Dramatically Reduce Anxiety With Brainwave Entrainment
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What Is Brainwave Entrainment?
Many ancient cultures – such as Hindus and Native Americans – have used sound to induce altered states, enter trance and promote healing for hundreds of years.
Adjusting the Frequency
The usefulness – and potential benefits – of changing your brainwave patterns is becoming more fully understood. By synchronizing your brainwaves to a specific frequency – alpha, theta, delta etc. – you can reap the benefits of those particular frequencies.
Brainwave Frequencies
Below is a brief overview of the 4 major brainwave frequencies
- It is divided into 3 ranges: Low Beta (12-15 Hz), Beta (15-22 Hz) and High Beta (22-38 Hz)
- Most of us spend the majority of our day in Beta
- Beta is associated with mental activity such as attention, alertness and problem solving
- While higher Beta ranges can be great for processing data, it is also the range of anxiety and can lead to feelings of burnout and “overload” when experienced for too long.
- When you're absorbed in a great book or movie or fully present watching a beautiful sunset your brain produces more Alpha waves
- Many meditators, as well as those practicing mind-body exercises like Tai-chi or Qi-gong tend to reach Alpha naturally during their practice and produce more Alpha waves
- Alpha is great for creativity and thinking outside the box
- Theta is associated with intuition, dreams and the subconscious
- When you awaken from sleep and are still halfway in a dream, that is Theta
- Many people believe that being in Theta while conscious, allows for the release of negative “baggage” (subconscious thoughts, feelings and memories)
- Delta brainwaves occur during deep dreamless sleep
- Deep delta sleep is associated with healing and restoration of the mind and body
- External awareness is extinguished
- Delta brainwaves can be experienced during waking in the deepest stages of meditation
Types Of Brainwave Entrainment
Binaural Beats
With binaural beats, an audio track presents two tones at different frequencies – one in the left ear and one in the right- that is heard as a single tone.
Isochronic Tones
Unlike binaural beats, isochronic tones present the listener with a single tone. This tone is turned on/off rapidly, creating pulses of sound. These pulses leave a strong impression on the brain that many users find more effective than binaural beats.
Benefits of Brainwave Entrainment
- reduces stress
- reduces anxiety
- improves focus
- increases stress threshold (ability to handle stress)
- improves our ability to be present (mindfulness)
- reduces cortisol (stress hormone)
- provides deep levels of meditation
- increases DHEA levels (reduces symptoms of aging)
- balances neurotransmitters
- improves brain communication
- increases melatonin
- improves concentration
- improves mood
- increases creativity
- improves the ability to release unconscious thought patterns
- can help synchronize the two brain hemispheres (whole brain thinking)
- improves confidence
- ability to target/enter specific brainwave patterns
- improves the brain's ability to change and adapt
- ability to enter altered states of consciousness
Can Brainwave Entrainment Eliminate Anxiety?
Occasional Usage (Temporary Benefits):
Daily Usage (Long-term/ Permanent Benefits):
Daily users report not only less stress and anxiety in their lives but increased ability to handle stress in general.
My Experience With Binaural Beats & Isochronic Tones
Over time and with daily use – my anxiety decreased, my mind became calmer, I had fewer panic attacks and I began to experience greater self awareness.
My Favorite Brainwave Entrainment Program
If you're interested in checking out what iAwake has to offer – simply click the image above (or click here iAwake Demo) for a FREE 40 min sample. There's nothing to purchase, no gimmicks. Simply try it and see how it works for you.
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Hi,
Do you feel like the brainwave entrainment programs, like the ones mentioned, lose their power over time?
How much time per day do recommend listening to them?
Thanks
Hi Christy,
I’ve been using these programs daily for well over a decade, I would say they definitely don’t lose their power or effectiveness. I will say the benefits can be more noticeable in the first few months you begin using them and it may “feel” stronger as your brain and nervous system adapt to the technology but using them daily for an extended period of time seems to “cement” the benefits and bring more pronounced overall change and improvement.
I recommend using them during a daily meditation or mindfulness practice. Most programs are 60 mins, such as the one I use (iAwake’s Profound Meditation Program), Holosync is also 60 mins. If you’re just starting out with the technology or just beginning to meditate you can always slowly work your way up to 60 mins a day. I personally find this amount to be optimal.
Thanks for the question Christy. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
-Robert