Binaural Beats Sleep  

Quite often people say to me, “Okay Peter, I am sleeping much better and much deeper for longer, but I still occasionally have those days where I just can’t switch off. How do I achieve maximum consistency?” 

Well, believe it or not, even the best of sleepers have off days, and we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t take our stress and worries to bed occasionally. However, to relax an overactive mind or combat stress and anxiety I use a number of meditation methods, and one of those methods is binaural beats meditation before bedtime.  

What is Binaural Beats Meditation? 

Thanks to research by Doctor Gerald Oster in 1973, it was understood that audio signals are capable of affecting the brain and training it (or 'entrain') to automatically move into certain frequency ranges. When we are in high states of anxiety the speed of our brainwaves increase, when we are relaxed the speed decreases.Binaural beats work by sending a slightly different sound frequency to each ear through stereo headphones. The difference between the two frequencies matches the frequency we want to entrain the brain to, ideally the Alpha state, which is awake and aware but relaxed and meditative. See the brainwave states chart below to understand more:   

Brain States 

Delta State: 1 ~ 4 Hz: Deep sleep, regenerative effects, loss of bodily awareness 

Theta State: 4 ~ 8 Hz: Dream state, deep meditation, intuitive awareness  

Alpha State: 8 ~ 14 Hz: Awake, focused on inner world, relaxation 

Beta State: 14 ~ 40 Hz: Awake, focused on outer world 

Gamma State: 40 Hz +: Higher mental activity, fear, stress, problem solving 

I use binaural beats to help me achieve the Alpha or Theta state, depending on how tense I am. Doing this before bed will help me to wind down when I have had a stressful day or am going through anxiety of sorts. To ensure I don’t become reliant on this method, even though it is natural, I only use binaural beats when I can feel a restless night coming on. 

If you would like to try binaural beats then I would suggest the Ennora binaural beats company. Professional engineers produce these frequencies and the quality of the audio is very high. Be careful with what you buy online as there are many copycat products that aren’t engineered properly and won’t induce the state of meditation you require. 

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