Anyone listen to Binaural Beats ??

What is your experience?

I used to play em to drift off to sleep, some series by Kelly Howell.. It was relaxing, that's for sure

Any other benefits you got from it?

At a time when I didn't know anything about meditating, it helped me meditate in a haphazard, unknowning kind off way, setting the seeds for further advancements for this now later period of my life, I suppose

Funny...this one here:

[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]

seems to work like a charm,

while this one:

[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]

does bloody well not.

Surprise, surprise.

I do. Delta waves, in particular to help me relax and sleep.

Thanks for sharing

Here's one I used to listen to often, which was instructed to not worry about falling asleep to, so great for going to bed at night



Make sure to have comfortable, good headphones lol

i remember when binaural beats first came around they were marketed as "sound drugs". basically static noise through both head phones that claimed to alter your perception. They were stored on .drg files and you needed to download the files and player for money to work. I got my hands on a pirated copy. noting like grey noise for 20 minutes thinking how cool and futuristic you are. Till you realize you were a tool but at least didnt waste money on it.

The stress relief ones work very well.

Did anyone actually measured brainwave activity while playing binaurals or are monkeys just repeating eachother with the "this relaxes you, you should play this" ?

I don't know, but I know that they have measured monks and such meditating, and so there is clear evidence that meditating in general has some beneficial neurological effects

We all know that.. hearsay

But this is entraining brainwaves using stimuli, the inverse action.

Ah yes, of course, but those those who don't, here we go:

[link to blogs.scientificamerican.com (secure)]

MRI scans show that after an eight-week course of mindfulness practice, the brain’s “fight or flight” center, the amygdala, appears to shrink. This primal region of the brain, associated with fear and emotion, is involved in the initiation of the body’s response to stress.

As the amygdala shrinks, the pre-frontal cortex – associated with higher order brain functions such as awareness, concentration and decision-making – becomes thicker.

Same.

A million and one claims, mostly B.S. BUT they did do one thing. If you listen to the delta wave binaural and they are correctly produced and with the correct headphones i guess, and you meditate, but force yourself to stay awake, force your eyes to stay open, against the strong urge to slip into sleep and unconsciousness(hence delta waves like in deep sleep), you will enter/access a deep state of meditation, where you are pure awareness, your body goes numb then you forget you even have a body, you're just the isness, nothingness but awareness. Pretty cool and supposedly from there you can do many advanced things... But i never really tried to work on that. Perhaps i will find the time to do it again.

Keep in mind, the endless claims of things like health and genius and cancer cures and whatever else, are put there to sell their product or generate views on youtube. Its false advertising put there because they want money.

Last Edited by Agent Smith 2014 on 12/16/2018 10:51 AM

The idea of meditation is definitely not to go to sleep.

ooou it is so interesting!

I can try that. I have a neurofeedback headset that records brainwaves during meditation. I’ll use it today while listening to binaural beats and report back!

I listened tothem nonstop when I was studying for my boards. Theta waves(??) gave me a headache when exposed for around an hour. Beta (or delta, idrk) worked to varying degrees during different time frames. I could never pinpoint which freq or wave pattern would work when.

I know I passed the f*ck OUT last week listening to a tinnitus/migraine relief binaural beat video... omg it was great(of course I can't find it now). I listen to some type of binaural beat video almost every night. For myself -the beats exclusively work better w/o the weirdo music. the bells and thunderstorm/ocean waves sounds r def relaxing but when I mean business, it's beats only.

You can enter sleep paralysis pretty easily with .1hz. That can be made with audacity which is free to download. 77.85hz R 77.75hz L, amplitude 1, 30 mins long (so it is more consistent) then cut it and play on repeat with VLC on your phone/mp3 player.

Can I have a healing brother?

Hey OP. I use them quite a bit and have for at least 5 years.

I originally started out about 15 years ago with the Monroe Institute and some of their products. They are pricey but I felt they were quality and had confidence in their claims.

At the same time I read and watched video's about self hypnotism...talking myself down into a trance state while trying to get my mind to relax.

It was cool...had a few awesome lucid dreams, great body sensations.

I got busy later and got out of the practice.

In more recent years got back into it, using Youtube stuff. Some work better than others for me...and sometimes one will work great for a few times and then not...it's like I have to have something new every so often or else my brain will figure out a way to compensate to stay active.

Switching to something different seems to help.

In the end, I've had great experiences in meditation and have learned and still learning little trick to play on my mind to help it to relax and keep it from roaming around.

Once you realize that momentum and intensity of thought will subside if you can find a way to stop mental stimulation, that helps a lot.

Tricks like...counting a set of 4 numbers, in your mind, being sure to make them random as you count them...meaning you have to truly focus on 4 numbers and calling each on out in your mind in a random way....after a few minutes count slower and slower...make your mental voice a whisper...longer and longer between each number....

After just a bit you can 'feel' your brain relaxing...

Other tricks are like....pretending there is a gag over my 'mental mouth' that keeps it from speaking.

Or...Instead of allowing your mind to form sentences pretend you can only mumble. Doing this keeps your mind from forming sentences that lead to mental conversation.

Or....pretend that nagging mental voice is suddenly placed in a box and shut the lid...you can experience 'silence' of mind for a few seconds...enough to let you know what 'silence' feels like.

Or... pretending you have complete amnesia...so complete you don't even know english language. Pretend what it would be like...no language means no words.

Or....with eyes closed, after a minute, pretend you are slowing shrinking...down, down...smaller and smaller...In the darkness of your mind pretend you go down to a molecule.

Sometimes we have to 'use our mind/imagination' to create a situation where the mind relaxes...If you can't do it easily.

Everyone says concentrate on your breathing....
Annoying for me because it doesn't work really easily.

But, once achieve a lower brainwave state and recognize what it feels like, it becomes easier as you know what you are reaching for, or relaxing into.

Quality headphones really helps.

Louder isn't better. Find a gentle volume level that is comfortable.

Relax and enjoy the resting.

I lay on my back with hands folded across chest.

Schumann frequencies are a great start

Great brain tricks! Imma steal 'em. :)