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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What I would like to talk about in this article is more about what I found out during my time at university. As I got closer to finishing my degree (with better than distinction average might I boast!?) I really desired to pursue a career in neuroscience research. I already knew what my first project was going to be. I wanted to look into this binaural beat technology for myself, scientifically, in a professional laboratory.

So I set about looking up academic journals for articles that supported the theories I wanted to investigate. At that point in time there were few studies conducted on meditation, and even less on binaural beats, but they all seemed to agree that it did in fact create changes in brainwave states. They also seemed to agree that the effect was apparent throughout the entire brain, a process known as hemispheric synchronisation. As I looked further into that terminology I discovered something that would change my focus completely.

As you probably already know, the brain is divided into two halves, called hemispheres. Each side has its individual roles to play, and they operate somewhat independently from each other. They are connected by a thin sheath of nerve fibres called the corpus callosum. What you probably didn’t know is that each side seems to generate separate brain wave states. In fact, the various regions of the brain can each have different level of arousal, as indicated by the power of the differing brainwave frequencies.

Something else that you probably don’t know, and I definitely didn’t, was that this asynchrony in brainwave patterns is said to be implicated in mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression. I was SHOCKED! My mind starting ticking. I started thinking that if meditation, in any form, can improve this hemispheric synchronisation, then it may be able to help treat depression and anxiety. This is what I wanted to investigate.

Unfortunately, as there were only few studies conducted on this, and due to the ethical implications of experimenting on human beings, my project idea was rejected. But I was able to further investigate the relationship between depression and anxiety, and hemispheric synchronisation. Now I was unable to complete that research, but with the few people that I did test, there certainly seemed to be some relationship between peoples levels of anxiety or depression, and the level of hemispheric asynchrony. I also made a very exciting discovery whilst testing one of my subjects.

I was testing this lady, a staff member of UTS, and I was keenly watching the tracings appearing on the computer screen. I saw something quite strange, something I had not seen on any of my previous volunteers. I could see that certain corresponding regions from the left and right hemispheres were oscillating in almost perfect symmetry! I was stunned as I continued to watch the screen. When the test was over I asked her whether or not she meditated. She told me that she had been meditating for a number of years. To me that confirmed everything I had studied and believed to be true..

So now my question to you is do you meditate? If not why not? Any form of relaxation would be extremely beneficial to everyone. If you can learn how to meditate, the benefits would be even greater. If you were to combine that with the powerful Holosync soundtracks that Centerpointe produce it could help to magnify those benefits even further.
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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What foods enhance our thinking and creativity and which ones destroy our mental performance?

There is much evidence that our modern diet is having a major effect on the functioning of our brains. Research has shown that our brains actually work best on the prehistoric diet that shaped their evolution.

For generations, hunters and gatherers survived on wide game, wild greens, fruits, berries and roots. However, this diet has changed dramatically in more modern times. The typical western diet today revolves around large quantities of processed and fast foods. The nutritional difference between our ancestors’ diet and our current one is striking, particularly in the type of fats that we eat. These differences were examined by Jean Carper in her book “Your Miracle Brain”. She found that, compared to a stone age diet, we consume:

· 50% more total fats

· Twice as much saturated fats (found in animal products – domestic beef contains about 25% fat compared to only 4.3% fat in wild game)

· Up to twenty times the amount of omega-6 fats (found in processed oils) compared to the more healthful omega-3 fats (found in fish)

Saturated Fats

One of the most serious issues affecting brain function is the effect of eating the “wrong” fats. Animal studies have shown that diets high in saturated fats actually cause physical changes in the shape of the brain cells. It is also thought to affect the way that insulin works to control glucose levels, causing disturbances in glucose utilisation in the brain. According to these studies, the result is various forms of cognitive impairment including much poorer memory and learning skills. Furthermore, the effects were found to be cumulative so that the longer you eat high amounts of saturated fats, the higher the risk of impaired learning ability.

Omega-6 vs. Omega-3 fats

And it’s not just saturated animal fats that can cause problems. Even with vegetable oils there is a big difference in the way different types of oil affect the brain. Our ancestors ate a diet that was roughly equal between two types of polyunsaturated fats – omega-6 fats (from fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes) and omega-3 fats (from seafood). This ideal ratio has changed in our modern diet with the introduction of processed oils which are used in many of our foods and are high in omega-6. Consequently our intake of omega-6 has increased dramatically.

At the same time, our consumption of seafood has diminished. The result is that this omega-6/omega-3 ratio has skyrocketed from 1-1 to almost 20-1. So why is this a problem? Excessive omega-6 has been shown to cause persistent inflammation of brain tissue. Over time, this inflammation can play havoc with your brain, damaging brain cells, cerebral blood vessels, and nerve transmission. The result is impaired brain functioning and memory loss.

So what are the “good” and “bad” oils? The oils that are highest in omega-6, and should be avoided, are safflower, sunflower, corn, soy, and walnut. Many of these are commonly found in margarines, salad dressings and processed foods. Better alternatives are olive, canola and flaxseed oils.

It is generally considered that the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 is more important than the actual amounts of the fats consumed. So the other way to improve the score is to increase the amount of omega-3 fats that we consume. In fact, omega-3 is looking to be a kind of wonder nutrient for the brain. Omega-3 fats seem to work by making the thin fatty membranes that surround the nerve cells in the brain more flexible. This allows more neurotransmitters to be successfully transmitted between nerve cells, increasing our ability to think faster and concentrate better. Omega-3 has also been shown to have a number of secondary effects that control harmful inflammation and even prevent depression.

Omega -3 and Fish

Fish is one of the best sources of omega -3 fats. However, not all fish are created equally when it comes to omega-3 content. There are actually two main components of omega-3 fats – DHA and EPA. While both are beneficial, DHA is the more powerful player in brain chemistry and some fish have higher DHA levels than others. The “winners” in the DHA list of fish include:

· Mackerel

· Herring

· Sardines

· Salmon

· Tuna.

On the other hand, some fish such as cod, flounder, haddock, snapper, swordfish and shellfish contain little omega-3.

While we may not be able to match the 1-1 ratio of the caveman’s diet, it is recommended that we try not to exceed a 4-1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats by restricting our intake of high omega-6 oils and increasing the amount of high omega-3 fats from fish.
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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What exactly are Brain Waves? How do they relate to Mental Health, Goal Setting, Affirmations and manifesting what you desire in your life? Well, these are the questions I asked myself and I set out to find the answers! This is my attempt to relay that information to you! 🙂

In my research I discovered that the Brain Waves: Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta – all corresponded to different experiences in the mind; like, relaxation, stress, sleep and dream states.

1. Beta Brain Waves – these Brain Waves (same thing as energy output by the brain which is read as a frequency) are high energy experienced as states of stress and anxiety. [I don’t know about you, but I did not want my brain set on these waves]

2. Alpha – This Frequency read as the state of relaxation like you were reading a book or day dreaming. [these were becoming my friend! now, how can I purposefully put my brain into this state?!]

3. Theta – This state correlates with that of a peaceful dreaming state of sleep. This also represents the mind flowing with ideas from the subconscious [helpful – once you understand how and why]

4. Delta – this is the most relaxed state and low frequency/energy. This can be seen as deep sleep without having dreams.

Ok, that may all be well and good, but how does this really affect you? Well, if you are stressed and anxious about something, would not it be helpful to understand how to change that and put yourself into a more relaxed state? What?! I have Control over my Mind and the thoughts/feelings it produces?! Oh, yes YOU do!

Everyone goes through these Brain waves at different points during the day. Some people are naturally calm and relaxed. Others, always tend to be stressed out and creating anxiety for themselves. The key here is: Meditation. Meditation is the beginning of learning to control the mind and taking back ones power to control their life experience. Once I began to meditate, my whole world began to change! [for the better!]
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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What does it take to awaken a super mind? Or, is it even possible to have a super mind in our world today as we are bombarded with so much information and outside stimuli? I mean, let’s face it. What are we all on these days?

What we are all on is emotional, physical, mental, and not to mention, technological overload. Even those of us that make self-care a priority are feeling the extreme stresses of living on the planet at this time.

When we think of our personal well-being, we cannot neglect our minds. We can provide proper nutrition, meditation, and various brain exercises to keep our minds healthy and strong, but considering what we are facing today- is this even enough anymore?

Introducing brainwave entrainment – a tool that can be very effective in coaxing our super minds out of hiding.

Brainwave entrainment is a technique in which the brain is induced to follow a certain frequency. By playing certain tones in the ears, the brain responds by following the tone frequencies and dropping down into the corresponding brainwave frequency. Imagine slipping on some headphones, and heading into a dreamy state where relaxation comes quickly.

Brainwave entrainment dates back around seventy years ago, with it’s use as an actual tool beginning in the 1960’s; think dental office and calming of the patient. Although there is much evidence and growing popularity for brainwave entrainment today, it still remains very open to skeptical criticism. As with anything, you have to experience it for yourself.

Below is a brief description of each frequency translated into situations in every day life.

Gamma-

Gamma is the highest mental activity of 40 cycles per second or higher. This is the state of extreme alertness, critical problem solving, high-level processing and conscious thinking. It is the least researched of the brain states.

Beta-

Beta is the active state of the brain. Concentrated work, conversing with others, alertness, teaching, and public speaking are all beta brainwave activities. This brainwave state corresponds with a frequency ranging from 15 to 40 cycles per second.

Alpha-

Alpha is a more relaxed brain state. This is the daydreaming, creative state of brainwave activity, or a light, meditative state. Visualization happens in the alpha brainwave state and it is characterized at a speed of 9 to 14 cycles per second.

Theta-

Theta is a state we fall into automatically in certain rote situations-like driving a familiar course, during a jog or walk, or performing household chores. The theta state is a powerful, but slower brainwave state of 5 to 8 cycles per second. It is considered to be a positive mental state that is flowing, and free from critical thinking and judgments.

Delta-

Delta is a state of 1.5 to 4 cycles per second. This is the state of sleep and also the state associated with healing. A zero state would be no brain activity and the brain would be dead. If dreaming begins, then the theta state has become dominant again.

Brainwave entrainment can assist in bringing you into the dominant alpha state, on down. In the states of alpha and below, the brain can be given hypnotic suggestions that go directly to the sub-conscious. If we can re-train our brains, so to speak, to fall into these frequencies and give them hypnotic suggestions, then reprogramming our lives in a more conscious way would be a logical outcome.

There are many benefits and options for brainwave entrainment software. It’s best to do the research and choose what appears to be a good match for your particular needs and desires. Your super mind will wake up and thank you.
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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What do you supposed is the final frontier? I believe it is the brain. The brain is far from understood right down to the electrical pulses that show up in electroencephalographs, commonly known as brainwaves.

Scientists have named the outer parts, some of the inner parts, some of the chemicals inside and what they do; but there is so much scientists don’t understand at all. Can Alzheimer’s be controlled, can IQ be increased? What causes mood disorders like Bipolar or schizophrenia? Can ADD, ADHD, autism, and epilepsy be cured? Are these things linked to brainwaves?

There are scientists using chemicals to change brain chemistry. Other scientists argue for mental stimulation to discourage Alzheimer’s. Another branch thinks that certain sound waves the mimic certain brainwaves can increase creativity, intelligence, control pain or alter psychological states.

It is not strange that the mind has brainwave activity and that music also is made of sound wave activity. This is no coincidence. Most people love music. It moves them to dance, sing, relax and even fall asleep. It’s full of sound waves that react with our brainwaves. In one scientific study, “Auditory Driving as a Ritual Technology: A Review and Analysis,” 2005, Gabe Turow states that he has evidence that music alters mood and has been useful to treat various illnesses probably by altering the brainwave patterns. External sound waves alter the body’s brainwaves.

This is called Brainwave entrainment. Brainwave entrainment is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies to fall into step with an external periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state. This can be auditory and or visual stimulation.

In other words when Brain Entrainment exposes the brain to external special tones or sights that are pulsed at specific frequencies, the brain will synchronize its own electrical impulses to that same frequency. This means the brain becomes “entrained” to (matched to) the specific frequency of the pulses, which give a person the ability to choose the primary frequency the person wants to experience in the brain. The choice is made by choosing to listen to certain frequencies.

To guide the brain into higher and faster frequency brainwave patterns, the person listens to music in the beta wave length (which range is between 13-40 Hz). In a 1999 study by Frederick J. Lubar et. al., they discovered that when a person listens to sound waves at 18.5 Hz, some people’s brains responded by increasing to 18.5 Hz EEG activity. If the people tested both saw visual sights that pulsed at 18.5 Hz and heard auditory waves, almost half of their brains reached 18.5 Hz EEG activity. This is generally considered within the lower range of Beta brainwaves.

Many of these people saw a reduction in symptoms while they were on this program. Some of the symptoms that were reduced include muscle fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, headache, and TMJ pain. It appears that an external source of sound waves can have an effect on the brain.

There have been studies that show this is temporary and others that it is permanent. More study needs to be done, but it appears that external sound waves do affect brainwaves.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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What do you get a taciturn teenage boy? Well, boys will be boys at 8 or 80, so stick to exciting toys that arouse his curiosity and fire up his imagination.

Here is a quick update on hot toys for teenage boys this Christmas. He won’t be able to resist these.

1. Mindflex Game by Mattel

Just in time for the Holiday Season, Mindflex is a whole new ball game that encourages your teen to use the powers of his mind to do the trick. The game includes a headset to record the players brainwave activity and a little ball with an obstacle course to clear. By concentrating, your kid can actually move the ball though the course.

2. Discovery Radio Control B3 Bomber

A great pre-built plane for first time flyers, this twin motor engined glider comes with a rechargeable battery pack and mobile charger so your boy can fly take his time.

4. PSPGo

Your adolescent will appreciate the freedom this new powerful little 16 GB PSPGo will bring him. He can use it to store and view movies, videos, music and most importantly – play his favorite games.

5. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel

Any fan would be ecstatic to have Mario behind a real wheel in their hands. Wii allows three racers to compete from the same location or your son can test his skills against 10 online opponents.

6. Discovery Electronic Gadget Lab

Here’s an award winning building kit for students that can help clear fundamental physics concepts. Using 30 components including circuitry, motors fans, LEDs, speakers, snap wires and lamp sockets, your teen can put together around 100 different gadgets.

7. Assassin’s Creed II + Modern Warfare II + Divinity II: Ego Draconis

Trust us, you can’t go wrong with this combination of games with older teens, there’s one hack and slash game, one RPG and one point and shoot in there. A simple way of telling your boy you love him, trust him and you count him as an adult.

8. Hasbro’s Cyberstomping Optimus Prime Action Figure

With the release of the new Transformers movie, animated series and video games, the Robots are back in town. Get your kid an action figure, try Hasbro’s Cyberstomping Optimus Prime Action Figure. Megatron and Bumblebee are also available.

9. 32″ Flowboard Alternative Skateboard

Your sporty teen will love this alternative skateboard that feels more like snowboarding or surfing. With a sum total of 14 wheels on it, this board offers an eerie yet awesome weight based control unlike any other skateboard.

10. VL Charger Multimode Paintball Player’s Kit

An ideal paint ball set with an aluminum barrel marker that has a comfortable two finger trigger that shoots up to 13 balls per second. The kit comes with a safety helmet, radar goggles, 9 ounce refillable paint cylinder, squeegee and barrel plug.

Have a merry festive season. We know your teen will enjoy these!
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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What do you do when you hypnotize someone?

Well, contrary to many urban legends and other popular fictions, you don’t have to get them to watch a swinging object on a string and put them into a state of near-sleep to hypnotize them. Hypnosis involves some very basic things, actually. You will create a state of confusion and you will, in fact, induce a trance in the person. You will alter his brainwave patterns to make him receptive to your message.

But, the thing is, you can accomplish all of this by just having a conversation with the person, while that person is fully awake, without their knowing what you are doing. This will be a “normal” conversation in almost every way–the difference being that you will be making use of deliberate techniques in a covert way that the other person does not suspect.

This is not really as mysterious as it sounds, for people actually slip into and out of trance-like or near-trance states all the time while they are awake. And there are already people making full use of this knowledge. Politicians on TV, for instance, know how to use entrancing words, and they love being on TV because most people fall into a trance-like state while watching TV (this is obviously not a deep trance, but it is enough of one that they can be hypnotized).

Highly successful salesmen are also skilled in conversational hypnosis.

And some of them even consciously know it.

The state of confusion that you create in the person is not one that they are likely to consciously notice. It will register with them as more of a feeling of being pleasantly surprised. They will believe that you have unique insights into or empathy with their emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. They will say to themselves, “Woa! This guy really ‘gets’ me!” When they feel this way, they will let down their guard, and you will then slip in the suggestions like seeds that you wish to plant in the soil of their mind.

Now, don’t go getting an exaggerated sense of your own powers!

Nobody can be hypnotized by you into doing anything that goes against their deeply held personal beliefs or that they instinctively know is wrong. You cannot hypnotize someone into falling in love with you (though you might be able to get them to sleep with you once or twice). You cannot make someone commit suicide or deliberately injure themselves. You cannot change a Christian into a Satanist. You can only hypnotize people about matters that they are unsure about (even if they pretend to be very sure) or where they don’t have any deep commitment to a certain point of view.

Fortunately for you, most people tend to be pretty superficial about most things and are often dishonest with themselves. This gives you plenty of opportunity to create the “confusion” and put them into a waking trance. Essentially, you are going to let the person tell you what they want to hear, and then you are going to feed back to them what they want to hear–with a twist!

So, for instance, if someone is going on and on about the “economic crisis”, even if you personally think that’s baloney, you will say something back like, “Yes, this economic crisis is really a mess.” This will begin training then in the direction you want to take them in. Eventually, in no time at all, you’ll have them under your power!
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.
how do you meditate | guided meditation
What do anxiety, irritability, indigestion, and sleeplessness have in common?

If you said stress, you’re on the right track. More specifically, they all result from a lack of Vagus activity. No, not that kind of Vegas. This kind of Vagus is absolutely essential to your health and well-being.

In this article, you’ll learn why your Vagus nerve is so critical and how to activate it to calm your nerves, rest and digest better, and support your body’s natural healing powers.

Your Vagus nerve connects your brain with your heart, gut, and all your internal organs. In fact, its influence is so pervasive that it has been called “the captain” of your parasympathetic nervous system-which is your body’s natural relax, rebuild, and repair response team.

Proper functioning of your Vagus nerve keeps chronic inflammation in check, putting the brakes on all major diseases. It regulates your heart-beat, maximizing heart rate variability which is a major marker for heart health. And, it signals your lungs to breathe deeply, taking in the oxygen that replenishes your vital energy.

Your Vagus nerve also translates vital information from your gut to your brain, giving you gut instincts about what is beneficial or harmful for you. Then, it helps you consolidate memories, so you remember important information as well as your good intentions.

Finally, your Vagus nerve releases acetylcholine which counters the adrenaline and cortisol of your stress response, and activates your body’s natural Relaxation Response, so that you can relax, rest, and let go.

So, now you have a picture of why activating your Vagus nerve is so critical.

The problem is that our current culture encourages us to be so hyper-busy, so hyper-stimulated, that we run in stress mode pretty much all the time, without even knowing it. We are so used to stimulation, that we don’t know what true relaxation feels like, much less how to do it.

Instead of practicing a natural rhythm between activity and rest, we are hyper-active. And, we are so conditioned this way that we feel guilty if we’re not always doing something or bored if we’re not being stimulated and entertained!

As a result, anxiety, irritability, and sleeplessness are constant companions. This prevents us from resting deeply and sets us on the path for chronic illnesses, such as cancer.

So, how can we break this dangerous pattern?

Fortunately, your body is highly-resilient. It is just waiting for you to activate your natural balance-and that is as close as a few slow, deep breaths away.
When you breathe slowly and deeply, your Vagus nerve is activated. It sends calming signals that slow your brainwaves and heart-rate, and set in motion all the rest and repair mechanisms of your body’s natural Relaxation Response.

So, slow deep breathing is vitally important. But, there’s an issue. Living in constant stress mode promotes a pattern of restricted, rapid, shallow breathing.

So, slow deep breathing may take a little practice. Here’s a great way to do that:

A Simple Deep Breathing Meditation:

Lie on your back and lightly close your eyes. Rest your hands, one on top of the other, on your lower abdomen.

As you inhale, allow your lower abdomen to gently rise, as if it is filling up with your breath. As you exhale, allow your lower abdomen to relax downwards, as if it is emptying out.

Settle into a nice easy rhythm, lightly following your breath, as your abdomen gently rises and falls. See if it’s possible not to force this to happen, but to just pay attention as it happens naturally, easily, effortlessly.

As you continue, see if you can notice the moment you begin to inhale and follow it all the way until you naturally pause. Then, notice the moment you begin to exhale and follow it all the way until it you naturally pause.

Enjoy this soothing rhythm for at least a few minutes-and then notice how good you feel.

If you can, go ahead and give this a try right now, so you experience it for yourself…

You can practice this simple deep breathing meditation once a day to release the stress of the day and the layers of tension accumulated from the past. You can do it lying in bed at night before sleep, to prepare your body to rest deeply.

In no time at all, you’ll have reset your body’s natural balance, and this will translate into living a more balanced, happy, and peaceful life.

Enjoy your practice!
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.
military ringtones | sleep music
What can training our brain or Brain Entrainment do for us when it comes to solving life’s problems or experiencing a better quality of life?

In this current day and age, is it not absolutely amazing at what the human race can, and has, achieved?

Our wondrous feats of technology, power, science and innovation and yet we have managed to accomplish these feats using less than one tenth of the most spectacular organ we have – our brain!

You would have most certainly heard the common fact that we only use around 10% of our total brain’s capacity and potential. Some would also argue that only the top level minds and geniuses of the world actually achieve this level whereas the rest of us “normal” people do not even go close to using that magical 10% of our gray matter!

So then, reflect on all we have done and all we can do and then imagine if you will, just what we could achieve if we all used not only 10% of our brains but 20%, 35%, 50%, 75% or even dare I say it 90 – 100% of our total brains capacity?

Could you imagine what life would be like? I have a fair hallucination that it would be significantly different to what we experience today!
Can Brain entrainment help us bridge the gap between actual use and the full potential of our brain?
The answer is YES!

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”

The secret to increasing our brain function and experiencing things, emotions and feelings like never before as well as changing the energy and vitality in our bodies is in knowledge and growth. Harnessing the power of your subconscious mind in conjunction with your conscious mind will allow you to accomplish feats that far exceed your current capabilities and expectations.

We speak of deep and powerful meditation states as the “work place” of this kind of enlightenment and brain use however this depth of meditation has previously come at a very high price as a result of years and years of discipline, sacrifice and training as per the Zen monks we often associate such meditation with.

The end result of this discipline and training was to put the body and brain in such a state that new horizons were opened up.

For over 150 years now, brain entrainment has been altering the consciousness of men and women and now with the use of Binaural Beats mp3 recordings as well as the even more powerful Isochronic tones, it has never been easier and more available to the common man or woman.

Regardless of your meditation experience or knowledge, these recordings can have you reaching Alta, Delta or Theta states in just minutes! All you need is your ears! Once you are “in state”, through these recordings, you can use the power of your brain to stimulate certain abilities and make significant physical, mental and spiritual changes in your life!

Binaural Beats are not dangerous at all and work by adjusting the operating frequency of your brain which results in brain stimulation that allows the optimum environment for advanced subliminal messaging.

This messaging lets the meditation beginner as well as the seasoned meditation professional, the ability to easily get into such states that stimulate, solve, enhance and cure many wishes and problems such as how to lucid dream tonight, how to reduce hair fall, how to increase IQ, increased energy and motivation as well as healthy skin tips just to name a very small few!

Very soon after commencing listening to a recording, you will begin to feel effects as your frequencies and in fact, level of consciousness is changed. Some of the common physical effects are:

The body feeling heavy and the inability to move freely
Total relaxation of the entire body from head to toe
Vivid visualizations, colors, and patterns
Separation of the conscious and subconscious mind
No Anxiety or Stress. Expect a sensation of all Tension leaving your body.
Feeling of sedation

Brain entrainment has really come into it’s own as technology has improved and been innovated. Although brainwave entrainment has been practiced in various forms for well over 100 years, today’s technology has now allowed the theories behind it to bring much easier implementation and of course far greater success whether or not you are trying to cure a problem or enhance 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.
new age meditation music | theta healing music
What Binaural Beats Are and How they Can Improve Your Brain Condition

If you are still puzzled what binaural beats are, let me give you a quick introduction to this latest sound technology. Binaural beats are mere tones which are produced to contain a particular frequency and that when heard, will have the ability to entrain or engross your brain. The phrase ‘brain entrainment’ is a term used to explain what takes place when this state-of-the-art sound technology is utilized to change the state of your brainwaves. Being able to modify your brainwaves is really an advantage as it can bring positive results such as enhanced creativity, feeling of great tranquility and a deep concentration. With the different kinds of states, you’ll also have the chance of experiencing being extra joyous, plus grant you several health advantages.

The Different Kinds of Brainwaves You Can Utilize

During the time it was determined that various frequencies affect a person’s state of awareness, it was then learned that different frequencies had a range of effects, yet the frequencies got to be joined in a way that they would lead to the appropriate ones. This is why being able to entrain your brain into various conditions is highly valuable. Check the following common types of brainwaves including their related physical qualities so you’ll know what and when to use them.

* Alpha

Have an 8-12 Hz. frequencies. This is when you are in a calm mood. It will bring you that feeling of peace, discover new ideas and help you alter your opinions or beliefs.

* Beta

You’ll feel this state when your mind is preoccupied with thoughts about certain tasks, is feeling stressed and when you are worried. It holds a 13-25 Hz. frequency. If you enter this kind of brainwave, you’ll be more aware and focus.

* Theta

This state, having a 4-7 Hz. frequencies, is commonly used in a lot of binaural beats activity as it happens when you are extremely relaxed, in a slumber or in meditation. You can use this brainwave if you wish to modify the way you recalled memories, wherein they got that deep and negative emotional attachment. Theta is effective in liberating these unpleasant emotions that are linked to memories.

* Delta

This state is ideal when you want to speed up your healing, fortify your immune system or experience some intense self development work. You can be in this brain condition when you are sleeping soundly wherein the body fixes itself and your immune system is powerful. By the way, it has a 1-3 Hz. frequencies.

Know the Perfect Brainwave Frequencies Suitable for You

Once you are preparing your brain into a certain brainwave frequency, it’s essential that you know which frequency will offer you the best result that you are really looking for. Binaural beats is a technology which is a scientifically established means of conditioning yourself to respond to those brainwaves frequencies you opted to have. If you are able to enter and work well with different levels of awareness, then you got a big change of experiencing new found happiness and 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.