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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We’re living in a society where people are waking up rushed, eat breakfast in a rush, get their kids fed and to school in a rush, and live the rest of the day in a rush.
No wonder people are so stressed out. The time in the morning to activate inspiration and joy for the day isn’t taken. More and more, people are sinking deeper into a state of trance that creates a snow-ball effect…essentially, things start getting more tense, and you start feeling more and more like you want out.
Does this ring a bell?
The morning is such an important time of day. Did you know that when you wake up in the morning you are in what is called an “Alpha” brainwave state.
So what?
Well, it has been proven through many controlled experiments and is widely known in the NLP and Hypnosis communities that
This means, you could program yourself to reach peak states of personal power and well-being for the day by taking a little time every morning to activate this potential.
It could be as easy as reading for a little while, taking deep breaths, doing some yoga, going for a short walk while listening to inspiring audios…
Whatever you decide, see if you can take some time to activate your potential, activate your empowering resources for the day. And again, the best time to do this kind of work…this self empowerment work…is in the morning.
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.