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Posts Tagged ‘Meditation’

Binaural Beats and Meditation

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Binaural beats are unique sounds recorded in such a way that they re-adjust the brain wave frequencies listener automatically. Through a technological technique which has been named brain entrainment, binaural beats can alter the mental and physical condition of all who listen.

The analysis has shown that some brain waves and intense relaxation, ideal to learn and retain new information, while Delta Brainwave states promote relaxed sound asleep. Pending adjustment of binaural beats tapes, CDs and MP3 files, the only technique to create conscious change in your Brainwave patterns were in deep meditation. For thousands of years, this form of meditation has only been possible for practitioners of meditation with over 20 years experience as Zen Buddhist monks.

But by using binaural beats, it is now possible for any person to enter this kind of meditative states within minutes just by using good headphones and a specially recorded beforehand made binuaral beats shooting.

Although science is composed of brain entrainment is a bit complicated to explore the basic premise is easy to understand. Binaural beats were discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, when he was a Assosiate professor at the University of Berlin. Prof. Dove discovered that when 2-like sounds that differ only slightly in frequency are presented separately to the right and left ear (Binaural) they will cause a pulsation or beat type effect occurs in the brain.

That was in late-70th years, when Scientific American published research stati Dr. Gerald Oster called”Auditory Beats in the brain “. This document shows how to Prof. Dr. Oster Dove’s discovery research and found that the use of binaural beats brain processes directly to the audience to match the internal rhythm created binaural rhythms. When this happened the audience began brainwaves resonate with the same frequency as the binaural rhythms. Oster thus found that through this technology is able to alter brain wave frequencies and listeners bring intentional mental states.

To the normal person this would just be another scientific discovery that has lnothing to do with real life and our everyday routines were it not for the fact that everything you do in life has a corresponding brainwave pattern. Most times the effects you wish to create are affected bycorrespond to the state your brainwaves are in at that moment.

The things you do have a dominant frequency associated with each and every one. When you are in a state of deep relaxation when asleep your brain has a specific frequency associated with it with specific patterns such as Theta waves. When you a physical state where you are alert and intensly concentarting your brain is engaged in Beta or even Gamma frequency patterns.

When you enter a state of focused relaxation like enjoying TV, imagining or while under the influence of hypnosis, you are in the Alpha state. This is also the state experienced with most forms of meditation. However men and women with year of meditative experience, like Zen Buddhist Monks, can enter Theta and Delta states while staying extremely aware. These states, would normally take an entire life to achieve by pratcising meditation, can be prompted within minutes using binaural beats.

“This all sounds great”, you may say but how does it affect me? It is possible to induce meditative states at will using binaural beats? Is this relevant to you and me? In order to answer that question it is best to look at the benefits of meditation.
Some of the benefits of meditation include:

1. Deep relaxation.
2. More profound more restful and energizing sleep.
3. Higher levels of creativity.
4. A slower aging rate.
5. Releasing of past negative emotional turmoil.
6. Relief from Stress.
7. Heightened physical energy.
8. Heightened focus and concentration.
9. Better retention of learned information.
10. Faster recovery times after surgery.

This list represents a small sample of the benefits of meditation and this list is certainly not extensive.

The experiments were conducted in the binaural beats and its effects, shows that this technology allows to get results and can be successfully used by anyone. I have listed some resources that I have found for your interest.

Meditation and Self Relaxing Expert

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Meditation has been well known and practiced around the world for over thousands years. It is a useful technique to quiet the mind and body, and  managing stress. Meditation will increase focus and clarity, and often after meditating, your problem maybe miraculously has been solved. Direct effects of meditation including slowed heartbeat and breathing, reduced oxygen consumption, and increased skin resistance. Because of its effect to relaxing mind, meditation has been popular to inspire people to find brilliant business ideas, writing, painting  and other art works.

Meditation is a good way of relaxing during, and at the end of a stressful day. It is something you can learn to do yourself, or may be something you prefer to learn in classes. The idea behind meditation is to consciously relax your body and focus your thoughts on one thing for a sustained period. This occupies your mind, diverting it from the problems that are causing you stress. It gives your body time to relax and recuperate, and to clear away stress hormones that may have built up.

Meditation is simple and just take time a while, you can start your own meditation practice at your home to become a self relaxing expert. One simple form of meditation, requires you to sit in a quiet room, either on a pillow, or cross-legged on the floor, or in a comfortable chair, making sure your spine is straight. It is advised that you use the same place every day. It is also suggested that you personalize your spot, by beautifying it with candles, flowers, and pictures of the people that you love. These effort means we creating a comfortable surrounding where we meditate.

Relaxing yourself and begin your meditation after you sit quietly, with  eyes closed, and focus on a point inside of your forehead. Try not to think of anything in particular, but don’t try ‘not’ to think either, allowing your mind to become calm, and peaceful. If you find that your mind is ‘chattering’, don’t try to control it, just let it finish what it is that it is working on, it will eventually quiet down. It is also recommended for beginners to begin with ten to twenty minute sessions, each day. After awhile of doing this, you will start to feel deep relaxation and joy during these sessions.

If you wanna try a different method, you should try self hypnosis, this method has been used extensively in recent time.  The first step to this self-hypnosis is to sit in a quiet, comfortable spot, making sure you are facing a wall about eight feet away from you. Pick a spot or object on that wall, and make that spot or object your focal point. Looking at your focal point, begin counting backwards from 100, one number for each breath you exhale. As you do this, imagine yourself floating, and feeling very relaxed. You will begin to  feel your eyelids getting heavy, and may begin to blink. Let your eyes slowly close, and as you continue to count backwards, imagine yourself as limp as a ragdoll, totally relaxed, and floating in a safe and comfortable place. Stop counting, and just float in your space. If any disturbing thoughts should come while in your space, just let them flow out again, and allow yourself to continue to feel safe and relaxed. This technique can help you to cope with stress, and discharge the tension that accumulates during stressful situations.

When you are ready to come out of this self-hypnosis, you can either let yourself drift off to sleep, or you can count from one to three and exit. First, count one, and get yourself ready to exit. At two, take a deep breath, and hold for a few seconds. At three, exhale and open your eyes slowly. As you open your eyes, continue to hold on to that relaxed and comfortable feeling. You may then want to increase the length of your sessions to thirty minutes, or maybe even an hour. In our highly active lifestyles of today, it is imperative that we include a brief time for meditation in our daily schedule.

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