| Google ?Meditation? and you?ll get literally over 24 | | | | Different types of brainwave entrainment technology |
| million hits. Many people wanting to learn meditation | | | | Although there are more than one type of brainwave |
| give up quickly. There is too much to choose from. | | | | entrainment, they all basically work the same way. The |
| Most of us don?t have the time or energy to spend | | | | most used types are: |
| years learning meditation techniques. By the use of | | | | Binaural beats |
| technology you don?t have to learn any meditation | | | | Monaural beats |
| technique. You still get all the benefits of meditation, but | | | | Isochronic beats |
| much faster. | | | | Hemisync (Hemispheric synchronization, developed by |
| Even if we focus on technological solutions to | | | | the Monroe institute). |
| meditation in our google search (usually sound | | | | You can get these sounds on CD, or MP3 files that |
| technology), we still find a jungle of different companies | | | | you can purchase or download for free on some sites. |
| selling all types of CD?s, MP3?s and devices for | | | | BUT, even if free stuff is nice, there is a reason that |
| meditation, all claiming to be the best. | | | | some are free and some aren?t. Usually the ones you |
| You find hyper expensive meditation programs, CD?s | | | | pay for has a lot more work put into them and works |
| with whale and dolphin sounds, chanting Indians, | | | | a lot better. |
| Mongolian overtone-singing and who knows what else. | | | | Audio-visual brainwave entrainment |
| I?ve been through this jungle and would like to help you | | | | This is also known as AVS. If you synchronize the |
| in your search by narrowing it down from hundreds to | | | | sound pulses with light pulses ? usually in the form of |
| a handful of alternatives that really do work. | | | | strobe light goggles with LED lights ? the effect is |
| Brainwave entrainment and how it works | | | | improved a lot. These devices are known as ?mind |
| Brainwave entrainment technology will help you get the | | | | machines? and there are several to choose from. |
| effects of meditation very fast. To understand what | | | | They are much more expensive than CD?s but in one |
| brainwave entrainment is you first you need to know | | | | machine you can get hundreds or different sessions to |
| roughly how brainwaves work. | | | | choose from. Usually they come with some type of |
| Basically there are 5 groups of brainwave patterns | | | | software that will let you load or create your own new |
| listed by their brainwave frequency range: | | | | sessions to your AVS device. |
| Gamma 28Hz+ | | | | The first AVS devices came with red LED lights. Now |
| Beta 13-28Hz | | | | they come with multi-color LED?s that are able to |
| Alpha 7-13Hz | | | | reproduce any color you can think of. The effects of |
| Theta 4-7Hz | | | | multi-colored lights are not really clear although the |
| Delta 0.5-4Hz | | | | companies selling them claim more colors are better. |
| All brainwaves are present any given moment. Though | | | | The most important thing though is the synchronization |
| some are more dominant depending on what you are | | | | of the light and sound. There?s no real scientific proof |
| doing. Delta waves are dominant while sleeping. Beta, | | | | that I?ve seen about any improved effect by the use |
| when we are active. High amounts of Beta is present | | | | of multi-colored lights. They are nice to experience |
| when we are stressed or anxious and in rare cases | | | | though! |
| of really extreme stress or extreme focus, Gamma | | | | For the adventurous - TMS technology (Transcranical |
| will be dominant. When you are daydreaming, or | | | | Magnetic Stimulation.) |
| relaxing with eyes closed, alpha brainwaves increases. | | | | This is a non invasive method to excite neurons in the |
| If you go even deeper, without falling asleep, Theta will | | | | brain, using rapidly changing magnetic fields to trigger |
| be dominating. | | | | brain activity in certain parts of the brain. I?m a pretty |
| How to stimulate brainwaves. | | | | adventurous person when it comes to trying |
| Let us say you want to relax in to an Alpha state and | | | | technology for altered states etc, and one of the |
| decide to stimulate the 10Hz frequency. Do not | | | | coolest things this far is the ?8-coil shakti?. This device |
| confuse the Hz used to describe the pitch of a note | | | | is developed by Mr. Todd Murphy. He is a Behavioral |
| with brainwave frequencies. Hz (Hertz) is used to tell | | | | Neuroscientist associated with Dr Michael Persinger. |
| pulses per second. A 10Hz tone can not even be | | | | This is powerful stuff and something you should really |
| heard since the human ear only picks up from about | | | | study first if you plan to use it. Eight coils are placed on |
| 20Hz to 20Khz (20.000 hz). | | | | the head in two pairs of four. Four on each side of |
| What you do is to use headphones and play one | | | | your head. These coils are connected via audio cable |
| steady tone is the left ear at lets say 400Hz, and in | | | | to your computer. The 8-coil Shakti software then |
| the right ear a tone at 410Hz. What will happen now is | | | | plays specific signals, getting the coils to magnetically |
| that these two tones together create one pulsing tone | | | | stimulate a pre-chosen area of your brain. This may |
| and it will sound like it comes from the middle of your | | | | trigger spiritual experiences. Again: Anyone wanting to |
| head, just between your ears. The pulse will be 10Hz | | | | use this device should study the manual first, carefully. |
| because this is the difference between the tones. | | | | You choose |
| (410Hz - 400Hz = 10Hz). It is being created by the brain | | | | I?ve tried all of the technologies mentioned in this article |
| and it will begin to stimulate this frequency in your brain. | | | | and many more. These are the ones that work |
| Soon you will begin feeling more relaxed and if | | | | according to me. Enjoy the fruits of meditation, without |
| someone did a EEG test on you after 10 minutes you | | | | having to learn how to grow the tree. |
| would see that you have more amplitude in Alpha | | | | Good luck! |
| frequencies around 10Hz. | | | | |