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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Tibetan Meditation And The Singing Bowls: An Ancient Form Of Wellness





There are many forms of meditation, and each one has specific traits that suit many different kinds of people. One such meditation technique comes from the East, and has been used for hundreds of years: Tibetan meditation.


A combination of cultures

Tibetan meditation has a storied and colorful history. Hailing from the high mountains of ancient Tibet, the Tibetans of that time established Tibetan meditation by combining principles from India’s yoga, and China’s martial arts, in particular, Qi Gong. In fact, many forms of Tibetan meditation, such as Chi Kung, is known for yogic periods that involve animal-related poses like the Snake-style and the White Crane poses.

Tibetan meditation is also combined with other styles of reflection with the aim of visualizing how to achieve goals. For many, Tibetan meditation possesses a reputation of successfully breaking up the barriers within the body that prevent the person from fulfilling their potential. These highly desirable results occur when the circulation of breath is allowed to easily flow.

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The singing bowls

Also known as Himalayan singing bowls, Tibetan singing bowls are brass bells and are used as an instrument of healing. When played, Tibetan singing bowls vibrate and produce a deep, rich tone. These vibrations can produce beneficial changes within the body by reducing stress and harmonizing and balancing the body's energy system. Tibetan singing bowls can also stimulate the immune system and produce beneficial changes in brain waves.
Tibetan singing bowls are used for many purposes, including stress reduction and pain relief. But when Tibetan singing bowls are used in combination with meditation and deep breathing, the effects of the meditation can become amplified, giving even better results in terms of healing and wellness.

One more interesting thing to note is that Tibetan singing bowls may be in fact the earliest form of brainwave entrainment, as it creates a pulsation of sound that entrains the brain to various effects.


Why Tibetan meditation and the singing bowls work

The body and its parts possess resonant frequencies, and when one of these parts is vibrating out of sync with the others, out of harmony, it causes problems like diseases and illnesses. Combining the harmonious effects of Tibetan meditation and the singing bowls recalibrates the part that is out of sync and gets them to vibrate at the frequency of the rest of the body, in harmony with one another.

Tibetan Singing Bowls create a pulsating tone that feels good and helps you to relax. The more you listen the deeper you relax, as your brainwaves begin to entrain with the Tibetan Singing Bowl’s tone. The benefit of this entrainment is that your brain waves can be “toned” so that you can deliberately experience pleasant and productive mental, emotional, and spiritual states.

The singing bowls along with Tibetan meditation can also help balance the chakras; the sound made by the bowls coupled with the methods of Tibetan meditation can actually cause the chakras to self-correct, having them align normally and giving the person a very balanced and active chakra system.


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Using carefully plotted binaural beat and isochronic tone frequencies, this all-in-one chakra meditational music track will help and guide you throughout your session. Each music segment will fade out indicating the next chakra point you need to focus on. Close your eyes. Feel the vibrations flow through you, and awaken with a much more relaxed state of being. Be One with yourself and your surroundings.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

What Is Dream Yoga, And What Does It Do?



Yoga is a form of physical, mental, and spiritual practice that trains the body, clears the mind, and stokes the spirit. To many, the word yoga is synonymous with stretching, poses, and sometimes, a lot of sweat and effort. But did you know that there is one form of yoga that is totally different from what we normally know? This is dream yoga.


Dream Yoga: A Tibetan Technique

Many people often associate lucid dreaming with dream yoga, sometimes even citing that they are one and the same. While lucid dreaming can be a very powerful and entertaining tool, lucid dreaming will not help a dreamer achieve enlightenment, something that dream yoga seeks to do. While lucid dreams can create negative karma, dream yoga is designed to purify it. Dream yoga is designed to unite you with deeper aspects of your being and is more concerned with self-transcendence.

Tibetan Buddhists developed dream yoga because they believe that every night, instead of falling asleep, one must take the opportunity to “practice waking up.” They believe that the waking life is simply “sleepwalking”, and from someone who is truly awake, the regular person’s mind is still asleep.

Put it simply, dream yoga is a set of meditations that transforms the way we relate to sleep and dream. It starts where lucid dream leaves off. Just like lucid dreaming, the dreamer wakes up inside a dream, but that is where the similarity ends. Instead of doing what they want, the dreamer instead trains the mind, stretching their waking consciousness into the dream state. What this teaches the dreamer is how to “wake up from the dream or nightmare of daily life.”

The whole process aims to follow this path: learning how to remember dreams, learning how to wake up in dreams (lucid dreaming), training the mind in the dream, and finally, learning how to stay awake in a dreamless sleep. All the while taking what you learn from the experience and bringing those lessons to the day, to transform your life through night meditation.

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Interestingly, it is also a good way to prepare for death, according to the experts. The experience of waking up in a dreamless sleep is stated to be similar to the experience of death or dying. By bringing the darkness of ignorance (sleep) into the light of consciousness with dream and sleep yoga, practitioners not only illuminate and eventually eliminate sleep and dream, but also the concept and fear of death.


How To Perform Dream Yoga

The steps to perform dream yoga are very similar to engaging in lucid dreaming. You can find our guides to lucid dreaming in the links below, to start your entry to a controlled dream.

The key difference starts after the dreamer achieves lucidity. And it is very important to remember these guidelines to engage in dream yoga.

1.)    Resist the power – once the dreamer achieves lucidity and recognizes their capability in the dream state, it is important to resist the urge to indulge. Instead of engaging in personal pursuits, the dreamer must keep still and just “feel” the dream.


2.)    Try to be “conscious” – the dreamer must then try to “wake up,” but not in the sense of willing one’s self to escape the dream state. Instead, the dreamer will try to awaken their mind in the sense that they will be more mindful and aware of the dream state, trying to fully recognize and feel everything, instead of just simply experiencing the dream state like a blur or a flurry of images and sensations.

3.)    Meditate, contemplate, reflect – instead of indulging, the dreamer then contemplates various aspects of their lives. This is where the lessons of lucid dreaming come into play. For example, if the dreamer is afraid of something, perhaps a situation in their lives, they can conjure up the scenario in the dream, and instead of simply trying to run away from it, or conquer it, the dreamer tries to understand it, all the while trying to be as aware and “awake” as possible.

Once the dream yoga session is over, whatever lessons and feelings and insights gained within are then brought to the real world, to fully awaken from it.


This binaural beats track for yoga practice can help you get started with it with your dream yoga practice.


Simple, pleasant and soothing yoga music embedded with binaural beats and isochronic tones frequencies that are associated with the feeling of well-being and overall balance and harmony. Bring yourself to a stress-free and tranquil ambiance as you do your daily yoga sessions and enjoy those precious moments as you strengthen your core and your mind, body and spirit. Using frequencies from the alpha range of 10Hz, this enhances the release of serotonin and is universally beneficial for your overall health, giving you a sense of being centered, raises your spiritual consciousness, and can even improve memory, relieve headaches and is connected to the Manipura or Solar plexus chakra. With a carrier frequency of 90Hz, this is also ideal as your background relaxation music or for your meditation sessions.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

What Is Vinyasa Yoga And Its Benefits



We previously discussed the overall physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga, as well as listed down the many different schools of yoga popular today. We already started with the strength-building Ashtanga Yoga, and now we’re going to talk about Vinyasa Yoga, which is also known as Flow Yoga.

What is Vinyasa?

The word Vinyasa roughly translates from Sanskrit to “connection”, but has been known in the yoga circles as "breath-synchronized movement,” as it is known for its connection to movement and breathing. It is composed of a series of poses that will move the practitioner through the power of breathing, of inhaling and exhaling. This school’s movements are smoothly flowing, almost like a dance, which is why it is sometimes called Vinyasa Flow or just Flow Yoga.

Vinyasa Flow began as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga by a Yogi named Sri Tirumala Krishnamacharya. He was given a place to teach yoga and eventually taught a young boy named Parrabhi Jois his learnings on the power of breathing. Jois then established an institute for practicing the specific form of Vinyasa yoga.

Vinyasa’s strength and what makes it popular is its diversity. Unlike other stricter yoga schools like Ashtanga, there is no single philosophy, rulebook, or sequence that teachers and students must follow in Vinyasa. This gives a lot of room for individual personalities and quirks to manifest. On the downside, it is important that practitioners find a teacher they enjoy and can relate to. But overall, Vinyasa is a good style of yoga for people who feel restricted or bored by specific sets of movements.


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What to expect?

While the style allows for variety, Vinyasa always includes what’s known as sun salutations. A sun salutation is a sequence of moves done in time with an inhalation or an exhalation. It often includes a “vinyasa”, which is a series of three poses done as part of the sun salutation sequence. This includes the plank, the chaturanga, and an upward facing dog, using the breath to measure when to move to the next pose.

The Vinyasa school is all about the movement. Expect lots of movement and not just the stretching. Classes can be fast or slow, can be dependent on alignment or inversions, and so on, depending on the teacher.


What are its benefits?

It will challenge your muscles and joints, but what it will challenge the most are your lungs and heart, as you use them to make the flow go smoother with proper breathing. Physically, Vinyasa will make you sweat, which expels toxins. The constant breathing and increase in heart rate re-energizes your body.

And of course, strengthening the muscles, bones, and joints. Mentally, the synchronized breathing relaxes your mind and helps to release any blockage of energy flow throughout your body. Spiritually, Vinyasa helps realign your chakras, as well as awaken it if it has not been before. Depending on your teacher and the class, certain classes will target the different chakras with specific poses.

If you want a freeflowing, unrestricted yoga experience that’s different with every class Vinyasa is for you. Try Vinyasa yoga out as soon as you can with your friends! This binaural beats track for yoga practice can help you get started with it.


Simple, pleasant and soothing yoga music embedded with binaural beats and isochronic tones frequencies that are associated with the feeling of well-being and overall balance and harmony. Bring yourself to a stress-free and tranquil ambiance as you do your daily yoga sessions and enjoy those precious moments as you strengthen your core and your mind, body and spirit. Using frequencies from the alpha range of 10Hz, this enhances the release of serotonin and is universally beneficial for your overall health, giving you a sense of being centered, raises your spiritual consciousness, and can even improve memory, relieve headaches and is connected to the Manipura or Solar plexus chakra. With a carrier frequency of 90Hz, this is also ideal as your background relaxation music or for your meditation sessions.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

What Is Ashtanga Yoga And Its Benefits


As we have discussed in our previous blog post, the benefits of yoga for the mind and the body are numerous, and people should give it a try at some point if they haven’t yet. But there is no one yoga style or school, so it may be difficult to choose which one is the best for you. So it is important to get to know each style available. One of the most popular ones is Ashtanga Yoga, a system that combines a good physical and mental workout with emotional and spiritual balance and well-being.

 
What is Ashtanga Yoga?

Literally translated as “eight-limbed yoga”, Ashtanga yoga is a system of yoga recorded by the sage Vamana Rishi in the Yoga Korunta, an ancient manuscript "said to contain lists of many different groupings of asanas, as well as highly original teachings on vinyasa, drishti, bandhas, mudras, and philosophy" According to sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras, Ashtanga is the path of internal purification for revealing the universal self, and consists of eight spiritual practices, namely:
  • Yama or moral codes
  • Niyama or self-purification and learning
  • Asana or proper posture
  • Pranayama or control of breath
  • Pratyahara or control of sense
  • Dharana or focus
  • Dhyana or meditation
  • Samadhi or absorption into the Universal
It is said that the first four limbs are external cleansing practices, and the last four are internal cleansing practices. And while there are some Ashtanga yoga studios that focus mainly on the Asana (simply doing the poses for a workout) to get the full benefit of Ashtanga yoga it is important to tackle all the 8 limbs.

However, as many people will soon find out, practicing the Asana will slowly lead to properly touching the 8 limbs and having a good Ashtanga practice that is physical, mental, and spiritual.

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Ashtanga Yoga Poses

While there are no unique poses specifically for Ashtanga yoga, the practice follows a strict series of yoga poses that is designed to be progressively harder. It is this strict adherence to the routine that makes Ashtanga unique, as each previous pose is meant to be a preparation for the next pose.

Ashtanga always starts with the Surya Namaskar or the sun salutation, which is followed by 6 standing poses that will be the foundation of the other poses. After this will come a four series, which may vary in difficulty depending, and then finally, the finishing positions.

Due to the difficulty and strictness of the practice, it is very important that Ashtanga is done under the strict supervision of a yoga instructor, to prevent injuries and to make sure that the series is followed correctly.


Benefits

All the schools of yoga promote flexibility, mental rejuvenation, and openness of the soul, but very few emphasize physical strength and muscle training. This is where Ashtanga stands out. Ashtanga aims to not only make the practitioner calm of mind and peaceful of soul, but also have a strong, toned, controlled body. Because of its weight management and strength building routine, Ashtanga has become a popular choice of not just yoga practitioners, but also athletes looking to augment their sport by adding flexibility and core strength.

Not only that, because of the strict series and fast pace of the pose changes, it also promotes stamina and endurance. And because it only uses body weight, Ashtanga makes the practitioner stronger but not give a bulky look, instead making the practitioner a lean, toned human being.

On the mental and spiritual side, it is a great stress reliever, especially for goal oriented people, as it takes away the mind from thinking about other things and instead makes the practitioner focus on the series of poses, the fast pace, and be determined to achieve the next pose. Mentally, some scientists have discovered that Ashtanga yoga can be beneficial to patients suffering from conditions that involve the brain, like for example, people who have lower back pain that is caused by mental tension.

Try Ashtanga yoga out as soon as you can with your friends! This binaural beats track for yoga practice can help you get started with it.


Simple, pleasant and soothing yoga music embedded with binaural beats and isochronic tones frequencies that are associated with the feeling of well-being and overall balance and harmony. Bring yourself to a stress-free and tranquil ambiance as you do your daily yoga sessions and enjoy those precious moments as you strengthen your core and your mind, body and spirit. Using frequencies from the alpha range of 10Hz, this enhances the release of serotonin and is universally beneficial for your overall health, giving you a sense of being centered, raises your spiritual consciousness, and can even improve memory, relieve headaches and is connected to the Manipura or Solar plexus chakra. With a carrier frequency of 90Hz, this is also ideal as your background relaxation music or for your meditation sessions.

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

What Is Tai Chi And Its Benefits?



People often think that getting well physically and being in touch with spirituality are two exclusive things, done separate from one another. But there are a good number of ways to achieve both at the same time, bringing physical, mental, and spiritual awareness. One of these things is a common activity done in Asia: Tai Chi.

 

What is it?

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, at its core, is a martial art that has evolved over many years to become what is pretty much “meditation in motion.” In this low-impact, slow-motion exercise, the practitioner goes through a series of motions named for animal actions without pausing — for example, “white crane spreads its wings” — or martial arts moves, such as “box both ears.” As the practitioner moves, they breathe deeply and naturally, focusing their attention on their bodily sensations, as in some kinds of meditation.

Thought to be created by a Taoist monk named Zhang Sanfeng in the 12th century, Tai Chi has influences that go back to Taoist and Buddhist monasteries, and has evolved to five different styles, each with their own separate methods and principles. These are the Chen, Yang, Hao, Wu, and Sun styles, which we will each be tackling in future blog posts.

But all of them have come from one key principle: Sanfeng was thought to have said that “In every movement, every part of the body must be light and agile and strung together. The postures should be without breaks. Motion should be rooted in the feet, released through the legs, directed by the waist and expressed by the fingers. Substantial and insubstantial movements must be clearly differentiated."

What this means is that, when practiced, Tai Chi trains the body to move in unison, drawing power from the Earth and releasing it through the limbs of the body. Not only does this train the practitioner in the art, it also has a number of other key benefits.


What are its benefits?

Tai chi differs from other types of exercise in several respects. The movements are usually circular and never forced, the muscles are relaxed rather than tensed, the joints are not fully extended or bent, and connective tissues are not stretched. Tai chi can be easily adapted for anyone, from the fittest of practitioners to people recovering from injuries or illness or surgery, or even the disabled.


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Research and evidence has shown that Tai Chi has the ability to treat or prevent a variety of health problems, like a study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine that showed Tai Chi can improve the way of life of Parkinson’s disease patients by improving their walking ability and posture, a Harvard Medical School paper that showed Tai Chi could improve the lives of patients with chronic heart failure. There are many others that show Tai Chi can improve diabetes patients, alleviate stress and depression, improve cardio vascular capacity, treat hypertension and sleep problems, and due to its gentle and low impact movement, even extend the lives of people; in fact, in Asia, many practitioners older than the age of 70 attribute their long and happy lives to Tai Chi.


This is because studies have shown that lower body strength greatly improves with Tai Chi despite the workout not being intense or painful like other programs. Studies in Stanford and other universities proved this by testing elderly people with an average age of 66 before and after taking Tai Chi classes.


Tai Chi as meditation

As mentioned above, Tai Chi is often called “meditation and motion.” This is because, at its core, Tai Chi has a lot of things in common with other, traditional types of meditation. Tai Chi relies of proper energy flow, harnessing Qi. As well, Tai Chi relies on proper breathing, focus on bodily sensations, and finding emptiness; in Taoist tradition, Tai Chi is a way to embark on a spiritual path that goes beyond having health and a calm peaceful mind.

Tai Chi allows the practitioner to deepen their awareness all levels of their being, and to be relaxed in them. As a version of Taoist meditation, whose highest purpose is to make the practitioner aware of the permanent, unchanging center of their being, Tai Chi allows the practitioner to relax into their soul or their very being. The goal is to explore the nature of opposites, the nature of emptiness and non-duality through Tai Chi’s rhythmic alternation between yin and yang through slow motion movement.

Find a Tai Chi instructor and try it out! Or watch out for our next follow up where we will give some Tai Chi basics to get you started. As well, listen to this binaural beats track for chi activation to get your mind ready for the practice.


For this music track, we've compiled binaural beat and isocrhonic tone frequencies that are related to the Qi Gong, the Brow chakra (Ajna) and the Earth's Resonance for DNA stimulation. The effects this track will bring forth are vitality, beauty, higher love energy and aspirations for harmony; feelings of unity with everything, a remedy for depression and anxiety and whole-being regeneration.

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

What Is Remote Viewing And How Does It Work


Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be able to see things that you normally could not? Well, we have previously discussed astral projection and how it can do these things, but there is another way that can give you the power to use the mind to access specific targets, and in higher levels, targets that are in different time periods: remote viewing.

What Is The Difference Between Astral Projection And Remote Viewing?

Astral projection and remote viewing are very similar, in the sense that it allows the user to travel through space and time without actually having their physical body do so. But the stark difference between the two is that astral projection projects the astral body out, giving an out-of-body experience, whereas remote viewing is the controlled use of extrasensory perception, or ESP, through a specific method, to perceive the target from great distances and even different times.

Another difference is that astral projection requires the user to fall asleep, thus a lot of time and preparation to be able to perform. Remote viewing sessions, however, are only about an hour or so, pretty much allowing the user to perform it at their convenience.

One key similarity between the two however is that, unlike ESP and innate psychic abilities some people have, both astral projection and remote viewing rely on learned steps to perform, which means anyone can learn the skill and do it as needed.



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How Does It Work?
There are many theories surrounding remote viewing and how it works. Some experts in the field say that remote viewers tap into the “Universal Mind”, a cosmic database, if you will, where all information is stored that span space and time. Another theory is the “hyperconscious state” theory wherein the remote viewer can tune in, like a radio, on specific targets within the universal consciousness that ties all living things together. One more theory is the “virtual reality traveling” theory that allows the remote viewer to simulate an astral projection, but not really; the viewer is simply tapping into the cosmic energies that permeate everything in order to observe their targets.

 
Is It All Fake?
Skeptics abound claim that remote viewing is just “new age horse dung”, but throughout modern history, remote viewing has been observed and tested numerous times, that during the Cold War, both the US and the Soviet governments have devoted departments and funds to further its study and usage.

One famous case is that of Ingo Swann, who correctly remote viewed back in 1973 that the planet Jupiter had rings, at a time when it was Saturn that was known for its rings. Skeptics all claimed fakery, until later space probes confirmed his claim.

Many de-classified documents from both governments have confirmed experiments done by the CIA and the KGB to weaponize remote viewing and to use it in their militaries for their advantage. Documents contain everything from highly detailed and accurate descriptions of distant and classified facilities from both countries, which would not have been known otherwise except through actually being there and seeing it.

It is said that these governments continue to use remote viewing, despite claiming otherwise.





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What Is Needed To Remote View, How Is It Done

There are 5 key elements necessary for remote viewing:
1.)    A remote viewer
2.)    Active ESP abilities
– these abilities may be latent, or awakened, which most people will have to do if they are not naturally psychic
3.)    A specific target – these targets may not be known to you in detail beforehand, but you have to have some idea on what you want to view.
4.)    The viewer’s recorded perceptions – it is important to record what the viewer sees for later confirmation.
5.)    Confirmatory positive feedback – this is to ensure that the remote viewing worked and that the viewer did not end up perceiving something different.

There are many methods that can be used to start remote viewing. Just like martial arts, there are different styles. The three most common are:

1.)    Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) – this is the method used by Ingo Swann and the one adopted by the military.
2.)    Scientific Remote Viewing (SRV) – the method created by Courtney Brown of the Farsight Institute
3.)    TransDimensional Systems (TDS) – created by former Farsight Institute member Prudence Calabrese.

We will be tackling each method and style in full detail in future posts, but what all three have in common are the following:

1.)    It requires the need to empty the mind – this can be done via meditation and other methods, but before the remote viewing can begin, your mind has to be empty to receive all the information that your viewing will give you.

2.)    Controlling the imagination – it is imperative that the imagination be kept quiet and still, as it is an easy tendency for a viewer to fill in the gaps with ideas that come from within, and not from without. A viewed target may appear incomplete to the beginner, and it is easy for the viewer to invent things subconsciously to fill in the gaps – this is human nature. So it is crucial to control this.

3.)    Ability to interpret the viewing – whether through words or illustrations, efficiently interpreting the viewed target is crucial as it is also necessary to properly translate what is seen by the mind so it is the same as what will be seen by others.

Remote viewing is a powerful skill that can be learned by everyone. Tune in to our detailed remote viewing guides in future blog posts. Do you think you have what it takes to do remote viewing? Set the tone with our new binaural beats track for remote viewing here:



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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

What Is Mindfulness?



Ever head the phrase “be mindful of those around you”? What exactly is being mindful all about? More specifically, what is mindfulness, a word that has been associated with everything from enhancing meditation to achieving many things like weight-loss and success? Let’s find out more.


A Path To Enlightenment

Mindfulness, as many of us know it simply from our vocabulary, means “to be mindful”, to have awareness, attention, and focus on certain things. It is to be able devote the mind to be aware and be able to perceive things properly.

But in the community of wellness, meditation, and spirituality, mindfulness means something more. It is not just a state of mind, but is also a practice, to be able to sharpen one’s focus and awareness to be mindful of whatever is happening around, to be fully in the moment so one is able to pay attention on purpose, as if every passing second is crucial to one’s life. It is the ability for one to engage all their senses even in the simplest situations, to fully absorb all the stimuli the universe has to offer.

In a way, it can be defined as a stepping stone towards the Buddhist idea of enlightenment, which is a state of being where the attentive awareness of the reality of things has been reached, allowing one to truly overcome the evils of the world like greed, anger, delusion, and more.


A More Practical View

While many have embraced mindfulness as a fully spiritual and cosmic state of being, many psychologists in mainstream science have also accepted mindfulness, although in a more practical sense. Many of these psychologists define mindfulness as having these three important pillars:

1.)    Seeing things beyond normal – in layman’s terms, thinking out of the box, going beyond existing labels of people, objects, and events, that are given by society, to be able to always see beyond what things are just “supposed to be.” For example, a rock is not just a rock, it is also an art piece, a primitive tool, a toy, a small piece of a bigger whole.

2.)    Focusing on the means and not just the ends – in today’s results oriented society, the bottomline is often the goal, regardless of how one gets there. But by being mindful of each step, on the process rather than the result, one is able to grow as a person and not simply be a slave to the rewards. For instance, a student who is more focused on getting an A in a test may resort to cheating or other nefarious means, whereas a student who is more focused on learning, may get an A in the test as a result. The latter is more mindful.

3.)    Open mindedness – the ability to always welcome new information and facts, rather than being unreasonably stuck in one’s own old, outdated, or even wrong beliefs, allows for proper growth and fully experiencing the universe for what it truly is. To be able to do this, one should always be open minded, as well as see things from other people’s points of view, to constantly learn.

So for the Western and scientific communities, mindfulness is about being fully aware of every single experience, which, when seen side by side with the Buddhism-inspired idea of mindfulness, becomes much more similar to one another.
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Benefits Of Mindfulness


Mindfulness has a number of benefits that are beyond what is listed here. In general, it can help one become more aware, more focused, more immersed in each experience, and overall can lead to a happier, more fulfilled life. It also has the effect of giving one more control of their life.
In addition, it can also do the following:

1.)    Improve health and weightloss – by being mindful of the food one eats, as well as fully experiencing the eating process rather than just gorging on as much food as possible.

2.)    Improve brain function and benefits – mindfulness practice (which will be discussed below) can improve brain activity.

3.)    Better decision making – being mindfully aware of different things causes the brain to lessen if not eliminate its bias on old ways and allows one to make better, more realistic decisions.
There are many other benefits of mindfulness, which will be discussed in a future blog post.


How To Practice Mindfulness

Mindfulness is not an on-off skill. Nor is it simply an end-goal as a state of mind. It is something that is constantly grown and nurtured for the rest of one’s life.

One can practice methods such as mindfulness meditation, which can actively train the mind to be more mindful, but it has to go beyond that. Actively pulling yourself to be mindful when distractions pull you away have to be done. Like, when you find yourself eating too fast, slow down and savor each bite. Before reacting in a conversation, take a short pause, process what is said, and then respond. Things like this can help you be more mindful and cultivate mindfulness.

As mentioned earlier, mindfulness meditation can help improve this. A basic process for mindfulness meditation is as follows:

1. sitting in an upright posture with legs crossed and gaze low.
2. recognizing natural thoughts and complex thoughts.
3. removing all past and future concerns and problems from the mind.
4. breathing properly and using it as an anchor to the present.
5. allowing the mind to rest.

To further improve your mindfulness through mindfulness meditation, listen to this binaural beats track for deep meditation.



Meditation can be done in various ways. One way is with the use of music embedded with binaural beats, such as this one which was created with frequencies of 8-13Hz and 108Hz. Found within the Alpha range, it pertains to a tranquil state of consciousness that affects the inward awareness of the body and mind.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Mind Over Matter: How To Use Meditation For Addiction And Cravings



There are many pleasures available to us in life, from food, to sex, to alcohol, to sporting and leisurely activities. And while having regular doses of these things is a good thing, as it keeps us happy, sometimes the frequency of these desires becomes beyond what is normal, to the point of desiring them without really thinking of the possible consequences. This is when simple desires become an addiction, and addictive cravings can be very hard to resist, especially when both the mind and body are hooked. There are many ways to deal with addiction and cravings, but one such way you can do on a regular basis is “mindful meditation.”

Why are cravings strong?

Depending on what is being craved for, a craving is strong because it comes from the subconscious, after consciously satisfying the body and mind with a certain thing or activity. And when something is desired by the subconscious, it can be very hard to break free from it.

One of the big reasons why cravings are so hard to break off of is the association between the craving, and the reward. Many of us experience rewards on a daily basis, but addicts and cravers desire the rewards beyond simply just liking them. And that's what makes a craving and addiction so powerful, because many times the rewards are thought to be unreachable through any other means.

What is mindfulness?

Put it simply, mindfulness is exerting effort to focus one's attention towards something specific. Thoughts that may end up distracting the person are deliberately nudged away to be able to focus. This is usually associated with time, focusing one's attention on the present moment, but can be used for everything else.

When mindfulness is used as meditation, that is, contemplating in a peaceful yet controlled manner, the addiction and craving, it can be a very powerful tool. It is composed of three key elements: remembering, being aware, and putting attention to it. The person needs to be aware of the craving they wish to take control of, put all their attention to it, and remember why they want to take control of it, keeping it in its place.

What mindfulness does in terms of cravings and addiction is they become better in living in the present, not worrying about the future rewards when they satisfy their addiction and not feeling bad about the past givings-in to their cravings. This helps them get rid of the wrong pleasant emotions they feel when they give in to the cravings, and the unpleasant emotions of guilt afterwards.

More importantly, mindfulness meditation increases the person's ability to be more aware of the cravings they are trying to get rid of, or avoid, or reduce. This goes hand in hand with their self-awareness, which has an overall benefit for the person, as they are able to be more accepting of themselves, which leads to less stress and anxiety, and give them more control of their emotions, which in turn strengthens their resolve against their cravings.

It is the exact opposite of what a vicious cycle is!

How to perform mindfulness meditation

Mindfulness meditation is done almost like any other meditation method, which we outlined in a previous blog post here. But in general, it involves the following basic steps:
- Sitting comfortably with good posture, depending on the kind of meditation selected.
- Controlled, deep breathing to relax the mind and body
- Focusing on the breath and nothing else (at least in the beginning.) Anything related to the breathing (how it fills the lungs with air, how the air rushes in the nostrils, for example) can be used as focal points.
- When the mind begins to wander, or more importantly, think about the craving, this is when extra steps are to be taken. Depending on your level of mindfulness or control, this can be any of the following:
      1. ) gently nudging your mind away from thinking about the craving and focusing on the breathing.
      2. ) focusing on the triggers of the craving. Why did you think and feel about the craving despite meditating and focusing on the breathing?
      3. ) recognizing the emotions that arise from feeling the craving. Did you feel excited at the prospect of giving in? Do you feel angry or frustrated that you're meditating instead of indulging?
      4. ) taking control and telling yourself that you are not your craving and your addiction, and that you dictate whether or not it makes you happy.

Ultimately, mindfulness meditation is really about what the name implies: being more mindful. It is about focusing and recognizing the craving, and dealing with it. Try it for anything that you feel is starting to take control of your life, rather than the other way around, and it can do wonders! To help you, you can listen to a binaural beats track for focus so you can laser pinpoint your craving and take control of it. Like this track here:






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Monday, July 6, 2015

Using Meditation And Self Hypnosis As Lucid Dreaming Tools


Reaching lucidity for lucid dreaming requires a bit of regular practice to be proficient in, and even more effort to master.  But there are tools and ways that can assist you in doing so, increasing your chances to lucid dream. These include binaural beats tracks, preparing your room for lucid dreaming, and two more active ones: meditation and self-hypnosis.

How does meditation help?

As we discussed before, meditation has a lot of benefits, like relaxation and stress relief, spiritual guidance, better social connections, and increasing creativity, all of which make meditation improve business productivity. But what most people don’t realize is that the same process used in meditation is related to the process of achieving lucid dreaming, as it requires focus and mental clarity.

There are many ways to meditate, as we discussed in a previous blog post, all of which can suit your preference and needs. But either way, the process to be able to do so will help you in your lucid dreaming pursuits.


Here are the basics of meditation:

  1. Find a peaceful place where you can sit comfortably, maintaining proper posture to not fall asleep.
  2. Focus on your breathing. A slow, natural pace, is good. Focus and feel how the air enters and leaves your body.
  3. Shake off any excess thoughts that might surface. These can be anything from what you need to do at work, to wanting to do something leisurely, to your hopes or fears. Keep calm, and focus on your breathing instead. Depending on the kind of meditation you’re following, you may remain quiet, use a mantra, or even fight these distractions through visualization of your goals, or in using meditation for lucid dreaming, seeing other realms and worlds.
  4. Once you achieve a state of quiet and calm awareness, keep focusing and remain in this state for as long as needed. 

Repeat this process and you will train your mind for lucid dreaming in no time. Regular practicing of meditation, like during work breaks, or before starting the day, will greatly aid in training for lucidity.


The basics of self-hypnosis

Just like meditation, self-hypnosis sends the person into a relaxed, calm state, and the same process to achieve a state of self-hypnosis can greatly help in training for lucidity. The difference between meditation and self-hypnosis is that self-hypnosis opens your mind up for suggestions, that can guide your mind what to think of, what to be aware of, and what the goals are. This is when it can help in lucid dreaming, as the suggestions can be made to guide the mind to lucidity.

Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis goes beyond what is normally seen in casino shows where a hypnotist makes an audience member do embarrassing things, like pretend they are an animal or stop them from talking. Nor is it a form of mind control that opens yourself to do things that are totally against your will. In reality, hypnosis only works if you want it to work, that is, it won’t make you do something that you yourself don’t want to do. And at the same time, it can aid in your mind in doing what you desire it to do, i.e.: lucid dream!


How to perform self-hypnosis

As the name implies, this process can be done alone. The setup and conditions are exactly the same as meditation, which you can refer to above. But there are some modifications. Here are a couple of ways to do it without the aid of an actual hypnotist:


  1. Using a recording – a pre-recorded hypnosis session works, with the verbal suggestions already in place, and all you need to do is to listen to it. You can do this yourself, have a hypnotist, or even a friend do it. All that’s needed is that the voice has to be soft, clear, and easily perceived, something that will not break the relaxation of the self-hypnosis session.
  2. Inner voice – this technique requires a higher level of awareness and concentration, and is similar to the mantra style meditation. This requires you the person to simply, literally, use and listen to their inner mental voice making the suggestions.
  3. Combined relaxing music and vocal suggestions – a pre-recorded session played alongside a powerful piece of music, like a binaural beats track, can also be used. 


Whether you try to do a meditation or self-hypnosis for your lucid dream training, listening to a binaural beats track for meditation can greatly help, like this binaural beats track for lucid dreaming or meditation.



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