Meditation is probably the most powerful & effective method we
know of for stress management. It has been on the cover of Time
Magazine , the film director David
Lynch promotes transcendental meditation and Dr. Herbert Benson
has made a name for himself with three meditative techniques that
invoke "the
relaxation response".
You can learn meditation just about everywhere nowadays. Everything
from breathing
techniques to machines for bio-feedback
can help you learn to meditate.
This page contains a 5 minute and 10 minute audio
in video format. Both of these recordings are designed to help you reduce
your brainwave frequency to alpha levels which is a fairly deep meditative
state and can also be used for self hypnosis
Using the alpha meditation training recordings you can go into a
meditative state that would normally take weeks, maybe months of practice.
In fact, the sound technology used for the meditation training
recordings on this page use the same sound technology touted by others as the key to "meditating
deeper than a Zen Monk"
About Meditation and Brainwaves
Researchers have discovered that certain brain wave frequencies correspond to different levels of activity.
You can read
more about it in another article by Time Magazine called "Alpha
Wave of The Future".
Beta 14–30Hz Alert – You tend to do waking activities at this
frequency
Alpha 7–14 Hz - Relaxed with Alert Attention – A Basic Meditative
State
Theta 4–7 Hz - Deep meditative state- most people fall asleep in theta.
The following meditation training tracks
have a background frequency of about 10 Hz. This is to help train you to enter an Alpha state AT WILL enabling you to manage stress
easily.
Benefits of Alpha
Helps the body and mind relax very quickly.
Enhances creativity.
Enhances learning.
It helps synchronize your left and right hemispheres bringing more of your brain ‘on-line’, making this very good for deep thinking.
With some practice you can enter and use Alpha whenever you like.
Alpha helps create an overall healthy state of mind and body.
Note: Do not operate any machinery when listening
to these meditation tracks as they are meant to relax you. You will
hear the sound of bells towards the end of the track to let you know that
the meditation session is finished. The bells ring twice on both
tracks. Once to let you know the track it about to end and then a short
gap so you can mentally prepare yourself. The finally bells signals the
end of the track.
5 Minute Alpha Training Audio
(this
will be more effective once you have gained some experience
using the 10 minute version)
10 Minute Alpha Training Audio
Brain Plasticity: Anyone Can Become An Expert At
Meditation
Regular practice will rewire your brain to make it easier
and easier for you to meditate no matter how old you are!
A not so recent, but very important discovery by researches concerns the structure of the brain. It has been traditionally believed that when an individual becomes an adult the brain has become, more or less, fixed. This is one of the reasons for the beliefs that adults learn slower or are meant to have memory loss, as they grow older. These are now considered to be myths. Turns out that the brain remains malleable throughout your life. That is, your brain builds neural connections with your activities, giving you the ability to develop new habits your entire life. Read
more in an article called "How
The Brain Rewires Itself"
