Yoga and Meditation

Brainwave Entrainment was first developed in the 1930’s by the pioneers who were studying newly discovered brain waves. These brain waves were found by newly invented machines which could read the brain waves of live people. This was the very beginning of a new science. . . the science of looking into the live brain.

The method of Brainwave Entrainment quickly puts the subject into a state of deep meditation. We will cover why that is important shortly.

An unbelievable early discovery was that it was possible to influence brain waves by using sound. No one had ever imagined this would be possible . . . except that perhaps some music was said to be exciting or calming.

Influencing brain waves was found to occur when a method of putting slightly different beats into each ear was discovered . This bold, new technique was termed entrainment at that time.

Beats are nothing more than sounds that beat over and over like a drum . . . of course drums are not used. Musical or semi musical sounds work best.

When the mind hears a different musical beat from each ear, it wants to normalize these sounds. The brain can do this by creating a third beat which is a result of the two sounds the brain is hearing. This is heard as a beat which takes place within the head of the listener. No one else can hear it.

This sound, which is inside the head, is called a “Binaural Beat”

Binaural beats are most fascinating because of the way in which desired beats are obtained.

For example: a 500 Hz tone in one ear and 510 Hz tone in the other ear will produce a subsonic 10 Hz tone which can only be heard inside the head. Thus, it is true that a binaural beat is the difference between the tones which are heard by the ears. (This example would be somewhere in the middle of the Alpha range. Alpha brain waves are usually the target for change in human thought or behavior.)

Remember that this effect is achieved without either ear hearing the binaural beat when the headphones are used. Instead, the brain produces the pulse by combining the two tones. Each ear hears only a certain different tone.

Some state that binaural beats do provide help when treating certain conditions..

Little, if anything, about Binaural sound and its effects is known by most medical practitioners since this is a new modality. However, there are places which offer Binaural Beat technology. This may be used to achieve positive results.

Now what about MEDITATION? Well, recent scientific studies have revealed that meditation is very good for humans. It quiets the mind and body and helps with healing and with mental attitude. Binaural beat technology can quickly bring one to a state achieved only by Tibetan monks who spend many long years learning how to quiet the mind into a peaceful meditative state. Binaural beats can take you there in just minutes.