Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
9:42 pm

Research scientists have discovered that successful people have different brainwave frequencies and higher peak brain states than the average person. This means they have a greater capability for memory, concentration and focus.
By measuring the brainwave frequencies of these people, we can determine what a peak (or optimal) learning state looks like. Some researchers have called this a “high performance mind” pattern.
The good news is that almost everyone can achieve this mental state. You just need to learn how to do it.
What’s the catch? You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars on treatments, procedures, or techniques. Nor will you spend hours and hours working on your mental abilities. You can significantly improve your mental capability just by listening to brain synchronization cds for 20 minutes a day. That’s right, the only thing you need to do is listen!
Brain synchronization cds are scientifically designed and digitally mastered to train the human brain to produce specific brainwave frequencies of a high performance mind.
The results? Better concentration and focus! Better recall of important dates, facts, figures, or anything important in your life! Does it really work? Yes!
Recently, professionals in the areas of psychology, neurology, and medicine/healthcare have begun utilizing the power of brainwave entrainment in their work with patients.
What is brainwave entrainment? It is a relatively young but rapidly growing field that involves the study of how altering brainwaves naturally to allow people to easily enter states of increased intelligence, creativity, relaxation, pure energy and more!
Brainwave entrainment is backed by more than 70 years of research. When the brain is given a stimulus, through the ears or eyes, it emits an electrical charge in response. This is called a Cortical Evoked Response. Sometimes it is called “monkey see, monkey do”– because your brain gets in rhythm with the stimulus sound or light. The matching rhythm is called entrainment.
As your brain entrains to the rhythm it hears, you “learn” this pattern. You master it, so that it becomes a habit or automatic response. By stimulating the brain in specific patterns, your brain can become trained to respond in specific ways, evoking the specific desired response: better memory, concentration, focus, and
more!
This is what brainwave entrainment does for you: It trains your brain to be more efficient and effective.
Don’t wait! Improve your brain’s abilities the easy way today. You’ll be glad you did!
By: Nicky VanValkenburgh
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
8:30 pm

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are notorious for destroying lives, but not in the way that some might think. True, the symptoms alone can push even the strongest person to the brink of despair, but what many sufferers find to be the most difficult part to deal with is the doubt and skepticism, even by their healthcare providers, that anything is wrong.
If you have fibromyalgia, you well know the agony of waking up each day with your muscles painfully tight and knotted after yet another night of never having dipped into the stages of sleep where healing takes place.
Chronic fatigue sufferers don’t fare much better, often waking up too exhausted to even consider doing anything other than what is absolutely essential for survival, only to have a doctor say it’s all in your head.
The muscular pain of fibromyalgia is often so severe that only powerful drugs like vicodin and morphine can bring any relief. The sad paradox is that the dosage required to reduce your pain to a level where you can function normally and remain employed can render you just as unfit for everyday tasks like driving or operating equipment at work.
Neurofeedback, on the other hand, has been a godsend for many with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. In one recent study, seven out of every ten people who were treated with neurofeedback in conjunction with EMG and myofascial/cranioscral therapy experienced total remission of their symptoms.
Many patients who are diagnosed with fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue have a history of some kind of head injury. When the brain has been injured, one of the many challenges that will often surface is that of transitioning smoothly from one brain wave frequency to the next.
A brain that is “stuck” in a frequency associated with fear and stress, for example, will eventually exhaust an otherwise healthy body to the point of being susceptible to a whole host of other problems. Both fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue can spiral downward, seemingly out of control without the proper treatment and intervention.
Neurofeedback therapy can end this spiral by training your brain to function differently.
How Does Neurofeedback Therapy Work?
While you relax, your therapist will attach very thin leads that transmit electrical energy from your brain into an EEG device. A special gel is used to comfortably hold the leads in place. You will then use brain waves to alter what is happening to a visual display on a computer screen. You will use your brain waves to play a “Pac-Man” game, for example, or to play a DVD. Your brain perceives these activities as a reward, and with this positive reinforcement, will increasingly choose to use the desired waves, until eventually the changes in brain function become permanent. Neurofeedback treatment is noninvasive, comfortable, and considered by many patients to be quite relaxing.
Hope may be on the horizon for sufferers of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, because neurofeedback therapy appears to be more promising than many other treatments currently available for these conditions.
By: Clare Albright
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
2:28 pm

When studying brain activity, there are patterns of under-activation, over-activation or disturbed coordination, which have been found to be common to many kinds of symptoms as shown in brain imaging studies. These patterns often emerge with attention deficit disorders, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and cases of depression and learning disabilities. Such behavioral patterns are created and maintained at deep neuropsychological levels. Neurofeedback EEG is a type of brainwave training that can be used to effect change in these patterns.
In simple terms, EEG neurofeedback therapy is a method to retrain a person’s brainwave pattern through the use of sophisticated biofeedback machines. In addition, trained and skilled biofeedback therapists help the client to learn and practice the techniques that will help them to manage and control their brain activity. This is done by showing the patient the displays on the biofeedback equipment, which is what translates the brainwave activity into charts and graphs, and in some instances light and sound feedback.
With neurofeedback EEG training and simple energy control techniques, people have been able to improve their health, sharpen their minds, and improve numerous health conditions, as well as enjoying increased joy and vitality. Biofeedback therapy can also promote high levels of wellness, can improve immune function, can help to reverse certain types of disease and illness, and can support peak performance.
Also called electroencephalographic biofeedback, it makes use of computerized electronic measurement devices, or electrodes, that are placed on the surface of the head in order to monitor brainwave activity. The computer then “feeds back” important information relevant to the activity of the brain and the condition that the person wants to improve.
Neurofeedback EEG electrotherapy can thereby restore homeostasis in the person’s system in a relatively short period of time. Many people report that they notice changes after their first treatment. However, for some people it takes repeated biofeedback therapy sessions to detect the desired improvements. In all cases, in order to enjoy lasting changes, the person should expect to go through ten to twenty sessions. This usually provides a sufficient amount of time to properly receive neurofeedback training, under the supervision of a biofeedback therapist, so that eventually they can control and manipulate their brainwave activity, even when there is no biofeedback device available to rely on for the real-time feedback.
Throughout the sessions, information is gathered about the brainwave patterns and also about the efficiency of the communication that is going on between different parts of the brain. This measurement is done as the client sits with eyes open at first while doing one or two cognitive tasks, and then these tasks are repeated with eyes closed. The biofeedback training sessions generally occur one to five times per week, and normally the sessions last for one hour. When training is done less than one hour per week, the client can easily forget what has been learned and has difficulty learning to recognize and control the activity patterns of their brain. This can result in a need for more sessions over a longer period of time.
Training the brain to function at its maximum potential through neurofeedback EEG treatments is quite similar to the way the physical body is trained, toned and maintained. But, instead of training muscles, the brain is being trained through exercises that develop the neural pathways. This in turn allows the brain to function better, in terms of concentration and focus.
By: Mike Selvon
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
7:14 am

Let’s take a quick look at a popular question on many paranormal blogs, forums and online magazines: “Is Astral Projection Easy? What do I have to do to experience one?” The truth of the matter is that having an OBE is far easier than you would think, and as many mystics and present day spiritual visionaries will tell you…each present moment you are A LOT closer to the mystery than you even realize! Read on..:-)
Technique:
Astral projection is all about simply shifting your consciousness from one of being “normal” or inside of your body, to that of being free, or simply a displaced perspective “out there”. The easiest way to make this happen with intentionality, is mediation and binural beat technology working in concert to induce DEEP levels of relaxation, awareness and focus, all while allowing your brain to descend into a profound states of inner bliss.
Practice and Patience
Both HUGELY important. Letting the warm glow of sound wash over you while your awareness subtly shifts is incredibly powerful…but often times takes a little bit of work. Let it happen, and the move from small “local” mind to big BLISSFUL spaciousness is just a short hop away!
Embrace the Mystery
Once you are in the astral planes, the key is to stay focused, aware and as lucid as possible to keep the projection going for as long as possible. You do NOT want to focus on the pleasure and the amazement, as this will most likely bring you back pretty quick! Keep your cool and just ride the supernatural surfboard, baby – it’ the biggest wave around!
By: Tina Bardo