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meditation music Blocked About Meditation? Part 1 of 2

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.

binaural beats hypnosis | meditation centre
The benefits of meditation are clear and have been proven scientifically. Individuals who meditate regularly experience enhanced creativity and brain function, reduced stress, improved physical health and personal/social relationships, and a more developed sense of spirituality. But just because you may be aware of the benefits of this age-old practice doesn’t mean you feel inspired (or even competent) enough to practice it regularly.

For years, I resisted meditation. In fact, I can recall a time when I told a friend, “I’m just going to be quiet for a little while to clear my mind,” to which she responded, “Oh, you’re going to meditate?” and I was quick to correct her “No, no! I’m not going to meditate! I’m just going to be still for a little while.” I had a lot of hang-ups around it, so I couldn’t get myself to really embrace meditation, or at least what I understood meditation to mean.

Sometimes, when we hear the word “meditation” we imagine someone sitting in lotus pose, chanting “om” and keeping the mind devoid of all thought. If you have an active mind like me, that form of meditation can be challenging and even a bit frustrating. Fortunately, there are many forms of meditation and when you find the method that resonates with you, you can quickly discover that meditation is not only easy, it’s fun and delightful.

Personally, I prefer meditation that gives my mind something relaxing to do, or at the very least, gives it the freedom to roam and wander.

Practicing “mindfulness” is an active form of meditation, during which you are meditating while performing tasks that are necessary (albeit boring). For example, you can practice being mindful as you wash or rinse dishes, fold laundry, prepare a meal, eat, shower, etc.

Be Mindful During the Mundane

Have you ever heard this quote? “Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water.” One of the things I enjoy about the show “Survivor” is the fact that even though they are playing a game for a million dollars, which means they must be constantly alert and aware of strategy and the social element of the game; even though they are tired and weary from a lack of food and rest, they still must fetch water and tend to the fire and cook their meager daily allotment of rice. In my mind, it keeps a certain “real” element to the reality show.

Even in our modern technology-driven lifestyles, we must shop for food, consume meals, clean our clothing, and tend to our homes. But so often, our minds are elsewhere during these processes. We’re distracted by yakking on the phone, texting, thinking of what we must do next, watching television or listening to talk radio or music, etc.

What if you simply practiced being mindful during these mundane daily tasks?

Since I began the practice of “being mindful during the mundane,” some of my most profitable ideas have come to me while I folded laundry or showered. My intellect takes a break as I focus on the virtually mindless task at hand. While folding laundry, I notice the feel of each piece of fabric in my hand, and I notice any stray threads (without feeling the need to trim or snip them). I let thoughts come and go (perhaps musing how the children have grown, or how the middle one is now wearing the oldest one’s favorite outfits, or recalling assorted memories) and I have no agenda. During this time of mindfulness, I don’t talk on the phone, I don’t text, I don’t think about what I have to do next, I don’t fly through it and do a half-ass job, I just sit and fold or hang the laundry.

And because my mind is at rest during this, wonderful ideas will often pop in most unexpectedly. And as a result, I find laundry folding to be relaxing and therapeutic, as opposed to a dreaded weekly burden.

What tasks must you tend to today, that you could actively choose to perform more mindfully?

If mindfulness during the mundane isn’t your cup of tea, be sure to read part two of this article series to discover two other methods of alternative meditation.
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.

relaxing music Five Tips to Help With Menopause and Insomnia

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.

best meditation sounds | monaural beats
Hormones! Who needs ’em? Well, evidently, women who want to sleep through the night need them, at least in moderation. If you’re suffering from insomnia and are also in menopause, you’re not alone. Hormone fluctuations in the body of a woman in menopause can contribute to insomnia.

If you’re suffering from insomnia related to menopause and are looking for relief, it helps to know WHY you’re not sleeping. You need to look at the underlying issues to determine why you’re not sleeping.

I’ll bet that one of the main culprits is the lovely hot flash. As adrenaline courses through our bodies, we break out in sweat. We often awake when the adrenaline rush hits our brain (or when the sheets are too wet – whichever occurs first!). And after you are awake, with a racing brain, it’s hard to calm down enough to go to sleep. You end up lying in bed, staring at the clock, wishing you could just get enough sleep to get through your day tomorrow.

And even if you’re not experiencing hot flashes, you still may not be immune to the side effects of menopause and insomnia. Women who are experiencing insomnia are often worried about “the change”. Pair that with a constant jumble of thoughts from an overactive mind – a lethal combination when you’re seeking a restful sleep.

Some tips for overcoming your menopause related insomnia:

If your problem is with night sweats:

1) Be sure to keep soft, light layers on your bed. If you’re too hot and have to throw off a heavy cover, you’ll wake up. Try covering up with a sheet, a light blanket and then maybe a light throw.

If your mind is racing and you can’t calm down enough to fall asleep again:

2) Keep a radio at your table with soft music available to calm your mind. Don’t watch TV in bed – it stimulates your mind and provides distracting light in the room.

3) Worried you’ll wake your spouse? Relaxation techniques can be done quietly and without getting up out of bed.

And if you think you’re experiencing anxiety or stress due to menopause and insomnia, try these techniques to ease your mind at night:

4) If you don’t already exercise during the day, start now. Exercise is known to wear out your body but it is also a great stress reliever.

5) Yoga is a wonderful form of exercise for women of all ages, and you will learn some great poses to use for relaxation at night.

To learn more about Natural Remedies for Insomnia, Meditation for Insomnia and how to overcome your menopause and insomnia, visit us at http://www.insomniasymptoms.com.
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 4 Tips to Increase Brain Power

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.

gamma waves meditation | meditation music mp3 download
Many people work very hard to develop their physical bodies – they eat a healthy, balanced diet, lift weights and get plenty of cardio. Unfortunately, not nearly as many people actively work to develop their mental power. The good news is that no matter how old or young someone is, they can take specific actions to improve and increase their brain power and their ability to recall facts or process information more rapidly.

Here are 4 tips that you can start to use today to begin “working out” your brain and increasing your mental sharpness:

1. Regularly Exercise Your Brain – Just like your muscles need to be challenged in order to develop and grow stronger, so does your brain! There are many fun and challenging games available in traditional formats as well as available on gaming consoles or smart phones. Play games like chess, Scrabble, Sudoku or crossword puzzles on a regular basis and you will be challenging your brain to discover strategies and solutions. Not only will your brain benefit from this “workout” but you can also spend some quality time with a friend or family member as your opponent. If you do not regularly challenge your mind, it will eventually stagnate and become dull. Think of your brain as a high performance automobile. If you had a Ferrari in your garage, would you take it out to see what it can do, or would you keep in behind the closed garage door to rust away? You’d take that baby out and see what she’s got, right? Your brain is the same…take it out for a road test on a regular basis or it will slowly rust and decay.

2. Limit Your Stress – I know this is easier said than done as we all live pretty stressful lives. The point is to proactively manage stress so that it does not eventually cause mental damage. You may consider scheduling a massage on a regular basis, taking up yoga or meditation, making sure you use all of your vacation days or even consider scheduling a regular time to meet with a therapist. There are many very useful, affordable and healthy resources available to you to better manage the stress that is in your life.

3. Supplement with Gingko Biloba – Gingko Biloba has been shown to improve brain and memory function in healthy people. Basically, this Chinese herb encourages additional blood flow to your brain. You can find Gingko Biloba at just about any health food store, but like any supplement or medication, consult with your doctor before beginning use. People with high blood pressure, clotting problems, pregnant women or people on antidepressants have been known to have adverse affects, so proceed with caution.

4. Get Creative – Most people use the logical part of their brains much more than the creative parts. This is mainly due to demands from work and our environments, but everyone has a creative part, even if it is underutilized. Sign up for art classes, music lessons or even a creative writing workshop. You can find many options by searching online or looking in the classified section of your local newspaper. You can also check at local community colleges as many will offer these kinds of classes at very reasonable prices. The goal here is to create opportunities for you to engage and exercise the creative part of your brain. Your mind will have to work hard outside of what it is used to find ways for you to express yourself through these creative mediums. You might just find a new hobby that you really enjoy as well.
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.

Brainwave Entrainment Brainwave Entrainment – The Natural Thing To Do?

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.
beta brain waves | music for sleeping and deep relaxation
Brainwave Entrainment has been becoming more and more popular as a method to alter states of consciousness and change lives. Many are using it to achieve certain mental states that correspond to certain behaviours. Binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones are the sources of sound used in brainwave entrainment.

With the increasing popularity, some have asked: “Is it natural (and therefore safe) to change your inner brainwave frequencies using an input from the outside?”

Before I attempt to answer this question and set your mind at ease, let’s examine what is brainwave entrainment based on.

The Nature of Brainwave Entrainment

Brainwave entrainment is based on a natural behaviour of the brain: the tendency of the brain to synchronise its dominant frequency with the frequency of an external stimulus. There’s even a term for this: Frequency Following Response.

For example, when you hear a disco beat, your body tends to move naturally to it. Another instance of this is when the gently dancing flame of a candle evokes in you a sense of peace and inner calmness.

What brainwave entrainment does is to use a more systematic way to sync your brain. Science and technology are once again put at your service, in this case to create the most optimal ways to change your brain frequency quickly. And decades of research have found that binaural beats, monaural beats and isochronic tones are by far the most efficient ways to bring about this brain synchronisation.

In short, instead of letting your brain be influenced by any random stimuli from the outside, very specific audio inputs are used to change your mental state in order to achieve the outcome you desire.

In fact, brainwave synchronisation has a precursor in the natural meditation techniques practised by monks. The objective is the same: to achieve a stillness of mind, a deep inner peace. Only the methodology differs. In this case, brainwave entrainment reaches this objective in a fraction of the time it takes for meditation to achieve the same effect.

Feel The Pulses of Your Neurons

There is another natural behavioural characteristic of the brain that entrainment is based on: the electrical activity generated by its 10 billion neurons. These electrical pulses form brain waves with different frequencies which can be measured using an Electrocardiogram (EEG).

There are four categories of brainwaves ranging from the most active to the most passive states of mind. They are Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta.

Beta waves are the most active brainwaves with frequencies from 13 to 40Hz. They are activated when your mind is actively engaged and alert. They are most conducive to activities requiring concentration.

Alpha waves have slower frequencies of between 8 to 12 Hz. In this state, you’re relaxed and your mind tends to drift. Your mind is relaxed yet aware and imagination and intuitive thinking come naturally.

Theta waves have an even lower frequency of 4 to 8 Hz. They produce a deeper level of relaxation and meditation. In this state, you are daydreaming, feeling sleepy, or in the first stages of sleep.

Right at the bottom are delta waves with frequencies of below 4Hz. That’s the state when you go into a deep, dreamless sleep and wake up totally rejuvenated.

Brainwave entrainment is a safe technology using sound recordings to tune your brainwave frequencies to the different naturally occurring brainwave states. This technology basically works with the natural tendency and characteristic of your brain to help you achieve the result you’ve been searching for.
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.

sleep meditation Advantages of Singing Lessons

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.

meditation chair | walking meditation
There are numerous advantages to taking singing lessons, and they not only include the vocal chords but also your everyday life as well. Singing lessons can be taken to improve your current vocals or to learn a new genre of music, whatever the reason, remember to always choose the best singing lesson option that suits you the most. By choosing the best option, you stand to reap the maximum advantages from it. Listed below are a few advantages of choosing the best option for your singing lessons.

• Learning from a reputed voice coach can not only improve your singing talent but can also make you a better public speaker as you learn on how to control and modulate your voice and how to make inflections in it as well.

• It helps build confidence in yourself and the fear of standing in front of a public and performing reduces greatly. It also teaches you on how to strengthen your lungs so that your voice can be powerful enough to be heard hundreds of feet away.

• You learn very thoroughly about the vocal anatomy and so when you use it you can imagine the way your voice flows through from inside. This improves your imagination and can help in finding out where you went wrong on a particular note and why, this in turn helps in improving your voice as well.

• The lessons include breathing techniques and strict discipline that only helps in vocal training and care but can also be used as a stepping stone to introduce an overall exercise regimen in your day-to-day life with the discipline and determination it requires.

• Singing lessons teach you on how to relax your vocal chords, throat, larynx, etc. It also helps in reducing overall stress and relaxing your whole body in a way similar to meditation.

• Singing lessons also teach you on how to listen properly, many people just hear and not listen, many students are tone deaf and can’t pinpoint exactly which note is going wrong, so singing lessons not only help you use your chords well but also teach you on how to listen properly.

• They also can improve overall stamina and energy levels. It lightens your mood and uplifts your spirits keeping depression at bay.

• It gets your creativity flowing and helps you mix and match your routine thereby making you a better singer.

• Singing can be a sort of therapy as you can sing about your deepest feelings and be emotionally relieved. Lots of well-known singers sing about their broken hearts.
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.

Brainwave Entrainment What’s the Role of Brainwave Entrainment in Self Help?

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.
silent music for meditation | listening meditation
The world of hypnosis and mind control was recently enhanced by what is called brainwave entrainment. This new phenomenon refers to the neural process of stimulating the brain through the senses with the use of sound and light.

Every time the brain is stimulated using the senses, its response is to release an electrical charge that travel through the brain to form a perception of what you see or hear. Brainwave entrainment, which is also called brainwave synchronization, aims to create a specific type of electrical response by stimulating the brain at a particular frequency.

How It Works. The brain is first lulled into a particular frequency, usually one that is lower than the frequency of the brain during the conscious state, then stimulated using a created recording of pulsing beats or tones. What happens is that you get to control the electrical charge the brain responds with, thereby controlling what becomes the person’s thoughts.

To lower the brain’s frequency and stimulate it at that frequency, you need to have an audio specifically created for the purpose. If you are knowledgeable in sound editing, it is easy to make brainwave entrainment audio recording using any sound editing software you use. However, you can also easily purchase some ready made recordings online. In fact, you can choose from audio designed to entrain the brain to a particular brainwave, which can be alpha waves, beta waves, delta waves, or theta waves.

What Can It Do For You? Brainwave entrainment has become quite a phenomenon because of its significant influence on people’s thoughts, which therefore give it an influence over people’s actions, behavior, and life in general. Through this process, you can program your mind to think in a certain way.

That’s why it is widely used in the self help realm. People who want to change their lives have to change their perspectives. After all, like the saying goes, life is what you think it is. And the fastest way to change this without having to talk to a shrink is through self help using brainwave entrainment.

There are now a lot of self help brainwave entrainment products, and a lot of people have enjoyed positive effects from them.

Why It’s Better Than Hypnosis. A lot of experts are now pointing to brainwave entrainment as the newer and more effective self help mind power weapon compared to hypnosis. Entrainment is considered as a more exact science because it has a direct effect on the brain, which manifests in actual and very specific brain responses, making it a more convincing self help tool.

On the other hand, you access that place in your mind but you don’t have any control on where you go next. This is why, when in a state of hypnosis, you can still be influenced by dreams, flashbacks, repressed memories, and so on, which can weaken the positive messages you are sending to the brain.

Also, brainwave entrainment is something you can easily do on your own, so you hold the power of your mind instead of place it in someone else’s hands, while hypnosis often requires another person and can be very hard to learn to do on your own.
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.

brain waves What Everybody Needs To Know About the Law of Attraction

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.

guided meditation for relaxation | relaxing music for adults
I know you are, like most people, somewhat cynical about those who make claims about the Law of Attraction and you should be. With the exception of a few true experts, few people have any REAL insight into what this law is really about. They will try to tell you that there is some simple ‘trick’ or ‘mind hack’ that will instantly change the course of your life. But in truth, you need to make many changes on an energetic level before you will see any real change on a physical level.

That doesn’t mean manifestation has to be really difficult. It means that there are some tried and true techniques that, once you master them, will raise your energy vibration to a level at which manifestation is a whole lot easier. If you have a couple of minutes to spare, I’m happy to let you in on a few of these:

1. Start with what you already have to be grateful for. Always start with gratitude for the things you already have. For some reason, the universe loves people who are grateful. I think it has to do with being open to receiving. Start each day by thinking about what you are grateful for.

But what if I don’t have a great life? If you have health or food on the table, money coming in, access to the internet or anything that others may not have, you have something.

2. Formulate good beliefs about the Universe, God, yourself and humanity in general. This may sound a bit deep for most people but you really need to examine your beliefs because they form the basis on which energy flows around you.

How can I change these beliefs into better ones? Did you know that you can actually choose to have better, more universally-aligned beliefs? You do not have to be stuck with the limiting beliefs that have been passed on to you by you society and family. While it is true that changing your beliefs takes a bit of hard work, it is well-worth doing. There are resources such as belief entrainment programs that can help you.

3. Be clear about you intentions as well as your goals 
 Having goals is great but the intention behind them are just as important.
Intentions are the reason behind why you set goals in the first place and are based on how you wish to feel. You may not know this but feeling energy is thousands of times more powerful than thought energy, so when you align feelings with actionable goals, you supercharge your energy.

What if I am not a goal setter? Not many people really are goal setters but when you start with intentions (from a feeling place), the process becomes easier and more enjoyable and the goal becomes more obvious because it will be the one that feels good.

4. Clearly visualize where you want to be. Did you know that the inner mind cannot tell the difference between something that is real and something that is unreal? And, in fact, your super-conscious mind makes no actual distinction. This makes visualization such a powerful tool that needs to be practiced regularly.

Visualization feels weird to me. Is there a way to make it easier? There sure is. Technology is your friend here. Sign up for an Animoto account and make your own little movie with pictures affirmations and music for a simple but effective visualization session.

5. Make meditation a part of your daily life. A famous Law of Attraction expert, Abraham Hicks, once said that meditation was the fastest and easiest way to reach that energy level at which manifestation becomes easier. I agree completely.

Is Meditation Hard? Thanks to the latest binaural beats technology, it is easier than most of you think it is and good meditations are readily available on the internet for free or for a very low price.

6. Ritualize good daily habits. A ritual is something that we don’t think about much. We just do it. This works in manifestation because we don’t want to think too much.

Are you saying that thinking is bad? I’m saying that thinking can lead to resistance from the conscious part of your mind. Unless you are the type of person who is creating positive thoughts all of the time, you are bound to create resistance sometimes. Why not just avoid that by putting positive thoughts and behaviors on autopilot?

These are just some of the tips I can give you here. Obviously there are more, but I don’t have the space to give you all the information you need. But lets get one thing clear. There are no ‘tricks, ‘mind hacks’or ‘secrets’ involved. These are just good common sense techniques that most of us are not used to putting into practise regularly; hence the lack of results.

The real secret (if there ever really was one) is that you need to become aligned with cosmic energy and this is an ongoing process. You can only achieve this by developing the right mindset and good daily habits.
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.

brain waves How to Self Manage Stress

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.

isochronic tones sleep | merkaba meditation
In today’s society practically everyone is under some form of stress or pressure. In some cases it gets so bad that the sufferer has to seek professional medical advice but for most of us we should be able to solve the problem for ourselves.

Stress can be described as an over activity in your brain. It will just not rest and thoughts and worries keep coming to the fore front of your mind. This can interfere with your ability to sleep which means that you start the next day over tired and you have another cause of stress to deal with.

To overcome stress the sufferer must learn to relax and allow the brain to rest. There are many ways to do this and some work better for particular individuals than others. Whichever works for you is fine providing it calms down your chain of thoughts and allows you to get into a relaxed state.

One method which can be effective is the self-hypnosis CDs which are designed to help you rest and relax. Not everyone is happy with hypnosis and will put up a mental barrier which can make the program ineffective. However, if you are prepared to open your mind and allow the auto suggestions to work they can prove very helpful in overcoming stress.

Music can play a large part in reducing stress. There are a considerable number of very relaxing classical music pieces by composers such as Mozart, Greig and Delibes. Simply sitting or lying back and listening to such music can be very calming and stress relieving. If you have some musical talent yourself you may find that actually playing a musical instrument can have the same effect.

Another popular treatment can be to have a body massage or use one of the other relaxing techniques such as Rieki or Shiatsu. These can prove very beneficial but you should go to a trained practitioner initially. Eventually you will no doubt be taught techniques that you can use for yourself in your own home. Many stress sufferers have found that meditation can be a very effective cure for stress related problems.

The techniques are very simple and easy to learn. There are numerous books and CDs which outline various meditation techniques. It could be argued that whether we are stress sufferers of not we should all take some time out of our daily program to meditate. This could well improve the quality of all our lives.

Finally one of the great ways to overcome stress is to take exercise. How intense this exercise should be depends upon your age and level of fitness. However, there seems to be ample proof that giving your body a good workout does relieve tension and stress.

This is by no means a comprehensive list but I hope they give you some ideas how you can overcome that feeling of tension and stress.
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.

Brainwave Entrainment The Signs of Sleep Deprivation

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.
cd meditation | meditation podcast
The signs of sleep deprivation can be obvious, but not all the time, especially to the one suffering from it. The deterioration of long and short term memory are not the least of these, and can actually be among the more far reaching in the effects it can have upon a sufferer’s life. There are also the factors of verbal learning skills, and the effects on the higher reasoning center of the brain which deals with moral fortitude. In cases of substantial sleep deprivation, you may find signs of change if you start to make decisions you might not usually make when it comes to right and wrong, or how far you might bend certain rules you’ve set upon yourself in your personal growth and development.

Some other signs of suffering from the effects of sleep deprivation may include effects on growth and healing. For instance, the strength of the immune system can falter by 25%, meaning that the healing of any injuries or the getting over of colds and flus may take considerably longer, or even become more troublesome. Sleep deprivation has also been found to enhance activity on the Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, while suppressing growth hormones. This part of the brain controls reactions to stress, and also regulates certain bodily functions such as the immune system, mood, digestion, sexual activity, and energy usage. The results supported previous studies, which observed adrenal insufficiency in idiopathic hypersomnia.

If you find that you suffer any signs of sleep deprivation, the best thing to do of course, is to get some quality sleep. Chemical medications do not do well in the long term, and actually cause more deep-rooted damage to healthy sleep habits. The state of the art technique for battling this condition to date, is the use of isochronic pulse therapy. Constantly changing frequencies of subtle pulses in the background of soothing audio tones promote the correct brainwave activities which are the most conducive to natural sleep, giving you the best medicine available – a full session of good night’s sleep.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain? ?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.

brain waves Distance Learning Courses for Yoga Instructor Training

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.

binaural beats relaxation | relaxing piano music
Is distance learning for Yoga instructors a new concept? No, distance learning for Yoga instructors has been around for decades. The concept of training to become a Yoga instructor, by distance learning, is much like working with any university via correspondence, but the efficiency of Yoga teacher training courses has improved with new technology.

Does Yoga teacher training online sound “tacky?” These days, the Internet has managed to become the “ultimate vehicle” for learning anything, including Yoga. It makes perfect sense for Yoga centers, and universities, to use the Internet for teacher / student contact.

Traditional on-site Yoga instructor training programs are much more computerized than they were ten years ago. Many on-site Yoga instructor trainers, and master Yoga teachers, maintain contact, with interns, by Email. This constant dialogue, from teacher to student, and vice versa, is very good for exchanging ideas. It also helps avoid common mistakes in communication.

With technology advancing at a rapid pace, the age of online Yoga teacher training is here. Yoga certification online is usually composed of assignments that can be sent by the intern, to the Yoga instructor school, via Email.

Even the Yoga certification videos, or practical exams, can be sent by interns with video streaming technology. Many Yoga instructor interns may still prefer to send their training assignments back, in the traditional way, by Postal Mail.

Is this the best Yoga certification program? The fact is many people cannot afford to leave their families, and employment, for weeks, or months, at a time. Many Yoga instructors outside of India are female, have children, work a full-time job, maintain a home, and some of these women are going to college at night.

With this in mind, the concept of a distance learning Yoga instructor’s training course, developed for certification, is convenient and affordable. Truthfully, many interns do shop for an affordable certification, to become a teacher of Yoga.

A Yoga teacher certification, in Thailand, may be affordable, but what will the cost of a flight be? Just the cost of travel, by round trip flight, to Thailand or India, could be, “in the neighborhood” of, $3,000 USD, from North America. Compare that to a premium 200-hour, or more, Yoga instructor’s training course and certification, for about $500 USD.

Now you can understand why Yoga instruction, Yoga certification, and Yoga teacher training, packed in a convenient home-study course, is so popular.

This is the 21st century, so Yoga music, Yoga products, Yoga exercise DVD’s, and Yoga teacher certification courses, can be easily shipped to any part of the world.

Even, traditional Yoga meditation is being packaged into a certification course. Is this a good thing for Yoga? The demand for Yoga is global, and technology has found the answer – with Yoga instructor training courses and Yoga certification online.

© Copyright 2006 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications
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.