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brain waves Cure For Ringing Ears – So What Can You Do?

Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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It can be a really annoying condition to live with. Having a ringing noise in your ears can prevent you from getting a proper nights sleep and can distract you in your work or your leisure activities. It can be frustrating trying to find something that will work for you to rid you of this ringing and modern medicine is often clueless as to how to help you with this problem. So what can you do? Is there anything out there that can help you stop this ringing in your ears? Is there a cure for ringing ears? Yes, there are a few non medical cures out there for you! Here are just a few of those.

Chewing gum: This cure works on the same principle as chewing gum aboard an airplane when it is changing air pressure. By chewing gum you will be able to alleviate any pressure that has built up in your ears canals that could be causing you to hear ringing or buzzing sounds. This is not an affective cure for everyone but it works in many people.

Ear plugs: A lot of the time ringing ears is caused by exposure to a loud and noisy environment. Prolonged exposure to these loud environments can lead to hearing loss in the later years. This is true for many musicians who often lose their higher ear functions in their later years due to being around constant sound their whole lives. Wearing ear plugs will protect your ears from loud noises. The issue is of course what’s the point of wearing ear plugs at a rock show? Ear plugs therefore cannot be worn all the time but they may be a good solution for you if you want to temporarily stop the ringing in your ears or give your ears a few days rest.

Increase Circulation: Increasing your blood circulation can help to alleviate the symptoms of tinnitus (ringing ears). To increase your blood flow you can try exercise regularly and avoiding smoking cigarettes or drinking heavily. Decreasing your salt in take a long with this healthier lifestyle has been shown to help some people cure their tinnitus.

Relaxation: Relaxation has also been shown to be effective in controlling tinnitus symptoms. Try meditating for an hour each day and see if this helps to lower your blood pressure and thus alleviate the ringing in your ears. Relieving stress will be at least one benefit from this practice and less stress will lead you to a healthy life overall.

Soothing Music: Sometimes the best way to get rid of noise is to add more noise. Playing soothing music has been proven to alleviate the symptoms of tinnitus and this works by giving your brain something else to focus on instead of the buzzing or ringing sounds. It acts much like a white noise machine to retrain your brain to ignore the ringing or buzzing and instead listen to the soft soothing music that is more pleasing to your ears.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

Types of meditation
Loving-kindness meditation. With the many types of meditation to try, there should be one to suit most individuals. …
Body scan or progressive relaxation. …
Mindfulness meditation. …
Breath awareness meditation. …
Kundalini yoga. …
Zen meditation. …
Transcendental Meditation.

Meditation is a habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. You can use it to increase awareness of yourself and your surroundings. Many people think of it as a way to reduce stress and develop concentration.
Basic meditation music simply provides a way for an individual to go deeper with their meditation by adding a new layer to their experience. … Unlike many other music forms, the binaural beats work with the brain to develop a frequency most associated with relaxation.

sleep meditation Rebounding For Weight Loss – Flushing Fat With a Smile

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Just basic bouncing is a blast. Start vocalizing and see what it does to your voice. It makes you laugh immeasurably, but also may sharpen communicative properties by this interesting bouncing induced vocalization exercise. Think about professional athletes. The way they make strides in their personal goals is by switching up the routine and making the body react. Embrace spontaneity and you will excel.

Zen-bounce in a meditative zone. Tune in and tone up by rocking out to your favorite music playlist. Catch up on intellectual pursuits while bouncing. Watch a documentary. Or just plain bounce for the bounce. Either way, you’re massacring the calories when you’re rebounding for weight loss and having a blast.

So the first component to committed exercise and sustained weight loss is fun. Check.

That was easy.

If you are driving in the country and you see a purple cow grazing in the field amidst a herd of regular cows, you stop and stare in perplexity.

The purple cow had you from sight one.

Uniqueness stands out and captures attention, even more so if the uniqueness can be capitalized upon in the form of something functional. Rebounding for weight loss is unique because it employs a point in the work out that uses the weightlessness at the apex point of the upward swing of your jump to produce an acceleration/deceleration effect that stimulates a triggering of effects that leads to positive outcomes, including cardio-respiratory enhancement, better muscular coordination, balance, and other potentially personal positive bonuses you may unlock as you start your bouncing routine. All these positives are framed by the minimal impact nature of the rebounder, especially if you are utilizing a rebounder with soft/deep bounce tech.

Rebounding for weight loss is also singular in effect for its enhanced ability to push the envelope on lymphatic drainage—further aiding the removal of extracellular waste products and toxins that end up being fodder for fat in the body. You see the lymph system is pump-less (as opposed to the circulatory system), so movement spurs on the system to push out waste—chief movement being respiration. This exercise mobilizes the body to enhanced immunity through facilitating accelerated detoxification.

Unique and effective. Purple cow exercise. Rebounding for weight loss satisfies the second qualitative measure for a sustainable commitment to exercise.

The third measure is the “see and feel” ROI, essentially you want to know that the time you spent doing something has achieved a positive end.

Bounce for a while.

Feel your heart rate pick-up, you start to have fun, your face becomes rosy flush. Keep up a sustained pace at basic pogo-style bouncing and you will bead up with perspiration. Watch the room move all around. Maintain your balance as you keep a steady pace or level-up the intensity.

Now as you slowly ease out of your exercise and you step off the rebounder. Notice how perceptive you are. Perceptive of basic spatial/tactile movements; perceptive of your heart easing back down to normal; perceptive of how in control you feel back in your normal gravitational safezone. This is rebounding for weight loss; this is rebounding for health; this is rebounding for life.

The benefits of rebounding are numerous, jump onboard and start having fun massacring those fat cells.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

relaxing music The Secrets of Real Happiness

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Based on the research findings, you will know that happiness can be elusive and yet attainable.

The following are suggestions on how you can increase your happiness:

Realize That Wealth Does Not Create Permanent Happiness. People adapt to changing circumstances – even to wealth or a disability. Thus wealth is like health: Its utter absence breeds misery, but having it (or any circumstance we long for) doesn’t guarantee happiness.

– “The mind of every man, in a longer or shorter time, returns to its natural and usual state of tranquility. In prosperity, after a certain time, it falls back to that state; in adversity, after a certain time, it rises up to it.”

– Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759

Be Your Own Time Master. Happy people are master of time management, and hence often feel in control of their lives. It helps to set goals and break them into daily aims. Although we often overestimate how much we will accomplish in any given day (leaving us frustrated), we generally underestimate how much we can accomplish in a year, given just a little progress every day.

Be Happy, Even Deliberately. We can deliberately put ourselves into a frame of mind by starting it with physical action. When you feel moody, look at the mirror and put on a bright smile to yourself. It ignites the energy of joyful emotion, which makes you feel better and trigger subsequent positive moods. When you meet people outside, your energy can be felt by people and brings forth mutually contagious effect. So put on a happy face. Talk like someone with high self-esteem, optimistic, and outgoing. Once you go through the motions, it can trigger the emotions. As Mary Kay said: “Fake it until you make it”

Align Work with Passion. As mentioned in my previous post Experiencing Flow State, happy people often are in a psychological state called “in the zone” called “in the flow” – when one is completely absorbed in a task that challenges them yet without overwhelming them. Most of the expensive forms of leisure (such as sitting on a yacht) provide less flow experience than gardening, playing musical instruments, painting, keeping fish, socializing, or craftwork.

Be Physically Active. It has become a known fact the exercise not only promotes health and energy, it is also an antidote for mild depression and anxiety. Go for gym, jogging, swimming, yoga, aerobics, Pilates, and anything that works your body and gets you perspiring. Sound minds reside in sound bodies. Read my post “Why I Wake Up At 6 am Every Morning” on my experiences benefiting from daily morning run.

Have Enough Rest. Happy people live active vigorous lives yet reserve time for renewing sleep and solitude. Many people suffer from sleep deficiency, with resulting fatigue, diminished alertness, and gloomy moods. If insomnia is the cause, try to restore balance in life, exercise regularly, have proper diet, get a massage, practice yoga and meditation.

Give Priority to Close Relationships. Intimate friendships with those who care deeply about you can help you weather difficult times. Confiding is good for soul and body. Resolve to nurture your closest relationships: to not take those closest to you for granted, to display to them the sort of kindness that you display to others, to affirm them, to play together and share together.

Focus Beyond Self. Reach out to those in need. Happiness increases helpfulness (those who feel good do good). As true as the saying “what goes around comes around”, doing good also makes one feel good. Being opened to the needs of surrounding people also help you avoid dwelling in your own misery.

Be Grateful. People who keep a gratitude journal-who pause each day to reflect on some positive aspect of their lives (their health, friends, family, freedom, education, senses, natural surroundings, and so on.) experience heightened well-being.

– “I cried because I had no shoes,” states a Persian saying, “until I met a man who had no feet.”

Learn Not To Compare. Most of the misery of people comes from comparing with others who are better or have more. This is the definite source of discontent and a perpetual sense of lack. It may continue to drive you to achieve more, but for the wrong reasons. It is like the rat on the treadmill, constantly chasing its tail until exhaustion. It puts a person on over-drive without any sense of fulfillment. If there is any happiness from achieving, it is often fleeting. When you stop comparing with others, you get started on the path of freedom.

– “Our poverty became a reality. Not because of our having less, but by our neighbors having more.”

– Will Campbell, Brother to a Dragonfly, 1977

Nurture Your Spiritual Self. For many people, faith provides a support community, a reason to focus beyond self, and a sense of purpose and hope. Study after study finds that actively religious people are happier and that they cope better with crises.

May you live a life of pure and permanent happiness!
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

brain waves The Family Mosaic: Fitting the Pieces Together

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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Our lives– our families. Are they beautiful, but chaotic, mosaics comprised of random pieces of painted glass? How do we fit the contrasting pieces together in a way that makes sense? You may wonder, when the chaos of daily life whirls around you, how much a hand you are really playing in your own life. How do you gain a sense of control? Parents are always striving to piece the elements of their lives together and to regain balance, but they hardly have the time nor the energy. For some, maintaining a strong family in the midst of chaotic schedules, economic struggles, or troubled relationships can be a constant strain that leaves their family bonds hanging on by a thin thread. Many families have learned to cope and to prevail. Researchers have found out what makes these families so resilient. Here are five tips for keeping your family happily connected and healthy even in stressful times.

Here are five tips for dealing with the problems in your life that will help bring your family closer together rather than farther apart:

1.) Pencil in family fun time.

While it’s important to make money, have hobbies, go to the gym, and etc., you chose to start a family, and thus, you have an obligation to make time for it. Your husband and your children are not people you can get to when you have time. They should be a top priority in your life. Everything else comes second. No exceptions.

After all, your children will grow out of each stage of their young lives very fast and you don’t want to later regret missing those stages. Pencil family fun times into your planner just as you would any business meeting, with as much a sense of urgency, way, way, way in advance. This way you can ensure that your family never goes neglected in any given week. In fact, it may be a good idea to dedicate certain weekdays to family time to avoid confusion such as a Wednesday Board Game Night and a Friday Movie Night. If one or more of your adolescents want to go out with their friends on Friday night, that’s okay! Move it to Saturday. Always make an effort to be flexible when planning family fun times especially when you have adolescents in the house. Your adolescents are in the process of developing the social awareness centers of their brains and they are just in the beginning throws of growing a frontal cortex (the decision making part of their brains), so no matter what you say, friends will always come first to them, and you will always have a battle if you try to fight against this. At all costs, try to avoid skiffs during the planning process because after all you want this experience to be, well… fun!

2.) Take a deep breath and ACCEPT.

We all have seen members of our own family come home from work stressed out or go through a traumatic event. In these times we learn how these people deal with stress, and often these strategies are destructive to the family. Some family members use drugs and alcohol, self isolation, self mutilation or deprivation, or fighting to deal with stress. These are maladaptive forms of coping that cause problems for the individual and the whole family. Parents and children under stress who have not learned healthy coping skills are less emotionally available, more self-destructive, less giving, more quick to upset, and less positive in general. The most important step to coping with hardship and stress in your life is to learn how to mentally, emotionally, and physically accept that the stressors exist.

Being in denial, pushing stressors off until the last minute, and ruminating on hardship rather than having a problem solving attitude, are all habits that bring you more problems in the end. It isn’t necessarily easy to learn to accept, and it’s not enough to say, “I accept that BLANK exists.” Spend some time meditating on the issue that is causing you stress. While thinking about this issue practice taking deep breaths in with slow releases. Focus on the issue until the anxiety it gives you has decreased. Make sure you are in a quiet room free of distractions. This practice will teach your body how to regard the problem with calm rather than anxiety.

When your body and mind are in a relaxed state, you are better able to brainstorm solutions for the problem as well. However, some problems do not have solutions and this is where true acceptance is so important. Create a mantra for yourself that asks yourself permission to accept that the problem exists and tells yourself it will be okay. It is sometimes helpful to play calming music or to light candles or incense during this meditation. Again, acceptance is the most important coping skill because when people are not able to accept problems in their lives, they form maladaptive behaviors that could be in the form of eating disorders, sleep disturbance, substance abuse, emotional instability, and the list goes on. Learning to accept will allow you to use more of your energy bonding with your family members and less processing anxiety.

3.) Express Gratitude.

The latest research shows that expressing gratitude can increase your happiness significantly. If you want a happier home, set goals with your family centered around expressing gratitude to one another. For example, during dinner you might have everyone take turns thanking one another for something nice or helpful they did recently or in the past. If you have an artistic family, set aside some time to create works of art for each other that express what you are thankful for. Displaying these works of art throughout the house will help to remind everyone in the family of what they were thankful for and possibly remind them of something they are thankful for that day. Another way of practicing gratitude is to keep a gratitude journal. Sharing these journals with each other each week may bring a lot of positivity, bonding, and feelings of love into your family dynamic. Expressing gratitude makes people feel they are not alone, that they are loved and appreciated, and it ultimately gives them hope. Recently, researchers have shown that expressing gratitude is associated with increases in health (ex. more exercise, better sleep, less aches and pains), positivity, and better social relationships.

4.) Be proactive, not reactive.

Being proactive rather than reactive means setting into motion routines that promote decreased stress and increased positivity in your home. This will help to prevent blow outs and problem behaviors that come with an absence of these routines. Here are a few of the elements you should think about incorporating into your family’s routine if you haven’t already done so:

Exercise: According to the Harvard School of Public Health, children and adolescents should get at least 1 hour of physical activity each day. Adults need at least 30 minutes of exercise each day to see health benefits. Just taking a brisk 30 minute walk each day can help boost your endorphins (your feel good neurotransmitters), increase optimism, improve your overall mood, and decrease stress and symptoms of depression.

Sleep: Recent studies suggest that children should get 9-11 hours of sleep each night, while adults should get 7-8 hours of sleep. For most of us, the benefits of getting ample sleep are pretty obvious. In a nut shell, a lack of sleep can make people less aware when driving with a slower reaction time, easier to upset, worse at making judgements of any kind, and more anxious. Here are a list of don’ts when trying to achieve a better nights sleep: do not drink caffeinated beverages in the afternoon, do not take naps, do not drink alcohol, do not think about stressful events or obligations before bed, do not have technological devices on near where you sleep, do not have loud noises on when sleeping, do not eat right before sleeping, do not go to bed angry, and do not perform work where you sleep.

Here are a list of dos that will help you achieve a better night’s sleep: do write positive thoughts down in a journal before sleeping, do listen to calming music before sleeping, do meditate in silence before sleeping, do repeat a positive affirmation while trying to fall asleep, do drink decaffeinated hot beverages such as chamomile or lavender tea, do express love and gratitude to your family before going to sleep, do use relaxing aromatherapy in the room where you sleep, and do block out all light.

Prepare healthy meals: Eating healthy can mean different things to different people. Some research has suggested that high intake of carbohydrates, food dyes, and preservatives is associated with increased attention deficits in children. Furthermore, foods with processed sugars will cause spikes and falls in blood sugar which will in turn cause rises and falls in mood for children and adults. Fruits and vegetables come equipped with nutrients that strengthen our cells ability to repair our bodies and can greatly stabilize and increase our moods. It’s always a good idea to eat healthy because really, you are what you eat.

Humor: According to the Mayo Clinic staff, laughter can stimulate organs and it “enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air, stimulates your heart, lungs and muscles, and increases the endorphins that are released by your brain.” Laughter can relieve stress, soothe tension in your body, improve the immune system, relieve pain, increase feelings of satisfaction, and improve your mood. With all these immediate benefits building up over time, researchers have shown that laughter can actually increase your life span! Thus, always try to bring humor and laughter into your home.

Safe spaces: Create safe spaces in your home for yourself and your children. Every person has boundaries that must be respected, and we all need a place we can go to calm down and find our center. Without this children may not learn the basic skills needed to self soothe in times of conflict. It’s important that we go to our safe space to make sense of things and regain control of our emotions so that positive and constructive brainstorming and problem solving is possible. Children who have their own rooms should be able to call their room a safe space. Never use sending children to their room as a punishment. Let their room always be associated with creativity, self reflection, and happy feelings.

Time outs: Parents need to learn when to give themselves a time out and children should learn this as well. Time outs should not be seen as punishment but a time of freedom from the problem at hand to reboot.

5.) Reach out for support.

We are social animals and we cannot do this thing called living on our own. In hard times, find a support group in your area that deals with the problem you are facing. You will find that your depression and anxiety might lift once you realize you are not alone and once you start learning new coping skills. Here are a short list of support groups that may be in your area:

Co-Dependents Anonymous

National Alliance on Mental Illness

AL-ANON- for families dealing with alcoholics

Alcoholics Anonymous

Self Help Systems

Good luck on your journey towards a stronger family!
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

sleep meditation Educated Psychic – I Have Your Number

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

loving kindness meditation | meditation brain
Tell me your date of birth, and I will tell you your number. Your Life Number according to the metaphysical art of Numerology. I like to do a bit of birth date numerology as a warm-up to a psychic consultation. A secondary benefit is that once the client begins saying, yes, that is true! her non-conscious store-house of information flies open. Then it is easy for me and my inner plane workers to read her. Or him. I like to note that over the years I have attracted more males for psychic readings than one might expect. I’d say a third or more have been men. And yes, “Real Men”.

Simply add the numbers of your date of birth, reduce to a single digit, except in the cases of Master Numbers 11 and 22, and you have your Life Number. Realize that in my unique system of reading birth dates, patterns within the birth date, as well as intuitive impressions, may color the meanings of the overall Life Number. But in general, here is what the basic numbers ONE THROUGH NINE can mean, in the potential. The choices you make and the actions you take determine how, both positively and negatively, your numbers mean. Yes, in the potential, every number has an upside, and, a downside.

Say your Life Number is ONE. You could be self-directing, independent, individualistic and strong, OR, you might be overbearing, arrogant and egotistical, or pushy. The ONE reflects the creative, the inner masculine principle. If you don’t know which, look to feedback people give you.

If you are a TWO, you may be receptive, kind and warm. A compassionate person and a good listener. Certainly introspective, but perhaps unfortunately a brooder. Or, you may like playing the doormat for some brute, or be an anal retentive jerk. The TWO reflects the inner feminine principle of receptivity, and is often quite psychic.

The THREE person is usually artistic, not autistic, and a good communicator. Music and Art appeals. And is often a harmonizer, a peace-maker. On the downside, the THREE may be a procrastinator, a do-nothing, one who can never decide anything. On the one hand, but on the other hand, ad infinitum.

The FOUR is often karmically afflicted. FOURs usually suffer a difficult life. They have much to overcome. They can be plodders or good steady workers. They are either very stable, or wobbly on their fours like old table legs. FOUR seeks security in all things, and may find it difficult to find the humor. The word is dour.

The FIVE, on the other hand, is usually outgoing, charming and humorous and may talk a blue streak. They love change, song and dance and sex. They are fun to be around, unless you are a FOUR. FIVEs, however, can fritter away good energy on the meaningless. They may seem to be going in all directions at the same time and cannot focus. But, they are lovable never-the-less.

SIXES are the serious ones. They seek solid meaning and purpose in their lives. They make good counselors, doctors and nurses. They are the helpers, and marriage and positive partnerships mean a great deal to them. On the down side, a SIX may intend to roll the rock but instead sit upon it contemplating what might have been, yet longing for meaning. SIXES must learn to risk.

The SEVEN is the contemplative one, very inner-oriented and psychic, given to meditation and introspection and writing. The SEVEN is good at analysis, and over time becomes very learned and wise. But when afflicted, the SEVEN is moody and a depressive. And can be unknowable and withdrawn. Actually, the SEVEN is the MOST INCLUSIVE NUMBER of the nine. It may run the range from saint to sinner. Alcohol and drugs are often a problem with the afflicted SEVENs.

EIGHTs are the business folk. The money-makers. They love to wheel and deal and are good at it. The material world is their home. Money, power, position all appeals to the EIGHT. On the downside, the EIGHT maybe not remember to take care of his and her spiritual nature in the interest of materialistic pursuits. After all, they are PRACTICAL PEOPLE, not dreamers like the SEVENS.

NINEs can be very hard to get to know. Being standoffish is their down side. But, the NINEs are often intellectual and brilliant. They can think in the abstract. Aloof, they find themselves alone and misunderstood. Idealism is their forte’. NINEs and FIVEs would not likely understand each other.

OF THE TWO MASTER NUMBERS, ELEVENs are like super-SEVENs, and TWENTY-TWOs are like super EIGHTs on speed. ELEVENs are psychic and spiritual, TWENTY-TWOs are said to be the Master Builders, and their success often comes later in life.

These are but a few of my playful suggestions about the meanings of the 9 plus two Master Numbers. Variations and combinations are endless, and must be sorted out in order to get a true numerological profile of any person. But, as in all studies, we have to start someplace. And the beginning is usually the best.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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Here are a few scenarios:

You’ve planned the vacation and are looking forward to a little R&R. Maybe it is time with the family, perhaps a family reunion. Reunion family members may bring with them cases of beer and a penchant for daylong happy hours. Perhaps some of the family members are difficult to get along with, or have issues with each other. Your vacation may entail meeting up with old friends, or planning a cruise, or a trip to a known “fun spot” or resort. Vacation settings usually offer plenty of opportunities to drink, and some locations may rekindle barhopping memories. Remember the drinking pal(s) from high school? They may be eager to pick up where everyone left off at the class reunion.

Should you avoid the above vacation situations? It depends. A person’s choice not to drink alcohol is generally respected, and you can always accept a nonalcoholic drink at a gathering. If a family reunion includes a heavy emphasis on booze, don’t feel pressured to attend. You can start your own traditions with people of your choice. Catching up with old drinking buddies poses very real triggers, so if you attend a class reunion, don’t consider going off to the familiar drinking holes.

Cruise ships have many bar options, but most large ships also offer recovery support meetings daily, and lots of activities and shore trips. There are also sober cruises available for those who prefer an entirely sober environment. It is always a good idea to travel with supportive people, if not those in recovery themselves, whether it’s a cruise, a road trip, a week in Mexico or camping in a national park.

Sometimes the best vacations are those that tap directly into your passions. Do you like to paint landscapes? How about a watercolor workshop in a beautiful location? There are numerous specific-interest vacations from high adventure to volunteerism.

When planning a sober and safe vacation, understand the environment and locations you’ll be in, what activities are available, who will be there and how you plan to actively work your recovery program. Don’t be afraid to ask for support. Understand what your stressors are, too. Try not to take on the responsibility for everyone’s good time.

Identify triggers that lead to relapse

Since alcoholism is a chronic disease, taking one little drink or two on vacation is never a viable option. What stresses will you likely encounter and what are your healthy coping strategies? Plan ways to de-stress and get away from the crowd if you need to. Bring music you like and books you are likely to enjoy. Some people quell anxiety with hand held electronic games or brain game books. If the sight of a Margaritaville bar stirs up yearnings, remember what the spiral downward from fun was like, and keep a handle on that reality.

More vacation survival tips:

oPlan activities as well as down time for yourself.

oFind out what exercise facilities or walking/biking paths, golf, tennis or other sports opportunities are nearby.

oGet rest: emotions tend to run high when people are exhausted, so plan on getting adequate rest and sleep.

oFind out where recovery support meeting locations are and plan to attend.

oMaintain healthy eating habits during the vacation, even if your routine is totally different.

oKeep vacation expectations realistic.

oDevelop a vacation budget you can live with and stick with it.

oIf you are used to practicing daily meditations or yoga, plan to fit that in.

oEnjoy the moment.

Realistic expectations of a vacation may include spending quality time with people you want to be with, relaxing and recharging, and experiencing enjoyable activities, from exhilarating adventure to gardening or visiting an aquarium. In our society, overstressed and sometimes overworked people often expect that a week on the beach will make up for a year of pressure. Learning how to live in the moment as a way of life, and to nurture hobbies, interests and relationships all year is spirit enhancing, too.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

Brainwave Entrainment Download Binaural Beats MP3s For Recharging Your Brain on the Go

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These beats are used as meditation aids that encourage the human brain to move to a lower brain wave frequency where alpha waves can begin to produce healing effects on the mind and body. The beats are a combination of oral or visual stimuli that shift brainwaves from beta to alpha and up to gamma.

They are the beat created by using two different sounds mixed together. basically the sound between the beats is the binaural beat. Over headphones a different and unique beat is heard by each ear.

The sound of each recording has to be at a specific level in order for the human ear to discern the beat created by the two different sounds. This frequency between the two tones is supposed to somewhere in the middle of 1000 to 1500 hertz and the sound between the two can’t differ by more than 30 hertz.

Using binaural sounds to reach the beta level will increase concentration and analytical thinking. Moving into the alpha wavelength drowsiness and relaxation. Delta waves are associated with dreams meditation and R.E.M. sleep.

Listening to binaural beats is easier than you think. A quick search for mp3 files turns up many results offering free mp3 downloads. A visit to itunes or a specialist site will turn up further recordings.

Those interested in using binaural beats to heighten awareness and improve well being may be able to obtain these recordings from their physician. Be careful of buying MP3 binaural beats from self proclaimed authorities on altered consciousness and meditation. Most of the beats can be found free of charge with the right research.
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? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

This ?requency 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 ?ntrain?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, ?ind-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? starting position, entrainment can be rather ?it and miss?

If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you?e 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? strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.

Brainwave Entrainment It’s Your Brain – Are You Protecting it?

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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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Protecting your brain is an extremely important component of optimum brain fitness. Damage can occur in a variety of ways including obvious ones like accidents and illness. But be wary of those cleaning products and even cosmetics that we expose ourselves and our children to on a routine basis. Just think how your bathroom smells after a shower or a cleaning. Many of those fragrances and chemicals act as neurotoxins to our brain. One author calls this ‘chemical brain injury’.

Do WHATEVER YOU CAN TO AVOID the following threats to your brain.

– Physical trauma. This occurs when you hit your head. Usually we don’t consider a hit on the head as that big a deal. But the brain is floating inside the skull. When you hit your head your brain smashes up against the other side of the skull and then bounces back and hits the same side as the original hit occurred. We typically discount it unless there was evidence of a concussion. And even then, not much is done to treat the injury. My work with Neurofeedback where we look at and correct the electrical function of the brain has taught me that even a seemingly minor hit on the head can effect how the brain functions for many years.

Therefore, ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET when you or your child is biking, skiing, skateboarding, or four wheeling. Protect your head from accidental head injury. I know a man whose front fork of his bicycle broke as he was flying down a hill. He fell on the front part of his head and his face. His face was covered with road burn and subsequent stitches, scabs, and scars. Thankfully he was wearing a helmet which took the brunt of the impact to his head. He didn’t even have a headache. The helmet cracked, but without it, his skull would probably have been fractured.

ALWAYS wear a SEAT BELT when driving or riding in a car. One of my clients was in a car accident. He was not wearing a seat belt and suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma for four months. Eventually he awoke but had numerous severe deficits due to the brain injury. He will suffer the effects of this injury for the rest of his life and probably never be able to hold a job or support himself. The seat belt might have prevented this.

– Emotional trauma and STRESS. Chronic emotional trauma and stress can damage the brain over time. Chronic stress impacts our concentration, cognitive function and memory, mood, and sleep. Therefore it is extremely important to learn and use stress management skills, and to learn to regulate our emotional response to stress. Make sure you give this a priority.

– Toxic Exposure. Toxic exposure may not be what you think. Yes, there are obvious toxic exposures such as industrial chemical spills and such. But a significant source of toxic exposures may include many medications, caffeine, alcohol, pesticides, environmental toxins, cleaning chemicals, and cosmetics. Thin out the number of cleaning chemicals you use in your home and use natural, non-toxic alternatives. Limit the use of products with fragrances which can often act as neurotoxins. Eat organic foods to limit exposure to pesticides and other toxins present in non-organic foods. You get the idea.

– Sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is often considered to be present when a person regularly gets less than 7 hours per night for most people. This varies from person to person. One study showed that people who regularly get 6 hours per night function as poorly as those who have been awake for 24 hours in a row.

Think about how much sleep you get on a consistent basis. Too little sleep impairs memory, concentration, and learning. It also increases irritability and anxiety. It slows the brain down and the Electroencephalograph (EEG) actually shows more sleep brainwaves (delta) in the awake brain of a person with less sleep.

Please protect your brain. You will be glad you did.
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? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

Brainwave Entrainment How to Get the Mind of a Zen Buddhist Monk

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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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It has been 8 weeks since I started Bill Harris’ Holosync Awakening Prologue. And I must say that I have been pleasantly surprised by the results. I was not looking for gut-wrenching changes in my personality. After all I am, on the whole, quite even in temperament. Like most folks, I am happy, confident and secure most of the time.

What attracted me to Bill Harris’ program initially was the fact that his promises did not carry the usual sales pitch. He did not promise that all your dreams would materialize with the use of his product. Nor did he say that you would become infinitely wealthy or successful or that all your desires would be made manifest. What he did promise was that

a) you would become more happy, more tranquil;

b) you would improve your brain power–increase in learning ability, memory, intuition, creativity and concentration;

c) you would experience remarkable improvement in spiritual and emotional health;

d) you would ( if you follow through with the 12 levels of the program until the end) develop the brain state of a Zen Buddhist monk.

It was this last promise–that I can have the mind and brain state of a Zen Buddhist monk– that really intrigued me. So I ordered the initial program–the Awakening Prologue online.

So far, 8 weeks into the program ( meditating 1 hour a day with Holosync), I have noticed

a)a remarkable ability on my part to focus on my work( writing),

b)increased creativity and productivity,

c)a deep, deep sense of happiness that wells up several times during the course of the day.

But what has been for me the most profound change is the ease with which I seem to enter a meta-consciousness, an “other” me looking at myself and all that happens to me in a detached, witnessing manner. It’s as though I am able to enter an altered state that prevents me from judging or reacting with blind emotions. I am watching my response( whether it be joy, anger, annoyance) as though it were someone else’s, another reality, not mine. And the benefit of this detachment is the ability not to be aroused unnecessarily by circumstance.

Well, you are probably wondering, what is Holosync and how does it work?

In its simplest form, Holosync is meditation through neurotechnology. It is based on the work of Dr. Gerald Oster whose research into the effects of sound waves on brain wave patterns led to his use of sound to create desired electrical patterns in the brain, including those of a Zen Buddhist monk who has been meditating for over 20 years. Studies have shown that these monks have unusually balanced and synchronized whole brains, developed through years of focusing by repeating a prayer or mantra. The repetitive practice of meditation has created new neural pathways in their brains allowing them to experience the ineffable sense of oneness and connectedness so typical of spiritual experiences.

Instead of merely duplicating these brain wave patterns, Harris chose to view the entire Holosync meditation process as evolutionary which means that the brain is pushed by progressively stronger stimulus to develop new structures and new thresholds. And it is this search for stronger stimulus that led Harris to the use of progressively lower frequency carriers to push the brain to higher levels of organization.

Using the analogy of a runner, Harris explains the uniqueness of his meditation process in this way:

“Once the brain finished creating the pathways needed to handle the first set of frequencies we originally gave it, evolution would stop. We would be like a runner who could never increase his run to two, three or more miles.

“In terms of the running analogy I’ve used, lowering the carrier frequency is like adding more miles to your run. On the other hand, the meditative brainwave pattern caused by the beat frequency the brain creates in reconciling the Holosync tones corresponds to how fast you run. Slowing the brain wave from beta to alpha to theta to delta is like running increasingly faster. By allowing us to run faster and farther, carrier frequency allowed us to really push the brain to change.”

The technology behind Holosync is part of a new revolution in neuroscience which sees brain wave entrainment as a means to enhanced brain power, health and longevity. Research now shows that the endorphins released when the brain is exposed to alpha and theta binaural beat patterns enhance many mental functions such as learning and memory. A recent study by Dr. Vincent Giampapa M.D. revealed that placing a listener in the various brain wave patterns using Holosync audio technology dramatically affects three hormones related to longevity and well-being. He found the following changes in levels of melatonin, DHEA and cortisol in 19 users of Holosync listening 4 hours a day over a 3 day period:

a)Over 68% had increases in DHEA ( the hormone that acts as a buffer against stress and aging) levels with an average increase of 43.77%.

b)Cortisol, the stress hormone, was down an average of 46.47%, with positive changes in 68% of the people.

c)Levels of melatonin, the hormone associated with restful sleep, increased an average of 97.77% with positive changes detected in over 73% of the participants.

The entire process of moving through the 12 levels of Holosync would take 7 years. This is really quite encouraging considering that a normal Buddhist monk would take 20 years or more of intense meditation to arrive at this level. For me, the die is cast. I am committed to the entire program; even the 7 year engagement is seductive because it tells me that this is not a simple exercise in magic, but a lifelong commitment to mind and spiritual development.

Copyright 2006 Mary Desaulniers
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? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

Brainwave Entrainment Signs Your Brain Is Stressed Out – Brainwave Entrainment Can Relieve Stress

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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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There is plenty written about the physical signs of stress. If you have continuous high levels of stress, you are putting your body at risk for a whole host of physical ailments like, cardiovascular disease, cancer, gastrointestinal problems, illness, infections, and much more.

The body is not the only thing about you that shows the signs of having too much stress.

Your brain can give you signs that it is feeling overwrought, too.

Signs Your Brain Is Stressed

Forgetfulness-you forget everything lately, like where you put your keys, and if you paid the utility bill.
Preoccupation-you never seem to be really there, not even for yourself.
Attention deficit-again, you can’t seem to pay attention to something for very long before you’re off doing something else. That means you don’t finish what you’re doing.
Disorganization of thought-you are all over the place with your thoughts.
Daydream-your fantasy life is way too prominent in your thoughts.
Blurred vision-there seems to be some interference between what your eyes see and what the brain sees.
Lack of attention to detail-you don’t do a very good job anymore. You used to make sure every detail was seen to. Now, not so much.
Decreased coordination-clumsy is another word for this symptom. You drop things, trip over things, and run into the wall…, way too much.
Low self-esteem-you don’t think too highly of yourself these days.
Looking at the past-you are not in the now, or even in the future. Your head is thinking about the past, all the time.
Reduced creativity-you can’t even create a sandwich. You can’t decide what to put in it.
Can’t judge distance-you probably shouldn’t drive for a while.
Lazy-you can’t seem to get things done and you sure as heck won’t start something new.
Life sucks-you can’t seem to see the purpose of life anymore.
Always putting yourself down-you are your worst enemy.
Can’t concentrate-you can’t even read a recipe right, and you certainly can’t figure out your bank statement.
Not so smart-you have trouble even helping your grade one son do his math.
Headache-your head just plain hurts.

If you have any of these signs, there’s a good chance that your brain is trying to tell you that it is being attacked by the effects of high stress too, just like your emotions, and your body.

Brainwave entrainment is a clinically proven technology that can change all of that. Specially designed recordings stimulate the brain to follow a precise frequency pattern, with the intention of altering its state of mind and giving it a break.

Entrainment can shut off the overproduction of stress hormones that are dulling the brain, and stimulates good feeling chemicals that make you feel, and think better.

Don’t wait for your brain to raise the white flag….give it some stress relief the easy way.
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? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.