automatic response of the human heart to rhythm
in music. You can’t turn this off. It happens even if
you’re ignoring the music playing in the store.
A racing mind and a racing heartbeat often go
together. When you choose music with a slow beat,
the heartbeat will slow down to match it. Since the
heartbeat, breathing, and brainwave rhythms are
all intimately connected, a slower heartbeat will
encourage the mind to slow down and become quiet.
The reverse of this process is also true. When you
slow down the mind, the heartbeat slows down.
Music with brainwave entrainment frequencies
focuses on directly changing the brainwave state
to quiet the mind, which also results in the body
relaxing deeply and easily.
Here is an explanation of how it works. A
frequency, for example, of 440 hertz is placed in
the right ear only with headphones. A frequency
of 448 hertz is placed into the left ear only. The
result is that the brainwave state shifts into the
frequency of the difference between the two
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sounds, quickly and easily. In this example, the
difference is eight hertz, which is in the alpha
brainwave state range. The listener shifts into
a meditative state effortlessly. And the body
responds with deep relaxation.
There is a great deal of music available that has
brainwave entrainment frequencies embedded into
the sound to stimulate a change of brainwave state.
Two of my favorites who produce this kind of music
are Hemi-Sync and Dr. Jeffrey Thompson. Both
Hemi-Sync, through The Monroe Institute, and Dr.
Thompson have conducted research for decades to
understand how these frequencies affect us.
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Old Tibetan singing bowls are ancient brainwave
entrainment tools that also help to quiet the mind.
Because of the way that Tibetan bowls are made,
they naturally resonate at multiple frequencies. This
leads to very apparent wavering sounds when the
bowl is played. These wavering sounds entrain the
brainwaves and help to calm the mind.