Posts Tagged ‘Brainwaves’
Relaxation and Meditation made easy
OK, I’ve had enough of the dire news on the TV, Radio, and Internet lately. The finger pointing and gloomy outlook just create more anxiety and fear.
I try to avoid watching TV, reading the paper and listening to the radio . Even better, I often use meditation CD’s or my mind machine (see earlier posts) to help me escape the constant barrage of bad news.
Now for the good news!
I created my first Meditation and relaxation recording/CD that you can use right now instead of turning on the TV or listening to the radio. Just click the play button below this post.
The 20 minute recording incorporates peaceful music with natural sounds and embedded brainwave entrainment tones. The binaural tones gently guide your brainwaves to a meditative Alpha state which will help reduce anxiety and relax your mind.
Mind machine review-To entrain or entertain?
I recently decided to purchase two mind machine AVS (Audio Visual Stimulation) devices which are basically light and sound generators that alter your brainwave states through entrainment. Why do this? Some studies show that altering your brainwave state may help decrease anxiety, pain, depression and even help with ADD and memory tasks.
In a nutshell, our brain operates at different frequencies throughout the day depending on what we are doing or thinking. (see graph on left, click to enlarge)
When we are wide awake and concentrating we are operating in Beta and as we relax our brain waves shift to a slower Alpha state. Then next lower state ,Theta, usually occurs when we are ideating or day dreaming followed by Delta which is the sleep and dreaming state. Finally, When we when we are in a deep dreamless state our brains are operating in Sub-Delta.
The mind machines in this comparison are designed to induce the desired brainwave state using pulsing tones and flashing lights which cause our brain to sync or entrain to the frequency of the chosen brainwave state.
