was able to gather specific information that related with each of the techniques I read about. I put it all together and came up with a basic list that fit into the How-To of meditating. It looked a little like this.

1. Find a cozy place to sit

2. Make sure you won’t be interrupted – turn off phones and any other possible distractions

3. Set the mood for relaxation – light a candle, put on some soft music

This is what my list started to look like. Each person is different and I discovered that I had to create a process that made sense to me. I took something from this style of meditation and little something from another style and created a process that I was able to follow.

I learned how to go into meditative states, quiet my mind and experience deep thoughts and feelings.

As time progressed, I began to develop a stronger awareness, gain better control over my mind and experience and let go of a whole lot of thoughts and feelings that were holding me back from being happy. This all came from a desire to eliminate stress, anxiety and depression out of my life and learn to clear my mind and develop inner peace and outward success.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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When Holosync first arrived on the personal development scene it was considered a late 20th century innovation for self improvement. With improvements and updates Holosync is now looked upon as a 21st century marvel of personal growth. However, as the Holosync program has grown in popularity and prestige among self improvement circles so too has it come to the attention of those who are fearful of its powerful technology. There are forum posts and articles that outline the dangers of using brain entrainment, which is the technology behind Holosync, and create panic and fear in their readers.

What is Holosync?
Why are there so many fears around this technology and is it alright to question how Holosync works and even consider it to be dangerous?

In order to better understand the concerns raised about Holosync and its use of binaural beats it is necessary to consider exactly what Holosync is designed for and how it works.

Holosync works like any other brain entrainment tool in that it changes the brainwave frequencies of the person listening. Creating an Alpha, Theta or Delta state are typical reasons for listening to a brain entrainment track.

Specific brainwave states such as those previously mentioned offer a great amount of physical benefits. For example when you enter a deep, restful sleep you will be displaying Delta brainwaves, so listening to a delta recording will induce such a sleep.

Holosync differs from other brain entrainment tools in that they are designed to be used for just one specific state and can be used over and over again.

Holosync was designed not to be used as a stand-alone product but to be completed as a course for personal development.

Many people believe Holosync to be dangerous because of its internal workings. It is designed to re-surface negative memories and totally remove the negative emotions associated with them.

It is the re-surfacing of this negative that gives rise to fear in many people because it can create discomfort, disease and a certain degree of upheaval. This is perfectly normal and, in fact, necessary in order to become more conscious of the subconscious programs that have been affecting our lives for so long. Once conscious of them we then, through a natural and effortless internal process, let them go.

What about the Dangers?
So as far as anyone who is worried about the upheaval that is felt when using Holosync they should consider this normal. In fact it is something that is evident in extremely deep meditations performed traditionally. However, with traditional meditation the upheavals are usually less pronounced as it takes longer to achieve the same aims. Holosync is an accelerated personal growth tool!

Holosync has been designed to be used over a period of several years (yes that’s right years) with each stage of the program using more sophisticated recordings to uncover deeper levels of negativity.Although it takes several years to complete the full program, the benefits you get from each level remain permanent.

What Next?
There are other posts on the Internet, which claim Holosync is dangerous yet they do not address any other form of brain entrainment or products that use binaural beats. One respected person who has made such claims is Michael Hutchinson. However, as far as Bill Harris creator of Holosync knows, Michael Hutchinson has never used his product. To add insult to injury he offers no proof or scientific basis for his negative assertions about Holosync.

In my humble opinion Mr Hutchinson should put his money where his mouth is and show us some evidence.

There is a stack of mounting evidence to support the belief that Holosync is a beneficial and powerful personal development tool. Yet there is little evidence to suggest it is dangerous. I would therefore advise you to do your own research and come up to your own conclusion as to whether Holosync is right for you or not!
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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When faced with the decision as to what keyboard to buy, musicians are blessed with a huge choice. Whilst it’s undoubtedly great to have lots of choice, this can also be a headache working out which one is best for you. Hopefully this article will take away some of the pain of having so many options.

But first a little history about digital keyboards! The earliest music keyboard can be traced back to the early 14th century in what was known as the Clavichord. When a key was played a pick plucked the string associated to that key. These principles were developed and led onto the harpsichord. The keys on these instruments were not touch sensitive until an Italian called Bartomoleo Cristofori had the brainwave to replace the picks with hammers. This was groundbreaking in that the hammers allowed musicians to play each key with any desired velocity e.g. loudly, softly etc. The instrument is known as the piano. The system designed back then hasn’t changed much since.

Around 50 years ago Yamaha Instruments integrated electronics as a way to generate simulated sounds. Electric pianos whilst limited in their repertoire of sounds (10-20) and not sounding as rich or full as traditional pianos, electric pianos were more portable – perfect for performers going on tour – can you imagine taking a grand piano on tour!

Building on this breakthrough Yamaha introduced the first digital keyboard in 1983. The digital keyboard uses computer technology to simulate sounds ranging from organs, strings, trumpets, harpsichord as well as a whole host of weird and wonderful sounds. Once again they don’t sound as full and rich as pianos. But with the revolution of the more modern sound of the 80’s that wasn’t so guitar based, digital keyboards helped progress music (subjective I know). Digital keyboards are all about versatility in allowing the user to play two sounds at the same time i.e. bass and piano, play along to various drum patterns, make and store your own sounds, record your own compositions and arrangements on a computer. And to the delight of parents thinking of buying a keyboard for their novice son or daughter, it can be played using headphones.

Okay that’s the history lesson over with and onto how to choose the right digital keyboard for you. As with most things one buys, you are dictated by your budget, but this shouldn’t be the only deciding factor in what you buy.

Other areas you definitely need to consider are:

1. The number of keys the model has. Most digital keyboards come with either 61 or 76 keys. If you’re playing classical or jazz you should ideally buy a piano as they come with 88 keys. If budget doesn’t allow this, then obviously you’ll need to get 76 key digital keyboard.

2. Does the keyboard come with weighted keys? Models with weighted keys will cost more, but will allow for more expressive playing as the tone changes according to how hard you hit the keys. Non-weighted keys are cheaper, but will not feel so great to touch.

3. Each keyboard manufacturer will have a different variety of sounds and will have an onboard computer that accesses these sounds in different ways. By going to a shop where you can demo the different models you’ll have an idea as to how user friendly they are.

4. Every manufacturer of keyboards will also have a range or knobs, dials, sliders and buttons to activate different functions. Once again its best to check out the different models and get a feel for each model.

5. The size and weight of each model whilst not dramatically different may have a bearing on your decision, especially if you need to travel with your keyboard.

6. Other considerations might include whether you plan to use a pedal and whether the keyboard has the ability to plug on in.

As I said it’s always best to visit a shop where you can have a look and play on the various models and ask for advice. Having been a user of Yamaha for many years, I trust their range of models. They cater from the beginner all the way to advanced performers. And seeing as they are the creators of digital keyboards, they are in my mind the best choice. One of the best dealers I came across in my search for a Yamaha digital keyboard was Umbrella Music. They gave unbiased advice, were friendly and were competitive in price. You can find them at http://www.umbrellamusic.co.uk/
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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When faced with a split in a relationship, generally there is great concern placed on our minds in wondering how to survive a breakup. I know that the times in my life to where a breakup has happened to me, I felt lost, confused and powerless. In fact, I felt like life itself had been ripped out of me!

After reading several books on the topic, I realized that the truth was I had the power to choose how long I was going to be in the muck and mire of the breakup mentally. I mean, in reality the answer to how to survive a breakup was within the very thoughts and actions that I would make on a daily basis.

Once I realized that I had the power, I got very excited, as you should too, because you have the power also! You can use that power, IF you choose and start to pull out of that emotional tailspin that you are locked in, flying towards earth at 10,000 mile per hour!

Generally, I repeatedly tell my friends and others who are wondering how to survive a breakup to do the following actions on a daily basis.

The first one is a little step that involves no more listening to the sugary, sticky and gooey love songs. Music can alter brainwaves in such a way to set mood. Love songs and the assortment of related songs are a big time no, no for you at this time in your life.

The second action that I recommend is always contacting a friend and venting in a positive way. Do it in a way that does not involve violence, rage and evil payback schemes! That is not smart for your heart!

The third action that you can take is writing out to some degree your thoughts and feelings. Many therapists recommend this method as a way of channeling negative energy out in a healthy format!

The fourth action is one of self-sacrifice. You need to find a person in life that is not as blessed as you are and help them through their struggle. Seniors citizens often times need company. A teenager may need someone who can provide leadership to them. Make it happen!

Lastly, if you are going to learn how to survive a breakup you should be reading relationship saver e-books and related course materials. In this area you want to take on the role of a master scientist studying and acquiring new information into you brain in a continuous manner.

As you can see the plan is simple and your direct efforts put forth into it can start a faster healing and recovery time period for you.

Commit and go forth with power and enthusiasm! I know at this point that you may not feel like it, but your future is looking incredibly bright! Believe.
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.
isochronic binaural beats | meditation frequency
When everyone else was listening to Guns N’ Roses, wearing tight jeans with baseball boots and perming their overgrown hair, a man called Bill Harris was busy creating a truly unique personal development product.

Harris’s product centered around the idea that you could listen to a CD and enter a state of meditation skin to that of a Zen Budhhist Monk.

Before we take a look at the technology behind it, the benefits of using it and potential pitfalls it may have, it is best to have a clear understanding of the benefits of meditation. You can then determine if you will gain benefit from using it and if you can see the potential rewards it can offer to your life.

Here are a few of the many proven benefits of meditation:

– Leads to a deeper level of relaxation.
– Reduces anxiety attacks.
– Lowers blood pressure.
– Decreases pain due to muscle tension such as headaches.
– Helps with diseases such as arthritis and reduces allergy symptoms.
– Speeds recovery time after operations.
– Enhances the immune system.
– Reduces and removes emotional distress.
– Greatly reduces the affects and activity of viruses as they attack the body.

Reinforces natural defences within the body to successfully fight bacteria, viruses and cancerous cells.
– It helps resolve phobias.
– Increases serotonin which influences moods and behaviour.
– Eliminates negative emotional traumas stresses and also reduces physical stress from the body.
– Reduces anger.
– Eliminates unwanted habits & behaviours.
– A sense of Enlightenment or Spiritual Oneness with all things.

Eliminating stress from mind and body is one of the greatest benefits of meditation. If performed regularly mediation will enable you to eliminate your reactions to stressful and irritating situations, people, and circumstances in your life. As you progress in your meditative practices you find that less and less things irritate you.

I hope you agree that the benefits to mind and body of meditating regularly are enormous. However, in order to successfully reach the point that you can meditate away your emotional connection to past memories, reduce your blood pressure and resolve phobias takes many, many years – in some cases a lifetime!

This is where Holosync comes in!

Holosync is a 21st Century tool for effortless meditation. It uses brain entrainment through the use of binaural beats. Binaral beats are separate individual tones, that resonate at slightly different frequencies, presented to the left and right ear. These beats are recorded in such a way that they create altered states of consciousness by changing the brainwave patterns of the listener. Without wanting to get too technical I will say that these binaural beats are capable of producing the alpha, theta, delta and normal everyday beta states. Centerpointe have created Holosync so that it creates extremely deep meditative states within minutes.

If you feel you could benefit from meditation and believe that the results it produces would be advantageous to you but you do not have the time or discipline to learn and practice conventional meditative techniques then you would clearly benefit from using a technology such as Holosync.

The negative side of practising meditation and also using Holosync is negligible. It is necessary to put aside at least 40 minutes every day to meditate. Also, you will probably experience some emotional discomfort during your sessions as old memories, and the feelings associated with them, are stirred-up in your consciousness. This is a necessary evil as your brain is actually eliminating the negative emotions from the memory so that you are left with the memory but with no negative emotional connection to it.

The Centerpointe program, Holosync, is designed to be completed in stages. Each stage removes unwanted emotional baggage from your consciousness and leaves you with a permanent state of increased peace, health and inner harmony. You do not have to finish the entire program (which lasts a few years) to gain and keep the benefits offered by each individual level. After each stage is complete the benefits you have received from its completion are permanent.

If you wish to experience the full benefits that meditation has to offer however I would advise you to complete all the levels of the Holosync program. The transformations that occur in your inner, and outer, world will amaze you. Your entire life will benefit.
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.
walking meditation | meditation background music
When electrical activities of the human brain combine, they cause brain wave patterns. These patterns are different depending on what a person is doing and whether the person is awake or asleep. This difference determines the person’s health and state of mind. There are 4 patterns namely beta, alpha, theta and delta. In beta, one is wide-awake. One is in this state during the day, when he/she is awake. It is important in that lack of activity during this state leads to disorders such as depression and insomnia. Maximizing activity during this state leads to increased concentration and attention life span.

The second of the patterns and mental state is the alpha. In this state one is not asleep but neither is one active. Rather, they are relaxed and not involved in any physical activity. Immediately you wake up in the morning and before you fall asleep, you will be in this state. When one relaxes and closes one’s eyes, they start producing this kind of waves. When meditating, this is the state you want to be in to be able to reprogram mentally. The third mental state is theta. You are in this state if you are sleeping lightly only or if not, then extremely relaxed. This state is also useful when reprogramming mentally.

The fourth state, delta, is achieved when one is busy asleep but is not dreaming. In this state, your body repairs itself. You are unconscious when in delta state. Just by looking at a person’s brain wave patterns, you can tell a lot about them. You can tell their mood or if they are ill; when anxious, a person is usually in beta state and may suffer from insomnia or lack of sleep. Through studies and use of socialized equipment, it has been found out that one’s mental state depends on these patterns. The researchers have also found out that these brainwaves can be stimulated or induced by brainwave entrainment technology.

Mastering ones brain wave patterns can be done easily by use of brainwave entrainment. By mastering these patterns, one can be able to induce any mood he feels like. When you can be able to control your mood, you can achieve anything you want in life. It is often said that happy people enjoy life more. Unhappy and depressed people on the other hand, do not enjoy life. It has been observed that people who are most active when they are awake by exercising are usually happier and healthier. They have a more positive attitude about life. A positive attitude can push you to achieve any goal you want.

By using brainwave entrainment and meditation, you can easily achieve alpha state and be able to plan. The meditation state allows you to tap into the power of the subconscious mind and relieves stress. You tap into your subconscious mind to know exactly what you want to achieve. It helps you to know your inner goal. By knowing your goal, you can then be able to focus all your brain power into achieving that goal. You also need a perfect plan to be able to achieve this goal. By mastering your brain wave patterns, you can achieve any success you want in 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.
relaxing yoga music | meditation music app
When considering sound as a medium for producing trance, relaxation, and enhancing the healing process, we are faced two major questions : First, what are the most efficacious methods available to produce repeatable, quick results for the broadest spectrum of people? Secondly, what are the best methods of delivery for these sounds/frequencies? To address the first question, let us observe that there are several techniques, and yet all of these techniques are based upon, and function because of certain scientific principles. The number one factor that determines the effectiveness of any technique is the phenomena of entrainment (also referred to as frequency following response or FFR). This is a naturally occurring phenomena that occurs between any set or group of oscillating bodies, whether they be living or non living. It is a matter of energy efficiency that oscillating, or vibratory systems are working in harmony, as disharmony leads to tension and breakdown of the system, i.e., to gain and maintain homeostasis is the natural purpose of entrainment. One example of this was originally observed by the Dutch scientist Christian Huygens in 1665. While working on the design of the pendulum clock, Huygens found that when he placed two of them on a wall near each other and started them at different times, they would eventually end up swinging in unison. This led him to define entrainment as a synchronization of two or more vibrating bodies that have similar rhythmic cycles, and now we understand that homeostasis is the goal of this phenomena. Entrainment is naturally occurring all around us, from the quantum to the galactic level. In the context of sound and entrainment, typically the process is referred to as brainwave entrainment. When utilizing techniques that drive the subjects brainwave activity into desired frequency ranges, this is brainwave entrainment, and is usually accomplished using stereo headphones. We will delineate which processes require stereo headphones, as well as those that do not, as the latter techniques are also effective and may be more practical for delivering results to a larger segment of the population.

1. Binaural Beat Stimulation – This technique requires the listener to wear stereo headphones. A tone of a predetermined frequency, let’s say 100 cps (Hz) for example, is played through the right side (99-100% pan), and 110 cps is played through the left side (99-100% pan). The resulting differential beat of 10 cps is synthetically created in the corpus callosum of the brain. The brain takes the audio signals from both hemispheres and actually internally creates the 10 cps beat. Our brains are compelled to do this in order to comply with the laws of physics, as this beat frequency would exist as the two frequencies interact in the air (this is how our brains locate the source of incoming audio signals). This activity creates a state of bi-lateral processing or hemispheric synchronization, and guides the primary brainwave frequency down to 10 cps, the alpha state. This is the most common method of brainwave entrainment. There have been many clinical studies showing the reality and effectiveness of this technique, and there are several companies producing products that utilize binaural beat technology.

2. Heterodyne Beat Stimulation – This technique differs from that of binaural beats in two basic ways. First, a heterodyne beat is created when two frequencies interact, i.e., 100 cps and 110 cps will generate a 10 cps heterodyne beat. This is what happens in nature, and when we hear this beat, it is already there, our brains do not need to synthesize anything. Secondly, as it would seem, the heterodyne beats will be present whether headphones are used, or any other audio playback device for that matter. Heterodyne beats can be just as effective as binaural beats, and yet there is no hemispheric synchronization, although there are other ways to sponsor that activity when necessary. By using either binaural or heterodyne beats, desired states of brainwave activity, and the resultant states of enhanced awareness and well-being, can be attained easily and enjoyably.

3. Resonant Frequency Stimulation (Sympathetic Resonance) – The best way to elucidate the concept of sound resonance is to bring up the familiar idea of the opera singer that shatters the wine glass. She does this by honing in on the particular resonant frequency of the glass, (the pitch is apparent by tapping the glass), and she sustains the note with as much amplitude (loudness) as she can until the glass literally reaches its’ breaking point. In other words, the structural integrity of the glass was compromised by the impact of too much resonant vibration. This is an extreme example of stimulus and result, but it conveys a lot. Another, more applicable example, is to imagine sitting at a piano and striking once and holding the middle C key. At first all you would hear would be the middle C note proper, and yet as the note is sustained, other harmonics become audible, which are natural overtones of that note as the string vibrates. However, other strings that were not even struck will begin to vibrate, in fact, only those strings tuned as to be harmonically related to middle C will vibrate enough to become audible. This is phenomena is commonly referred to as sympathetic oscillation. Imagine applying this concept to the muscles,nerves and organs of the body to move energy, or chi, for example.

4. Vibro-acoustic Stimulation – Vibro-acoustic energy is, as one would imagine, quite tactile, or kinesthetic. This approach can be used with either stereo systems with moderate or better bass response, or with sound tables, which are designed to deliver a vibro-acoustic experience. In this way it is not only the ears, but the body that hears these sound frequencies. Generally, frequencies within a certain range (Low Frequency or LF, not ELF or Extremely Low Frequency) are experienced as a pleasant massage-like feeling throughout the body. The amplitude level directly affects experiential intensity, and it is wise to stay within moderate limits, as the eardrums can become sensitive with over-exposure, yet of course this is true with any audio source. As this approach is like an audio massage, people usually report a very deep sense of calm, a serene trance state with a good feeling of residual relaxation and reduced stress. Imagine a temple full of monks chanting OM, this is a good approximation of the vibro-acoustic experience.

Based on this information, we have developed combined methods of producing both kinesthetic (systemic) and auditory (brainwave) entrainment, allowing also for hemispheric synchronization without the use of isolated binaural beats when stereo headphones are used. In addition, we rely on artistic sensibility and intuition to produce healing/trance compositions. The purpose of these methods is to produce highly effective recordings that will work with headphones, stereo systems, and sound tables. By addressing both the mind and body simultaneously, states that support accelerated healing can be generated very easily, cheaply, and with repeatable results. Of course the aforementioned techniques are only part of the equation. When these methods are used in synergistic combination with tasteful, pleasant, and artistic compositions, the listener not only enjoys the benefits of these sounds, but will look forward to these sessions and gladly incorporate them into their health maintenance program.

The bottom line benefits :

Deep Relaxation
Reduction of stress, both physical and mental

Easy access to trance and meditative states

Emotional release

Sleep enhancement

Anxiety reduction

Ability to target specific brainwave states of Alpha, Theta, Delta, etc.

Trigger the release of endorphines, beta-endorphines, melatonin, seratonin, catecholamines

Reduction of heart rate and blood pressure

Increased cellular calcium and oxygen

Increased bone density (used by NASA)

Enhanced creativity

Improved memory

Motivation

By combining therapeutic approaches synergistically with audio entrainment technology, it is foreseeable that the recipients of such approaches would benefit greatly and exhibit inspiring states of health and well-being.
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.
delta brain waves sleep | free relaxing music
When Charles Darwin announced his theory of evolution in 1859 in
Origin of Species less than 1% of the world population believed as he did.
Religion explained it all in Genesis and it sufficed for individuals and
universities for the previous two centuries.

The term Survival of the Fittest was coined by British philosopher
Herbert Spencer who believed in division-of-labor in society and the
organism.

By the 21st Century 98% of college educated adults had rejected belief
in the creation of our world on the 23rd of October, 4004 B.C.

Archbishop James Ussher of Trinity College in Dublin doped out this date back in the middle of the 1600s and it became part of believing in the King James Version
of the Bible. When Darwin contradicted Ussher two hundred years later it was
a rejection of God’s Holy word. Not.

The Brain

Our 3 pound jellied coconut is an electro-chemical system. In Darwin’s time educated people freaked out thinking somehow they were related to monkeys.
Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle! is still an expression of amazement.

Our origin is not the split from chimpanzees but our bacterial and
viral ancestors. We hit prime-time when we evolved from cells to fish in the sea and all the creepy-crawly reptiles we find revolting.

Today homo sapiens is a mammal whose organs (heart, brain and cells) operate
on 8-10 watts of electricity and the Sodium-Potassium chemicals of Long-Term
Potentiation – (Google it up). Our closest structural relatives are your computer,
cell phone and refrigerator. We function and are structured electromagnetically and from your kid’s Xmas chemistry set. Are we really Cyborgs (cybernetic organisms) in disguise?

Hans Berger and his EEG Machine

Many scientists (Richard Hawkins) instinctively distrust biblical Tradition – Authority – Revelation because they offer no evidence to evaluate their reality. Not so fast – there are ancient traditions proven effective, authority that is honest and useful, and revelations from our intuition useful to solve mental, physical and scientific challenges.

Let us not throw out the bouncing baby with the dirty bath water. It is not Show me the Money – our Knowledge Economy says Show me the evidence and your proof.

In the U.S. with 300 hundred million population is it possible 3-5 folks have freaky talents, knowledge and skills to unlock the unsolvable?

In 1924 Dr. Hans Berger (remember McDonald’s Hamburger) was the first scientist
to record the electrical brainwaves in humans. He named them Alpha rhythms (8 to 12 cycles per second); Beta brainwave rhythms (13 to 30 cps Hertz – Hz); Delta rhythms 0.05 to 3 cps (Hz) and Theta brainwave rhythms (4 to 7 cps Hz).

He called his scientific instrument for measuring the electricity driving the neurons
in our brain an EEG (Electroencephalogram). It can show evidence of epilepsy,
Parkinson’s, brain tumors, inflammation and disease.

Today EEG is used to present feedback from various structures of our brain in order to learn to control behaviors produced by specific brainwave rhythms.
Neurofeedback is a recognize field of scientific research. It shows success in helping a patient take personal control in reducing anxiety, depression, ADD and chronic stress.

It is used to enhance getting into the Zone (Flow) for accelerated learning and memory.

Using Alpha Without EEG

We live in Beta consciousness 16 hours daily – it is alert activity with our left
hemisphere dominating our brain. Close your eyes and relax for one-minute
and your brainwaves morph into Alpha cycles per second (Hz), an altered
state of consciousness. It releases chronic stress through alert relaxation and
often leads to creative intuition.

Theta is a deeper form of Alpha consciousness associated with learning and
memory using more of our right hemisphere to offset our left-brain consciousness.

a) Close your eyes, feet flat on the floor, hands on top of your

knees.
b) Take three separate diaphragmatic breaths. Now mentally visualizing the numbers (breath) 3-3-3,
followed by (breath), 2-2-2 and (breath) 1-1-1.

c) Next, take one breath between mentally visualizing each of the following digits 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15.

d) Now you are now in Alpha and ready to mentally visualize
a page of unreadable text. Your job is to use the index finger of your dominant hand to underline the words of the sentences and move vertically down the page.

e) Simultaneously move your head left-to-right in rhythm to
your underlining hand motion. We know you cannot read the words of the sentences; it is the kinesthetic movements
diagonally (right-to-left) we want to program.

f) Mentally hear (subvocalization) in your mind’s ear the
phrase Speed Learning once each couple of seconds as
you move your hand diagonally down the text.

Sensory Multiplication

When you mentally hear the repetition of the words Speed Learning you are triggering your Auditory Cortex for learning and memory. Mentally visualizing
your index finger moving diagonally down the text you activate your Visual cortex.
Your volitional movement of the moving index finger uses your brain stem and basal ganglia and triggers your PreMotor cortex (Kinesthetic sense).

Using your three most powerful senses has a multiplier effect on synchronizing
your left and right brain for learning and long-term memory.

Whatever you do in Alpha and Theta is retained by your brain and placed in permanent retrievable memory. It is filtered and consolidated for future use during Delta sleep.

Using Alpha produces faster internalization of Speed Learning strategies. You will 3x your reading speed and add up to 40% to your attention and concentration skills.

Endwords

In the beginning you will want to discard this Alpha technique as irrelevant. It
is a cry from your mind to return to the Status-Quo and your old Comfort-Zone.
You are both your own teacher (autodidactic) and self-motivating so remember
that you rule! After five days of Alpha visualizing for Speed Learning effectiveness you create a new habit producing powerful results.

It is your choice to read-and-remember three books, articles and reports instead
of just one. You can decide to have the competitive-edge over your peers and maintain your place in the fast-lane throughout your career. The alternative is
returning to snailing and the old status-quo. Choose.

See ya,

copyright © 2006
H. Bernard Wechsler
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.