| After two years or so meditating, I had seen a | | | | finished I would feel great. The problem is that |
| lot of benefits. I was sleeping better, was more | | | | this didn't happen all the time. Sometimes I would |
| relaxed, and dealt with stress and difficult | | | | just sit around for a half hour trying to relax, or |
| situations much easier. But I felt as if my | | | | even cut my session short. |
| progress was stagnating. This is why I decided to | | | | If you haven't heard of binaural beats before, the |
| investigate one of the binaural beat programs that | | | | basic idea is as follows. Your brain waves have |
| everyone had been talking about. Holosync, made | | | | frequencies that they go through during the day. |
| by Centerpointe Research Institute, seemed to | | | | Gamma waves are associated with higher mental |
| be the most popular, so I ordered their | | | | activity, problem solving, and fear. Beta waves |
| Awakening Prologue Cds to give it a try. I wanted | | | | are associated with anxiety, arousal, and busy |
| to see if it could improve or replace the | | | | thinking. Alpha waves are associated with waking |
| meditation practice I already was doing, and | | | | relaxation, pre-sleep, and drowsiness. Theta |
| whether it offered the same benefits. | | | | waves are associated with dreams, deep |
| Meditation is becoming more and more talked | | | | meditation, and REM sleep. Delta waves are |
| about these days in the news. People generally | | | | associated with deep dreamless sleep, and loss of |
| seem to be investigating more holistic ways to | | | | body awareness. Binaural beats are beats of two |
| deal with health problems because they are tired | | | | different frequencies that are played separately in |
| of just taking more pills. Meditation really does | | | | each ear. Since the two beats are different, the |
| provide the benefits that people are claiming | | | | brain tries to make up the difference by creating |
| (except for the ones about mind reading and | | | | a frequency of brainwaves that is equal to the |
| levitation !!). It reduces stress, helps with sleeping, | | | | difference between the two frequencies played in |
| improves concentration, and eventually helps | | | | each ear. Using this method, Holosync claims to be |
| people work through some of their deep issues. It | | | | able to entrain your brainwaves, moving them |
| certainly has changed my life. But it is also very | | | | down to the relaxing Theta and Delta levels. |
| hard!! Sitting for up to an hour concentrating is | | | | After trying the Holosync binaural beat CD for a |
| very difficult, and the REAL benefits take a long | | | | few weeks, I have to say I was pleasantly |
| time to show up, because you have to learn | | | | surprised. Listening to the gentle sound of bells |
| HOW to meditate first. Meditation is a skill in itself | | | | and rain quickly brought me down much quicker |
| and at least for me, it took a long time to figure | | | | and deeper into a meditative state. I went deeper |
| out how to get my mind to enter into a relaxed | | | | into meditation and relaxed much more than I |
| state without just falling asleep or daydreaming. | | | | ever had before. I felt all kinds of crazy warm |
| I have read that meditation offers more benefits | | | | sensations running through my body. I have to |
| the deeper one can relax. After two years I could | | | | say that the depth of my meditation before just |
| go into what I thought was deep relaxation, and | | | | couldn't compare. When I was finished, I felt the |
| occasionally I REALLY got it. I would feel like I | | | | same as if I had just finished a really positive |
| was floating, and sensations of relaxation and | | | | meditation session. |
| well-being would flow through my body. When I | | | | |