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Brainwave Entrainment What is “Binaural Brainwave Entrainment” and How Can it Help Me Feel Better?

Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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If you want to change your state of mind in less than 10 minutes, all you need is a pair of headphones! Did you know that just by playing two different (as in not the same note) steady tones, one in each ear, you can change the rhythms of your own brainwaves? “And why would I want to do that?” you may ask. Well let me finish;). Did you know that certain brainwave rhythms, or frequencies, are associated with certain states-of-mind? Ahhh, now I see a spark of understanding starting to flicker in your eyes. YES! Wouldn’t it be wonderful…almost magical…if we could change our states-of-mind in less than 10 minutes by putting headphones on and picking a mood? Why, it sounds almost “Matrix”-like. Welcome to the reality of binaural brainwave entrainment! I know, the term doesn’t exactly trip lightly off the tongue, but it was coined by the neuro-scientists who discovered it. It’s a fancy way of saying “syncing your brain to a beat.”

It doesn’t work if you just pound on your skull with your fist, or listen to rap music, though. The beats needed for this to work have to be set up between your ears. Stay with me for just a bit longer and let me try to explain. If there is a musical note steadily sounding, and then someone starts playing a SECOND note that is just slightly different in tune, you’ll hear a sort of rhythmic “thrumming” sound. Guitar players know this “thrumming,” beating sound very well. It’s one way they can tune their guitar strings. You pluck two neighboring simultaneously, one of them pressed down on, say, the 5th fret. If they are “in tune,” they will sound the same note, and a nice steady tone of both strings ringing will be heard. However, if the open string is slightly out of tune (a little higher or lower in pitch) with the fretted one, you will hear beats. Even if the two notes are only slightly different. That’s how a guitar player knows the strings are out of tune. He then slowly tunes one of the strings until the beats get slower…slower…and eventually go away completely, which is what happens when the two notes are the same.

The interesting thing about this is that the beats are kind of an illusion. If the rhythm of these beats is, say, 10 beats per second, it isn’t because either one of the notes have a rhythm of 10 beats per second! Huh? I know! Freaky-deaky isn’t it? It’s the combination of these two notes that causes our brains to sense thrumming instead of a steady tone. If you ever took wave-mechanics in school, THAT is what we’re talking about. Sound is made of waves in the air. Two slightly different waves in the air will crash into each other, messing with both waves, until the result is something totally different from either original wave. The resulting rhythmic thrumming is known as “binaural beats.”

So like I said, not just any rhythm will work for the mind-altering (ooo THAT sounds fun:)) mojo that IS brainwave entrainment. It’s got to come from binaural beats, which your brain will best “hear” if the two tones needed are played in headphones, one in each ear.

So where in the world do you get such tones? Well, you could make them yourself on your computer (there are some great audio recording sites and tutorials out there to help you brew your own audio). But there are also content providers out there who do this sort of thing for a living.

Here are just a few of the tailored types of programs, using brainwave beats, that you can find out there:

-Tinnitus Relief

-Improve Memory

-Stress Reducer

-Power Nap

Who knew you could use audio…just SOUND…to make you feel better and improve your life?
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain? ?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.

relaxing music How to Live Consciously Every Day

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To me living consciously means to live in a way where you are constantly working on the improvement of yourself and your life on a daily basis. It’s about the conscious pursuit of happiness or fulfillment where a person understands their life is their responsibility.

To live consciously means to avoid falling into a mindset where you merely react to your life situation rather than creating your life situation. It’s about having control over your own mental and emotional state instead of letting the world control you.

Living consciously is about being grateful for the things in your life, having an awareness of your own conscious growth and striving to make every day count. It’s also about understanding the direction you want your life to head in, and working towards making that vision a reality.

The problem is, these things are easier said than done and it’s easy to frequently slip from a place of conscious living to unconscious existing.

Slipping in and out

Once in a while we all have those bad few days… Things just weren’t working out, our plans were falling apart, we got in fights with others, we found ourselves bored or unhappy with whatever’s around us, we don’t even bother to work on future goals or if we do we run into frustrating roadblocks. Then after the few days are over and we’ve somehow snapped out of the funk we look back and realize we had been living totally unconsciously during that time. This is usually when I smack myself in the head and laugh about all the problems I had created for myself.:D

After going through this kind of thing it’s easy to feel like the days were wasted. All too often I would get caught up in the daily life struggles that took up all of my attention and I’d forget about any big picture stuff. It’s all too easy to be unconsciously unhappy about the little things and forget to take a step back and realize how awesome and fortunate my life was. Looking back it’s clearer than ever how living unconsciously just makes everything in your life harder and less enjoyable which in turn only perpetuates things worse.

This really got me thinking about ways to ensure I was living consciously on a day to day basis and ensure I didn’t slip into this mental state.

Striving to live consciously day to day

The key to living consciously from day to day without slipping into an unconscious funk is to form conscious habits, and by habits I don’t mean chores or tasks, I mean routines so deeply engrained they are as natural as brushing your teeth. Habits are formed through repetition and positive reinforcement of emotion behind the repeated actions. I think it was said best by Marci Shimoff in the secret “The only difference between people who live in this way, who live in the magic of life, and those who don’t, is that the people who live in the magic of life have habituated ways of being.”

Waking Up

The most important time of day to build a conscious habit is right when you wake up. How you start your day has a massive effect on how the rest of the day will unfold. Just like how the first song you hear in the morning tends to stick in your head throughout the day, the first thoughts and feeling you hold will remain prominent in your mind. If you start your day un-rested with a blaring alarm clock and a massive dread to get out of bed and head to work your programming your mind for that day to feel negativity and if you head out the door in the morning before doing some sort of conscious activity your setting yourself up for an unconscious reactive day.

Invest in an alarm clock that allows you to play mp3 cd’s and create yourself a disc with some beautiful feel good inspirational tracks. Check out the group Lemon Jelly. Waking up to their song ‘The Staunton Lick’ is almost guaranteed to put you in an amazing mood! Put the alarm on random song and wake up with a different amazing song each day. This will help break the automatic negativity a normal alarm sound makes and takes the randomness of radio out of the equation.

Gratitude

If you want to set yourself up for a highly conscious day the best way to do that is to have your first thoughts be on gratitude. Feeling good about anything in your life that you’re grateful for is the best way to snap yourself out of any kind of morning negativity and appreciate the good things in your life. It doesn’t matter what you’re grateful for as long as you feel good about it, and if the thought that you have nothing to be grateful about pops in your head remind yourself that over 2 billion people in the world are living on less than $2 a day, and the fact that you are even reading this on the computer is something to feel extremely fortunate and grateful about.

Visualization

Another habit to form essential in living a conscious life is the habit of visualization. Visualizing an amazing future scenario is an incredibly powerful way to relieve stress and feel good, it will also contribute to the manifestation of the future-you image, and ensure your life is a progression towards increased happiness and fulfillment rather than a stagnant routine. Create for yourself in your mind a scenario in the future where you are the happiest you have ever been in your life, then make it feel completely real for you. Make it something you feel is possible to work towards and someday achieve but don’t limit yourself because it’s also meant to be the perfect scenario if all of your dreams had come true. Put yourself in the situation and feel it as if it was the present moment and not some distant vision. Enjoy this perfect present moment fully feeling it as 100% real and joyful. Bring as many senses such as sight, smell, and taste into it as possible. Come up with as many details as you wish, and have it cover as many areas of your life as you want. Make the feelings of happiness and joy you get from this image incredibly powerful. If it’s hard to feel extremely joyful when doing this than your not imagining big enough, and you need to visualize a future with even more awesomeness in it. It should be impossible to keep a smile off your face as you do this. If it helps you, you can write out a list of details and descriptions of this future scenario then visualize about it as you read. Listening to inspirational music or being in nature while doing this can increase the feeling of joy tremendously.

Here are a few lines from the visualization I do daily. Realistically I know the dream is still far away as this website is almost brand new, but as I visualize I feel it as if it is completely real here and now in the present and it really excites and motivates me.

I am on a free vacation sponsored by a travel company that I provide advertisement to by blogging about their amazing trip

I’m having a blast blogging about the vacation; I use the word pure bliss many times

I experience an abundance of friendship and positive energy from the other travelers and people outside of the group

I wake up with a smile on my face every single morning, even if I’m hung over from an amazing night of partying

I interview many other travelers and learn things that surprise me in positive ways

I notice while on the internet my readers thanking me for my previous content and it thrills me when they tell me how they have made positive changes in their lives as a result

I connect with the people I meet on this trip on a deep level, many will consider me a friend they want to keep for life

I start a game of Beer-Frisbee and have a blast

I affect the lives of everyone around me in a significant and positive way

People love my lust for adventure, they are inspired by it

I feel pure bliss and ecstasy sitting under the stars at night on a warm beach

I feel an underlying love in everything I do, even the laundry

I encourage people to live with true freedom

I see limitless possibilities for my future

I’m grateful everyday that I accomplished my dream of travelling for a living, every single day

You really only need to visualize this sort of thing for about 5 minutes a day so you’ll never be too pressed for time to make it one of your daily habits. It also makes you feel so good you might find yourself doing it way more often. Feel free to make multiple scenarios for multiple awesome futures and playing a few in your head every day.

Goal Setting

I think it’s pretty crucial for personal development to have a few projects or goals that you work towards in your spare time. Figure out what area of your life you want to improve the most and set some goals in that area. If its financial, set a goal to spend an hour working on another source of income per day, if its relationships set the goal of meeting 1 new person a day or if you’re in a relationship to do 1 extra nice thing for your significant other per day, if its health set the goal to work out at least 3-4 times every week. The more goals you set in the more areas of your life the more consciously you’ll have to pursue and ensure you stick to them. Working on improving specific areas of your life requires focus to keep improving and reflection to see how you’re doing on your path. Both keep you more conscious.

Have Conscious Friends

The way I’m most often snapped out of any unconscious state I’m in is talking to my good friend Matt. We constantly talk about conscious living and other related things and it’s nearly impossible for either of us to walk away from one of our conversations without reflecting on how consciously we are or aren’t living. The more personal development oriented people you surround yourself with the more you’re going to grow as a person and the less often you’ll slip into negative mindsets or routines.

Become Present

Whenever you realize yourself on a bit of an autopilot take a few moments to become full 100% immersed in the present moment. Forget all things related to the past and future and be completely in the ‘now’. Look at everything around you with pure presence and you will notice things that you didn’t before, things will seem more alive and real. Quite often when I’m having an unconscious day ill pass by things without noticing them, my awareness of my surrounding is stifled. The next day with a more present mindset I’ll notice things that I was completely oblivious to before. Even doing mundane tasks like the dishes becomes an interesting meditative practice when you truly clear your mind and focus 100% of your awareness on your actions in the moment. Practicing remaining centered in the present moment is an extremely valuable habit who’s life changing value can only truly be realized by reading ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckart Tolle.

Keep a Journal or Blog

Keeping some kind of journal to force yourself to reflect on your personal thoughts and daily activities forces you to examine the exact habits you have on a day to day basis. It’s quite hard to remain unconscious if you’re actually taking the time to become aware of your thoughts and feelings. A journal or blog is also an awesome way to watch how your life progresses over time and is a great way to track and learn from your conscious growth. A great time to write in your journal and put yourself in a personal reflective conscious state is right before bead as your final mindset for the day will stick in your head as you sleep further reinforcing conscious habits.

Final thoughts

Living consciously is not always a matter of ‘on’ or ‘off’ it’s more of a gradual scale from one degree of consciousness to another. Even if you never find yourself slipping into unconscious mindsets there’s always ways to further increase your level of consciousness by bringing more conscious habits into your daily routine.
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 Anxiety and Stress Relief Can Be Overcome With Music

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Many times an individual can feel completely overwhelmed by the degree of anxiety and stress they are feeling. In this situation it is imperative that the sufferer seek help as this is a condition that can grow like a rust and become quite dominant in an individuals life. Knowing that most forms of anxiety and stress are really very manageable is a great start to finding what is the best way to deal with your particular issues on the matter.

Some of the best methods to dealing with anxiety and stress are a relatively low cost and very effective form of mental calming. There is a method that involves listening to some carefully produced calming music and sounds that affect the brainwaves of the listener. By adding some subliminal beats and sounds to the music it can promote calmness and serenity without the listener being aware of what is happening.

Using music as an emotional stimulant is not new. This has been documented and proven over many decades when it comes to soothing sounds. Babies and in fact animals respond very favorably to soothing sounds and music. At the other end of the spectrum loud and fast music can help to increase the heart rate and cause stress in a listener. When looking for the best anxiety and stress relief for your condition one should try as many different form of relaxation as possible, in order to find the one medium that is suitable to their individual requirements.
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 See Auras Easily With Brainwave Entrainment

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Brainwave entrainment, an audio and/or visual technology that utilizes isochronic tones or binaural beats, will help you raise your vibration, lower your brainwave frequency, until you are in a place that will allow you to see the different colors that surround everyone’s body. The brain entrains or synchronizes with the induced frequency and maintains it for as long as the stimulus is present. A long period, at least twenty minutes, entraining the brain at the proper frequency, will allow you to view an aura.

What is an aura?

The aura is a composition of electromagnetic energy encompassing a variety of different frequencies. This energy is produced by the day to day functioning of the human mind and body. A person’s health, emotions, mental status, as well as disease and illness will be reflected in this “light” layer or layers.

Each living thing has two layers in their aura.

The first layer is the etheric aura. It is about 1/2 inch thick and surrounds the entire body with a pale emanation.

The second layer is the main aura and looks like a bunch of vibrant curvy bands layered together, emitted from the chakras, surrounding the body. They change and expand, shift in colour and are affected by the person’s energy, lifestyle, and nature.

How To See An Aura With Brainwave Entrainment

For the purposes of practice, put a plant (living thing) on a white table at what would be your eye level, against a pale colored wall.
Dim the lights.
Sit in a chair opposite the plant, get comfortable, all distractions like a cell phone, put away.
Choose an entrainment recording specifically made for viewing auras in either isochronic tones (where you don’t need headphones) or binaural beats (where you do.) Turn on recording.
Obviously, you’ll keep your eyes open for this exercise.
To begin with, you must have a strong intention to view an aura so that you send that clear message to your subconscious. Any limiting beliefs about this will have to be removed to successfully influence the subconscious to allow you to have this vision. If you don’t believe it will happen, it won’t.
Actively start to relax your mind. This is the most important step. Let the recording take you to the brainwave frequency necessary to view an aura. Focus on the beats or tones. Quietening the conscious mind will allow subtle perceptions to come to your attention.
Focus on the plant and then move your eyes to either side of it. Observe the plant with your peripheral vision. You should detect a band of light. You are sensing, seeing it’s life force.
As you watch, the aura will expand. As you observe, out of the corner of your eye, the band will start out white and morph into a colour or colours.
You have just viewed an aura.
Next time, practice on a human.

Eventually, after practicing using the brainwave entrainment recording for a few weeks, you’ll be able to automatically access the frequency necessary to allow your mind’s eye to view an aura, whenever and under whatever light conditions you wish.

You are training your eyes to see this energy. Aura colour vision will develop over time. Brainwave entrainment makes it easy to develop this skill.
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.

sleep meditation Keep Your Heart Healthy!

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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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You have heard many of the rules for preventing heart disease – know your cholesterol levels, cut down on saturated fats and eliminate fried foods, exercise, quit smoking if you haven’t already and do anything you can do reduce your stress levels- meditate, do Yoga or take a walk. We need to add one more to the list since the surprising death of Michael Jackson and that is know the medications you may be taking could be harmful to your health.

The endless commercials on TV touting the latest prescription drug for whatever ails you have more side effects that sound worse than what you are dealing with. When the announcer says “Ask your Doctor”, my first thoughts are ask your Doctor what you can do to prevent this from happening in the first place not how can I get on this drug.

Have you given up FAT in favor of more carbohydrates? If so, you may be doing your heart a disservice. For years, heart disease was a “fat” problem. It is not – it is actually a sugar problem. People have been on low-fat diets for the past 30 years and heart disease has increased. Surprised? The explanation lies in what is called Syndrome X – a cluster of 4 factors that include HDL (good) cholesterol, Triglycerides, high blood pressure and obesity. Knowing these 4 factors can reduce or increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes.

It is a condition called “insulin resistance.” Insulin raises blood pressure, triglycerides, and LDL (bad) cholesterol which can lead to diabetes. Diabetes increases your risk for heart disease. Even just a small amount of elevated blood sugar can increase your risk for heart disease.

SOLUTION? Eat reasonable amounts of protein and fat and choose GOOD CARBOHYDRATES like fresh fruit and vegetables which will give you more fiber and antioxidants. Simply going for a walk everyday for 30 minutes lowers blood sugar levels.

Are you eating some good fats? Like olive oil, nuts, seeds, Omega 3’s (essential fatty acids) found in cold-water fish, walnuts and ground flaxseeds. Eating less of these good fats can actually increase your risk for heart disease.

SOLUTION? Get “FAT-FREE” out of your head! Toss walnuts or toasted almonds into your salad at dinner or in your morning oatmeal. Eat salmon or fish whenever possible, grind flaxseeds and add them to your smoothie any time of day. Make your own salad dressing with olive oil, lemon juice, your favorite vinegar and a little sea salt and pepper – herbs are great to add for a new flavor.

Do you have a social support system? Are you married or have a significant other? This plays a huge role in your heart’s health no matter what your age is, if you smoke or drink, or exercise. Having a life partner offers emotional security for both men and women.

SOLUTION? Get out there and join a dinner group, find a church, fitness facility, book club, cycling club, whatever interests you so you are forced to get out of your house.

Do you have a TYPE A personality? There is a strong correlation between stress and heart disease and people with TYPE A personality’s tend to live in a high-stress world. Stress increases Cortisol (stress) hormone and adrenaline levels and this in turn increases the C-Reactive proteins in the body – an inflammatory response throughout the body, in particular the heart.

SOLUTION? Take a break – lose the cell phone, take a yoga class, listen to relaxing music. Take time for yourself – meditate. This will lower your heart rate, cholesterol levels and blood pressure.

Did you eat something GREEN today? I am always asking that of people because they are rich in B-complex vitamins which help to de-stress the body and support the adrenal glands. B vitamins help keep homocysteine levels in check – they are an amino acid formed during normal metabolic processes in the body. If blood levels of this hormone are too high, the result is atherosclerosis and heart disease. B vitamins metabolize homocysteine hormones and by increasing your levels of B-vitamins, you can reduce your risk of heart disease.

SOLUTION? Eat your greens or take a B-complex vitamin supplement daily

Are you a spiritual person? Do you pray everyday? Do you have a strong relationship with God? A strong spiritual connection can help you stay healthy in your heart as well as your mind and body.

SOLUTION? Connect with something greater than yourself. Read the Bible, take a moment everyday to pray and be with God. This will have a calming effect on your body and heart and might be the best part of your day.

If you are a post-menopausal woman, heart disease is a concern for women more than breast cancer because estrogen levels drop dramatically after menopause. Estrogen has a protective effect on the heart so adding SOY protein to your day or ask your OB/GYN about bio-idential or compounded hormones.

SOLUTION? Consider adding CoEnzyme Q10 to your supplement regimen daily – it has a protective effect on the heart and Omega 3’s (fish oil) reduce inflammation.

How is your HDL (good) cholesterol levels? If HDL levels are too low, this puts you at risk for heart disease. Good cholesterol removes damaging cholesterol from the cells and transports it to the liver so it can be removed from the body.

SOLUTION? Increase your activity levels, anything that gets your heart rate up can increase your HDL (good) cholesterol levels.

Keep your heart healthy with these simple steps:

1. Eat from the earth, whole foods as much as possible
2. Drink plenty of water everyday
3. Include walnuts, 1 glass of red wine, ginger, apples, barley, oats, green tea, garlic, beans and olive oil in your diet. 4. Take Omega 3’s (fish oil) and Resveratrol (from red wine) and Co-Enzyme Q10 every day to protect your heart.
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 Looking at the Mind Development Industry

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It has been around for a long time, and for now, we need to take a careful look at it. It uses the whole concept of electromagnetic pulses and how it can actually improve your life as a whole. We really need to look at the definition of what brainwave entrainment is all about, and it has been causing quite a stir in the whole personal development industry. For one thing brainwave entrainment is the use of specific, engineered beats that have been developed in the laboratory for the use to improve the state of the mind.

Of course, this has been engineered from the very fact that the brain uses neurons in specific frequencies at different times of the day. What happens is that the neurons in the brain actually communicate with one another through the whole concept of electromagnetic pulses, which show up as frequency variations on sensitive equipment. One of the things that you need to do is to actually understand that the brain actually exists in certain super states that you can actually induce through the use of the brainwave technology.

One of the things that is interesting about the whole technology is that you are able to find and download the sound files from the internet. Their easy availability on the internet makes it one of the premier consumer personal development technologies that you can use. Brainwave entrainment is something that has really taken over, using super frequency sounds that have been embedded into specific soothing sounds that can be responded to by the cortical of the brain. Brainwave entrainment can induce the various frequencies in the brain that are associated to high level and low level super states, which are very useful for you gaining an edge in life. We can also look at things like hypnotism and subliminal technology as well, although they have not of course reached the kind of penetration that brainwave entrainment has. If you are interested in the whole concept of brainwave entrainment, then you might want to look at the whole issue of the internet and the kind of research that you would be able to do when you are going to find out about how the mind development industry and how much it has progressed for the past few decades. At the end of the day, there are more than enough technologies for you to utilise when thinking about this. So take some time of to think about things through.
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.

relaxing music Life Coaching Tips For Better Sleep

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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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Are you someone who finds it very difficult to fall asleep at night? Then you need not worry as you are not the only one, for there are millions of such people who suffer from sleep deprivation. Life coaches believe that for an individual to function properly in life, it is essential to sleep well and wake up feeling refreshed. However, this may seem easier said than done for many. Sleep problems are caused by many factors, most of which are related to our habits and schedules and therefore the simplest solution for better sleep is to change those habits or schedules that cause the problem.

Here are some important tips to ensure better sleep that from a life coach:

1. Inculcating better habits during the day

Sleep deprivation is largely caused due to unhealthy habits being followed during the day. Life coaching experts believe that if you follow certain practical advice during the day, then it is possible to get better sleep in the night. These include exercising regularly during the day as this helps promote better sleep. Moreover, where possible it is better to avoid napping towards the end of the day as this can disrupt the body’s sleeping pattern. Apart from this, certain changes in lifestyle such as reducing the amount of alcohol or caffeine consumed during the day will help promote better sleep at night.

2. Creating a conducive atmosphere for sleeping

Factors in your bedroom, such as the bed size, its quality, size of the room, ambience in the room, can affect your sleep ability and quality. By making certain minor changes in your room, life coaches believe that it is possible to create an atmosphere that is conducive to sleep. Your bed should be large enough to hold you completely as well as comfortable enough to lull you into a calm sleep. Similarly, the noise levels in the room, if kept low can also help in better sleep. Proper ventilation and darkening of the room also helps. Lastly, many people tend to watch television while in bed, which could lead to a disruption in their quality of sleep.

3. Prepare well for sleeping

Maintaining a proper schedule is advantageous in all aspects of life, be it your career or even your sleeping pattern. Life coaches suggest that those people who maintain regular times for sleeping and waking up are more inclined towards better sleep, than those who follow irregular patterns. Setting a bedtime routine is another simple way to ensure better sleep. Similarly, they also opine that it is best to avoid foods that disrupt your sleep, especially when you are nearing bedtime. Doing some yoga or meditating or listening to some soft music or reading or even having a bath before bed, all help in relaxing the body and induce sleep.

4. Avoid worries and tensions before sleeping

The human mind is filled with worries and stresses about the future, this could be career related, relationship issues and so on. This constant worry leads to lack of sleep. Business coaches suggest that instilling feelings of confidence can actually help overcome such worries. Self confidence will lead to taking action which gives people a sense of being more in control and eventually leads to achievement, which in turn can help to diminish worries. Many life coaches suggest that for better sleep it is important to stop worrying and start taking charge of your life.

5. Awakening in between and getting back to sleep

There are many people who have a tendency to get up in the middle of the night and then have difficulty going back to bed. If this happens, then it is best to stay calm and focussed; if possible, going back to bed and using some relaxing techniques will help soothe your body and make it relax. Most people watch television during such times, without realising that they are actually causing more harm than doing good; it is advisable to avoid such activities, which will cause the mind to become more active than relaxed.

Following the above mentioned techniques on a regular basis, it is possible to induce sleep and ensure proper rest. With better sleep, people tend to find they feel better, are more energised and focused and are able to achieve more with less effort in their day. Although we cannot always have a proper night’s sleep, it is worth making an effort as often as possible to have a very good night’s sleep.

All the best,
Natalie Dee

London Life Coach & Business Coach
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 High Blood Pressure – 12 Dietary and Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Help Lower Yours

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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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High blood pressure is frequently referred to as the silent killer. Many times, individuals fail to realize they have this condition, until it’s too late. But, understand there are lifestyle and dietary changes you can make, to keep you heart-healthy. Here are 12 things you can do to help ensure a healthy cardiac system, and a long life.

1. Stop Smoking

First, stop that pack a day habit. Cigarettes contain nicotine, which causes constriction of your blood vessels, which, subsequently, produces a hypertensive response. By quitting smoking, you can significantly reduce your risk of having a heart attack.

2. Lose Weight

The heavier you are, the more pressure that is exerted on your arterial walls. That’s because more blood is being produced, as the oxygen requirements for your tissues, are increased. Discuss with your physician what you can do to reduce your weight.

3. Include Vital Minerals in Your Diet

Although sodium may be contraindicated for hypertension, two other minerals, magnesium and potassium, are not. A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, found that individuals eating a diet full of mineral-rich, fruits and vegetables, were able to reduce overall blood pressure.

4. Listen to Classical Music

Listening to 30 minutes of classical music daily, combined with slow abdominal breathing, can reduce blood pressure. Also, transcendental meditation may help lower BP levels, as much as taking a second medication, according to a University of Kentucky study.

5. Exercise Regularly

By exercising regularly, you accomplish two things: you lose weight, while lowering your blood pressure. In fact, according to a recent Korean study, walking could be one of the best ways to lower blood pressure, with reductions ranging from 2 to 5 points.

6. Enjoy a Glass of Wine

A recent study from Harvard University, found that drinking a glass of wine each day, can help lower blood pressure in women. It is important to remember, however, to drink in moderation, as too much alcohol, can contribute to other health problems.

7. Cut Back on Salt

Not everyone is affected by sodium, but it can increase blood pressure in some individuals. Try to limit your daily salt intake to 2400 mg or less. Check the labels on food products; don’t add salt to your foods. While some foods are obviously high in sodium, other foods, such as breads and cheeses, may have high levels also.

8. Eat Some Chocolate

For all you chocolate lovers out there, here’s some good news. Eating approximately 1 1/2 ounces of dark chocolate each day can reduce blood pressure levels, approximately three points, according to a recent Yale study. Apparently, the antioxidants in dark chocolate are thought to be the key constituents responsible for lowering BP.

9. Take Coenzyme Q10

There is some evidence that taking Coenzyme Q10, can help reduce blood pressure. In one 12-week trial of individuals with systolic hypertension, participants were able to reduce systolic levels by 17 mm Hg., in the group taking Coenzyme Q10.

10. Take Garlic

Eating Garlic can have a significant impact on your blood pressure. In seven clinical trials involving hypertensive individuals, when they were given garlic, a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic levels was seen.

11. Take Fish Oil Capsules

Taking fish oil capsules may also help lower your blood pressure levels, according to research. One of the components of fish oil, docohexaenoic acid, is thought to be the primary ingredient that lowers blood pressure.

12. Add Hawthorn To Your Diet

Hawthorn is a herb that is often recommended for hypertension. In one English study, 79 individuals with type 2 diabetes, were given either 1200 mg. of Hawthorn extract daily, or placebo. At the studies and, those taking the Hawthorn extract, reported a reduction in their diastolic blood pressures, around 2.6 mm Hg. Unfortunately, there is no magic pill that guarantees you won’t have a heart attack. However, by following these 12 steps, you will certainly reduce the likelihood that this will happen.
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 5 Morning Routines That Will Change Your Life!

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1. Meditation. Morning meditation sets the tone for your entire day. It will help you be more focused, content, and optimistic. Your mind has a predisposition to jump from one thought to another. In Buddhism, this is referred to as “monkey mind.” One benefit of meditation is being able to detach from habitual thought patterns, especially the negative ones. This can help you be in a compassionate, proactive state of being rather than a reactive one. Set aside at least 10 minutes a day first thing in the morning and be ready to face your day with clarity.

2. Get Your Neurons firing. Your morning routine will affect this process greatly. If you are a “snooze button” pro, your mind’s routine will be slow. Fill your morning with stimulation for the brain and get those neurons firing. Add quick tempo, upbeat music to your morning. You neurons love to dance so let them go. I enjoy upbeat classical while I go through my morning. It gets my thought patterns in a positive state, and energizes my body. Try adding in different smells, your brain will associate all sorts of positivity with them. Instead of using an alarm, try setting the coffee maker to begin brewing at a preset time. Even if you don’t drink coffee it can be a wonderful way to wake up. The point is to make the beginning of everyday an experience for your senses.

3. Waking up your body. Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day. It tells your body it’s time to start working. A healthy breakfast improves your level of concentration, and your ability to retain information. It is also shown that people who eat a balanced breakfast are able to maintain a healthy body weight. Consider natural grains, fruits, and proteins low in cholesterol, saturated fats, and rich in vitamins.

4. Getting your mind in a state of Gratitude. During your morning routine begin to list the things you are grateful for that day. It will focus your mind to look throughout your day for the wonders in life. You will rewire your mindset to a state of positivity and begin to help others do the same. This also will reduce the stress levels on your body and improve your overall health and quality of life.

5. Hold yourself to a high level of Achievement. Begin your day with the intent to do your best and achieve greatness. In the first waking moment, before sight, sound or smell, you are capable of anything. Then your “world” rushes in and your routines and patterns start. Having a great morning routine can be helpful, but it is not enough on its own. You must hold yourself accountable to your achievement. Keep a journal with what you are grateful for, and what you hope to accomplish that day, week, month, or year. Start out small and work your way up. You will train your mind to focus on that which aligns most with your passions, and begin to understand what your vision of success will look like.

Using great morning routines will get you positive and charged to go out and create your life of success. Remember that all change happens at many points in your life. First become the person you envision yourself being, and then the life you envision will form around you.
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 How to Cope With Stress at Work – 10 Top Tips

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Stress tends to be caused by a build up of pressure, coping with the pace of life or work, and the daily challenges we face. Like many things in life, stress affects different people in different ways. Some people cope with a range of life’s issues, and others crumble very quickly. If you do suffer from stress, you may feel overwhelmed, anxious, frustrated or exhausted. You may find that little things get you down and have difficulty getting to sleep. But help is at hand. There are some great resources available to you. Let’s start with my top 10 tips to help you to cope with stress at work.

1. Prioritise your work. Although it can seem to take up valuable time, prioritisation is worth it as it will save you time later in the day. Every minute you spend planning can save you 5-10 minutes in actually doing the task. What is the most important thing you need to do and what will be it’s impact?

2. Delegate. Pass responsibility for completing a task or piece of work to another person. It will help them to learn how to do something, and enables you to spend more time on other important parts of your work. Decide what you want to delegate, explain what you want done and the reasons that you need someone’s help, let go of the task and give credit for work that has been successfully completed.

3. Know your limits and if necessary, say no. If you are overloaded with work and someone asks you to do something, you may need to say no (or re-prioritise your work). Find out what is the most important task and focus on this first, and give a date when the other work will be completed.

4. Don’t worry. It is easy to think about the consequences of something happening or not happening. There is little point worrying about the unknown as it will drain your energy and you will become less effective.

5. Take time out. If you are feeling under pressure and need to let off steam, don’t be afraid to take time out. Go for a walk, talk to someone else, or stop what you are doing and take some deep breaths.

6. Choose relaxation technique. There are various techniques you can use to help you to relax. You could try meditation, listening to music, have a massage or even go to the gym. The most important thing is to clear your mind and take a break.

7. Understand what is causing you stress. There are many things in your workplace that may cause you stress, such as poor relationships with your colleagues, lack of support or communication, feeling unvalued, or insecurity surrounding your job. Once you know what is causing you stress, you can take stock, find someone who can help you, and do something about it.

8. Set working boundaries. You don’t have to work all hours even if you have a busy job. Set your working hours and stick to them. Although you may want to work all hours to get things done, you will be more efficient if you take time out too.

9. Look after yourself. It is easier to cope with stress if you manage your work life balance. Take a lunch break and make time to go for a walk to restore your energy. Also, allow yourself time off at the weekend to clear your mind and have fun!

10. Know when to seek help. If you need assistance or advice, ask for it. Don’t suffer in silence. Who can help you and how can they do this?
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.