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| Q: What are brainwave entrainment meditation | | | | pseudoscience. |
| downloads? | | | | Q: Is it safe to use even if I have a medical |
| A: Brainwave meditation downloads are a type of | | | | condition? |
| meditation that uses audio of different | | | | A: If you have a medical condition, please get the |
| frequencies to induce a certain brain state using | | | | permission of your physician before embarking on |
| binaural beats. | | | | any kind of binaural meditation. This is especially |
| Q: What is a binaural beat? | | | | true if you have a seizure disorder, wear a |
| A: When beats of two different frequency sine | | | | pacemaker, are photosensitive or pregnant. This |
| waves or tones are played, one in each ear, the | | | | type of meditation should not be used while |
| auditory brainstem combines them and creates | | | | driving or operating any kind of machinery. |
| one beat. Our brain has different states: alpha, | | | | Q: Is it safe to use over the long term? |
| theta and delta. We can use binaural beats and | | | | A: All research indicates that this type of |
| brainwave entrainment to quickly change our | | | | meditation is safe over the long term. Before |
| brainwave frequencies from one state to another | | | | using long term consult with your physician if you |
| to induce relaxation, change thought patterns or | | | | have any type of medical condition discussed |
| improve concentration. | | | | previously. |
| Q: Who discovered the binaural beat? | | | | Q: Do I need special equipment to use this type |
| A: In 1839, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, professor at | | | | of meditation? |
| the University of Berlin, discovered the binaural | | | | A: The only type of equipment you need is an |
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| American" magazine published a piece by Dr. | | | | Q: How long until I feel results? |
| Gerald Oster entitled "Auditory Beats in the Brain" | | | | A: You may notice improved relaxation almost |
| that expanded on what Professor Dove had only | | | | immediately. Most people notice results within the |
| observed 134 years prior. | | | | first several weeks. Keep a notebook to track |
| Q: Is brain entrainment a scam pseudoscience? | | | | your progress. |
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| done at the Monroe Institute, and other | | | | A: The binaural brainwave entrainment meditation |
| independent research facilities, into the use of | | | | downloads can benefit almost everyone in some |
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| meditation. Modern studies have shown that | | | | energy and the like have all been show to occur |
| meditating with binaural beats can actually help the | | | | depending on the binaural beat used in the |
| brain to organize itself and actually raised the IQ | | | | meditation. Users of this meditation will not have |
| of a mildly mentally impaired boy with an IQ of 70 | | | | to spend years practicing, but will be able to reach |
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