Brainwave: Research into the uses for brainwave induction

Brainwave entrainment is a method of applying sound or optical stimulation to cause the human brainwave pattern to synchronise with a wanted frequency.  Synchronisation comes about within a few minutes of listening or watching  rhythmic sound or visuals. Manipulating the human brainwave is by no way a contemporary technique, and in fact has been used by native cultures for millennia.

It could be said that the home use of consciousness exploration techniques was pioneered by Robert Monroe and his Monroe Institute.  It was at this Institute, and based on the binaural beat technology that the Hemi-Sync technology was further developed and enhanced.  The success of the Hemi-Sync merchandise range can easily be quantified by the fact they are often the first thing to come to mind when someone mentions the term ‘brainwave entrainment ’.

Applying Brainwave Technology

Beyond the corporatate and technological worlds, brainwave entrainment continues to be adopted by the home consumer.  Proponents of healthy alternative living, find the use of the technology to be practical and beneficial.  There are many acknowledged uses for brainwave entrainment, a few of which follow are established upon sound scientific study.

• Sleep Induction – a Cure for Insomnia:  Deep sleep by and large happens between a brainwave frequency of 1Hz and 4Hz.  By using audio, music or sound with an included frequency of this range, when synchronization happens with the brainwave sleep will be induced.
• Anxiety and Stress Relief:  Evidence indicates that high mental and emotional activity as seen during instants of stress or anxiety prompt high levels of beta activity.  Stress relief can be attained by entraining the individual into an alpha frequency
• Relaxation:  Alpha brainwave frequencies are normally seen during relaxed and semi-relaxed states.  Entraining brainwaves into the alpha frequency can be relaxing and healing.
• Meditation:  Theta frequencies and alpha brainwave frequencies are contributing towards very effective meditation.  These frequencies are seen during instants of deep relaxation and even sleep.

Extraordinary Brainwave Application

Brainwave entrainment is often employed to drive the envelope beyond that of typical familiar experiences.  Certain natural altered states of consciousness are experienced by everyone at least a couple of times in their life.  All of these can all be induced through the use of brainwave entrainment.

• Hypnagogic States:   Prior to sleep, the human brain sometimes enters a state of hypnagogia, a semi-dream state before sleep.   States of hypnagogia can be stimulated through the utilization of brainwave entrainment and with practice these states can be extended beyond their regular short-term flashes.
• Hallucination:  Connected to the states of hypnagogia, are states of hallucination.  This frequently comes about via entrainment into alpha and theta levels.
• Lucid Dreaming:  Consciously being aware of a dream state, or being able to control and influence the dream.  During sleep, spikes of theta level entrainment can rise the individual out of deep sleep and into a dream state.  Frequently due to the nature of the entrainment this dream state can become lucid.

It is popularly thought that shamanic rituals invariably adopt entheogenic means.  But shamanism has never been limited to such methods, and in fact contains a number of alternative means to accomplish such states.  Among these is the use of chants, music and drum-beats.  Sources abound within modern-day literature and movies portraying such tribal scenes.  Brainwave entrainment is a contemporary evolution of this technique, which has been united with scientific and neurological understanding.

Brainwave-Sync has taken this principle and integrated it firmly within their technology, which continues to provide access to alternative living and consciousness exploration.

Brainwave entrainment supplies a door into the consciousness, and does so in a deeply personal and creative fashionit grants access to experiences that science is only now reaching