There are numerous benefits from having alpha brain waves. Your brain operates at different levels of arousal depending on what you are doing. When you are going about your normal daily business it is working at a frequency called beta waves. Alpha waves are slower and the state is less aroused. Being able to control your brain activity a little more and having more alpha waves can be useful.

Just before you fall asleep and just after you wake your brain will be having lots...

Many more individuals are practicing what used to be; a Middle Eastern way for discipline. This technique has become quite popular because of the positive benefits it offers. Learn how to meditate deeply with a few helpful hints and improve your mind refreshing event.

When you first begin to meditate, it is important that the space you choose is acceptable. It can be located anywhere you choose as long as you will not be interrupted. It is best that you practice in the same...

In studying various manuals concerning  meditation techniques, and even when working in group meditation programs, the main concern for most is the methodology. Particularly in the West, people are typically  most interested in the "technique" of meditation. However, it is crucial to know that the most important aspect of meditation practice is not method. Rather, it is our state of being, the ‘spirit' in which we perform mediation, which is known as the...

Waterfall

I had never seen a waterfall and I watched the roaring waters thunder down into a water pool that glossily reflected the hot sun that was amidst bedrock that jagged through the earth. I quickly took off my khaki outer clothing and jumped into the pool of water. My sister decided not to follow me and sat atop one of the rocks watching me.

I will never forget her facial expression. It was a combination of anxiety, confusion, and deep sorrow. She was grieving after we...

More and more people are turning to meditation. Considering the emphasis that western society puts on achievements and constant activity, it sometimes can take a health crisis or severe anxiety before we are ready to turn to meditation as a solution. Though we may initially turn to mediation for health reasons or to learn to relax we ultimately find greater benefits than we had imagined. Here a just a few of the benefits from regular meditation.

Meditation Provides Health...

Meditation with childrenis easy and boosts numerous positive results. In only ten minutes a day, you can help your child achieve more calm and peace in life, get better grades, improve concentration, and heighten self-esteem.  It requires no more dedication than a routine fairytale read before bedtime.

Meditating with your child should not seem like a new age technique. In fact, it's not new at all. It's thousands of years old. Meditation with kids is becoming increasingly...

If you are a healthy person, you will find that your brain shift several times throughout the day between all the brain waves pattern. The four brain waves pattern are Beta brain waves, Alpha brain waves, Theta brain waves, and Delta brain waves. These brain waves are always active in you brain, however, one of the brain wave is usually more dominant over the others. Pay attention to the way...

One of the main uses of binaural beats is for binaural meditation… well, this was the original intention / use of them and perhaps how they are best and most used.

Here is a simple explanation of how it works and whyit will enhance your meditation sessions and help you reach a deeper state of meditation, faster and easier.

What is Binaural Meditation?

What you might not know about meditation is that once you enter a meditative trance there are measurable...

Strength inside you

The day brings the light and the night silence. We all are surrounded in the crowd because we all know that the loneliness could bring the facts out of our own self which we hide from the people.  But hiding of our self make us fall in a world of competitiveness. People are very stressed due to the competitiveness in their life, the competition in work, from friends, relatives, and sometimes even from the family members. They stress...

Much of the hearsay evidence about smoking cessation is contradictory. How many people have you heard say "giving up smoking was the hardest thing I ever did". On the other hand I've heard some say, "one day I just gave up".

Have a look at these two quotes picked at random for a "quit smoking" google.

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"Many smokers try to go 'cold turkey'... Unfortunately, statistics show it's one of the less effective ways of quitting. For...