alpha waves

Music for Healing

Music touches our hearts and resonates within our bodies. The right music can truly renew us, helping us to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Great musicians have always recognized this therapeutic power of music, and researchers are finally proving them right. THE SOUND MEDICINE SERIES features the works of inspired musical pioneers who are exploring music’s healing power.

Natural Balance and Harmony Your body is a self-healing instrument. If you give it a chance it will always tend toward homeostasis or healthful balance. Sound healer Steven Halpern uses soothing and free-floating keyboard compositions to draw the body into this state of balance and harmony. Combining artistic inspiration, sensitivity, and sophisticated sound technology, his compositions synchronize the hemispheres of the brain and amplify the production of alpha waves. This natural response is associated with feelings of deep relaxation, contentment, and well-being.

Steven Halpern, Ph.D. stands at the leading edge of the growing public understanding of the relationship between music, body, mind and spirit. An internationally acclaimed composer and recording artist Halpern has produced over sixty recordings and authored several books. His music has been featured on 48 Hours, America’s Talking, and in USA Today, The New York Times and Yoga Journal. Halpern’s recordings are used in hospitals, healing clinics, and leading spas worldwide.

Music for Healing Mind, Body & Spirit was previously released under the title In the Key of Healing

Understanding Brainwaves For Better Health and Stress Reduction

By Michael Hazel

The electroencephalogram or EEG evaluates the electrical activity produced by the brain. Brain waves are recorded by an EEG and show the electrical activity of the brain. The brain is an electrochemical organ that has 10 billion interconnected nerve cells which generate electrical activity. There are four categories of brainwaves. The categories range from the most active to the least active and are: beta, alpha, theta and delta

Each brain wave category refers to a different state of brain functioning. The EEG records the brain’s electrical pulsations and these pulsations are shown on a monitor or printed out in peaks and troughs. The height of the peak indicates amplitude while the distance between peaks indicates frequency.

Beta is the most active brain wave pattern and indicates that the brain is actively engaged and alert. You emit beta waves when you are angry or afraid or performing activities that require concentration.

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