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What is binaural beats therapy? Binaural beats sleep? How can binaural beats help you? Find out & give them a listen, here.

Binaural beats therapy offers many benefits, with binaural beats sleep being just one. Other benefits of listening to binaural beats include: higher levels of the hormone DHEA, which affects how a person ages and resists disease (higher levels of DHEA are associated with improved health), reduced levels of cortisol (commonly associated with stress, anxiety, and depression), and increased levels of melatonin (which plays an important role in our sleep/wake cycles). Who knew having our right and left ears listen to two slightly different frequency tones (our ears perceive the tones as one) could be so beneficial to our health and wellbeing? Welcome to the beneficial world of binaural auditory beats.

Binaural Auditory Beats

What they are

The word “binaural” means relating to or involving both ears. An article in Medical News Today defines the “binaural auditory beat” a person hears as: “the difference in frequency between the left and the right ear and should be at frequencies lower than 1000 hertz (Hz) for the brain to detect the binaural beat. For example, if the left ear registers a tone at 200 Hz and the right at 210 Hz, the binaural beat heard is the difference between the two frequencies — 10 Hz.”

Binaural beats therapy 

Proponents of binaural beats therapy compare its experience and effect to that of meditation. Listening to binaural beats activates specific systems within the brain. Electroencephalogram (EEG) images reveal that different frequencies of binaural beats have various physiological and psychological effects, thus serving different therapeutic purposes.

Different frequencies = distinctive effects 

Studies show listening to binaural beats over time changes people’s levels of arousal. The frequency of binaural auditory beats determines the way in which arousal is affected.

The four known categories of frequency patterns in binaural beats include:

  • Delta patterns: The frequency of binaural beats in the delta pattern is between 0.1 and 4 Hz. Beats of this frequency encourage/enhance dreamless sleep.
  • Theta patterns: The frequency of binaural beats in the theta pattern is between 4 and 8 Hz. Beats of this frequency encourage/enhance REM sleep, and meditative and creative states.
  • Alpha pattern: The frequency of binaural beats in the delta pattern is between 8 and 13 Hz. Beats of this frequency encourage/enhance relaxation.
  • Beta pattern: The frequency of binaural beats in the delta pattern is between 14 Hz and 100 Hz. Beats of this frequency encourage/enhance concentration and alertness. But, at the higher end of the frequency range, this frequency can also intensify anxiety.

Benefits of binaural beats 

 According to Medical News Today, here are some potential benefits of listening to the therapeutic sounds of binaural beats.
  • Reduced stress
  • Reduced anxiety
  • Increased focus
  • Heightened concentration
  • More motivation
  • Increased confidence
  • Deeper meditation
  • Improved psychomotor performance and mood

And let’s not forget the beneficial binaural beats sleep effect. For more on scientific studies that have demonstrated the benefits of binaural beats click here and scroll down to the section entitled research to support binaural beats therapy. 

Videos: Binaural beats to relax & sleep

In order to listen to and receive the full effects of binaural beats, it’s best to listen to them on a pair of stereo headphones.

Listen to binaural beats therapy when you can really relax; for instance, when it’s time to wind down for bed. Don’t listen to binaural beats when you’re in the midst of an attention-demanding task like driving. To receive the full range of positive effects offered by binaural beats, try listening to them for about 15 minutes to half an hour a day for a month plus.

Try this binaural beats relax video for delta, theta, and alpha waves for relaxation, meditation, creativity, and a dreamlike feel.

Try this binaural beats sleep video for deep delta and revitalizing theta sleep.

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