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Brain Wave Science: Introduction to Psychoneurophysiology

What are Important Brain Wave Entrainment Tools for Healing?

Brainwave entrainment (BWE) can help you reach beneficial states of consciousness needed to obtain your goals and heal chronic ailments.

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My Intro to Brain Wave Entrainment

Let’s discuss principles of psychoneurophysiology (PNP), the way external rhythmic sensory stimili affects the living body. I began learning about brainwave entrainment (BWE) in the early 1980’s beginning with biofeedback. I never heard about these things in school, but when I read a few articles about it, I became very curious.

I recall wishing that my school would offer classes on these subjects. I worked with a biofeedback device that I got from Edmund Scientific when I was in grade school. No teacher I knew in the psych department had expertise in the matters of PNP; they told me I would have to find a school like Stanford that dealt with neuroscience.

I had a few communications with Stanford Instructors; I asked Blas Cabreras about his SQUID device when I was in college physics. My question were about cosmic energy and how it affects the mind, but the “school of thought” was highly compartmentalized back then as it is now.

Since then, attitudes have changed towards self improvement tools such as BWE; they’ve gone mainstream as CD’s especially with the pioneering works of Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, a neurologist as well as an accomplished musician. Career wise, Dr. Thompson is where I wanted to be, had I known how to approach my academic career in my younger days. Such is life.

What is a Simple Approach to Understanding Brain Wave Entrainment?

How I wish, if only someone, anyone could have explained the basic fundamentals to us as young kids in grade school on how music affects us at deep, psychological levels. The principle of brainwave entrainment can be explained quite simply.

Teachers didn’t have to go on about cortical evoked responses or post-synaptic potentials; they simply had to tell us that a song represents an idea. Isn’t that simple? Songs are basically ideas generated from the minds of musicians. I’ll tell you what this has to do with BWE very soon.

The more people who resonate with that song/idea, the more famous that song becomes. The more we resonate with a song, the more we resonate with the feelings and consciousness generated by that song.

Imagine yourself as a musician/song writer for a moment: The primal principle of rhythms such as drum beats is meant to reflect the rhythms in nature. By the same token, brain wave rhythms are part of nature, therefore, those drum beats reflect whatever consciousness we are experiencing when we’re writing that song.

The melody as well as the words/lyrics reflects the idea in your song. The rhythm reflects the consciousness. Therefore, a song is like an idea riding on a consciousness.

Of course, a song has to reflect social mood in order to be famous. Pop music tends to reflect social mood. Top selling music and lyrics reflect mainstream social mood. We see this in young and old alike who know all the words and melody to sing along to their favorite songs.

All music contains a form of brainwave entrainment when they contain regular rhythmic / melodic structures. Music containing these regular structures can engrain an idea into anyone as long as it resonates with them.

If only someone had provided that simple explanation, I would have found the courage to bypass the careless instructors to get back into music much sooner. Such is life. Instead of lamenting, let me give you what I wish public school teachers should have given to me: A basic understanding of the way the human mind works.

First, here are the reasons for listening to music spiked with BWE. Not only because I’m one of the people who produces these products; it’s because people have been doing this for ages. (e.g. listening to music with natural soundscapes like babbling brook, bird songs, rain, wind, etc.):Why does Music Makes Us Happy? Music can trigger a release of endorphins, “feel good” hormones which are produced in the brain. A study showed that dental patients who listened to music had 5X fewer negative feelings than those who did not during dental procedures.

I recall going to a dental office where there was cable TV at every station and each patient had their own remote. I left it on a music TV station and the procedure went by that much faster.

Music Relieves Stress and Anxiety A study showed that listening to relaxing music for an hour has the same effect as getting an hour long massage. And I’m talking about a truly relaxing massage – not a chiropractic massage where your bones are getting cracked in abnormal ways or when someone is walking on your back.

Music Heals You Music Therapy options are in certain hospitals where it enhances communication (e.g. autism), boosts memory (e.g. alzheimer’s), increases coordination (e.g. parkinson’s disease), and self control (e.g. tourette’s syndrome). Music can stimulate areas of the brain to speed healing and increase life-positive mood.

Music Protects You A study showed that the lining of the blood vessel relaxed and opened while (the subject) listened to music. Music triggers the production of enzymes that help protect the heart (i.e. when the listener enjoys the music).

Music can Make You Smarter A study showed that those who listened to Mozard (Wolfgang Amadeus) had an improvement on an IQ test: The Mozart Effect. Upon hearing the results of this study, the Gov. of Georgia decided to provide Georgia new borns with classical music. Conversely, California new borns get to listen to pop music…

BWE is Not a Modern Discovery Brainwave entrainment was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839 – who discovered the effect of playing two different frequencies into each ear (binaural beats discussed in detail at Binaural Harmonics).

Frequency Following Response (FFR), also known as Frequency Following Potential (FFP), is an evoked potential generated by periodic nor nearly periodic auditory stimuli… In 1930, Wever and Bray discovered a potential called the “Wever-Bray Effect…” it was discovered that the response is non-neural and is cochlear in origin, specifically from the outer hair cells…

BWE can reduce Anger and Irritability By tuning the brainwave rhythms of a person to specific frequencies, people can experience specific emotional and cognitive outcomes (e.g. 6.5 Hertz {or beats per second} is a theta frequency said to be optimum for reducing anger and irritability).

BWE Increases Your Brain’s Processing Power Listening to BWE builds new neural pathways which encourages new dentritic growth within the brain. As these fibers grow, they increase the surface area available for receiving incoming information to help your brain work faster.

Brainwave Entrainment can Counter the Effects of Aging The more we listen to BWE, the more often dentrites grow on a regular basis; this allows your brain to operate at full potential rather than use only a portion of your potential. Long term benefits can counter act the debilitating effects of aging.

BWE Helps You Achieve Extraordinary Levels of Performance A major benefit of BWE is whole brain functioning. As various parts of your brain start to work together, neural synapses fire more rapidly; this can help your brain to reach higher levels of performance and ability. In turn, this produces intense, creativity, clarity, and inspiration.

BWE can help us reach whatever consciousness we need to obtain our goals and heal chronic ailments. For example, if you enjoy relaxing and sleeping during thunderstorms, a Power Nap CD can help with healing and athletic recovery. A Sleep Induction CD can help you into a deep sleep if you have insomnia.

Intelligence, Memory, Attention, Focus, Speed, Language
BWE at Binaural Beats

Have you ever noticed how life seems so effortless for some people? How they make all the right decisions and enjoy all the rewards – happy relationships, fulfilling jobs, profitable investments, and comfortable homes?

Have you wondered how they got to be so lucky? How everything seems to fall into place perfectly to bring them everything they desire?

These people aren’t lucky. They’ve learned to listen to their natural instincts – their innate sense of intuition that guides them toward the right decisions.

It may be hard to believe, but you have that same natural talent! You simply need to awaken it, and that’s exactly what the Peak Mental Performance Binaural Beats Program is designed to do.

What if every time you encountered a challenge – big or small – your mind immediately presented you with the ideal solution, the one you knew in your gut was right, and everything worked out exactly like you’d hoped? What if you could tap into this ability at will to help you handle all of life’s challenges?

With the Peak Mental Performance Binaural Beats Program, you can.

Within just a few weeks of listening to the Peak Mental Performance Binaural Beats Program, you’ll:

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  • Notice a dramatic increase in your self-awareness, and know exactly what you need to do in each situation because your newly enhanced intuition will guide you every step of the way
  • See the effects spread through all areas of your life – from big life decisions about your career and relationships to the small daily challenges we all face

Over the centuries, people have thought of intuitive insight as a form of ESP. They couldn’t explain how the mind could get such in-depth answers, such perfect solutions, without even trying.

But now scientists have unlocked the mystery of intuition. They’ve discovered the mind has a natural ability to present us with important and meaningful solutions to all of life’s challenges at exactly the right moment.

This natural talent is called the “adaptive unconscious.” It’s the mind’s built-in ability to gather information, sort through it, and file it away for future use. It’s the part of your mind that notices even the tiniest of details – the subtle things that slip under the radar of your conscious awareness.

When you need answers about your life, your mind sorts through all those bits of information and combines them in meaningful ways. Suddenly you’re struck with a spark of insight that seemed to come out of nowhere. That’s your adaptive unconscious – your intuition – at work.

But sometimes it’s a struggle. Sometimes it’s as if the answers simply aren’t there for you, no matter how hard you work at it.

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HealingMindN on Brain Wave Entrainment

Please explore some of my research in BWE which is posted at HealingMindN Power Circle. BWE is one facet of psychoneurophysiology (PNP) a division of neuroscience, one of my favorite subjects.

BWE is such a favorite subject of mine that I produced several BWE albums as you see under related posts.

My latest work is based upon the latest research on waking rhythms for increasing learning, enhancing creativity, and building overall mental health; It’s called The Big Picture. In retrospect, maybe I should have chosen a different title since there are so many albums with this same title, but the idea within the main song is to be able to see The Big Picture through building mental acuity. That was my intention. You can hear samples from The Big Picture or get the CD through Amazon’s Create Space.

Please see the results on brainwave entrainment which builds upon decades of research at HealingMindN Power Circle including the related posts.

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According to the collective works at Collective DNA Consciousness, DNA forms an intelligent network which is influenced and programmed by intention expressed through word language and ideas. In essence, at least 40% of that quintessential material (DNA) which shapes us is shaped by our personal feelings through important interactions and emotionally euphoric/traumatic events. An important tool for shaping and understanding ourselves is neurolinguistic programming (NLP). For this reason, we can include communication and social interaction through NLP Philosophy.

How does Brain Wave Entrainment stimulate DNA?

The Delta Brainwave frequency is often thought to be the answer to promoting healthy cellular activity, but what happens when sleep is disrupted? With all the worries of your day, even if you do sleep it may not be the very specific type of sleep required to help repair damaged cells. Even as the world grows more and more carcinogenic, our minds are less and less able to fight back. It’s no wonder, cancer is quickly overtaking heart disease to become the number one killer.

Thanks to our brainwave entrainment program, the body can achieve Delta patterns easily. When you listen, your mind will be eased to an enhanced Delta state, where your body’s powerful healing mechanism Kicks in. While in this state, energy will be focused on healing and maintenance of your body rather than movement and reaction. In this state a powerful transformation takes place that will help your body become healthier and stronger. Not only does the Delta state promote DNA repair, but can also assist in muscle recovery and healing in general! Start to feel better about your health! Your body works hard, it’s time to pay it back.

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How to Defeat Toxic Stress: Peace of Fantasy or Reality?

The following fable has resided at Holy Life, HealingMindN for years because I believe it provides an important lesson:

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace.

Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them… One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace…

The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all…

But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest.

There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest- in perfect peace…

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why? “Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

I wish for you real peace…

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How to Maintain Health and Well Being through Sleep

You know me. I like to discuss all kinds of esoterica, especially what happens when we sleep, but then I’ll bypass the most basic tenets of health and well being under the assumption that you know the most basic things already.

A majority of people have trouble with sleep and I want to address this basic, but intensely important facet of life. Fortunately, Jim McElwee, the Rudolph Steiner of brainwave entrainment has taken care of this for me.

Below, Please find the three part series of his dissertation on sleep (with my personal embellishments) in order to help you maintain health and well being. Then later, we’ll talk more about the weird stuff with a clear mind. OK?

Later in this article, I’ll tell you how you can download a personal gift from me to you that will help you get to sleep and wake up refreshed.3

Are We Getting Enough Sleep?

Today I’d like to explore a topic that is all too often ignored in our lives, but directly affects the quality of our happiness, memory, concentration, and general health. Sleep is often the first thing sacrificed in our struggle with stress.

A shocking statistic by the nonprofit Better Sleep Council revealed that 65% of those studied did not receive adequate sleep due to stress alone. When we take into consideration caffeine intake, environmental factors such as noise, and general discomfort the statistics are even more staggering.

Why is Sleep Important?

The truth is, sleep is just as important as breathing or eating when it comes to our survival. Asthma sufferers often relate how desperate their bodies feel when they are not receiving enough oxygen. The stress on the body felt due to insomnia is very similar, though unlike asthma it feels less urgent. This quiet desperate fatigue lasts for hours and sometimes weeks if you aren’t getting the right quality of sleep. Some people forget entirely what it feels like to be refreshed.

Sleep actually does more than rejuvenate our minds. All stages of cancer are fought as cells repair DNA and defenses are bolstered to terminate possibly malignant cells. Minor scrapes and wounds on the outside of the body regenerate, but more importantly internal wearing on the organs and muscles heal during this time as well. The body needs this in order to survive long-term, meaning there is no alternative to a good night’s sleep.

How Can We Entrain Our Minds and Bodies for Proper Sleep?

Because so much of our thinking is long term now, we spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about the future. This worry is not part of the body’s natural state. The goal of our entrainment therapy is to take the body from this unnatural state into the pre-stages of sleep which cannot be ignored.

Our entrainment tools have been specially designed to guide the brain, letting it coast from the alpha down through theta and finally arriving at the much sought after delta brainwave pattern that soothes you to sleep. If you want to know what the perfect night’s sleep feels like, you can find our entrainment tools like the Sleep Package1.

How do I Establish a Regular Sleep Pattern?

But there are some important tips to remember while using these recordings. On weekends we’re tempted to stay up late if we have nowhere to be in the morning. Instead, try to make sure you go to bed at the same time every night. This helps ensure your circadian rhythm (your day/night sleep cycle) is never confused or disrupted. Take some time before you go to sleep to perform your nightly “winding down” rituals.

How to Establish a Relaxing Ritual

It’s important not to watch tv less than a half hour before actually going to sleep as television perks your brain into an alert yet passive state, and can also have a negative effect on dreams.

In fact, any luminated technology such as computer or smart phone screens leaves a lasting impression on the retina; it’s the same as suddenly looking at a bright window when your eyes were resting in the dark. We experience difficulty relaxing when a bright image is burned into our retinas. For this reason, it’s a good idea to put away the luminated screens for at least a half hour before bed time.

We also worry; this disturbs our ability to relax. A lot of worrying just after going to bed comes from transitioning from a stressful state to a sleeping state too quickly. Wind down with a book (an actual hard copy), some relaxing music, or a pleasant no stress conversation.

Establish a Healthy Diet for Healthy Sleep

It’s important to monitor your diet too. We’ll cover this more in-depth in the future, but it’s worth noting here that caffeine will last in your body far longer than you might think. An afternoon cup of coffee may rob you of sleep several hours later, and affect the quality as well.

I hope you enjoyed our introductory guide to a better night’s sleep. Next, we take a closer look at sleep induction techniques such as breathing and positioning. Did you know there is actually a cardinal direction that you should face for a good night’s sleep?

Establish a Healthy Physical Fitness Regimen for Healthy Sleep

Here’s one that Jim missed. Even for people who are infirmed, it’s important to have some kind of fitness regimen to keep the blood/oxygen circulating in order to remove toxins from the body and keep all the organs healthy.

People with a regular exercise regimen’s have an easier time to fall asleep since the body craves sleep in order to rejuvenate tissues; it’s also easier for people who are physically fit to maintain regular, peaceful sleeping patterns and remember their dreams.

Athletic people are particularly good at visualizing and following through with a plan because their minds are so clear from the excellent circulation, but anyone can have visual clarity (in the mind’s eye) and good memory with regular exercise.

What is the Best Body Position to Entrain Sleep?

Sleep is one of the most important activities you can engage in to maintain and ensure proper health and functioning in both the mind and body. It is essential you not only get enough sleep, but that you get the right kind of sleep as well.

Today I’d like to help you start getting the right kind of sleep. There are several aspects of your nightly ritual you might be overlooking with the stress of work and family. Many of these are subconscious tricks your body uses when it’s relaxed, but a stressed mind won’t think about.

First, check your positioning. When you wake up in the morning, what position do you wake up in? This is most likely the position your body finds comfortable. If you’re going to sleep in a vastly different position than you wake up in, this suggests a lot of frustrated movement while you sleep. If, for example, you wake up on your side and go to sleep on your back, this suggests at least once where your body’s position interrupted some much needed rest.

While a few seconds might not sound like a lot, it actually can have a profound effect on your daytime energy levels if you interrupt Rapid Eye Movement (REM) or dream sleep. This interruption can actually cause your REM cycle to be cut short making seven hours of sleep feel like five. When using our entrainment therapy to help you reach sleep, position yourself in a way where the headphones will feel comfortable on your ears. And sleep is most effective when your head is pointed to the North (like a compass needle? If so, then Jim means to orient your whole body with your head pointing north. Move the furniture…).

How to Choose a Mattress According to Science

So far, we see there are a number of factors to consider to help induce a restful sleep. Since we mentioned furniture, let’s summarize the most important questions that cover that most important furniture to induce a restful sleep according to the Jen Reviews Article:

  1. Which Type Of Mattresses Can You Buy?
  2. What Kind Of Sleeper Are You?
  3. What Are Your Sleeping Habits?
  4. Choosing The Right Mattress Size
  5. Determining Your Budget
  6. Always Check The Temperature
  7. Buy According To Your Body Weight
  8. Choosing The Right Firmness Level
  9. Don’t Forget To Test The Mattress

How do I Breathe to Entrain Better Sleep?

Second, let’s take a look at one of the most important aspects of relaxation – breathing. After you’re done getting ready for bed, between the time your head touches the pillow and you begin the first stage of sleep, focusing on breathing can be particularly helpful to quieting your mind and works in perfect conjunction with brain wave entrainment therapy.

To focus on your breathing, inhale gently through your nose and exhale through your lips. The movement should be fluid, gentle, calming, and quiet. As you inhale, picture your lungs filling with positive life affirming and pleasant energy that passes through your whole body. (White Light is good enough. Surrounding yourself with gold light while breathing in the white is even better.)

And when you exhale, picture your breath as the grip you have on daytime cares. As you exhale them, you are releasing the grip you have on them and subsequently releasing the grip they have on you.

Think in positive mantras as well. “I’m feeling more relaxed with each soothing breath,” is good as well as, “Each breath takes me deeper into relaxation.” With each breath you should soon be feeling more relaxed and more ready to enter a soothing world of good dreams.

A 3/5 breathing pattern also improves your trance state: Inhale for a count of five. Exhale for a count of three. If necessary, Inhale for a count of eight, then exhale for a count of five as you repeat poems like Bible Passages in your head.

How do I deal with Bad Dreams?

This brings up an important point as well. Negative dreams often come from tension and negative emotions we take with us to bed. By releasing the tension we feel during the day and taking the time to relax just before sleeping, you actually improve the quality of your dreams.

If you’ve ever been awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night you’ll know how much havoc it can wreak on your restfulness for the whole next day. Not only is it a guaranteed interruption of REM sleep, it makes getting back to sleep difficult as well. With this simple positive relaxation technique and our entrainment therapy, we can help you keep away bad dreams and ensure you get the kind of sleep you need.

I hope you enjoyed this guide on proper sleep and relaxation. In our final installment, we look at foods to avoid if you’ve been having trouble getting to sleep, and include some good foods to include to ensure your brain gets exactly what it needs.

Eating to Sleep Well = Eating to Live

I’d like to finish up our manual on proper and effective sleep by talking about the nutritional aspect. Because food is not always interpreted the same way by our bodies, there are some specific foods to avoid right before going to sleep and others that will help sleep come more naturally.

To get a proper night’s sleep you’ll need to be aware of a few foods to keep an eye on. Foods higher in carbohydrates help the body relax if there isn’t also too much protein present. If you’re planning on having a high protein dinner, don’t have it right before bed. The same goes for fats as well.

Good Fat is a source of energy like any other food. Hopefully, you are eating organic virgin fats as part of your healthy diet, especially as a source of energy before you exercise.

If your body is filled with fatty foods at bed time, it will still be digesting by the time your head hits the pillow. This will largely reduce your ability to relax. On the other hand, when you burn that energy source through exercise, you have no trouble getting to sleep at bed time.

What you want is a relaxing end to your day. After keeping in mind the other aspects of winding down, you’ll find it easy to avoid getting keyed up. After that, put on the headphones, relax, and you’ll be having pleasant dreams before you know it.

Now, let’s talk about the amino acid tryptophan. You may have heard that turkey contains tryptophan (an amino acid), which is why people so often feel sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner. This is partially true. Turkey does contain tryptophan, but the powerful somniferous effect is also from the amount of food eaten.

Since we can’t eat a whole turkey every night, some other foods to consider for tryptophan are eggs, whole grains like rice, tofu, milk, cheese, and lentils. While they’re not necessary, these are foods that will have relatively high levels of naturally occurring tryptophan in them.

But tryptophan isn’t reliable enough by itself to make you fall asleep. (But I’ve seen my brother in law pass out in buffets after eating.) Remember, our entrainment therapy works with your mind to provide a long restful night’s sleep you can ease into comfortably. Check out Self-hypnosis for Restful Sleep2.

Substances to Avoid if You Want to Sleep

Now let’s take a look at important things to avoid right before going to sleep. Obviously caffeine is going to give you a difficult time with sleep. But how long does it stay in your system? An adult can have difficulty sleeping due to caffeine in their system up to (and in some cases exceeding) eight hours after drinking a cup of coffee.

Coffee contains approximately 100 to 125 milligrams of caffeine in it while caffeinated colas have approximately 35. If you go to sleep at 10:00pm, you may want to be aware of any caffeine intake after 2:00pm. And if you’re up till midnight, you’re usually going to be safe until 4:00pm. Keep in mind the importance of your day night schedules and try not to shock your system with too many different bedtimes. And caffeine is one definite way to disrupt your circadian rhythm.

Are there other substances that can interrupt your sleep? Absolutely. Nicotine addiction can cause a disruption in sleep patterns as the body metabolizes the drug often long before a sleep cycle is over making you more tired when you wake up.

Medications can sometimes have a similar effect or even contain stimulants. (Drugs) should (state) side effects on the label.

Also, spicy foods are good to avoid shortly before going to sleep. Spicy foods will often cause sleeplessness or heart burn and can also contribute to bad dreams. (like Scrooge in a Christmas Carol?)

I hope you found this lesson on sleep and diet helpful. Keep in mind just how important sleep is, and how much you need it to maintain a happy and stable life.

Have a safe and enlightened journey!

Jim McElwee
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it’s no longer difficult to fall into a quick relaxation state and get started with important REM sleep. Rather than toss and turn for hours on end, just have this system immediately downloaded to your computer, plug in your headphones, and press play. Almost immediately you’ll enjoy a more relaxed state. Before you even know for sure that it’s working, you will be quickly transported to that state of consciousness you’ve been desperately trying to get all night: Sleep Package

2Why Self-hypnosis for Restful Sleep?

  • A number of advanced hypnosis technologies are employed for delivering best results
  • Both direct and indirect suggestion is interwoven into each session to maximize its effectiveness for the broadest range of listeners.
  • The flow of speech and background music is paced specifically to induce relaxation and hypnosis, and facilitate transition into restful sleep.
  • The music background tracks were specially written for this subject, and are keyed to tones known to produce relaxation and drowsiness.
  • Four visualization patterns that help inducing sleep.

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15 Minute Sample

The Unexplainable Store® provides this sample for our close examination. A Soothing soundscape of synthetic wind keyboards paired with a beehive like humming drone is just a small sample of the full version of “Back to Sleep.”

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We hope you enjoy.

Healing Thoughts,

Randolph Fabian Directo

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The Secret to Isochronic Tones in Brainwave Entrainment

“Isochronic Tones” have been quite the buzz word these days as far as it’s application to brainwave entrainment. Among the advocates, isochronic tones are far more effective than monaural and binaural beats when entraining a person. Why is this?

I decided to look a little deeper into this phenomenon and discovered an old friend.

How do we define “Isochronic Tones?”

First, I looked up “isochronic tones” at Wikipedia. Here’s what I found:

Isochronic Tones as a set of square wave pulses

Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone used for brainwave entrainment. Similar to monaural beats, the interference pattern that produces the beat is outside the brain so headphones are not required, but since isochronic tones are more pronounced, the stimuli is even stronger. They differ from monaural beats which are a sine wave pulse rather than entirely separate pulses of a single tone.

Unfortunately, this description of “isochronic tones” is skewed. When I looked up three more definitions on the web of isochronic, or isochronal, the same basic concepts are:

  1. equal or uniform in time.
  2. performed in equal intervals of time.
  3. characterized by motions or vibrations of equal duration.
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