| In this article I am going to share my experience of | | | | relaxation is a truly wonderful thing. This is when all |
| using, for the first time, a particular meditation aid. I have | | | | outside influences stop. This is now truly your time. |
| written about the benefits of using these aids. I have | | | | As the track progresses the deeper I go. The more |
| written articles stating that "yes, they do work!". I have | | | | relaxed I become. I reach the point which in many |
| also written about who should and should not use | | | | martial art circles is called 'mind no mind'. Which |
| them. But to date I have never written about my own | | | | translated means 'the lights are on but no one is home' |
| personal experiences of using them. I aim to remedy | | | | It is like you have left your shell of a body to fend for |
| that situation now. For this particular experiment I used | | | | itself. Your Higher Self has taken a vacation for a |
| a purchased Binaural Beat from one of my favorite | | | | short while. It really is a fantastic feeling to be |
| Binaural Beat makers. This article takes you through | | | | completely peaceful. |
| my experience using this particular track for the first | | | | Unfortunately at this level, time is totally immaterial. You |
| time. | | | | may be this deeply relaxed for 45 minutes, but it only |
| I set everything up earlier in the evening so I didn't have | | | | feels like 5 minutes. You honestly feel like you could |
| to bother running around getting all my bits and pieces | | | | stay that way forever. Before you realise it the |
| together. They were all placed neatly and to hand, by | | | | Binaural Beats and music is bringing your back up |
| the side of my bed. The children were all settled nice | | | | again. What a shame. Never mind I will have make |
| and snug in their beds. This is MY time. On go the | | | | some more 'me time' tomorrow evening. Only question, |
| headphones. I switch on my mp3 player. I adjust the | | | | is which track shall I try? |
| volume to the desired level and off I go. | | | | If you are not used to meditation, when you first read |
| I concentrate on my breathing whilst letting the music | | | | that the track is 60 minutes long, you may think 'crikey |
| and Binaural Beats flow over me. I focus on my head, | | | | that's a long time', but believe me once you start |
| letting the pillow take all the weight - relaxing. I move to | | | | achieving this level of relaxation, that 60 minutes |
| my neck and shoulders, physically feeling them relax | | | | seems to go so quickly, you just want to start it all |
| and my shoulders drop. Concentrating on my stomach | | | | over again. |
| moving with each breath. I slightly tense the muscles in | | | | Even though this was my first time listening to this |
| my arms, one at a time and feel them relax, as I relax. I | | | | particular track, please remember that I regularly |
| tense the muscles in my bottom then relax. My thighs | | | | practice meditation and I am used to Binaural Beats. |
| are made tense then relaxed. Then it is the turn of my | | | | Therefore I may have achieved a deeper level than |
| calf muscles. Finally I stretch my toes, one foot at a | | | | someone just starting out. But please be patient - it is |
| time, pointing them towards the bottom of my bed and | | | | well worth the wait. |
| then relaxing. You cannot start any meditation without | | | | To achieve the above experience I used a 60 minute |
| relaxing the muscles in your body and the only way I | | | | track using Binaural Beats with ambient soundtracks. It |
| can make sure they are relaxed is to tense them first. | | | | starts at Alpha level of 10hz then it gradually lowers to |
| Keeping aware of your breathing all the time. | | | | Delta level 1.5hz then 1hz then finally 0.5hz. Then it |
| Usually by the time I have finished this tense/relax | | | | takes you back up again. The aim of this meditation is |
| system any thoughts that had been flying round my | | | | to help produce a very deep meditation. In my case, it |
| head have pretty much stopped. However, if they are | | | | certainly worked. |
| still interrupting your peace and quiet then try this. | | | | Note: You may need to listen to the same recording |
| Visualize a large black board in front of you. Slowly | | | | several times, preferably once a day, before your brain |
| count backwards from 10 to 0. Picturing each number | | | | becomes entrained by the stimulation. So don't be |
| in turn, on the blackboard. By the time I get to 5 I am | | | | disappointed if you don't experience results the first |
| usually aware that my counting is getting slower and | | | | few times you listen to a specific recording. As your |
| slower. Perfect. | | | | mind becomes trained by gradually listening to a |
| By this point I find that I can not actually feel where my | | | | specific recording each day, the more positive |
| arms or legs are. They are so relaxed I couldn't tell you | | | | changes you will be likely to notice. Training the mind |
| if my arms were crossed on my chest like an | | | | with frequencies is similar to training the muscles. |
| Eqyptian mummy, or laying by my side. You know that | | | | Use headphones for binaural beats. You will need a |
| you could move your arms or your feet just to make | | | | good quality pair of headphones so your brain can pick |
| sure but you are so peaceful - you cannot be | | | | up the low delta tones in the background. |
| bothered. The feeling of complete peace and | | | | |