How to Successfully Prepare to Take an Exam
One of the most effective methods for studying or preparing for an exam is to use a light and sound alpha or theta program with an accompanying audio recording of your notes and information for your test in your own voice. Many times the mind will tune out a voice for any number of reasons, but research suggests that by recording the information in your own voice, your mind will listen.
This is an excellent study technique because you first review your notes before recording, then review them during recording, plus all the many other times you listen to the recording while you run a light and sound program. Try using a theta brainwave frequency program first while listening to your recording as theta is generally recognized as the "learning" state. However, remember that we are all different, we all think differently, so if learning and memorizing while in theta does not feel right, then try alpha. Your goal for using light and sound with your personal recording should be the assimilation of new information with high memory retention.
Steve Brager is a certified Resource Specialist and Special Education Teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Several years ago we began a learning relaxation program utilizing light and sound for his hyperactive and learning disabled students.
Many of Steve's students are bused into the San Fernando Valley from outlying areas while others are from single parent homes with little to no supervision. Oftentimes they are not prepared for school, which makes Steve's responsibility of teaching them that much more difficult. Light and sound brainwave stimulationhas helped.
One student in particular, who was having a hard time controlling his temper at home, came to me one day and with a very big smile described how light and sound enabled him to realize when his anger at others would begin to develop. Unfortunately, his anger was usually directed at his grandmother, because she was there when he would arrive home each day from school. That day when he arrived home, instead of getting mad at his grandmother, he went up to his bedroom and laid down for a few minutes. As he was lying there, he closed his eyes and remembered how he felt when he was doing a light and sound session. This enabled him to calm down and relax. Then he went back downstairs and hugged his grandmother.
Both Steve and I have been pleasantly surprised by how many parents have come up to Steve and said "We don't know exactly what you are doing with our children, but their behavior at home has gotten better. Please keep it up."
Students will realize far less stress and pretest anxiety when using theta light and sound programs while preparing for exams. And a calm mind is much more receptive to retaining new information, a side advantage that comes from studying while in deeper states of consciousness. Much like Steve Brager’s students demonstrated when positive feelings coinsided with completing assignments.
So if you own a light and sound machine, utilize its theta programs while you study. The benefits include: improved focus on the task at hand, increased memory retention and a reduction in anxieties associated with taking tests.
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Observations from an Alpha Brainwave Environment
Enabling individuals to relax, yet remain mentally alert and focused are the primary reasons why light and sound machines have been so successful in learning and relaxation programs.
Most of the health care related learning relaxation programs we sponsor utilize
the Mindplace Kasina light and sound machine. Although the Kasina is not a medical tool, it has proven successful in enhancing the methods of and patient response to professional medical treatment. Research studies have shown that
therapy can be maximized when patients are in a less stressful brainwave state, thereby accelerating patient response to the treatment utilized.
Placing a Kasina unit in the corner of a reception room sounded like a good idea. By attaching two small computer speakers to the audio port of the Kasina and running the alpha relaxation program continuously, we believed the binaural beat audio tones, which were played at a very low volume (like
the "hum" of a flourescent light) would gently guide listeners into a more relaxed, focused state of mind. We wanted to see if this approach would help
patients experience less brain chatter and remain focused for their scheduled appointment.
Marian Thomas, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Parenting Institute, and her husband Bob, agreed to try the Kasina in their reception area (which is
approximately 10'X20'). The Parenting Institute is a private, non-profit, community based agency that provides counseling and education services in the areas of child abuse, child custody and family court.
We agreed that if the Kasina created a more relaxed environment in their reception room, it would probably work in any reception room. When you walk into the Parenting Institute, you will see the results of what has been happening throughout our inner-cities. Many have difficulty paying for services, many belong to gangs and many more are the victims of abuse and neglect. Obviously, there is a lot of energy in their reception room.
For the next few months Bob Thomas observed the actions of clients with and without the Kasina brainwave frequency generator running. What Bob saw when the Kasina was not on was a lot of movement, a lot of loud talking and
general discomfort. When the Kasina was running, the room was noticeably more quiet and clients were sitting around comfortably, with some clients reading while they waited (which Bob remarked as being rather unusual). What really caused Bob to realize the Kasina's potential was the result of the huge stuffed dog they have in their reception room. When the Kasina was off, that stuffed dog was thrashed. When the Kasina was on, that same stuffed dog was cuddled.
Promoting relaxation in clients is what the director of a successful drug and alcohol treatment center in Kansas City observed. Their program is a treatment alternative to the traditional twelve step approach. The director found the Kasina to be an effective background substitute for the typical muzak
approach, making the clients feel at ease so they can get beyond the symptoms and move to the causative root incidents of their addictions.
Helping abused and neglected children, and individuals overcoming drug and alcohol addictions relax while waiting for counseling or treatment are strong indicators that listening to alpha relaxation brainwave entrainment programs can be a useful tool for creating the desired reception or meeting area environment. Both situations illustrate how the audio generation of
alpha frequencies can effect individuals in a positive manner.
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How to choose the right color when experiencing Light and Sound Stimulation
Light and sound instruments entrain brainwaves according to the program you have selected. Begin by selecting a program from your light and sound instrument’s owners guide. Next, select a color appropriate for the program you’ve selected. The simplest way to choose a color is to pick one that either has an energizing effect, or one that is relaxing.
Choose a color that elicits an emotional response corresponding to the purpose of your session. If you are interested in letting go of the stressors of the day, find a color that is soothing for you. If you want to be more focused and attentive, find a color that is stimulating for you. You will find that colors very quickly impact how you feel, enabling you to be able to quickly find a color that is right for you.
For many years choosing a color was easy. You choose red. That’s all light and sound manufacturers made. Then came green, then a combination of both, then every color became available.
Yellow, orange and red are viewed as ’warm’ colors and are stimulating (excitatory). These colors are often utilized when experiencing sessions containing higher frequencies such as beta. “Cool” colors like green, blue and violet are calming (inhibitory). These colors are most often used with light and sound sessions having lower frequency stimulation, targeting the deeper brainwave states known as alpha, theta and delta. Although any color of light would deliver the benefits of a light and sound session, specific colors will help get you there faster, even more deeply. When you are considering the various colors, wondering which color would best apply to your specific need and what a particular color is normally associated with, here is a generally accepted generic guide: use the color blue for delta (sleep / clearing); use green for theta(meditation / visualization); for alpha (learning / relaxation) use yellow; and for beta (focus / energy) use orange or red.
Even though we all think and are affected differently by pulsed light stimulation, certain colors appear to work best, in a generalized kind of way, for helping to enhance certain abilities or to achieve certain sensations and emotions. Based on feedback from light and sound participants these past twenty-eight years, here are the most common colors for pulsed light and what they are used for:
Red - invigoration, extroversion, strength, activity, vitality, energy, action. Red provides a wide range of colorful visuals for most people.
Orange - subconscious, relationships, interaction, creativity, change, sexual, social. Although soft and subtle, orange can invigorate and energize the light and sound listener. Some- times referred to as the color Amber, it falls between red and yellow. If you find the color red too intense and green too dim, try this color.
Yellow - concentration, learning, thinking, idealism, memory, sunny, focus. Yellow is highly recommended for soft , yet subtle light and sound experiences. The color yellow is considered to be excellent for use while studying.
White - effective for working with imagery, relaxation and visualization. White generates a richness in colors and sense of dimension that no other pulsed color can imitate. White can attain a brightness intensity similar to red while generating color pulsations that appear to float before your eyes. White light is the most popular color used, offering full spectrum stimulation to ensure that the red, green and blue cones of the retina receive full stimulation similar to the natural light spectrum.
Green - compassion, revitalizing, peaceful, renewal, calming, balance, healing, love. Preferred by those experiencing certain degrees of light sensitivity. The color green is associated with nature and with heightening the emotional qualities of the heart.
Blue - use for communication, contemplation, contentment, meditation, relaxation, sensitivity, creativity and sleep. Blue will generate a profound sense of calmness and a feeling of deep relaxation and is believed to contribute to the creation of ordered thought and harmonious moods.
There is no exact method for choosing the correct color. While color impacts your neurochemistry when shined into your eyes and affects cellular activity when shined onto your skin, there are additional factors, including social predispositions and psychological issues. The social and psychological factors defy the persistence of science to precisely define how to use color. Hence, you will need to fine-tune using color based on your own personal experiences.
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Overcoming Creative Mind-Blanks with Brainwave Entrainment
Creative inspiration happens in waves and oftentimes these waves are not very dynamic. What you need is brainwave entrainment training to counteract those times when obsessing over having creative mind-blanks consumes your entire creative thinking abilities. Creative mind-blanks means not having the creative juices to produce one original thought towards whatever the situation calls for. In the business industries, especially banking and advertising, and in all levels of competitive sports, being in the moment and focused directly on the task at hand has proven to be a successfully beneficial mind tool for achieving maximum productivity and peak performance.
For instance, in the financial district of Dubai, UAE, there are businessmen and women who have incorporated light and sound brainwave frequency stimulation into their workplace environment as an adjunctive modality for keeping ahead of their competitors. Although they originally purchased brainwave entrainment devicessolely for finding new ways of expanding their business, their use of light and sound stimulation has been applied in other areas of the company as well.
Pre-Olympians and professional athletes, especially over the last 22 years, are aware of the mental training aspect for performance in competition. Certain edges like not experiencing the effects of jet-lag enabling athletes a nice head start on pre-event training over the competitors when just arriving for swimming meets, tennis matches, golf tourneys, really any sport where you need to travel distances, things like that, are abilities that have been achieved through the use of light and sound brainwave entrainment devices.
Light and sound stimulation will gently guide you to the deepest realms of your subconscious mind, where your brainwaves are calm and the mind is experiencing a timeless, meditativesensation. No more negative thoughts flying around or brain chatter to deal with or keep thinking about. Although the mind is no longer talking, it is attentive. It is listening. It is listening to the light and sound stimulation. The result is a finely tuned mind, very clear and focused, and ready for creative and competitive challenge.
Although light and sound devices have been for several years a huge advantage for businesses and athletes, it is not limited to just those areas of our society. Teachers, police officers, medical professionals and everyday people benefit from audio and visual entrainment.
If your mind is stuck, if those creative juices are only a trickle when you need a creative river, try this simple method: On your light and sound machine select a creativity program that targets the theta brainwave frequency state, which is in the 4-7Hz range. Program lengths vary; choose one that runs between twenty and thirty minutes. As for light frame color stimulation choice, cooler colors such as blue, green or violet are preferable over warmer colors like red, orange and yellow. White LED color stimulation works well for the mind in the theta state too. Incidentally, white stimulation has proven to be the ‘go to’ color most often chosen for any entrainment program, regardless of which mind state is being targeted.
For five consecutive days play the same theta creativity program once a day. After the fifth day set your light and sound machine aside. Within two days after trying this approach you may find yourself realizing just what you were trying to creatively conjure up and you also realize that the idea you have, you’ve always had but didn’t realize it. The theta light and sound program simply provided the path for you to see it clearly.
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Positive Brain Stimulation for Emotional Balance
The brain has two hemispheres, four lobes with over a million cells which generate four unique brain waves. The left hemisphere is responsible for analysis, abstract thinking, logic, and impulse control. The right hemisphere is responsible for creative thought, artistic ability, musical prowess and sport competition attitudes. The lobes contain many neuronal connections responsible for the interweaving of the brain and body. They are also responsible for our feelings, thoughts and actions.
The four general brainwave frequency states have specific responsibilities:
1. Beta – quick thought and action
2. Alpha – visualization and relaxation
3. Theta – accelerated learning
4. Delta – deep sleep
It is no longer possible for medical professionals to understand the psychology of the mind without understanding the biology of the brain.
The majority of the brainstem and the central nervous system are devoted to sensing and processing movement and vibration. The spinal chord is composed of nerve bundles that transmit sensations such as hot and cold, pain, pressure, movement and vibration. Large portions of the deep primitive areas of the brain and spinal chord are devoted to such processing. These are located in the spinal chord and brainstem connection.
Allowing a person to experience different brainwave states consciously, by providing them with external light and sound sensory stimuli, facilitates the individual’s ability to develop more variations in function. By breaking up old thought patterns, at the neuronal level, negative thoughts can be turned into positive attitudes. In this manner the person becomes able to shift gears and move away from old negative habit thought patterns. This allows them to develop more flexible and creative thought as they learn more sophisticated strategies of functioning using light, color and sound.
The use of a variety of colors for therapeutic means of changing behavior is called chromotherapyand has been used successfully for thousands of years. Today many alternative clinicians engage the use of colors in their treatment protocols. Great success has been reported and the use of chromotherapy is being recognized as a complimentary modality to other therapies and treatments. The therapeutic application of light and color are being investigated in major hospitals and research centers worldwide. Results indicate that full-spectrum, ultraviolet, colored and laser light can have positive therapeutic effects for many disorders.
It is important to remember that the earth, continents and oceans depend on light and the ability to exist in the light. Color is within us as an energy form. Science has shown us that specific colors bring balance to our physical, mental and emotional systems. It is felt that colors work much like acupuncture and other therapies to unblock meridians for improved function.
Sound plays a vital role in emotional attitude change. Binaural sound, as used in light and sound stimulation, is associated with specific frequencies that relate to specific brain function. When used in conjunction with the various colors generated by the lightframes, the therapeutic approach is enhanced.
The light and sound system you should try using will bring you much pleasure and changes in your emotions and behaviors. Enjoy them as you learn the wonder of the world of brainwave frequency stimulation.
The final ingredient is your passion, motivation, and commitment towards harmony by developing a stronger mind, body and spiritual connection as you work toward wellness and healthy emotional, physical, and spiritual balance using light and sound.
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Having a Hard Time Meditating?
For many people it is not easy to meditate. There are all kinds of reasons why. If you are having a hard time meditating, hopefully what follows will help.
First, if you are trying to meditate on your own and having difficulties, consider attending yoga and meditation classes. You’ll be guided by a practitioner that can help create or adjust your meditative routine so you experience less difficulty, making your regular meditation routines more positive.
Second, many people have working schedules that conflict with available times at nearby yoga and meditation locations. Its either ‘go it alone’ or not at all. Ongoing cost for attending classes is also a consideration. For this situation consider adding a ‘meditative tool’ such as an audio and visual entrainment device. These devices, commonly known as light and sound machines, gently guide the individual into deep states of consciousness without any effort. Light and sound brainwave frequency stimulation takes you to your desired meditative state through the process of brainwave entrainment.
Light and sound machines are mind entrainment tools. The method by which this entrainment occurs is known as the Frequency Following Response. Through the use of audio (headphones) and visual (eye frames with RGB-based LEDchips) stimulation, participants are gently guided into specific states of mind (beta, alpha, theta and delta). Each audio beat and light pulse is a specific frequency. Our minds "think" in terms of frequency. Brainwaves change frequencies based on neural activity within the brain, be it by hearing, touch, smell, vision and/or taste. These senses respond to activity from the environment and transmits that information to the brain via electrical signals. Hearing and vision are considered favorable senses for affecting brainwavessafely. By presenting these beats and pulses to the brain, within a few minutes, the brain begins to mimic or follow the same frequencies as the stimuli (the beats and pulses). This process is referred to as entrainment. In essence, light and sound machines speak to the mind in it's own language- the language of frequency.
Using light and sound for meditation is simple, affordable and easy to use. Brainwave frequency stimulation before, during or after meditation sessions can definitely ease the burden of trying to relax, quell brain chatter and not end up falling asleep. With light and sound, clients have realized greater peace, relaxation, ease and naturalness in their lives.
In light and sound meditation, people are encouraged not to strain or make an effort to stay awake. Meditationhas to do with not resisting the natural flow of life. If you are falling asleep whenever you meditate, however, it may mean you need more rest. The body takes advantage of the relaxed state in meditation to take the rest it needs. Perhaps you need to be getting more sleep at night. If this is what is happening, the way to stop falling asleep in meditation is to get more sleep in general. Also, if you meditate lying down you are much more likely to fall asleep.
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Western Meditation
Meditation is generally considered as being in a deep, inwardly relaxed state of consciousness. It has become commonly accepted that personally making the effort to meditate regularly results in the ability to attain deeper states of mind more frequently, letting your existence become independent experiences. Attaining your ultimate meditative experience can take years of practice. Or it can take just a few minutes.
During meditative sessions practitioners focus on calming their mental, emotional and physical states of being. They tune out environmental noises and perhaps focus on a personal mantra or follow thoughts as their focus evolves through a series of sensations. By relaxing, their brainwaves follow suit and relax; the dominant beta brainwaves slowing into becoming alpha waves, then theta, and combinations. Actually, meditation is the practice of focusing on training your brainwaves.
Traditionally, attaining deep theta brainwave levels required years of training and progression. In a way, meditation is a self-guided form of biofeedback. Both require achieving targeted brainwave states at will, with no outside stimulation. That takes a lot of time, commitment and effort.
Western Meditation accelerates personal meditative training and progression levels by providing brainwave entrainment stimulation either before, during or after traditional meditation routines or a combination thereof.
The ability to acquire a mental, emotional and physical state of deep inwardly focused theta, at will, is the focus of western meditation. Meditation practitioners both long involved or just beginning have incorporated brainwave focus training into their personal session preparation, assisting them in achieving the necessary state of mind for maximizing their meditative session experiences.
Brainwave focus training is non-intrusive, acting much like an audio and visual guide that through frequency stimulation leads brainwaves to levels necessary for deep meditative sensations or experiences, or non-sensations and non-experiences as the goal may be. Their sessions can range from awareness of everything around yet focused on nothing, or losing all interest or awareness in time, not even a subconscious thought.
Western Meditation approaches brainwave focus training by employing light and sound stimulation with specially designed and fully researched brainwave focus sessions creating a biofeedin-type experience, where your brainwaves are gently guided to desired states of mind with absolutely no conscious effort.
And audio and visual stimulation safely quells any internal dialogue or "brain chatter" as the mind begins to mimic the stimulation through the process of entrainment, enabling individuals to reach more quickly and effectively the optimum conscious state of mind targeted for the task at hand, be it for motivation, memory retention, sleep, pain or anxiety.
We are not here to define meditation. We all have our own personal feelings towards personal growth. And how, through years of realizations and practice, people have mentally, emotionally and physically trained their brainwaves to slow down, take a breath, relax and let go… in essence training their brainwaves with a sort of subconscious built-in biofeedback fleeting thought, both most helpful in achieving broader depths of consciousness: Focus. With the growing awareness of pulsed light and sound stimulation's positive effects on athletes, academics, and everyday people just trying to make a good thing better, a 'meditative expansion' has been realized. This expansion is known as Western Meditation.
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Light, Sound & Cranial Electro-Stimulation
Since the mid-1980’s people have added CES (cranial electro-stimulation) as a third modality while doing light and sound sessions. For those who are unaware of what CES is; the units are most often driven by a 9 Volt battery and the machine is about the size of the palm of your hand. An electrode cable extending out of the unit has left and right leads. Some use ear clips, while others use adhesive pads that adhere on a spot behind the ear, in front of the ear, or the temporal lobe. The Oasis Pro and Delight Pro systems by Mind Alive utilize ear clips that attach to your earlobes dry.
You can use any CES machine while using light and sound, it doesn't have to be a specially made model. CES basically stimulates the brain to produce serotonin, which then triggers a "domino effect" amongst other neurotransmitters. The precise effects are individual because everyone's brain chemistry is different. However, using CES at 100Hz appears to generally calm and relax most individuals who utilize that specific frequency.
The CES device I first used was the original Oasis by Mind Alive. One day a friend brought his Oasis CES unit over, thinking it could help people with cocaine addiction. In the early 1980’s cocaine was the drug of choice for many people. That first time I tried a thirty-minute session and felt much less nervousness, much more relaxed than before I tried it. I have used CES on many occasions since then because it works like a dream when you are "on edge."
About the same time, Michael Hutchison’s book “Megabrain” had just been released and people became more aware of the variety of ways they could apply brainwave frequency entrainment technology and also how all these emerging technologies could be combined. Light and sound and CESbecame permanently intertwined. CES is very simple to use, extremely effective and is the number one choice for alleviating stress, getting to sleep, life changes and in general, making a good thing better.
The DAVID Delight Pro generates a unique fusion of audio-visual entrainment (also known as brainwave entrainment) and cranial electro stimulation (CES) with sophistication and simplicity. The built-in light, sound and CES programs of the Delight Pro and also the Oasis Pro have been designed and thoroughly tested based on the most current research findings to ensure the most effective results. The programs on the Delight Pro are supported by research studies which include Seasonal Affective Disorder, stress reduction, insomnia, improved mood, mental sharpness and balance (reduced risk of falling) in seniors, and reduced worry, plus improvements in concentration and memory in college students.
The Oasis Pro comes complete with the Oasis Pro unit, Stimulus Cable with Earclips, Carry case, 9-Volt Alkaline Battery and Comprehensive Operator’s Manual. Each DAVID Delight Pro includes Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM Eyesets and Carry Case, Quality Stereo Headphones, Stereo Patch Cord, CES Earclip Stimulation Cable, DAVID Carry Bag, 9-Volt Alkaline Battery, AC Adapter and Comprehensive Operator’s Manual.
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How did Light and Sound Machines Originate?
This is the story of how early human awareness that outside stimulation affects brainwave activity resulted in what is now referred to as light and sound machines.
Light and sound machines being marketed today is the technological result of our awareness that outside environmental stimulation affects our mental, emotional and physical state of mind. Several thousand years ago our ancestors experienced the flickering flames of cooking fires, sensing the relaxing effects created by those soothing flames. The same can be said for drumbeats. Rhythmic drumbeats can be calming, then as the beats quicken, a more energetic sensation develops. A light and sound machine is a non-invasive method for brainwave focus training. So how did a light and sound machine grow out of this awareness?
In the mid-1920’s proof that flickering light and audio beat stimulation affected mental states occurred when a German psychiatrist, Hans Burger, developed images depicting human brainwave activity. From Hans Burger's discovery of these 'wavy' lines emerged the new scientific field of electroencephalography. The wavy-line images published by Hans Burger are easy to visualize. Imagine you are looking out over a mountain range with various peaks and valleys. Scrunch that skyline together, do some mental magic as you see little separation between the highest and lowest levels. That image is what human brainwaves look like when in our everyday waking state: the Beta brainwave frequency state. As you gradually relax, like when experiencing an Alpha program on a light and sound machine, that skyline image begins to transform. The wavy lines of our brainwaves become further apart or separated, more distinct. Then as we enter sleep, slipping through the Theta brainwave state and into Delta, our sleep state, those brainwave lines show peaks and valleys at their highest and lowest points. Over the next few years we saw the electroencephalography field explode as researchers, including W. Gray Walter, combined electronic light strobes with electroencephalograph (EEG) machines. In 1949 the Tuposcope was introduced. This marked the first time EEG researchers could track Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta brainwave frequency patterns, enabling hospitals to compile patient EEG's. By 1955 hundreds of hospitals became involved with electroencephalography.
Equipped with the ability to observe human brainwave patterns, several researchers in the late 50's and early 60's began to study Zen and Yoga meditative practices. During Zen and Yoga meditative sessions researchers realized the practitioners were capable of accessing both alpha and theta brainwave states. The results of these studies were made available by researchers M.A. Wanger of the University of California at Los Angeles; B.K. Bagchi of the University of Michigan School of Medicine; and B.K. Anand of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. The non-chemical use of producing altered states soon followed with Alpha EEG feedback researchers like Dr. Joe Kamiya of Langley-Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco being credited for initiating the biofeedback age. Left and right hemispheric brain synchronization, brainwave hemispheric crosstalk, pulsed light and sound stimulation and EEG training protocols continued to be investigated by such researchers as Jack Schwarz and Richard Townsend. In 1974 the first patent for a light and sound machine was granted. The patent-holder, Seymour Charas, was a New York City College scientist. He never did produce his light and sound machine on a mass scale.
In the 1980’s microelectronics went through major changes as electronic devices were becoming smaller and more readily available. Machines containing programs generating light and sound frequencies began to appear among researchers. Marchal Gilula, M.D., of Life Energies Research Institute of Coconut Grove, Florida, conducted a clinical research study on Multiple Afferent Sensory Stimulation (MASS). This study showed that light and sound (MASS) instrumentation caused an 80% subject response of achieving deep sensations of complete mind and body relaxation.
Then came mass production of light and sound machines, available to the general public, and the publicized success of those that use a light and sound machine acquiring deep states of relaxation through brainwave focus. A light and sound machine is a competitive edge in sports for peak competitive performance, in academics for learning and assimilating new information, in business for creativity, mental clarity and insight, and for everyday people just trying to make a good thing better.
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How to Maintain Your Sobriety and Avoid Relapse
It's time to put as much emphasis on staying clean and sober after graduating from a rehabilitation center as it is for getting clean and sober while being an in-house patient.
Light and sound technology has the ability to help control addictive behaviors, to help lay the foundations for a positive mental and emotional attitude, and for giving the recovering addict instant access for overcoming that stinking thinking thought pattern that strikes at any time, anywhere.
If rehabilitation programs put stronger emphasis on relapse prevention you would see less failure rates among rehab graduates, which in turn would improve the credibility of their rehab programs. After all, maintaining your sobriety is a lifelong endeavor.
Here is an example of why I personally believe a stronger emphasis should be placed on post-rehab relapse prevention: When I went through rehab, twelve of us were going to graduate within days of each other. We felt a common bond, a camaraderie that we all wanted to have continue past our stay at the rehab center. Within a year, ten of those graduates stopped communicating with Terri and me. Two had died and eight reverted to their old ways. They forgot one of the basic rules for staying sober: change your daily routine. Soon after, Terri disappeared, having kept her return to alcohol a secret. I was the only remaining sober graduate. What enabled me to maintain my sobriety? What caused me to succeed when all my beloved rehab companions failed? Once I was home I began a daily routine of enjoying an alpha or theta brainwave frequency session on my light and sound instrument. None of the other graduates used light and sound stimulation after leaving rehab.
I firmly believe that having a light and sound instrument at my immediate disposal to use when those ‘stinking thoughts' started infiltrating my mind, my thought processes, and my mental and emotional disposition made all the difference in the world. I was the only one to use a light and sound unit out of our graduating class of twelve, and I am the only one still sober, still alive. I don't care how rehab administrators or therapists feel about that statement, because I know it, firmly believe it to be the one variable that helped me maintain my sobriety whereas my rehab friends, who did not have access to light and sound instruments - failed.
Word of my successful stint at rehab made its way through my social network with several confiding in me of their addictions. Besides those with drinking problems, some were trying to kick pain pills, others had cocaine problems and others were mired in gambling debts. Some thankfully entered rehab while others still have rock bottom to hit. And the ones that knew they had a problem and wanted to be proactive purchased light and sound machines to help them relax, cope with their anxieties, and focus on overcoming their addictive behaviors.
As beneficial as the treatment patients receive while staying at a rehab center is, most rehabs tend to turn their patients loose after fulfilling their time at the center, telling them good luck and to call if they feel setbacks approaching. In addition, shouldn't rehab graduates have the option to be given tools to take home with them for maintaining their sobriety and avoiding relapse?
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