The mechanism behind the design of these digital stress relievers is the science of binaural beats.

What are binaural beats?

Experiments in audio stimulation and reaction have determined that when two different sounds of similar frequencies are sent one to each ear, the brain initiates a process called entrainment.

Entrainment is a phenomenon that occurs when the brain automatically adjusts itself to the two different frequencies being piped in, and essentially filters out the difference between the two frequencies to create a new differential frequency or “beat”.

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Beta waves between 13-40 HZ are associated with peak concentration, heightened alertness and visual acuity.·

Alpha waves between 7-12 HZ are associated with deep relaxation and are considered the gateway to our creativity·

Theta waves between 4-7 HZ are associated with the twilight state that we experience fleetingly as we drift off to sleep and are strongly linked with creativity and intuition.·

Delta waves between 0-4 HZ. are associated with deep sleep.As we slow the brainwave patterns from beta to alpha to theta to delta, there is a corresponding increase in balance or synchronization between the two hemispheres of the brain. Scientists have noted that these slower brainwave patterns are accompanied by deep tranquillity, flashes of creative insight, euphoria, intensely focused attention, and enhanced learning abilities.

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Binaural beats are an interesting tool: they directly affect your brainwaves and they can alter your mood, behavior and even your consciousness. This is accomplished by inducing brainwave patterns through the use of stereo sound.

Binaural beats are the byproduct of how your brain perceives the nuances of stereo phasing: slightly different tones are played into each ear and your brain perceives the difference of the tones as a beat frequency. Clearly, the stereo directionality of the binaural beat carrier frequencies is important.

Let’s say that we play a 220 Hz carrier tone into the left ear and a 226.5 Hz carrier tone into the right ear. While processing the audio stimulus, the superior olivary nucleus portion of each hemisphere of the brain will also perceive a 6.5 Hz beat frequency, a frequency associated with the frontal midline theta rhythm.

Obviously, headphones make easy work of the stereo requirements of the binaural beat carrier frequencies. The left channel is fed directly into the left ear, the right channel is fed directly into the right ear, and your brain does the rest of the work. (It is perhaps worth mentioning that it is possible to effectively listen to binaural beats on speakers, but to get the best results, great care should be taken in the positioning of the speakers relative to your head.)

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It was at about this time last year, I felt a twinge in the base of my neck, piercing enough to shatter an eyebrow, and concerning enough to leave the imprint of numbness in the back of my skull. Through obvious concern from the lingering effects which lasted several weeks and melted swelling effects from eardrum to eardrum, I visited a medical practitioner. The sage wisdom and dime-store advice the good practitioner provided did nothing to ease the painful swelling – but it did bring new perspective into how delicate my cranial fluid columns were susceptible to disrupting effects – the wavelengths of my brain were ‘out-of-whack’ – so to speak…

As I mentioned, the pain subsided shortly thereafter, and with a scar of a lost patch of hair as a reminder, I could feel the bouncing waves of stress-free matter beaming back and forth within the confines of synaptic caverns, peaking signal after signal in free, unabated form – my headache had gone away. In my retrospected viewpoint, I attributed the signal fade of free formed brainwaves to stress – the concentrated process of focusing one aspect and area of the brain for long durations of time – stress seemed to infiltrate my guards of protection and penetrated my concentration into one singular point of entity – I had been stressed about my job…

If it hadn’t been for a couple month hiatus from employment, a renewed sense of purpose and a better understanding of money making endeavours, I’m sure a relapsing synaptic effect would have sure knocked on my cranial column by now… Anyways, the purpose of the point I plan to propose is one of obviousness – that our brains and minds are a fragile conglomeration of matter, and if ethereal matters such as one’s employment could cause concern for chaotic shutdown, what could real matters such as wireless wavelengths bring to the concentrated pools of spinal fluid traps and triggers of the mind?

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iDozer Binaural Beat MP3 Downloads have been around for a few years now and have helped millions of people cope with a wide array of issues including complete relaxation. A new wave of binaural beat enthusiasts that have emerged from a demographic – the youth. iDozers is the street term for binaural beats that are used to bring upon a drug like state or a buzzed like state from alcohol depending on the specific binaural beat that you expose yourself to.Digital Drugs are way less harmful than traditionally ingested alcohol or drugs and can help you avoid embarrassing moments during random drug screenings. The issue that most opponents have with recreational drug use is that it can become addictive and send your life into a tailspin destroying your ability to function normally Long, exhausting, work days can drive us to hit the bar after work.

Instead, you can listen to your iDozer MP3 on the way home from work and instantly unwind without having to pay for a beer or two and wait for the buzz to kick it. Before you know it, you’ll be in the comfort of your home fully recharged and ready to truly begin your day. With the iDozer MP3 random drug tests will no longer be a source for anxiety. and you will completely avoid the next day hangover.Just to clarify, iDozers are a part of the Binaural Beat Family.

Authorities have tried to suppress the wide public distribution of these Digital Drugs or iDozers. iDozers are becoming increasingly popular with the youth and the authorities have begun to take note Due to the stigma of doing recreational drugs, iDozers may be heavily restricted in the near future and has become a hot controversial topic on the web.

iDozers and Binaural Beat Therapy are one in the same so, don’t let the propaganda dissuade you from thinking otherwise. The roots of binaural beat therapy began as a venture to create a state of peace within your subconscious to help one deal with addiction, weight loss and anxiety issues. Well, iDozers have simply taken the relaxation aspect to new uplifting heights. The government hopes that this iDozer trend will soon end however, the dawning of the Digital Drug Age should be something to embrace as an alternative to harmful conventional street drugs.

via The IDoser Takes Center Stage on the New Age of Digital Drugs | Discuss Anxiety Blog.

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Are you finding it difficult to meditate? Have you given up because you can’t reach the meditation frequencies and stay there for some period of time? Meditation can be hard for some people and brainwave entrainment can assist you achieve that state in a matter of minutes or days – not weeks or months.

We often get to a lower brainwave state state without our being aware of it. Watching TV shows can bring you to an alpha state level and everything you hear and see acts as a suggestion to your subconscious mind which can be unhealthy depending on the show. Idling or daydreaming can also bring you to that lower brainwave state. The mental chatter however is not controlled and it is the object of meditation to subdue the mental chatter and allow the signals from the infinite storehouse of knowledge and creativity that our subconscious holds to surface to our conscious awareness.

Attaining meditation can be done by examining the parts of your body one by one. Starting with your head, notice if there are any tension in the muscles. If there are, consciously relax those muscles. Move down to your forehead, nose, cheeks and all the rest of your body till you reach your toes. By then you should have reached a meditative state.

Vocalizing a simple sound can bring you to a meditation level like the famous ‘OM’. take in breath and while you exhale you say the word ‘OM’ and feel it vibrate in your vocal cords. Repeat this till you get to the meditative state.

Whatever technique you use, it requires practice and you may not succeed in the first few sessions. The mental chatter is so domineering to the untrained mind that lowering its dominion can prove to be a hard|difficult task. Negative thoughts such as fear can occupy most of your brain chatter and it is very unhealthy and can prevent you from reaching the meditative state.

Brainwave entrainment can hasten the time in which you can reach the meditative state. A sound is produced which is designed to entrain your brain to generate a lower brainwave frequency. A popular brainwave entrainment technology is binaural beats which requires headphones to accomplish the task.

Binaural beats, monaural and isochronic tones can provide you with brainwave entrainment. The use of headphones is advised to make the tones standout from the external noise which could disrupt the entrainment process.

Among the three technologies, isochronic tones seems to be the more effective. You can reach the alpha level quicker but the tone may not be appealing to some people. All you will hear is a toot toot toot sound similar to a helicopter.

Only several minutes are required to reach the meditative state when listening to brainwave entrainment software. However, there are some persons who requires more than one session to experience the meditative state. Once experienced, the subsequent sessions will be easier to achieve.

If you want to relieve yourself of the effects of stress on your body or to be more creative in your work by enhancing your focus and attention, then meditation can help you that. With the aid of brainwave entrainment tones, you can achieve a better and faster experience with meditation.

via Meditation with the Help of Brainwave Entrainment.

It is my desire to ensure this article leaves you with a better understanding of binaural beats and how you can use them in your life.

The power of binaural beats technology is about to be explaned.

Binaural beats are just tones which are generated to have a specific frequency and when listened to they can entrain your brain. Brain entrainment is just a fancy term used to describe what happens when a technology, such as binaural beats, is used to alter your brainwaves. Having the ability to change your brainwaves is enormously beneficial. With the right binaural beats you can produce a sense of deep relaxation, heightened creativity or even alert focus. As well as many other states that are available you can also create a feeling of euphoria and even expereience added health benefits.

Binaural beats were first discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839. Dove learned that by taking two tones, that only differed by a small frequency, and playing one into the left ear and the other into the right ear, a beat effect was produced in the brain – even though no auditory beat actually existed. The beat had a frequency equal to the difference between the two tones. An example would be if one binaural tone has a frequency of 2000 hertz and the other binaural tone has a frequency of 2010 herts then the binuaral beat that the brain hears would have a frequency of 10 hertz which is the mathematical difference between the 2 tones. The beat itself does not really exist. It is merely the brain’s perception of what it is hearing that causes these binaural beats. They do not exist independently of the brain. A simile would be when you hear a word when the wind blows or see a shape in a cloud. Nothing is really happening but your brain tries to put meaning to what it is hearing and seeing!

Although this was a great discovery it wasn’t until 1973, when Gerald Oster’s article “Auditory Beats in the Brain” was published by Scientific American, that the enormous benefits of using binaural beat technology became apparent. It was found that when these binaural tones are played the brainwaves of the listener will follow the frequency of the beat that is produced.  It is now known that certain frequencies are conductive to different internal experiences. If your brainwaves are between 8 – 12 hertz, for example, you are said to be in the Alpha state. The ability to entrain the brain into different states is highly beneficial. Let’s take a quick look at the common brainwave states and their associated physical states to get some idea of what I mean.

1. Beta – you are in the beta state when you are engaged in thinking activities, anxious or stressed.

2. Alpha – this is the state of relaxed focus. You would be in an alpha state if you were watching a movie or daydreaming, recalling memories.

3. Theta – this is the state of sleep, very deep relaxation or most forms of meditation.

4. Delta – this is the state of very deep sleep where the body repairs itself and the immune system is strong.

Each of these states has corresponding benefits. Entering the Beta brainwave state heightens alterness and focus. If you wanted to relax, learn new information or reprogram your beliefs then the Alpha state would be the most appropriate. Let’s say you desired a change in the way you viewed memories. Perhaps they have strong negative emotional ties with them. You could use the Theta brainwave state to release the emotions connected to the memories. If you need to accelerate your healing, strengthen your immune system or undertake some powerful self improvement work then the Delta state would prove highly beneficial.

Here are the frequencies associated with the brainwave states mentioned above:

1. Beta – 13 – 25 Hz.
2. Alpha – 8 – 12 Hz.
3. Theta – 4 – 7 Hz.
4. Delta – 1 – 3 Hz.

Many people wonder why they can’t just listen to the desired frequency without the need for two separate tones. This cannot be done as we can only hear sounds that are between 20 and 20000 hertz.  Therefore frequencies that fall in the range of the desirable states, that we wish to create, would just not be heard if they were played as one track. As the tones used in binaural beats recordings create a beat that doesn’t really exist, this problem is avoided. In addition, the binaural tones, that cause the beat, have the added advantage of increasing communication between the two cerebral parts of the brain.

Michael McGrath

This is one of my favorite types of self improvement CDs. They are meant to make meditation easy, and they sure do that. Using “binaural beats,” they slow your brainwaves and relax you. All you have to do is put on your headphones and listen. Beats embedded in the background music (or rain, waves, or other sounds) slow your brainwaves into an alpha state or deeper (beta brainwaves, at 14 hertz or above, are the usual in a wide awake state).

They claim to raise your threshold for stress with regular use, and many people say they do just that. They may also help you increase your self awareness. I certainly find them to be a pleasant experience. They clear my mind and take away stress quickly. I also use them to put me to sleep when I need a “power nap.” There is no question that they powerfully affect your brain, and I have experienced and heard of only positive results.

via The Coach and Ideas For You: Five Kinds of Self Improvement CDs.

About binaural beats:

If each of our ears hears different single tone frequencies, our brain tunes in to the difference of the two frequencies and generates brain waves correspondingly. For example if your left ear, hears a tone with a frequency of 200hz or 200 cycles per second and your right ear hears a tone of 203hz, your brain generates a brain wave pattern equivalent to the difference of 200hz and 203hz which is 3hz or 3 cycles per second.

About brain waves:

Our brain generates different brain wave patterns depending on our activity. Brain waves during waking are different from the brain waves when you are sleeping, in a sports activity or daydreaming. Different cycles or stages of sleep also have different brain wave patterns.

Binaural beats – brain wave entrainment:

Medical scientists have used binaural beats to help people with regards to improving health and treating ailments with psychological related conditions. Patients are ‘doses’ of binaural beats using headphones and targeting brain wave patterns designed for the specific condition.

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First of all, I’m sure you’re curious right off the bat to hear what binaural beats sound like, so let’s take a listen:

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Binaural beats were first discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839. Dove used 2 tones which were different only in frequency and only by a small amount. He then played one of these tones into one ear and the other tone into the other ear. This, he found, created a beat effect in the brain of the listener even though no beat actually existed. The brain perceived the beat when it mixed the 2 sound together. The beat had a frequency equal to the difference between the two tones.

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You can think about brainwave meditation as an optimized form of meditation, since it basically combines the old, traditional meditation techniques and exercise with the advanced technology, a technology that allows you to discipline your mind more efficiently

What Does Brainwave Meditation Stand for?

Brainwave meditation is based on the binaural beats these beats are sent to the brain, under the form of audio signals or stimuli with a certain frequency Therefore, brainwave meditation is often associated with a genuine massage for the brain What is the purpose of this massage?

Basically, brainwave meditation CDs help to induce a state of calmness and peace, a state that helps you relax and meditate in an optimum manner The main role of the brainwave meditation CD is to help the practitioners enter the desirable theta state and the surprising thing is that even the beginners who use brainwave technology can actually reach this state, without having experience in the meditation field Why is the theta state desirable?

via Are Brainwave Meditation Cds Really The Ultimate Meditation | True Visionary.

1. Beta – you are in the beta state when you are engaged in thinking activities, anxious or stressed.

2. Alpha – this is the state of relaxed focus. You would be in an alpha state if you were watching a movie or daydreaming, recalling memories.

3. Theta – this is the state of sleep, very deep relaxation or most forms of meditation.

4. Delta – this is the state of very deep sleep where the body repairs itself and the immune system is strong.

Each of these states has corresponding benefits. Entering the Beta brainwave state heightens alterness and focus. If you wanted to relax, learn new information or reprogram your beliefs then the Alpha state would be the most appropriate. Let’s say you desired a change in the way you viewed memories. Perhaps they have strong negative emotional ties with them. You could use the Theta

via What are Binaural Beats? | Level Beyond.

There thousands of different types of relaxation music available today, so many in fact, that perhaps some of us are a bit overwhelmed at times trying to figure out where to start as far as selecting the relaxation music style that fits our current need the most. One thing to take into consideration when trying to choose among the many different styles of relaxation music is that some types of relaxation may be more effective and more relaxing than others.

Both science and the experience of many people point to the usefulness of relaxation music that is embedded with either binaural beats or isochronic tones. Binaural beats and isochronic tones are specially generated sounds that alter your brainwave frequencies.

Simply by listening to relaxation music embedded with either isochronic tones or binaural beats your brainwaves can be changed in such a way that you actually experience the benefits of the accompanying brainwave state that the binaural beats or isochronic tones help induce in you.

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Analysis has shown that some brainwaves, like intense relaxation, are ideal for learning and retaining new information while delta brainwave states promote relaxed healthy sleep. Until the adaptation of binaural beats tapes, CDs and MP3s, the only technique to create deliberate changes in your brainwave patterns was with deep meditation. For thousands of years this type of meditation has only been possible for practitioners of meditation with over 20 years experience, such as Zen Buddhist Monks.

via Binaural Beats | Meditation | Health and Nutrition Guidelines.

You can be this person too and the good news is, the technology is readily and widely available on the internet and offline as well, at a cost that is not prohibitive, and such methods of therapy are hardly restricted to time tables and lifestyles. In fact, it can be as easy as plugging in your digital music player and finding a quiet corner for about 20 to 30 minutes a day. It is that simple and once you and people around you realise that this is the new gift of the 21st century, only then will you be able to capitalize on life and jump over hurdles in life higher and higher.

via Change Your Mind For The Better With Brainwave Entrainment

These incorporate what has been found by scientists and called entrainment which is when different sounds of similar frequencies are sent to each ear. This happens when the brain adjusts to the difference between the two frequencies and attempts to match that different frequency. This is known as a binaural beat and the brain adjusts its wave output to that frequency.

For instance, if the difference in frequencies between the two ears is 15 cycles per second then the brain will match its wave output to that frequency. It has been found that brain waves affect mood, level of relaxation and focus.

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Binaural beats and isochronic tones have a lot of popularity among the new age and self help crowd, but on the main the science is unheard of by the general populace. But this can rapidly change as brainwave entrainment gains new recognition as we progress further into the twenty-first century and people seek more and more inner peace of mind.

Some believe that brainwave entrainment is different than actual meditation. But the brainwave entrainment method of listening to binaural beats and isochronic tones in place of regular meditation practice doesnt really exist because listening to an mp3 or cd that is embedded with either binaural beats or isochronic tones is actually a way of meditating. In other words one of the main purposes of meditation is the training of the mind to exit an active, anxious, stressful beta level of mind, and dip into a more calm and relaxing alpha state of mind, and even beyond into theta and delta…

via Brainwave Entrainment: A Shortcut Path Of Meditation | Aneez News Portal.

In general terms brainwave entrainment is the method of using external stimulus, such as binaural beats or isochronic tones, for bringing a persons brainwaves to an intended brainwave level that corresponds with the entrainment used. For example if one is listening to binaural beats that are set at a frequency of 9 hz, then eventually that persons brainwaves will fall into step with that frequency level.

Any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequency to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state is a form of brainwave entrainment. This is known as “frequency following response” which is actually a natural phenomenon where the brain naturally changes its frequency towards the frequency of a dominant external stimulus.

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What happens then is that the brain is then tuned to a super state, a condition where you are able to perform above and beyond normal mental capacity. The technology comes from a response to the unique feature of the brain that was only recently discovered by science…

via Brainwave Entrainment – Your Solution To Superior Mind Power.