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Brainwave entrainment & audio visual entrainment, and related articles
In this section are articles relating either directly to audio visual brainwave entrainment.., or indirectly related as a complimentary idea or practice to use yourself or with clients. Most of these articles contain links to science based research to add to the subject in question.
Getting things done – the perfectionists guide
I’ve said this many times before: “The best ideas and strategies in the world, only work., when you do!” The perfectionists guide to getting things done outlines a few simple but effective ideas to make that statement a reality for...
Lucid dreaming brainwave entrainment
What if you could train your brain to resonate at the frequency of lucid dreams and be the director of your own dreamscape? Lucid dreaming brainwave entrainment is your guide to using audio visual brainwave entrainment with lucid dreaming...
Psychedelic light therapy
What if you could use stroboscopic light as a type of psychedelic light therapy? And experience profound altered states of consciousness as part of your personal transformation. Drug free psychedelic light trips have the potential to...
Psychedelic brainwave entrainment & DMT
Psychedelic brainwave entrainment (BWE) or audio visual entrainment (AVE) is one of very few alternatives to taking a psychedelic drug. One of the main differences being that you can start or stop the experience at the push of a button....
Longevity and mental health – the 6 keys
The band ‘Queen’ famously sang “Who wants to live forever”. We may not be there yet, but lifespan scientists say we’re not far off. And in fact experts say that we are about 10-15 years away from escape velocity. What they mean by that...
Spiritual enlightenment, spontaneous awakenings, & near-death experiences
What if the desire for spiritual enlightenment is as they say., ‘a pipe dream’. I say, “ok, great., give me the pipe!” The saying ‘pipe dream’ comes from Opium pipe smoking in the late 1800’s. Opium being a hallucinogenic that caused...
Relief from PMS pain with light & brainwave entrainment
Getting relief from PMS pain is challenging for many women. The research study linked below shows that over 84% of women experience menstrual PMS pain. And so it’s not surprising that the subject, although not often discussed, is an...
Holographic light, Holonomic brain theory & altered states
I have a friend who travelled the world on a quest to find himself. Only to arrive back home, look in the mirror and proclaim… “I’m right here”. Holographic light and holonomic brain theory give some interesting answers to the question of...
Biological rhythms – Circadian, Ultradian, Infradian & Circannual rhythms
Timing is everything. And your body has its own internal clock that will either work for you or against you. Biological rhythms are like a dance on the inside. Changing in waves of movement. Get them wrong and you’ll step on your own...
Lessons from psychedelics – Psychedelic therapy: part three
Lessons from psychedelics is part three of a three part series on psychedelic integration. Three part series: One: The why and what of integrating psychedelics – modelling what works Two: Psychedelic integration techniques – doing what...
Psychedelic integration techniques – Psychedelic therapy: Part two
Psychedelic integration techniques is part two of a three part series: One: The why and what of integrating psychedelics – modelling what works Two: Psychedelic integration techniques – doing what works Three: What psychedelic therapy...
Integration of psychedelics – Psychedelic therapy: Part one
Integration of psychedelics, is part one of a three part series on integration in psychedelic therapy and coaching. Three part series: One: The why and what of the integration of psychedelics – modelling what works Two: Psychedelic...
Mind variability – brainwave variability and resilience
[ Mind variability - heart rate variability for the brain || Brainwave variability || Brain resilience || Epigenetics and resilience || Mind variability and resilience in practice || Mind and brainwave variability – light and sound...
Brain hormesis and the mind – thinking and lifespan
[ Hormesis – what is it || Hormesis – how it works || Hormesis and longevity || Brain hormesis strategies – engaging evolution at a personal level || The ultimate anti ageing strategy || Thinking and lifespan - hormesis thinking for...
Psychedelics for personal development – lost in consciousness
[ Psychedelics for personal development || How does psychedelics for personal development and therapy work || Neuroplasticity and making new choices || Drug free psychedelics for personal development || Your senses ARE your experience ||...
Therapeutic Psychedelics – a ‘trip’ to personal change
[ Therapeutic psychedelics - set, setting and integration || Therapeutic psychedelics – emotions & facing fear without fear || Therapeutic psychedelics – connections and mystical experiences || Psychedelic neurochemistry and...
Aha & insight.., sudden bursts of insight in the brain
[ Aha & insight inside the brain || Happy and insightful || Mindfulness, sunk cost bias and insight || Distraction, mind wandering and insight || On becoming a genius || Create your own insight ] Aha & insight or moments of...
Surrounded by illusion- reality, psychedelic & trance hallucinations
[ Memory is an illusion || Predictive processing and the perception of reality || Death is an illusion || Quantum entanglement, predictive action and light effecting the past || Creating hallucinations on purpose || Drug free psychedelic...
Holistic light therapy and brainwave entrainment
Holistic light therapy using LED’s can help boost your bodies natural healing ability. One of Light therapies modern time pioneers was Florence Nightingale who discovered that patients healed faster when exposed to sunlight. Our body can...
Music, as a cure for cognitive dissonance
[ The three methods of solving cognitive dissonance || The power of reward to rationalise behaviours || Cognitive dissonance good and bad || Why does music exist || Music to my dissonant ears || Cognitive dissonance is everywhere ] ...
Better sleep and insomnia relief with brainwave entrainment
[ Get insomnia relief by changing your brain activity habits || What happens to brain activity when you sleep || What happens in the brain with audio visual brainwave entrainment || Creating new sleep habits by creating new brainwave...
Light and sound meditation brainwave entrainment
Light and sound meditation with brainwave entrainment and audio visual entrainment can give you deep trance meditation results in minutes. But why use technology for meditation? What does it do? How does it work? And what if you already...
Ancient rock art & psychedelics.., the language that connects us all
[ Cultural ceremony, rituals and trance states || Psychedelic cave art || Phosphenes, a universal language of the human brain || The patterns that connect us through time || We can see what our ancestors saw || Ancestral connection...
Peak performance and audio visual brainwave entrainment
[ Brainwave entrainment, state management and peak performance || Brainwave entrainment protocols for peak performance || The golden zone of peak performance || Sports performance and audio visual entrainment || Academic performance and...
The art of being Sc-human-n
[ The Earths brainwaves || How does the Earths frequency effect us || Supplementing the Schumann resonance to protect against EMF pollution || Increasing your time synchronised to the Earth || Audio visual brainwave entrainment and...
Anxiety relief series – volume three
Your comprehensive guide to anxiety and stress reduction and a more relaxed life Volume three: Physical strategies to reduce anxiety [ Brain synchronisation stops anxiety || Soft eyes focus and anxiety || Breathing and anxiety ||...
Anxiety relief series – volume two
Your comprehensive guide to anxiety and stress reduction and a more relaxed life Volume two: Mental strategies to reduce anxiety [ Anchoring/conditioning and anxiety || Meditation and anxiety – Open Monitoring vs Focused Attention || Self...
Anxiety relief series – volume one
Your comprehensive guide to anxiety and stress reduction and a more relaxed life. Volume one: Deconstructing anxiety [ Physiological and psychological changes during anxiety || Sympathetic vs parasympathetic nervous system || The...
Mirror mirror in my brain
[ You become what you experience || The discovery of mirror neurons || Conditioning attached to mirror neurons || What mirror neurons have to teach us || Using mirror neurons on purpose] Why do we get so much pleasure from watching a...
Become a creative genius – volume two
Volume two: [ Training yourself to be more creative || Using the past to be creative in the present and future || Hang around creative people || Hypnagogic creativity exercise || Open monitoring meditation || Image streaming || Mind...
Become a creative genius – volume one
Volume one: [ Creative mind basics || The role of trance states in creativity || Hypnagogia and creativity || Synaesthesia and creativity || Psychedelic states and creativity || Convergent versus divergent thinking || Meditation,...
Spiritual awakening with audio visual brainwave entrainment
[ What does it mean to be spiritually awake || Is spiritual awakening a real thing || Spiritual awakening, sleep and meditation || Brainwave entrainment as a tool for awakening ] Some might consider this is a bit of a stretch and I...
Mindfulness, and changing personal reality through observation
[ Reality is only reality if differences are noticed || Event boundaries || The reticular activating system and mindfulness || Is the fundamental effect of mindfulness, noticing differences that alter reality ] Researchers have long...
In LIGHT we trust – volume two
Volume two : [ The specific colours and their beneficial uses || Red, Near infrared and Infrared light benefits || Orange and Yellow light benefits || Green light benefits || Blue light benefits || Is blue light bad || Violet light...
In LIGHT we trust – volume one
Volume one: [ Light as a reflection of God, spirit and consciousness || We are deficient in light despite spending so much time in it || Starved of darkness || Colour light therapy ] Volume two : [ The specific colours and their...
Health in a heartbeat – heart rate variability (HRV)
[ What is heart rate variability and why would you want to improve it || How to improve heart rate variability (Light, sleep, diet, hydration, exercise, cold, gratitude, meditation) || Audio visual brainwave entrainment and heart rate...
Pain relief with light and sound
[ Reducing pain with brainwave entrainment || The science of pain control with audio visual brainwave entraiment || The magic of Gamma brainwaves for pain control || Choosing the right brainwave entrainment session for pain relief ] ...
Does brainwave entrainment last
[ Therapeutic use of brainwave entrainment || Proof of benefit of any therapeutic intervention is individual || How does BWE create lasting change || How to make BWE last long term ] Firstly let me just say that.., this is like asking...
Fractionation in hypnosis.., making trance or meditations deeper
Fractionation in hypnosis helps solve one of the ongoing challenges with hypnosis and hypnotherapy. And that is the ability to guide someone into a deep enough state to be open to suggestion and to be relaxed enough to not fight the...
In search of the perfect affirmation
[ What's the point of affirmations || What do successful affirmations look like || Are affirmations every day too much || I don't believe the affirmations, will they still work || The neuroscience of affirmations || Using affirmations...
Becoming more conscious
[ Is consciousness continuous or individual moments || Changing consciousness on purpose || Are brainwaves consciousness itself || Using technology to increase consciousness || How to use this information to your advantage ] Being...
Reducing stress and anxiety with light and sound
What would life be like if you had reliable consistent ways to reduce anxiety and stress with light? Pretty chilled out right!? Well, read on and find out how... Can using light & sound brainwave entrainment reduce stress and...
Hypnotherapy brainwave entrainment – Trance at the push of a button
Hypnotherapy brainwave entrainment allows you to create trance at the push of a button. What an intriguing thought right!? And inducing a deep trance state is often the goal of many hypnotherpy sessions. Because some therapeutic results...
Ganzfeld hallucinations – the mind makes something out of nothing
[ What happens in the brain when we have Ganzfeld hallucinations || Creating your own Ganzfeld hallucination experiment ] If you experience hallucinations often and they disturb you then please see your doctor. Hallucinations in...
Breathwork and audio visual brainwave entrainment
[ Breathwork and AVE || What happens to brain activity during breathwork || Using the roXiva RX1 with conscious breathing || Some favourite breathing patterns || The coherence breath || Breath awareness || Conscious connected breathing ||...
Better sleep series – volume four
Volume four: Your better sleep action plan [ The best strategies, techniques and idea's in the world, only work.., when you do! || Start with your bedroom || New sleep promoting habits ] Your comprehensive guide to a better...
Better sleep series – volume three
Volume three: Getting help with your sleep [ Getting help with sleep problems || Technology for improving sleep || Supplements to help you sleep ] Your comprehensive guide to a better nights sleep with advice on how to sleep...
Better sleep series – volume two
Volume two: Your daily habits effect your sleep [ How the timing of activities effects sleep || What to do in the morning to help you sleep at night || Eating well for sleep || Body and mind practices to help with sleep ] Your...
Better sleep series – volume one
Volume one: Your sleep environment effects your sleep [ The role of light in sleep patterns || The quality of light is as important as the amount of it || Your bedroom surroundings will either help you or hinder you from sleeping ||...
“My sovereignty is my breath”
[ The power of claiming your breath as your own || Every breath is a new beginning || Science shows that every breath is unique || Making your breath your best friend ] The words of the title of this article came out of my friend and...
Increase blood flow in the brain with light and sound
Using light and sound brainwave entrainment to increase blood flow in the brain, opens the door to more benefits than just the blood flow alone. And medical science making big advances in keeping us alive longer, leads to a question. What...
Can you train your brain during sleep
[ Can you train your brain during sleep || Audio or visual brainwave entrainment during sleep || What if you fall asleep during a session ] One of the unique things about human sleep in particular that is hard to understand, is the...
Use expectation and the placebo effect to your advantage
[ Use expectation and the placebo effect to your advantage || Does pre-warning help reduce anxiety || Placebo's don't need to be a secret to work || Choosing to believe something can work instantly || How to use this with clients ] ...
Using stroboscopic light and sound to keep your brain clean
[ Using light and sound to clean your brain || 40Hz light and sound for treating Alzheimer's || What's so special about 40Hz and Gamma || How to experience Gamma brainwaves ] Age related brain decline conditions such as dementia and...
Boost your immunity and supercharge your sleep with audio visual entrainment
[ Boosting your immunity and improving your sleep with audio visual entrainment || Slow brainwave stimulation effect on immunity || What happen during sleep that effects immunity || How to boost immunity with brainwave entrainment ]Sleep...
Hypnagogic light experiences & hypnagogia hallucinations
Hypnagogic light experiences are a new way to experience the hypnagogia effect and hallucinations. By using stroboscopic light flicker at specific brainwave frequencies, a state of suspended consciousness can be encouraged and maintained....
Brainwave frequencies & brainwaves – what are they
What are brainwave frequencies and brainwaves Also known as neural oscillations, brainwave frequencies and brainwaves are the result of synchronised communication activity between many thousands of neurons in the brain. The brain by...
What is Hypnotherapy
[ What is hypnotherapy || Does it work and how || What happens in a hypnotherapy session ] Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis or trance to assist people in dealing with medical and non medical conditions or in changing habits. As a...
Drug free psychedelic light trips- Stroboscopic light
Fancy a legal drug free psychedelic light trip? RoXiva technology and stroboscopic light sessions are on the leading edge of what can be experienced without drugs. Getting high without drugs may seem impossible. But it's actually quite...
What is brainwave entrainment & audio visual entrainment
Not surprisingly the most common question I get asked is what is brainwave entrainment? Brainwave entrainment (BWE) is also known as audio visual entrainment, neural entrainment, light and sound stimulation, and brainwave synchronization...
What is EEG Electroencephalogram
[ What is an EEG || What is it used for || Are there any risks || What happens during it || What will it show || How accurate is it ] What is an EEG?One of the more common bits of tech used by doctors and scientists for measuring...