Comments on: Are brainwave entrainment CDs overpriced ? yes, I guess

By: Robert Robberts

Robert Robberts — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:12:49 +0000

I find the insight CD to be the best, I tried brainev for 3 weeks & nothing interesting then I tried hemi dreamcatcher & my third eye activated from the first listening but didn't really want delta waves so I picked up the insight CD & was truly amazed. In only a few days the cluttered in my mind is gone, I think more clear, no worry. The day after using the insight I noticed I woke up refreshed, every muscle in my body needed to stretch & felt really relaxed. I have also been having short dreams I'm remembering. I kind of get freaked out if I go to deep where images just pop in my mind without thinking of them so I try to keep things in alpha. I'm Aquarius, my intution is pretty natural. In any case I love the insight CD.

By: Jerry Solfanelli

Jerry Solfanelli — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:40:04 +0000

As a Pennsylvania psychologist, I haven’t found “entrainment CDs” or “binural beats” particularly helpful. Despite the potential pitfalls of the useless products and trends, there also certainly exists, many effective self-help programs.

In 1997, Dr. Herbert Bensen of the Harvard medical School claimed, “Sixty to ninety percent of [doctor-patient] visits are prompted by conditions related to stress.” One exciting new product which has gained much popularity, since that time, is the Light and Sound Machine. As your article highlights, the deep meditative effect is produced through the purported phenomenon associated with “Brainwave Entrainment” and “Audio-visual Stimulation”. I have actually found these high-tech devices to be a fascinating and healthy way to de-stress.

To experience this phenomenon for themselves, I invite your readers to try my FREE software download, which helps to create the relaxation effect on one’s own computer monitor: http://www.SimplifiedHealth.com/virtuallightandsound.htm

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:49:24 +0000

Moonfish Design have a free brain entrainment program called the Braingym. The lite version has 12 presets and the facility to add your own mp3 backgrounds. The program can be downloaded for free. In the full version you can add your own mp3 songs and have access to a growing library of over 125 presets.

To download go to :

http://www.moonfish-design.co.uk

Cheers Rob

By: Louis Yagera

Louis Yagera — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:42:24 +0000

@Katie , Back then when they had their forum at the Immarama site users claimed that the Insight CD was better than Holosync, however, if you are unsure you can start with a cheaper product from http://www.brainsync.com, for the affiliate program this nothng to worry about, it is a way to promote and sell their products through other websites.

@Kostya Yes, I thought about something like this, I will probably do it soon

By: Kostya

Kostya — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:51:47 +0000

Cool, Louis!
would be nice to see a list of stuff to download and use

By: katie

katie — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:32:13 +0000

I’m still a little confused on which brain wave entrainment CD is best for reaching progressively deeper states of relaxation and trance. I want to move through mind “overactivity” when meditating. I just recently discovered this whole area of science when I found the Holosync website. Would you recommend the Insight CD over the Holosync CDs? I am a little leary that IMMRAMA company that sells the Insight CD has an affiliate program — is this a multilevel marketing scheme?

By: Louis Yagera

Louis Yagera — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:39:01 +0000

Well, you can be in a trance state (alpha, theta whatever) and still have pockets of tension in various part of the body.
I want to avoid this so I do the prepwork even in the Hemi-sync Gateway experience each track has such prepwork with relexation, breathing and chi-work routine.

The form of Chi work I do is the one developed by Robert Bruce, see the intro course at http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=18
It is a form of chi work I can do in trance state.

“Essentially, N.E.W is a tactile system (based on the sense of touch and ‘feel’) that utilizes focused body awareness actions to move energy through your body.

In practice, when one’s attention is focused in a specific part of one’s body, that part becomes energetically stimulated. When this focus of body awareness is given motion-meaning, when one focuses on a specific body part and then moves that focus through the body-the underlying energy body structures of that area are directly stimulated. This body awareness movement causes energy body stimulation and development.

In this way, energy can be moved at will throughout the body, and specific energy centers (chakras) can be targeted and directly stimulated. This stimulates higher levels of energy body functioning, opening the way to psychic and spiritual abilities.”

By: Parapsychology

Parapsychology — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:35:53 +0000

I wonder why you still need the after all the preparatory work that you do? Counting from 100 to 1 after a progressive relaxation will already take you into lower alpha at the least.

I wonder what kind of chi work you do in that state? I study qigong and have done some chi exercises as well, so I’ll be glad if you could elaborate more on the Chi work that you do while in that state.

By: Louis Yagera

Louis Yagera — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:48:19 +0000

It depends what you want from the CD, some people use that type of CD for creative visualisation, meditation, sedona method , pain and anxiety reduction.
Immrama recommends this series of exercise to combine with Insight CD : http://www.immrama.org/insighttips.html
I wrote about the various brainwave patterns such as theta in that post http://www.louisyagera.com/2006/01/16/states-of-consciousness/
Theta is indeed close to the sleep level (delta), theta brainwaves are dominants when we have these uncontrolled images (hypnagogic) just like when we are about to fall asleep. However, if you are interested to use the Theta state to explore extra-sensory perception, you have to pass that, stay focused and ignore these images, the purpose is to reach a stay whereby the body is asleep and your mind is awake, this is a great state to be in, a full description of that state can be found at http://www.explorations-in-consciousness.com/focus10.html

The way I used to work with Insight CD was to do 5 minutes of progressive relaxation prior to the session.( it is important to have all muscles relaxed)
During the session I count backward from 100 to 1, at that point, I do some energy work (Chi work) , if done properly I will be able to switch in the mind awake/body asleep state.

Hope this helps and happy new year;)

By: Parapsychology

Parapsychology — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:37:48 +0000

Louis, I have several question about application of this technology.

I have listened to Immrama’s Insight and it indeed got me into a relaxed state. I usually fall asleep listening to it, though.

How one should work with the CDs? Should I do something specific while listening to them?

Isn’t Theta state should be already at the sleep level?